Joseph Massey

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Title

Joseph Massey

Section

Lot

Grave

02

First Name

Last Name

Death Date

05/20/1860

Death: Month

05

Death: Day

20

Death: Year

Age at Death

49 years

Gender

Number of Persons on Marker

Composition

Condition

State

Legibility

Poor

Dimension: Height

50 inches

Dimension: Width

24 inches

Carver

"Jones"

How Identified

Signature

Source of Information

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

Comments

Reburial; check the original burial register for more information--and to verify the reburial date.

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).

Burial Date from Printout

06/25/1883

Burial: Month

Burial: Day

25

Burial: Year

Lot Owner

Massey, Rebecca

Date Transcribed

09/05/1999

Default Latitude

41.28431857

Default Longitude

-82.2338698

Default Zoom Level

20

Collection

Citation

“Joseph Massey,” Westwood Database, accessed May 3, 2024, https://www.oberlinwestwood.org/omeka/items/show/47951.

Output Formats

Geolocation