A. [Augustus] J. [Josiah] Rivers

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Title

A. [Augustus] J. [Josiah] Rivers

Section

Lot

Grave

11

First Name

Middle Name

J. [Josiah]

Last Name

Relationship

Husband of Mary L. Rivers (B-021-10)

Birth Date

[04/01] 1836

Birth: Month

Birth: Day

[01]

Birth: Year

Death Date

1912

Death: Year

Gender

Number of Persons on Marker

Composition

Condition

Shape

State

Legibility

Good

Dimension: Height

8 inches

Dimension: Width

20 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

Born in Havanna, Mexico. 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

03/25/1912

Burial: Month

Burial: Day

25

Burial: Year

Lot Owner

D'Anglas Heirs

Date Transcribed

10/20/2002

Default Latitude

41.28403402

Default Longitude

-82.23573051

Default Zoom Level

20

Collection

Citation

“A. [Augustus] J. [Josiah] Rivers,” Westwood Database, accessed May 5, 2024, https://www.oberlinwestwood.org/omeka/items/show/61572.

Output Formats

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