Thomas Osmon
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| Name at Enlist | Thomas Osmon |
| Birth Name | Thomas Osmon |
| Other Names | Oleson |
| Lived | 1844 – 29 Mar 1862 |
| Birth Place | Etne, Hordaland |
| Birth Country | Norway |
| Resident of Muster-In | Lisbon, Kendall County, Illinois |
| Rank at Enlistment | Private |
| Muster Date | 21 Feb 1862 |
| Cause of Death | measles |
| Burial Location | West Lisbon Lutheran churchyard near Lisbon, Illinois |
| Mother | Isabelle Stangeland |
| Father | Osmon Osmonsen |
| Immigration | 1849 |
Thomas Osmon was born in 1844 in the Etne, Hordaland area of Norway. Came to America in 1849 with his parents, Osmon Osmonsen and Isabelle Stangeland, plus four siblings. They settled in Kendall County, Illinois. He joined the IL 53rd Infantry, Company A. He enlisted in as a Private in Ottawa, Illinois on February 21, 1862 three days before his 18th birthday. The army listed him as living in Lisbon, Kendall County, Illinois, age 17, and unmarried. He had blue eyes, light hair, light complexion, and stood 5’9½”. When the company, redesignated the Illinois 15th Cavalry Company L, left Camp Douglas, Chicago, Illinois, bound for St. Louis, Thomas Osmon was left behind. He was sick in a camp hospital suffering from measles. He died there on March 29, 1862. He was buried in the West Lisbon Lutheran churchyard near Lisbon, Illinois.
Sources: Adjutant General Military and Naval Department Muster and Descriptive Rolls, 1861-1865; Illinois State Archives Microfilm, reel 15, p.49; email, Stephen Osman, Fort Snelling Minnesota Historical Society; “Oleson, Thomas” Morris.