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Fenderson Richard Copes Sr.

Birth
North Carolina, USA
Death
2 Aug 1914 (aged 82)
Ohio, USA
Burial
Oberlin, Lorain County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
Plot
G-046-05 no marker
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from Oberlin Heritage Center's Westwood Cemetery Inventory database

Husband of Nancy Copes (G-046-01), Elsy Copes (G-047-03), Charlotte Copes (G-046-04), & Martha Copes (Q-036-05)

see also in Oberlin College archives:
died, Fenderson R. Copes; born in slavery; obituary · August 5, 1914 · Oberlin News

From the Westwood Cemetery Database - "A brief biography in William E. Bigglestone's 'They Stopped in Oberlin: Black Residents and Visitors of the Nineteenth Century' (Scottsdale, AZ: Innovation Group, 1981)."
from Oberlin Heritage Center's Westwood Cemetery Inventory database

Husband of Nancy Copes (G-046-01), Elsy Copes (G-047-03), Charlotte Copes (G-046-04), & Martha Copes (Q-036-05)

see also in Oberlin College archives:
died, Fenderson R. Copes; born in slavery; obituary · August 5, 1914 · Oberlin News

From the Westwood Cemetery Database - "A brief biography in William E. Bigglestone's 'They Stopped in Oberlin: Black Residents and Visitors of the Nineteenth Century' (Scottsdale, AZ: Innovation Group, 1981)."

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No headstone but spouse Nancy has a tall stone and he is likely nearby since he owned the plot. His name is on her gravestone.

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