Best Cemetery
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St. Charles Township, St. Charles Co., MO
Name Birth Death Comments
Best, Maria L. 29 Apr 1828 1 May 1851 wife of Stephen
Best, Mary 1 May 1844 wife of S.  23y 11m 12d
Griffin, Margaret 10 Sep 1795 29 Jan 1837 broken in two pieces on ground
North of St. Charles, Hwy 94 to H to Tower Line Rd to Black Walnut Rd--east 1 1/2 miles.   The cemetery was located in the grove of trees behind the farm shed. 
The above stones were listed by Mary Johnson McElhiney Gone But Not Forgotten
In 1938 farmer Fred Heitmann found bones in this area, and the graveyard was the subject of a Cosmos-Monitor news story.  Evidently this graveyard area has always been subject to floods.
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