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Note: !BIRTH: BEST/STOKER Fam Bible in poss Minnie (STOKER) STEVENS, Yuba City, CA (dec); copied by Charles I. Davis, 31 Dec 1961 (ch of John & Tracy Best) !DEATH: Sutter Co, CA Death Rec; Bk 1905/15, Pg 78: single, d ae 79; rers of Calif 35 yrs, informant, Frank Regli, Yuba City / CADI, 1905-1929, Pg 838: Samuel Best, 79, d 18 Jan 1908, Sutter Co, State File #08-6005 / SUTTER CO, CA WILLS, Bk B, Pg 459; FHL Film #1651406 / Sutter City Cem; Headstone: Uncle, Samuel Best, 1828-1908 SOURCES: NOTE: Samuel BEST never married; he raised the children of his bro, Richard, aft Richard's d ca 1873. (See 1880 Census, below). These ch shared Samuel's estate after his death in 1908 / INDEX OF 1860 FED CENSUS OF OREGON: Best, Samuel, in Josephine Co, Pg 218, located at Waldo; Census on FHL F#0805055 / 1880 FED CENSUS, Sutter Twp, Sutter Co, CA; Pg 10, Line #3: Samuel Best; m, 51, single, farmer, b OH, F b PA, M b PA; Nancy Best, f, 45, sis-in-law, widowed, b OH, F b OH, M b OH; Henry Best, m, 22, nephew, b MO; F b OH, M b OH; Miranda Best, f, 20, niece, b MO, F b OH, M b OH; Mary Best, f, 17, niece, b MO, F b OH, M b OH; Charles Best, m, 15, nephew, b MO, F b OH, M b OH; Louisa Best, f, 12, niece, b MO, F b OH, M b OH; Ida Best, f, 10, niece, b CA, F b OH, M b OH; Emily J. Best, f, 7, niece, b CA; F b OH, M b OH / 1900 Calif Census: Samuel Best, b Jun 1828, Ohio; res of Vernon Twsp; F b Penn, M b Maryland / SUTTER CO, CA, NEWSPAPER INDEX; FHL film 1763639; Sutter County Farmer; 23 Mar 1906, Pg 7b: trans land to nieces & nephews, Charles & Henry Best, Mrs. Frank Regli, & Mrs. Sam Gray; [IBID] 30 Mar 1906, Pg 6c: land transf to Miranda Pinney & Mary Sullenger; [IBID] 16 Aug 1907, Pg 6d: auction of pers prop; [IBID] 24 Jan 1908, Pgs 1e & 6d: died, ae 79; surv by bro, Henry; [IBID] 31 Jan 1908, Pg 1d: estate; [IBID] 5 Jun 1908, Pg 1e, prop sold to A DeCossa & J. Best; [IBID] 26 Jun 1908, Pg 2b: part of estate to Suel Harris & Guy McNurty / IGI, Mar 1992; Pg 724: Samuel, 22 age 1850, Lee Co, Iowa; Batch #7609861, #19 / ANCESTRAL FILE, ver 4.13 / History of the State of Calif., & Bio. Record of the Sacramento Valley, by Prof. J.M. Guinn, Chapman Publ. Co, 1906, Pgs 515-16: Bio of Samuel Best, crossed plains to Oregon in 1852 with three companions [including half-bro Daniel ?] / Ancestral File
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