Nancy A. Jarvis

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Title

Nancy A. Jarvis

Section

Lot

Grave

06A

First Name

Middle Name

A.

Last Name

Relationship

Wife of Thomas Jarvis (I-035-01)

Death Date

03/06/1848

Death: Month

03

Death: Day

06

Death: Year

Age at Death

42 years

Gender

Number of Persons on Marker

Composition

Condition

Carving

Flowers, leaves

Legibility

Good

Dimension: Height

Approx. 216 inches

Dimension: Width

66 inches

Inscription

"Mother & Father"

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 (from Oberlin's Old Cemetery?); check the original burial register for more information. According to Dr. L. C. Meredith's 1991 videotape Westwood R.I.P., this is the tallest marker in Westwood. It is on Lots I-034, I-035, I-042, & I-043.

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

07/05/1873

Burial: Month

Burial: Day

5

Burial: Year

Lot Owner

Jarvis, Thomas

Date Transcribed

10/09/1999

Default Latitude

41.28459929

Default Longitude

-82.23413571

Default Zoom Level

20

Collection

Citation

“Nancy A. Jarvis,” Westwood Database, accessed May 8, 2024, https://www.oberlinwestwood.org/omeka/items/show/52415.

Output Formats

Geolocation