[Delilah] [Evans] [Copeland]
Title
[Delilah] [Evans] [Copeland]
Google Maps Link
Section
Lot
Grave
04
First Name
Middle Name
[Evans]
Last Name
Relationship
Wife of John C. Copeland Sr. (U-113-01)
Birth Date
1809
Birth: Year
Death Date
1888
Death: Year
Gender
Number of Persons on Marker
Composition
Condition
Shape
Legibility
Good
Dimension: Height
7 inches
Dimension: Width
27 inches
Inscription
"Mother / 1809 - 1888"
Source of Information
Information taken from Westwood Printout and grave marker, if available; check the original burial register at city hall for additional data
Comments
No name is on the marker, but it is in the Copeland lot and on the Westwood map and printout; check the original burial register.
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
11/24/1888
Burial: Month
Burial: Day
24
Burial: Year
Lot Owner
Copeland, John C.
Date Transcribed
07/15/1999
Default Latitude
41.28432792
Default Longitude
-82.23227299
Default Zoom Level
20
Collection
Citation
“[Delilah] [Evans] [Copeland],” Westwood Database, accessed May 7, 2024, https://www.oberlinwestwood.org/omeka/items/show/40884.