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Ellis Beesley Jr. served in World War One as a member of Co B 1st Gas Regiment of the 13th engineers Battalion  He grew up in Newark   His parents had emigrated from England in the 1880’s His father was a hatter / furrier and after Ellis returned from the war he worked in the same trade. The 1st Gas regiment…

When resetting a fallen headstone if the foundation is not visible the ground area is probed to try find it. As part of this process, sometimes a buried or lost headstone is discovered. When this occurs the buried stone is excavated and reset at the proper grave location and foundation. We then continue to probe to find the original desired…