Nolan Rice Best

1871–1930 (age 59)

Biography

Nolan Rice Best was born in 1871 and lived through the transformative decades that shaped modern America. His life encompassed the closing years of the 19th century and the opening decades of the 20th, a period of remarkable progress and change.

Best passed away in 1930 and was laid to rest at Woodlawn Cemetery and Chapel Mausoleum. His legacy endures in the memory of his community and the lives he touched during his lifetime.

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