[Jeremiah] [Wade] Fox
Title
[Jeremiah] [Wade] Fox
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Section
Lot
Grave
06
First Name
Middle Name
[Wade]
Last Name
Nickname
Jerry
Birth Date
1827
Birth: Year
Death Date
1909
Death: Year
Gender
Veteran Y/N
Military Service
Number of Persons on Marker
Composition
Condition
Shape
State
Legibility
Fair
Dimension: Height
19 inches
Dimension: Width
12 inches
Inscription
"Co. K. / 5 U.S.C.H.A." [U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery]
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
[Military marker] A former slave who came to Oberlin via the Underground Railroad and a participant in the Oberlin-Wellington Rescue. See pp. 26-27 of Westwood: A Historical and Interpretive View of Oberlin's Cemetery, Oberlin, Ohio (Oberlin: Oberlin Historical and Improvement Organization, 1997) for more biographical details. Burton W. Nesbitt, volunteer Lorain County coordinator for the National Graves Registration Project of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, has no additional information on his military service.
Biographical Information
A brief biography in William E. Bigglestone, They Stopped in Oberlin: Black Residents and Visitors of the Nineteenth Century (Scottsdale, AZ: Innovation Group, 1981).
Burial Date from Printout
02/12/1909
Burial: Month
Burial: Day
12
Burial: Year
Lot Owner
Fox, Jerry
Date Transcribed
07/15/1999
Default Latitude
41.28441508
Default Longitude
-82.23226701
Default Zoom Level
20
Collection
Citation
“[Jeremiah] [Wade] Fox,” Westwood Database, accessed May 1, 2024, https://www.oberlinwestwood.org/omeka/items/show/40944.