Harrison W. Osborne
(1800-1883)

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Biographical Sketch On The Life Of H.W. Osborne

Elder Harrison W. Osborne was born July 1, 1800. He was a successful evangelist on the Western Reserve. He settled and lived among Christians in Illinois. He preached among churches of Christ. He traveled with B.F. Hall preaching about the Christian churches in Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois. He settled near Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois to work with the church that was established by Barton W. Stone in 1836. He was married to Eliza V. Osborne (March 24, 1806-October 5, 1858). He passed from this life June 3, 1883, and is buried in the Antioch Church Cemetery, Morgan County, Illinois.

The cemetery is located seven miles east of Jacksonville, Illinois on the north side of the Old State Road. Legal description of the cemetery site places it in the southeast quarter of Section 9, Township 15N, Range 9W. Antioch Christian Church was formerly adjacent to the cemetery. That building was moved to Ashland around 1955 and was still used for church purposes as last as April 1978. Antioch Cemetery was not incorporated until July 14, 1873. Shortly thereafter bodies were removed from nearby family cemeteries and re-interred in Antioch Cemetery. It is believed that an unusually large number of Negroes are buried in this cemetery, being family members of workers hired by the Strawn family. For a time this cemetery was the second burial site of the famous preacher, Elder Barton W. Stone. His body has since been disinterred and removed to Cane Ridge, Kentucky.