George [W.] Dudgeon
Title
George [W.] Dudgeon
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Section
Lot
Grave
25
First Name
Middle Name
[W.]
Last Name
Birth Date
[Not on the marker]
Death Date
1886
Death: Year
Death Place/Cause
Dropsy & consumption
Gender
Veteran Y/N
Military Service
Number of Persons on Marker
Composition
Condition
Shape
State
Legibility
Poor
Dimension: Height
0 inches
Dimension: Width
37 inches
Inscription
"Co. A. / 27th Ohio Inf."
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. K of the U.S. Colored Infantry, enlisted on 7/29/1864, and was discharged on 9/21/1865, "mustered out with company." A brief biography appears on p. 67 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
04/30/1886
Burial: Month
Burial: Day
30
Burial: Year
Lot Owner
Soldiers' Rest
Date Transcribed
06/25/2001
Default Latitude
41.28460211
Default Longitude
-82.23323803
Default Zoom Level
20
Collection
Citation
“George [W.] Dudgeon,” Westwood Database, accessed May 3, 2024, https://www.oberlinwestwood.org/omeka/items/show/42813.