John W. [Whedon] Steele
Title
John W. [Whedon] Steele
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Section
Lot
Grave
00A
First Name
Middle Name
W. [Whedon]
Last Name
Relationship
Husband of Ella F. Steele (R-23-05)
Birth Date
12/21/1835
Birth: Month
Birth: Day
21
Birth: Year
Death Date
04/26/1905
Death: Month
04
Death: Day
26
Death: Year
Gender
Veteran Y/N
Military Service
Number of Persons on Marker
Composition
Condition
Shape
State
Legibility
Fair
Dimension: Height
79 inches
Dimension: Width
43 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
Not on printoutLooks like someone tried to change birth date from 1835 to 1845
Biographical Information
Only Congressional Medal of Honor Winner in Westwood (see Westwood: A Historical and Interpretive View of Oberlin's Cemetery, Oberlin, Ohio (Oberlin: Oberlin Historical and Improvement Organization, 1997), pp. 21-22. According to Wilbur H. Phillips' book Oberlin Colony: The Story of a Century (Oberlin: n.p., 1933), p. 198, John W. Whedon Steele was born on Dec. 21, 1835 and died on April 26, 1905.
Lot Owner
Clark[e], John
Date Transcribed
10/26/1999
Default Latitude
41.2839584
Default Longitude
-82.23300301
Default Zoom Level
20
Collection
Citation
“John W. [Whedon] Steele,” Westwood Database, accessed September 29, 2024, https://oberlinwestwood.org/omeka/items/show/45015.