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News From the Friends of Westwood Cemetery,
News From the Friends of Westwood Cemetery,
Summer 2025
Summer 2025
This summer, Friends of Westwood Cemetery had three stones repaired and reset by Gravestone Restoration Services by Kate & Jane (and Ron).
The symbolic broken double-column memorial for the two sons of Stillman and Ann Lincoln; Lieut. Henry W. and Marcus, who served in the Civil War, was repaired and reset. Broken columns symbolize a life cut short, but in recent years the columns were severely damaged and on the ground. They were returned to their original upright state. The Lincoln monuments are surrounded by a Victorian wrought iron fence in section B.
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The conservators also worked on the marble tablet of Mary Kellogg (1818 – 1863) which was moved from the original Morgan Street cemetery and for years had lain flat in section V. It is now cleaned and reset, standing in a new sandstone base. This tablet has been noted in publications because of its history and inscription; “Born a Slave Died Free.” Mary Kellogg, a Louisiana slave, was given to her owner’s daughter, Mary Kellogg Fairchild, wife of James Harris Fairchild. Miss Kellogg was immediately freed and chose to live out her life working for the Fairchild family in Oberlin.
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The third stone reset is Section K’s Peter Pindar Pease (1795-1861). On April 19, 1833, Pease brought his family from their pioneer home in Brownhelm, Lorain County, to his log cabin situated on what is now Tappan Square. They are considered Oberlin’s first citizens. His modest home, constructed in three days, was the first building in Oberlin. Known as “Deacon Pease,” he was a builder, working on many early Oberlin structures, including the First Congregational Church.
References:
Westwood Historical and Interpretive View of Oberlin’s Cemetery, Oberlin, Ohio, 1997, Oberlin Historical and Improvement Organization.
Oberlin: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow… https://www2.oberlin.edu/external/EOG/OYTT/ch4.html
Westwood Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/44072/westwood-cemetery
Westwood Cemetery Database https://www.oberlinwestwood.org/omeka/
Photos by Kathy Hilton, Kate Rivet, and Jane Crandall
Gravestone Restoration Services by Kate & Jane, Email: grsbykj@gmail.com https://www.facebook.com/gravestoneservicesbykj
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