William H. Shanks
Title
William H. Shanks
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Section
Lot
Grave
08
First Name
Middle Name
H.
Last Name
Birth Date
01/8/1836
Birth: Month
Birth: Day
8
Birth: Year
Death Date
07/26/1938
Death: Month
07
Death: Day
26
Death: Year
Age at Death
102 years
Gender
Veteran Y/N
Military Service
Number of Persons on Marker
Composition
Condition
Shape
State
Legibility
Fair
Dimension: Height
26 inches
Dimension: Width
12 inches
Inscription
"Sgt Co C 5 Regt Ohio Inf"
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
[Military marker]
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).
Lot Owner
Langston, J. M.
Date Transcribed
10/20/2002
Default Latitude
41.28392024
Default Longitude
-82.23582463
Default Zoom Level
20
Collection
Citation
“William H. Shanks,” Westwood Database, accessed May 5, 2024, https://www.oberlinwestwood.org/omeka/items/show/61598.