William Elijah Morris Ph.D.

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Title

William Elijah Morris Ph.D.

Section

Lot

Grave

02

First Name

Middle Name

Elijah

Last Name

Name Suffix

Birth Date

1911-11-18

Birth: Month

Birth: Day

18

Birth: Year

Death Date

03/22/1991

Death: Month

03

Death: Day

22

Death: Year

Gender

Number of Persons on Marker

Composition

Condition

State

Carving

Leaves, other [eagle wings coming from a star; bird]

Legibility

Good

Dimension: Height

45 inches

Dimension: Width

31 inches

Inscription

[Front:] "Sunt lacrimae rerum [There are tears for things; or Tears attend trials]" [Back:] "The word is not the thing" "Esse est movere [To be is to move (?)]" "Never reinforce failure" "There is no sin in life but / indecision" "Nothing but the impossible / ever happens to the individual" "One of us is missing"

Source of Information

Information taken from Westwood Printout and grave marker, if available; check the original burial register at city hall for additional data

Burial Date from Printout

03/26/1991

Burial: Month

Burial: Day

26

Burial: Year

Lot Owner

Morris, William

Date Transcribed

09/25/1999

Default Latitude

41.28476629

Default Longitude

-82.23330017

Default Zoom Level

20

Collection

Citation

“William Elijah Morris Ph.D.,” Westwood Database, accessed May 15, 2024, https://www.oberlinwestwood.org/omeka/items/show/47234.

Output Formats

Geolocation