Papers, 1859-1910.

Oberlin College

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Oberlin College is a private liberal arts college and conservatory of music in Oberlin, Ohio. Founded in 1833, it is the oldest coeducational liberal arts college in the United States and the second-oldest continuously operating coeducational institute of higher learning in the world. The Oberlin Conservatory of Music is the oldest continuously operating conservatory in the United States. In 1835, Oberlin became one of the first colleges in the United States to admit African Americans, and in 18...

Grabill, Elliot F., 1837-1912.

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Commander of the Fifth U.S. Colored Troops during the Civil War. Born in Pennsylvania (1837), attended Oberlin's Preparatory Department and College from 1857 to 1861, when he enlisted with the 7th Ohio Volunteer Infantry for two and a half years as private and corporal. In 1863, he was commissioned 1st Lieutenant and apppointed Adjutant of the 5th U.S. Colored Troops. He earned the rank of Captain in 1864 and Major on discharge in 1865. He returned to Oberlin in 1865, ta...

Grabill, Elliott, 1837-1912

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Grabill, Anna Sutton Jenney, 1839-1913.

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Butler, Benjamin Franklin, 1818-1893

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Benjamin Franklin Butler was born in Deerfield, New Hampshire, the sixth and youngest child of John Butler and Charlotte Ellison Butler. His father served under General Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812 and later became a privateer, dying of yellow fever in the West Indies not long after Benjamin was born. He was named after Founding Father Benjamin Franklin. His elder brother, Andrew Jackson Butler (1815–1864), would serve as a colonel in the Union Army during t...