Perry Carter
Title
Perry Carter
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Section
Lot
Grave
9
First Name
Last Name
Relationship
Husband of, first, ?, second, Sarah H. Carter (U-089-04), third, Frances (Nichols) Carter (U-089-06), and fourth, Betsey Johnson
Birth Date
[1835]
Birth: Year
Death Date
[07/03] 1892
Death: Month
[07]
Death: Day
[03]
Death: Year
Gender
Veteran Y/N
Military Service
Number of Persons on Marker
Composition
Condition
Shape
State
Legibility
Fair
Dimension: Height
0 inches
Dimension: Width
38 inches
Inscription
"Co. A. / 27th U.S.C.I. "
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
According to Burton W. Nesbitt, volunteer Lorain County coordinator for the National Graves Registration Project of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, he served as a private in Co. A of the 27th U.S. Colored Infantry, enlisted on 1/8/1864, and was discharged on 9/12/1865. A brief biography appears on pp. 33-34 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
07/05/1892
Burial: Month
Burial: Day
05
Burial: Year
Lot Owner
Soldiers' Rest
Date Transcribed
06/25/2001
Default Latitude
41.28459906
Default Longitude
-82.23322145
Default Zoom Level
20
Collection
Citation
“Perry Carter,” Westwood Database, accessed May 2, 2024, https://www.oberlinwestwood.org/omeka/items/show/42808.