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Marriage: Children:
  1. John George Best: Birth: 19 Jul 1855 in , Osage, Missouri. Death: 3 Feb 1940 in Chico, Butte, California

  2. William Henry Best: Birth: 11 Aug 1857 in Prob , Osage, Missouri. Death: 26 Apr 1926 in Nr Yuba City, Sutter, California

  3. MIRANDA Best: Birth: 7 Jan 1860 in Benton Twp, Osage, Missouri. Death: 19 May 1934 in Yuba City, Sutter, California

  4. Mary Elizabeth Best: Birth: 19 Dec 1862 in , Osage, Missouri. Death: 15 Jun 1946 in Yuba City, Sutter, California

  5. Charles Huntley Best: Birth: 10 Aug 1864 in , Linn, Missouri. Death: 24 Sep 1945 in Chico, Butte, California

  6. Louisa Best: Birth: ABT 1868 in Prob , Linn, Missouri. Death: 1 Oct 1917 in Napa State Hosp, Napa, California

  7. Ida Best: Birth: 9 Mar 1870 in Nr Yuba City, Sutter, California. Death: 3 May 1942 in Yuba City, Sutter, California

  8. Emily Jane Best: Birth: 4 Dec 1872 in Yuba City, Sutter, California. Death: 24 Feb 1924 in Nr Yuba City, Sutter, California


Notes
a. Note:   !BIRTH: re corr rcvd from Charlene CORDRAY, Bx 5064, Lansing, MI 48905 (ca 1973), and Danny FLUHART, Rt 1, Bx 221E, Waldorf, MD 20601 (ca 1978)
  !MARR: Osage Co, MO Marr Rec; Bk A, Pg 215: Richard BEST md Nancy CORDRAY, 13 Jul 1854 by John HARRIS
  !DEATH: Sutter County Farmer; 19 Feb 1897; obit in poss Minnie (STOKER) STEVENS Yuba City, CA (dec) Copied by Charles I. Davis, 31 Dec 1961: Obit; BEST - Nr East Butte (Sutter Co, CA) Feb. 15, 1897, Mrs. Nancy BEST, a native of Iowa, aged 64 years. Article: Death of Mrs. Nancy BEST ..."deceased was a widow of Richard BEST who died about 20 years ago." / [IBID] 19 Feb 1897, Pg 7a & d: died, widow of Richard BEST, ae 64 / [IBID] 26 Feb 1897, Pg 3d: funeral for Nancy BEST Sutter City Cem; Headstone, Sec 1, Lot 11, Sp 8, "Nancy BEST-Died-Feb 15, 1897-aged - 63ys 7 mo 20ds-MOTHER-AT REST", NOTE: Bur near bro-in-law, Samuel BEST, a batchelor, who took care of her and helped raise her family after his brother Richard died; his headstonr says "Samuel BEST-Uncle"
  SOURCES: Ancestry.com; 1850 Fed Cen, Benton Twp, Osage Co, MO: William CORDIOR [CORDRAY] 53, m, Farmer, Real estate $600, b MD; Nancy CORDRAY, 56, f, b MD; Nathaniel CORDRAY, 22 m, Farmer, b OH; Cimons CORDRAY, 20, m, Farmer, b OH; Lafayette CORDRAY, 17, m, Farmer, b OH; Nancy CORDRAY, 16, f, b OH; Singleton CORDRAY, 13, m, b OH [next family[ Thomas CORDIOR [CORDRAY] 23, m, Farmer, b OH; Caroline CORDRAY, 19, f b MO; Pamelia LEWIS, 45, f, b VA; Elijah DAVIS, 4, m, OH; [Next family] William CORDIOR [CORDRAY] 26, m, Farmer, b OH; Margaret CORDRAY, 18, f, b TN; Jacob CORDRAY, 5, m, b MO; Hannah CORDRAY, 3, m, b MO; William CORDRAY, 1, m, b MO; CONFLICT: aka Nancy CORDROY/CORDWAY/CORDEY/CORDIE/CORDIOR [IBID] 1860 Fed Census, Benton Twp, Osage Co, MO: Richard BEST, 33, m, Farmer, Real estate $750, Person prop $300, b OH; Nancy BEST, 26, f, b OH; John BEST, 5, m, b MO; Henry BEST, 2, m, b MO; Malenda BEST, 8/12, f, b MO; Hariette BEST, 11, f, b MO [IBID] 1870 Fed Census; Sutter Co, CA; Richard Best: Nancy BEST, 37, f, w, keeping house, b OH [IBID] 1880 Fed Census; Sutter Twp, Sutter Co, CA; Samuel BEST, head; Nancy BEST, f, 45, sis-in-law, wid, b OH; F b OH; M b OH Sutter County, CA, Newspaper Index; FHL F# 1763639; Weekly Sutter Banner; 19 Mar 1870, Pg 2d: dau [Ida] b to wife of Richard BEST on Mar 9 [1870] Probate Court Rec, Yuba City, Sutter Co, CA; Bk 3, Pg 637: Will of Samuel BEST, dated 15 Mar 1908: I, Samuel BEST leave to7 ch of my dec bro, Richard BEST Nine Hundred Years of CORDRAY: by Paul CORDRAY; 1989; Pg 178: Info from Irene Blake, 3209 NW 37th St, Oklahoma City, OK 73112; Nancy (CORDRAY) BEST b in Washington Twp, Muskingum Co, OH, her parents moved to MO when she was 9 or 10 yrs old History of the State of Calif., & Bio. Record of the Sacramento Valley, by Prof. J.M. Guinn, Chapman Publ. Co, 1906, Pgs 655-56: Bio of William D. SULLENGER, md Mary E. BEST, dau of Richard & Nancy [CORDRAY] BEST, her father dying when she was very young Familysearch.org; Ancestral File, Also AFN 1X09-7G9


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