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Name: Walter Eli Best
Sex: M
Birth: 21 AUG 1895 in Chama, RioArriba, New Mexico ¹
Death: 03 MAR 1969 in Hawaii ²
Burial: Walsenburg, Colorado, Masonic Cemetery. ³
Residence:
1. 1917 in Alamosa, Alamosa, Colorado. ⁴
Person Id: I2196
Tree Id: 620321

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Parents

Father:

George W. Best: Birth: 16 APR 1867 in Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas. Death: 1914 in Alamosa, Alamosa, Colorado

Mother:

Mary Caroline Mollie Woodring: Birth: abt APR 1874 in Missouri.

Family
Marriage:

Married: Fernie Garland Houser on 21 JUL 1919 at Alamosa, Alamosa, Colorado.⁵
Fernie Garland Houser: Birth: 19 JUN 1897 in Perry, Dallas, Iowa. Death: 12 MAR 1988 in DeFuniak Springs, Walton, Florida

Children:

Frances Garland Best: Birth: 20 DEC 1920 in Alamosa, Alamosa, Colorado. Death: 25 MAR 1995 in Okaloosa county, Florida
George Merritt Best: Birth: 15 OCT 1923 in Walsenburg, Huerfano, Colorado. Death: 26 SEP 2000
Twin boys Best: Birth: 10 OCT 1926. Death: 10 OCT 1926

Sources

1.	Title: 1900 census Page: Colorado, Conejos, RioGrande, Pct 9, Alamosa, dist 9, im 6/15
2.	Title: Social Security Death Index, Rootsweb.com Page: 521-07-1935, issued Colorado
3.	Title: Gravestone
4.	Title: WWI Draft Registration
5.	Title: family

Notes

a.	Note: At Walsenberg cemetery, stone: Twin boys, 10 Oct 1926. Just north of the high school, turn west onto W. Elm Street, go straight into Masonic Cem. Turn left at 2nd road. BEST is on right, 3rd row in, about 1/2 way between flag pole and next road.

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