[John] [C.] [Copeland] [Sr.]
Title
[John] [C.] [Copeland] [Sr.]
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Section
Lot
Grave
01
First Name
Middle Name
[C.]
Last Name
Name Suffix
Relationship
Husband of Delilah E. [Evans] Copeland (U-114-040
Birth Date
1808
Birth: Year
Death Date
1893
Death: Year
Gender
Number of Persons on Marker
Composition
Condition
Shape
Legibility
Good
Dimension: Height
8 inches
Dimension: Width
25 inches
Inscription
"Father / 1808 - 1896"
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. Note the discrepancy between the death date on the stone (1896) and the death/burial date on the Westwood printout (1893); 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
12/30/1893
Burial: Month
Burial: Day
30
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
“[John] [C.] [Copeland] [Sr.],” Westwood Database, accessed May 21, 2024, https://www.oberlinwestwood.org/omeka/items/show/40885.