John Watson
Title
John Watson
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Section
Lot
Grave
03
First Name
Last Name
Relationship
Husband of Margaret Watson (K-035-04)
Death Date
10/18/1872
Death: Month
10
Death: Day
18
Death: Year
Age at Death
60 years
Gender
Number of Persons on Marker
Composition
Condition
Shape
State
Legibility
Poor
Dimension: Height
61 inches
Dimension: Width
21 inches
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) A former slave and a participant in the Oberlin-Wellington Rescue; for more information, see Westwood: A Historical and Interpretive View of Oberlin’s Cemetery, Oberlin, Ohio (Oberlin: Oberlin Historical and Improvement Organization, 1997). p. 29. A former slave and a participant in the Oberlin-Wellington Rescue; for more information, see Westwood: A Historical and Interpretive View of Oberlin's Cemetery, Oberlin, Ohio (Oberlin: Oberlin Historical and Improvement Organization, 1997). p. 29.
Burial Date from Printout
10/29/1872
Burial: Month
Burial: Day
29
Burial: Year
Lot Owner
Watson, John
Date Transcribed
08/07/1999
Default Latitude
41.28372882
Default Longitude
-82.23425741
Default Zoom Level
20
Collection
Citation
“John Watson,” Westwood Database, accessed May 1, 2024, https://www.oberlinwestwood.org/omeka/items/show/51284.