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Emmett Mobley Osborne

1893-1980

This is my great-uncle, Emmett Mobley Osborne, born Christmas Eve, 1893 in Mount Calm, Hill County, Texas.  He died 3 November 1980, in Pampa, Gray County, Texas.   His middle name comes from his mother’s maiden name.  He was the youngest of the 10 children born to Charles Winfield Osborne and Gertrude Susana Mobley Osborne.  My notes indicate was stationed at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio during World War I.  He advanced to Sergeant Major and served as a trainer for the Army.  He was disappointed to not go to Europe but he was valuable as a teacher.

His WW I Draft Registration shows him as a single man, working for himself in Gray County, Texas.  He lived out his life on his farm south of Pampa.  I remember visiting on a couple of occasions as a small child, and then last year at family reunion.  He’s one of those relatives I wish I’d known better and been able to ask more questions of–I’m grateful for his service and for the things his children have shared with me.

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