Louisa F. Bows

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Title

Louisa F. Bows

Section

Lot

Grave

06B

First Name

Middle Name

F.

Last Name

Birth Date

1847

Birth: Year

Death Date

1898

Death: Year

Gender

Number of Persons on Marker

Composition

Condition

Shape

State

Legibility

Poor

Dimension: Height

15 inches

Dimension: Width

23 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

Comments

[Footstone] "Louisa F. Bows"

Biographical Information

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).

Lot Owner

Bows, Samuel B.

Date Transcribed

10/30/1999

Default Latitude

41.28408854

Default Longitude

-82.23487734

Default Zoom Level

20

Collection

Citation

“Louisa F. Bows,” Westwood Database, accessed May 4, 2024, https://www.oberlinwestwood.org/omeka/items/show/52102.

Output Formats

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