Franklin White
Title
Franklin White
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Section
Lot
Grave
01
First Name
Last Name
Death Date
11/26/1863
Death: Month
11
Death: Day
26
Death: Year
Age at Death
28 years, 8 months?
Gender
Veteran Y/N
Military Service
Number of Persons on Marker
Composition
Condition
Shape
State
Legibility
Poor
Dimension: Height
94 inches
Dimension: Width
29 inches
Inscription
"Younger brother of / W. C. White / ??? [illegible] in the ??? [illegible--2nd Mich."?] Battery / Died ??? [illegible] U.S. ??? [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
Comments
On the Westwood map and printout he is listed as "Benjamin White." According to the original Westwood burial register, "Benjamin F. White, a native of New York and resident of Oberlin, and a member of "U.S. Vols. & Mich. Battery," was buried in K-081 on 11/28/1863 (the 4th person to be buried in the then-new cemetery), having died of "chronic diarrhea" at the age of 28 years, 8 months, 17 days. An unsourced newspaper article states that Franklin "died from disease contracted in rebel prison." See Oberlin's Soldiers Monument (http://www.oberlin.edu/EOG/Civil%20War%20Monument/soldiers_monument.htm).
Burial Date from Printout
11/28/1863
Burial: Month
Burial: Day
28
Burial: Year
Lot Owner
White, W. C.
Date Transcribed
08/09/1999
Default Latitude
41.28365403
Default Longitude
-82.23450477
Default Zoom Level
20
Collection
Citation
“Franklin White,” Westwood Database, accessed May 1, 2024, https://www.oberlinwestwood.org/omeka/items/show/51292.