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  1. Hannah Melissa Best: Birth: 23 Dec 1856 in Vincennes, Lee, Iowa. Death: 3 Apr 1893 in of Des Moines Twp, Lee, Iowa

  2. Charles Newton Best: Birth: 13 Sep 1860 in Vincennes, Lee, Iowa. Death: 4 May 1919 in Vincennes, Lee, Iowa

  3. Ida Veranna Best: Birth: 3 Sep 1866 in Vincennes, Lee, Iowa. Death: 30 Jun 1941 in Keokuk, Lee, Iowa


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a. Note:   !BIRTH: BEST/STOKER Fam Bible in poss Minnie (STOKER) Stevens, Yuba City, CA (dec) Copied by Charles I, Davis, 31 Dec 1961
  !DEATH: IA State Board of Health; Death Cert; Reg #18; John BEST, b 17 Jun 1830 d Des Moines, Lee Co, IA; 18 Jan 1906, ae 75y, 7m, 1d; Father, John BEST, b OH; Mother, unk; Inf: Chas. N. BEST, Vincennes, IA (Rcvd 14 Mar 1962)
  SOURCES: Ancestry.com; 1850 Fed Census, Dist 29, Lee Co, IA; Enum; John G. BEST, 52; John BEST, 20, m, w, farmer, b OH [IBID]1860 Fed Census, Vincennes, Lee Co, IA: John G. BEST, 64, m, farmer, person prop $100, b PN; Rebecca BEST, 44, f, b OH; Zachariah BEST, 20, m, b MO; Benjamin BEST, 14, m, farmer, b MO; Percilla BEST, 12, f, b IA [twin]; Rucilla BEST, 12, f, b IA [twin]; Nathaniel BEST, 10, m, b IA, Isaac BEST, 18, m, farmer, b MO, md w/in yr; Rachel BEST, 18, f, b IA, md w/in yr [IBID] 1870 Fed Census, Des Moines, Vincennes P.O., Lee Co, IA: John BEST, 41, m, w, Farmer, $2,000 real estate, $700 pers prop, b OH; Mary BEST, 32, f, w, Housekeeper, b IN; Malana BEST, 13, f, w, at school, b IA; Charles BEST, 9, m, w, at school, b IA; Ida BEST, 4, f, w, b IA [IBID] 1880 Fed Census, Des Moines, Lee, IA; John BEST, w, m, 50, farmer, b OH, F b PA, M b OH; Mary A. BEST, wife, w, f, 39, keeping house, b IA, F b OH, M b KY; Charles M. BEST, son, w, m, 18, At home, b IA, F b OH, M b IA ; Ida V. BEST, dau, w, f, 13, At school, b IA, F b OH, M b IA [IBID] List of Civil War veterans living in Lee Co, Iowa, 1885: BEST, John, Vincennes, Iowa, Co A, 19th Infantry, Private [IBID] 1895 Iowa State Census, Lee Co, IA, Pg 147, Dwell 92, Fam 92, John BEST, 65, m, md, farmer, Baptist, Civil War vet, Co A, 19th Iowa Inf [IBID] 1900 Fed Census, Des Moines Twp, Lee Co, IA; Family of Harvey CHANCE, head, w, m, b Aug 1830, 69, single, b KY, Par b KY, Farmer; Thomas R. CHANCE, nephew, w, m, b Feb 1856, 44, single, b IA, F b KY, M b MO, Farm laborer; John A. BEST, bro-in-law, w, m, b Jun 1830, 69, md 43 yrs, b OH, F b PA, M b OH, Farmer; Martha BEST, sis-in-law, w, f, b Apr 1838, 62, md 40 yrs, b MO, Par b KY Familysearch.org; IGI, Mar 1992; Pg 723; John, 20 age 1850, Lee Co, Iowa; Batch #7609861, #19; CONFLICT: Ordinances repeated 1993/95, ATLAN; and 1995, DALLA ANCESTRAL FILE, ver 4.13 Familysearch.org; Pedigree Resource File, Disc #5 & #11 Mills Co, Iowa Probates: BEST, JOHN BEST, JOHN SELF 22 BEST, JOHN HOMER, BYRON WITNESS 22 BEST, JOHN CRUZE, ATHA WITNESS 22 BEST, JOHN BEST, CHARLES N. SON 22 BEST, JOHN BEST, MARTHA WIFE 22 BEST, JOHN BAILEY, IDA V. DAUGHTER 22


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