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Family
Marriage: Children:
  1. Eldred G. Best: Birth: 17 Nov 1893 in of , Sutter, California. Death: ABT 8 Nov 1907 in of , Sutter, California

  2. Elois Aleene Best: Birth: 30 Nov 1897 in Yuba City, Sutter, California. Death: 25 Sep 1988 in Ukiah, Mendocino, California


Family
Marriage: Children:
  1. Elvin Richard Best: Birth: 11 Jul 1911 in Chico, Butte, California. Death: 9 May 1978 in Chico, Butte, California

  2. Louella Best: Birth: 8 Apr 1913 in Chico, Butte, California. Death: 12 Dec 1936 in Chico, Butte, California

  3. Mable Loraine Best: Birth: 13 Oct 1914 in Chico, Butte, California. Death: 1 Apr 2000 in of Chico, Butte, California

  4. Verna Irene Best: Birth: 28 Nov 1916 in Chico, Butte, California. Death: AFT 2004

  5. Grace Valeta Best: Birth: 11 Dec 1920 in Chico, Butte, California. Death: 26 Sep 1966 in , Butte, California

  6. Samuel Gray Best: Birth: 14 Mar 1924 in Chico, Butte, California. Death: 8 Nov 1996 in Chico, Butte, California

  7. Person Not Viewable

  8. Person Not Viewable


Notes
a. Note:   864 in Osage Co, MO; Date on headstone says b 10 Aug 1864
  !MARR #1: Sutter Co, Calif. Marr; Bk D, Pg 70: Charles Best, 25; md Lottie Vivian, 17, consent filed; Wit: Anna Laura Vivian & Wm. D. Rutherford / Sutter Co, Calif Reg of Actions; Bk 3, Pg 938; civ div granted 25 Feb 1905
  !MARR #2: Fam Rec; md 18 Sep 1910
  !DEATH: CADI: Best, Charles Huntley, b 08/10/1864, Missouri; d 09/24/1945, Butte Co; Mother's name, Cordroy; Father's name, Best; ae 81
  SOURCES: Sutter Co, CA, Newspaper Index; FHL film 1763639: Sutter County Farmer 6 Nov 1891, pg 3d: Charles H. Best md Lottie V. Vivian / [IBID] 27 Nov 1891 pg 3a: Kicked by horse, leg broken / [IBID] 24 Nov 1893, pg 7b: Son [Eldred] born Nov 17, 9 lbs / [IBID] 20 Jun 1902, pg 1b: Wife, Lottie, suing for div / [IBID] 4 Jul 1902, pg 1d: Wife asks for alimony / [IBID] 1 Aug 1902, pg 1d: Wife awarded temporary alimony / [IBID] 26 Sep 1902, pg 1e: Div denied / [IBID] 3 Jul 1903, pg 1e: Charles doesn't have to pay alimony / [IBID] 3 Feb 1904, pg 2a: Charles filed for div from Charlotte / [IBID] 19 Feb 1904, pg 2b: Inter-locutory decree granted / [IBID] 3 Mar 1905, pg 1e: Div granted / [IBID] 23 Mar 1906, pg 7b: Land trans fron uncle, Sam Best / [IBID] 17 Jan 1913, pg 5a: Land trans from R. A. Kirkman / [IBID] 2 Oct 1914, pg 7e: Wants court to stop certain work in Tule Basin / [IBID] 16 Oct 1914, pg 7e: {CONFLICT: No mention of 2nd marriage; Charles & wife thrown from overturned auto / [IBID] 8 Dec 1916, pg 5e: Dau [Verna] born 28 Nov [1916] / [IBID] 13 Feb 1920, pg 2a: Sells land nr Harkey Corners / [IBID] 19 [or 29] Feb 1924 pg 8a, Sister, Emma, d @ age 51 [NOTE Page 3d = Pg 3, Col d; etc] Sutter Co, Calif Voter's Reg, 1892, Reg # 58 (Best, Charles H., 26, 5'10", Dark Comp, Brown eyes, Brown hair, Born Ohio, Res Yuba City) / [IBID] 1896; Charles H. Best, farmer, 30, 5' 10", dark comp, brn eyes, brn hair, b MO, Slough Prec, Yuba City, reg 8 Aug 1896 Probate Court Rec, Yuba City, Sutter Co, CA; Bk 3, Pg 637: Will of Samuel Best, dated 15 Mar 1908: deeded land to 7 ch of dec bro, Richard Best [incl Charles H. Best) Nine Hundred Years of Cordrays: by Paul Cordray; 1989; Pg 178: Info from Irene Blake, 3209 NW 37th St, Oklahoma City, OK 73112 / CONFLICT: Sutter Co, Calif, Delayed Cert of Birth for Elois Aleene Best lists Father as Charles Hunter Best Ancestral File, ver 4.15, Aug 1993: Submitter, Patricia L. Parker, P. O. Box 245595, Sacramento, CA 95824-5595; Sub #AF91-100580; CONFLICT: Lists 2 female children in family deceased, seven unknown living Ancestry.com; 1930 Fed Census, Chico Twp, Butte Co, Calif; Enumerated
Note:   !BIRTH: Fam Rec in poss Samuel Best, Chico, CA (ca 1980) NOTE: These rec indicate he was b 1


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