From cemetery records:
Best, James A
Age: 96
Civil War, Private, Co K 50th Illinois Infantry
Burial: 23 Jan 1943
Undertaker: Forster
Burial fee: $20
Section 14.2 Row 2 Grave 53 (unmarked grave)
Military gravestone installed 17 Sep 1943, fee $4
Date of death conflict: Death certificate shows 18 Jan 1943, however order for
military gravestone shows death on 9 Jan 1943 which was also the date reported
on the gravestone at the time of the 1986 gravestone inscription survey.
Gravestone not found during 2011 photographic survey of cemetery.
J A Best purchased Section 14.1 Lot 3 Grave 49 on 17 Jun 1932 for $15 for
future use; it is unclear whether or not he or his family traded it in prior to
burial of his remains in Section 14.2 Row 2 Grave 53.
From cemetery records:
Best, James A
Age: 96
Civil War, Private, Co K 50th Illinois Infantry
Burial: 23 Jan 1943
Undertaker: Forster
Burial fee: $20
Section 14.2 Row 2 Grave 53 (unmarked grave)
Military gravestone installed 17 Sep 1943, fee $4
Date of death conflict: Death certificate shows 18 Jan 1943, however order for
military gravestone shows death on 9 Jan 1943 which was also the date reported
on the gravestone at the time of the 1986 gravestone inscription survey.
Gravestone not found during 2011 photographic survey of cemetery.
J A Best purchased Section 14.1 Lot 3 Grave 49 on 17 Jun 1932 for $15 for
future use; it is unclear whether or not he or his family traded it in prior to
burial of his remains in Section 14.2 Row 2 Grave 53.
Inscription
JAMES A. BEST
DIED: JAN 9, 1943
PVT 50 ILL INF
CIVIL WAR
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