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Submitted: 7/14/08 • Approved: 7/15/08 • Last Updated: 8/13/15 • R68290-G0-S3
The gravestone for David Failor and his wife, Caroline Mowan Failor, is located in the NE section of East Sparta Cemetery.
The pink granite marker is approx 5 foot high.
The west face of the marker is engraved: "FAILOR".
The south face is engraved:
DAVID FAILOR
BORN
DEC 13, 1833
DIED
JULY 9, 1886
A MEMBER OF CO. F. 162 REG. O.V.I.
The north face is engraved:
CAROLINE
MOWAN
FAILOR
JAN. 17, 1834
DEC. 4, 1912
The marker is just west of the Civil War monument dedicated to volunteers from Pike Twp, Ohio.
The GPS coordinates are 40° 39' 56.2" North, 81° 21' 19.2" West.
Contributed on 7/14/08
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Record #: 68290