Iowa Family Group Sheet for the John George BEST Family Submitted by: Charles I. DavisHUSBAND: John George BEST Birth date: 8 Jun 1798 Birthplace: , Washington, PA Death date: 9 may 1861 Place of death: Vincennes, Lee, IA Burial date: May 1861 Burial place: Vincennes, Lee, IA Other Spouse: Father: Samuel BEST Mother: Agnes CASEBEER Marriage date: 9 Jan 1821 Marriage place: Goshen Twp, Tuscarawas, OH WIFE: [#1] Tracy BURRELL Birth date: abt 1799 Birthplace: of , Washington, PA Death date: bef 1835 Place of death: Vincennes, Lee, IA Burial date: Burial place: Other Spouse: Father: Richard BURRELL, Jr. Mother: Ruhama WADE CHILDREN Child No. 1: Ruann BEST Sex: F Birth date: 29 Jan 1822 Birthplace: prob, Tuscarawas, OH Death date: bef 1846 Place of death: Burial date: Burial place: Spouse's name: Marriage date: Marriage place: Child No. 2: David BEST Sex: M Birth date: 26 Oct 1824 Birthplace: prob, Tuscarawas, OH Death date: bef 1846 Place of death: Burial date: Burial place: Spouse's name: Marriage date: Marriage place: Child No. 3: Richard BEST Sex: M Birth date: 23 May 1826 Birthplace: of Goshen Twp, Tuscarawas, OH Death date: 9 Jun 1873 Place of death: nr Chico, Butte, CA Burial date: Jun 1873 Burial place: Orland, Glenn, CA Spouse's name: Nancy CORDRAY Marriage date: 13 Jul 1854 Marriage place: Benton Twp, Osage, MO Child No. 4: Samuel BEST Sex: M Birth date: 6 Jun 1826 Birthplace: , Tuscarawas, OH Death date: 18 Jan 1908 Place of death: Yuba City, Sutter, CA Burial date: Burial place: Spouse's name: Mot Married Marriage date: Marriage place: Child No. 5: John Elvin BEST Sex: M Birth date: 17 Jun 1830 Birthplace: Goshen Twp, Tuscarawas, OH Death date: 18 Jan 1906 Place of death: Des Moines Twp, Lee, IA Burial date: 19 Jan 1906 Burial place: Vincennes, Lee, IA Spouse's name: Mary Ann SMITH Marriage date: 1 Jul 1854/55 Marriage place: of Vincennes, Lee, IA Child No. 6: Henry W. BEST Sex: M Birth date: 25 Feb 1832 Birthplace: Goshen Twp, Tuscarawas, OH Death date: 26 Apr 1921 Place of death: Yuba City, Sutter, CA Burial date: 28 Apt 1921 Burial place: Sutter City Cem, Sutter, California Spouse's name: Lavina McPHERSON Marriage date: abt 1856 Marriage place: of, Crawford, MO Documentation and Sources: BEST/STOKER Fam Bib in Poss Minnie (STOKER) STEVENS, El Margarita Rd, Yuba City, CA (dec) copied 31 Dec 1961 BEST/LEES Fam Bible Rec rcvd from Brent Galloway (10 Jan 1964) 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 Ancestry.com; 1830 Census, Paint Twp, Holmes Co,OH:IBID] 1850 Fed Census, Dist 29, Lee Co, IA;[IBID]1860 Fed Census, Vincennes, Lee Co, IA ************************************************** Copyright © 2006 by Charles I. Davis. All rights reserved. http://www.iagenweb.org/state/disclaim.htm **************************************************