Nelson Sawyer
Title
Nelson Sawyer
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Section
Lot
Grave
23
First Name
Last Name
Relationship
Second husband of Hester Ann Bennett (G-41-06)
Birth Date
[Not on the marker]
Death Date
1868
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
36 inches
Inscription
"Co. L. / 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 3/3/1865, and was discharged on 9/21/1865. A brief biography appears on pp. 5-6 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
03/24/1868
Burial: Month
Burial: Day
24
Burial: Year
Lot Owner
Soldiers' Rest
Date Transcribed
06/25/2001
Default Latitude
41.28459374
Default Longitude
-82.23320952
Default Zoom Level
20
Collection
Citation
“Nelson Sawyer,” Westwood Database, accessed May 2, 2024, https://www.oberlinwestwood.org/omeka/items/show/42827.