The dates on this grave are mistaken. There was only one Adford Bates - and he has two gravestones in Packer Cemetery. Adford served in the Civil War, and he died in 1879. One of his family members must have ordered a special soldier's grave for him after his death, and it explains how he ended up with two gravestones. The date on this gravestone may be the date when the stone was ordered. Which would indicate that Adford's brother Joseph ordered this gravestone.
The dates on this grave are mistaken. There was only one Adford Bates - and he has two gravestones in Packer Cemetery. Adford served in the Civil War, and he died in 1879. One of his family members must have ordered a special soldier's grave for him after his death, and it explains how he ended up with two gravestones. The date on this gravestone may be the date when the stone was ordered. Which would indicate that Adford's brother Joseph ordered this gravestone.
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