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Family
Marriage: Children:
  1. Alice May Best: Birth: 25 Apr 1857 in Vincennes, Lee, Iowa. Death: 6 Nov 1942 in , Butte, California

  2. Alvin Best: Birth: 1 Nov 1858 in Nr Vincennes, Lee, Iowa. Death: 8 Jun 1941 in , Sacramento, California

  3. Samuel E. Best: Birth: 25 Apr 1860 in , Lee, Iowa. Death: 29 Jun 1940 in Rfd #1 Yuba City, Sutter, California

  4. Amanda Best: Birth: 12 Jan 1862 in Nr Vincennes, Lee, Iowa. Death: 3 Dec 1940 in Nr Yuba City, Sutter, California

  5. Charles G. Best: Birth: 22 Jan 1864 in Nr Yuba City, Sutter, California. Death: 26 Jul 1950 in Yuba City, Sutter, California

  6. Fannie Best: Birth: 1 Dec 1865 in Nr Yuba City, Sutter, California. Death: 1 Oct 1930 in Yuba City, Sutter, California

  7. (---) Best: Birth: ABT 1867 in Nr Yuba City, Sutter, California. Death: 13 Oct 1867 in of Yuba City, Sutter, California

  8. Clara Belle Best: Birth: 28 May 1870 in Nr Yuba City, Sutter, California. Death: 11 Sep 1952 in of Yuba City, Sutter, California

  9. William Henry Best: Birth: 6 Mar 1872 in Nr Yuba City, Sutter, California. Death: 11 Jul 1949 in Yuba City, Sutter, California

  10. George Walter Best: Birth: 12 Oct 1873 in Yuba City, Sutter, California. Death: 26 Nov 1877 in of, , California

  11. Lee Valentine Best: Birth: 14 Feb 1876 in Nr Yuba City, Sutter, California. Death: 13 Jul 1954 in Yuba City, Sutter, California

  12. Andrew Wiley Best: Birth: 10 Nov 1879 in Nr Yuba City, Sutter, California. Death: 7 Dec 1954 in , Sacramento, California


Notes
a. Note:   !DEATH: Sutter Co, CA Deaths; Bk 4, Pg 216; Henry Best, b 25 Feb 1837, OH, widowed, 89y, 2m, 1dy, F John Best, M no rec, Informant, Alvin Best; Also Calif CADI, 1905-1929, FHL Film #1686044, Pg 837: Henry BEST, 89, d 26 Apr 1921, Sutter Co, State File #21-17495
  SOURCES: Ancestry.com; 1860 Fed Census, Des Moines Twp, P.O. Vincennes, Lee Co, IA: Henry BEST, 24, m, w, farmer, b OH, Lavina BEST, 23, f, b OH; Alice BEST, 3, f, b IA, Alvin BEST, 1, m, b IA, Samuel BEST, 2/12, m, b IA [IBID] 1870 Fed Census, Sutter Twsp, Sutter Co, CA; Pg 26, Line 1; Henry BEST Familysearch.org; 1880 Fed Census, Sutter Twp, Sutter Co, CA; FHL F#1254084: Henry BEST, self, md, m, w, 46, b OH, Farmer, Par b PA; Lavinia BEST, wife, md, f, w, 43, b OH, Keeping House, Par b OH; Alvin BEST, son, m, w, 21, b IA, Works On Farm, Par b OH; Samuel BEST, son, m, w, 18, b IA, Works On Farm, Par b OH; Charles BEST, son, m, w, 16, b CA, Works On Farm, Par b OH; Annie BEST, dau, f, w, 14, b CA, At Home, Par b OH; Claribell BEST, dau, f, w, 8. b CA, Par b OH; William H. BEST, son, m, w, 6, b CA, Par b OH; Lee V. BEST. son, m, w, 4, b CA, Par b OH; Andrew BEST, son, m, w, 1, b CA, Par b OH Ancestry.com; 1900 Fed Census, Sutter Co, CA; Henry BEST, b Feb 1832, OH; Parents b PA; [IBID] 1910 Fed Census, Vernon Twsp, Slough Prec, Sutter Co, CA: Henry BEST, 78, md 54 yr, b OH, F b PA; M b OH, wife, Lavina BEST, 74, md 58 yr, 12 ch, 10 living, b OH F b US, M b PA, cousin, Miss Minerva FLECK, 65, single, b OH, F b PA, M b US, [Dwell 41, Fam 38] DOB of some children taken from a list given to Jessie (BEST) DARNEILLE. She sent the list to Brent GALLOWAY, San Leandro, CA abt 1964 BLM Land Records, Doc #197: Henry BEST: Parts 1 & 2, Sec 7, Twp 14N, Range 3E, Mt Diablo Meridian, Sutter Co, CA, Issued 30 Jul 1872, 295.46 acres Sutter County Farmer, Yuba City, CA., Fri., 14 Jan 1898: Henry BEST selected for 1898 Grand Jury [IBID] 9 Jul 1915, Pg 5b: Mr. & Mrs. Henry BEST, former well-known residents of this county, came up from Oak Park last week on a visit to relatives near town IGI, Mar 1992: Pg 723; 18 age 1850, Lee Co, Iowa; Bapt, 2 Aug 1976, MT; End, 14 Jan 1977, MT [Batch #7609861, #19] Ancestral File, ver 4.17: CONFLICT AFN 2RRF-LW & 192D-F8D are same person History of Sutter County Calif., Publ. by Thompson & West, Oakland, CA, 1879, Pg 110; CONFLICT: alternate dob 1833 Memorial & Biographical Record of Northern Calif., by Lewis Publ. Co., Chicago, 1891, Pg 540 History of the State of Calif., & Bio. Record of the Sacramento Valley, by Prof. J.M. Guinn, Chapman Publ. Co, 1906, Pgs 1181: Bio of Henry BEST, youngest of 4 sons CONFLICT: John G. Best had 5 sons by 1st marr: David [1824, died young?], Richard [1826], Samuel [1828], John Elvin [1830], Henry [1830] History of Yuba & Sutter Co., CA. by Peter J. Delay; Historic Record Co, L. A., CA, 1924; Pgs 321-22 (Bio of Henry BEST, CONFLICT: death date 26 Apr 1920, in error) Ancestral File, Also AFN 192D-F8D Tuscarawas Co, OH, Chancery Rec #6, Pg 43-44; 15 Jun 1846: Henry BEST res of Gasconade Co, MO, ca 1846


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