Laura C. [Copeland?] Avitt

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Title

Laura C. [Copeland?] Avitt

Section

Lot

Grave

03

First Name

Middle Name

C. [Copeland?]

Last Name

Relationship

Daughter of John C. Copeland Sr. (U-113-01) & Delilah E. Copeland (U-114-04)

Birth Date

1842

Birth: Year

Death Date

1906

Death: Year

Gender

Number of Persons on Marker

Composition

Condition

Shape

State

Legibility

Good

Dimension: Height

8 inches

Dimension: Width

25 inches

Source of Information

Information taken from Westwood Printout and grave marker, if available; check the original burial register at city hall for additional data

Biographical Information

A brief biography of the Copeland family appears on pp. 50-52 of William E. Bigglestone, They Stopped in Oberlin: Black Residents and Visitors of the Nineteenth Century (Scottsdale, AZ: Innovation Group, 1981).

Burial Date from Printout

01/19/1906

Burial: Month

Burial: Day

19

Burial: Year

Lot Owner

Copeland, John C.

Date Transcribed

07/15/1999

Default Latitude

41.284341

Default Longitude

-82.23228569

Default Zoom Level

20

Collection

Citation

“Laura C. [Copeland?] Avitt,” Westwood Database, accessed May 21, 2024, https://www.oberlinwestwood.org/omeka/items/show/40776.

Output Formats

Geolocation