Elias Slemp [Slimp]

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Title

Elias Slemp [Slimp]

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.

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.

Output Formats

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