Round Point Cemetery
Wapello County, Iowa

North Side of Obelisk:

BENIAH DIMMITT
DIED
FEB. 11, 1875:
AGED
50 Y. & 21 D.

In the bottom right-hand corner, is the stone carver's name and location:
ROOT & SON
Ottumwa, Ia.

(Beniah shares this obelisk with his wife, Elizabeth, their son Austin, and their daughter Olive. Their daughter Lady also has a cenotaph inscription on the east side of this obelisk. Lady is buried with Beniah’s parents, and she also has her own stone there.)