S. [Sabram] Cox
Title
S. [Sabram] Cox
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Section
Lot
Grave
05
First Name
Last Name
Relationship
Assume husband of Elsie T. Cox (Q-50-02)
Birth Date
[03/17] 1823
Birth: Month
Birth: Day
[17]
Birth: Year
Death Date
1897
Death: Year
Gender
Number of Persons on Marker
Composition
Condition
Shape
State
Legibility
Good
Dimension: Height
12 inches
Dimension: Width
15 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
This marker resembles a [Footstone], but there is no other marker for him, and his name is not on the [Family stone]; check the original burial register and/or lot book.
Biographical Information
For information on his life as a former slave, see Westwood: A Historical and Interpretive View of Oberlin’s Cemetery, Oberlin, Ohio (Oberlin: Oberlin Historical and Improvement Organization, 1997). pp. 25-26. 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
03/19/1897
Burial: Month
Burial: Day
19
Burial: Year
Lot Owner
Cox, Sabram
Date Transcribed
09/17/1999
Default Latitude
41.28406743
Default Longitude
-82.2332208
Default Zoom Level
20
Collection
Citation
“S. [Sabram] Cox,” Westwood Database, accessed May 5, 2024, https://www.oberlinwestwood.org/omeka/items/show/61686.