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William BEST

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Name William BEST Birth 21 Jan 1806 Chester, Chester Co., Pennsylvania Gender Male _UID 25450285478846448937DD901695421D8103 Death Oct 1840-1848 Chillicothe, Ross, Ohio Burial Ross, Ohio Person ID I11670 Carney Wehofer July 2025 Last Modified 5 Feb 2012
Father Thomas BEST, b. Abt 1760, Northern Ireland d. 27 Feb 1837, London Grove Twp., Chester, Pennsylvania
(Age ~ 77 years)
Mother Elizabeth Henrietta HUTTON, b. 1771, London Grove Twp., Chester, Pennsylvania d. 21 Aug 1826, Oxford, Chester County, Pennsylvania
(Age 55 years)
Marriage 1792 Family ID F5879 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Pamelia SCOTT, b. 28 Dec 1803-1804, East Fallowfield, Chester, Pennsylvania d. 14 Oct 1882, Parkesburg, Highland Twp., Chester, Pennsylvania
(Age 77 years)
Marriage 5 May 1828 Highland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania - Conflicting Information: Marriage date 14 May 1828, Parkesburg,Chester,PA. AFN:QZG6-4P
Children 1. Elizabeth Jane BEST, b. 8 Dec 1830, Chillicothe, Ross, Ohio d. 19 Dec 1904, Parkesburg, Highland Twp., Chester, Pennsylvania
(Age 74 years)
2. William Melville (Marcela) BEST, b. 5 Feb 1841, Parkesburg, Highland Twp., Chester, Pennsylvania d. 19 Nov 1862, Hilton Head, South Carolina
(Age 21 years)
Family ID F5898 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 29 Aug 2016
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Notes - CONFLICT: Birth Place Oxford Township,Chester,PA or Chester,Chester,PA CONFLICT: Death Place East Fallowfield,Chester,PA. Both sources agree that he was buried in Ross,Ohio so he probably died in Ross, Ohio not PA. dl