Webster, Levi R.

1843 - 1862  (19 years)

• Name	Webster, Levi R.
  Birth	19 Aug 1843
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	WEBS.L003
  _FGRAVE	32417140
  Military Service	American Civil War, Company A, 98th Illinois Infantry  [1]
  	Age: 19 y, 21 d. Co. A, 98th Ill. Vol. JOINED: AUG 15, 1862 CLAY CO., IL MUSTER IN: SEP 3, 1862 CAMP CENTRALIA, IL DIED SEP 9, 1862 OF INJURIES RECD BY A RAIL ROAD ACCIDENT SEP 7, 1862 Levi R. Webster, age 18, son of Stanford & Elizabeth Webster lived on a farm just north of the present WalMart store at Flora, Illinois. He enlisted in Co. A 98th Illinois Infantry. Mustered on September 3, 1862, died the next day. Returned to Flora for burial. Levi R. Webster was killed at Bridgeport Illinois in a train wreck, there was 7 others also killed in the same wreck from Clay Co.
  		American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865)
  		Clay County Civil War Veterans A Virtual Cemetery Created By Ewood Sexton
  Death	9 Sep 1862	Bridgeport, Lawrence County, Illinois
  	Cause: Died of injuries received by a rail road accident, Sep 7, 1862
  Burial	Elmwood Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois
  Person ID	I55780	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	3 Sep 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - Cause: Died of injuries received by a rail road accident, Sep 7, 1862 - 9 Sep 1862 - Bridgeport, Lawrence County, Illinois Burial - - Elmwood Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S493] Les Higgason, Civil War Veterans, Buried in Clay County (including Confederate), Compiled by Les Higgason (Reliability: 2).