Elias Slemp [Slimp]
Title
Elias Slemp [Slimp]
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Section
Lot
Grave
04
First Name
Last Name
Relationship
Husband of Lucinda Slemp [Slimp] (E-077-03)
Birth Date
[03/1844]
Birth: Month
Birth: Year
Death Date
1916
Death: Year
Age at Death
About 75 years
Death Place/Cause
Massillon State Hospital
Gender
Veteran Y/N
Military Service
Number of Persons on Marker
Composition
Condition
Shape
State
Legibility
Good
Dimension: Height
18 inches
Dimension: Width
12 inches
Inscription
"Co. F / 27 U. S. C. I. [U.S. Colored Infantry]"
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
A brief biography in William E. Bigglestone, They Stopped in Oberlin: Black Residents and Visitors of the Nineteenth Century (Scottsdale, AZ: Innovation Group, 1981). According to Burton W. Nesbitt, volunteer Lorain County coordinator for the National Graves Registration Project of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, he served as a private, enlisted on 7/28/1864, and was discharged on 9/21/1865. Check the original burial register for his age at death.
According to Burton W. Nesbitt, volunteer Lorain County coordinator for the National Graves Registration Project of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, he served as a private, enlisted on 7/28/1864, and was discharged on 9/21/1865. Check the original burial register for his age at death.
According to Burton W. Nesbitt, volunteer Lorain County coordinator for the National Graves Registration Project of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, he served as a private, enlisted on 7/28/1864, and was discharged on 9/21/1865. Check the original burial register for his age at death.
Burial Date from Printout
05/12/1916
Burial: Month
Burial: Day
12
Burial: Year
Lot Owner
Slemp, Elias
Date Transcribed
07/07/2000
Default Latitude
41.28450044
Default Longitude
-82.23539569
Default Zoom Level
20
Collection
Citation
“Elias Slemp [Slimp],” Westwood Database, accessed June 11, 2024, https://www.oberlinwestwood.org/omeka/items/show/56581.