Elijah P. Bows
Title
Elijah P. Bows
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Section
Lot
Grave
07
First Name
Middle Name
P.
Last Name
Relationship
Husband of Louisa F. Bows (I-139-06)
Birth Date
[03/01] 1839
Birth: Month
Birth: Day
[01]
Birth: Year
Death Date
1921
Death: Year
Gender
Veteran Y/N
Military Service
Number of Persons on Marker
Composition
Condition
Shape
State
Legibility
Fair
Dimension: Height
48 inches
Dimension: Width
40 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
Burton W. Nesbitt, volunteer Lorain County coordinator for the National Graves Registration Project of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, has no additional information on him; 7 men with the surname "Bows" are listed in the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System database, <http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm>, but no "Elijah P. Bows" or "Elijah Bows." A brief biography of the Bows family appears on pp. 10-12 of William E. Bigglestone, They Stopped in Oberlin: Black Residents and Visitors of the Nineteenth Century (Scottsdale, AZ: Innovation Group, 1981). Note that Lots I-117 through I-139 are located at the southern end of Section F (toward the pond).
Burial Date from Printout
08/19/1921
Burial: Month
Burial: Day
19
Burial: Year
Lot Owner
Bows, Samuel B.
Date Transcribed
10/30/1999
Default Latitude
41.28408854
Default Longitude
-82.23487734
Default Zoom Level
20
Collection
Citation
“Elijah P. Bows,” Westwood Database, accessed May 21, 2024, https://www.oberlinwestwood.org/omeka/items/show/52098.