Isaac Smith

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Title

Isaac Smith

Lot

001

Grave

5

First Name

Isaac

Last Name

Smith

Death Date

04/12/1864

Death: Month

04

Death: Day

12

Death: Year

1864

Age at Death

23 years

Gender

Male

Veteran Y/N

Yes

Military Service

Civil War

Number of Persons on Marker

1

Composition

Marble

Condition

Poor

Shape

Flush

State

Flush

Legibility

Poor

Dimension: Height

0 inches

Dimension: Width

42 inches

Inscription

"Died at Camp Delaware" [Epitaph illegible]

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

A brief biography in William E. Bigglestone, They Stopped in Oberlin: Black Residents and Visitors of the Nineteenth Century (Scottsdale, AZ: Innovation Group, 1981); .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 1/7/1864, and "died at Camp Delaware, Oh." His name is on Oberlin's Soldiers' Monument. Reburial, presumably.
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 1/7/1864, and "died at Camp Delaware, Oh." His name is on Oberlin's Soldiers' Monument. Reburial, presumably.

Burial Date from Printout

05/25/1969

Burial: Month

05

Burial: Day

25

Burial: Year

1969

Lot Owner

Soldiers' Rest

Date Transcribed

06/25/2001

Default Latitude

41.28460214

Default Longitude

-82.23325494

Default Zoom Level

20

Collection

Section SR

Citation

“Isaac Smith,” Westwood Database, accessed May 2, 2024, https://www.oberlinwestwood.org/omeka/items/show/42828.

Output Formats

Geolocation