T. [Thomas] A. Hartwell
Title
T. [Thomas] A. Hartwell
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Section
Lot
Grave
6
First Name
Middle Name
A.
Last Name
Relationship
Married Jemima Hartwell
Birth Date
[Not on the marker]
Death Date
[09/01] 1883
Death: Month
[09]
Death: Day
[01]
Death: Year
Gender
Veteran Y/N
Military Service
Number of Persons on Marker
Composition
Condition
Shape
State
Legibility
Poor
Dimension: Height
0 inches
Dimension: Width
38 inches
Inscription
"Co. A. / 27th U.S.C.T."
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 enlisted on 1/6/1864 and was "trf'd to 23 U.S.C.T. 18 Oct. 1864." According to the list of "African-American Civil War Soldiers Buried in Westwood Cemetery, Oberlin, Ohio," at <http://www.geocities.com/oberlinaagenealogy/AACWSoldiers.html>, he also served in Co. B and Co. D of the 23rd USCT. A brief biography of this former slave appears on pp. 98-99 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
09/02/1883
Burial: Month
Burial: Day
02
Burial: Year
Lot Owner
Soldiers' Rest
Date Transcribed
06/25/2001
Default Latitude
41.28453014
Default Longitude
-82.23321852
Default Zoom Level
20
Collection
Citation
“T. [Thomas] A. Hartwell,” Westwood Database, accessed May 2, 2024, https://www.oberlinwestwood.org/omeka/items/show/42817.