Cowan

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Title

Cowan

Section

U

Lot

010

Grave

00

Last Name

Cowan

Number of Persons on Marker

0

Composition

Granite

Condition

Good

Shape

Sloped

State

Upright

Legibility

Good

Dimension: Height

20 inches

Dimension: Width

30 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

[Family stone] "Cowan" No other markers are in Lot 10; no individual names are on this [Family stone].

Biographical Information

See the brief biography of the Chambers family on pp. 35-39 and 58-59 of William E. Bigglestone, They Stopped in Oberlin: Black Residents and Visitors of the Nineteenth Century (Scottsdale, AZ: Innovation Group, 1981).

Lot Owner

Cowan, E. E.

Date Transcribed

07/08/1999

Default Latitude

41.28451747

Default Longitude

-82.23206971

Default Zoom Level

20

Collection

Section U

Citation

“Cowan,” Westwood Database, accessed September 28, 2024, https://oberlinwestwood.org/omeka/items/show/40900.

Output Formats

Geolocation