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Dempsy Best

Abt 1858 - 1910  (~ 53 years)


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  • Name Dempsy Best  [1
    Born Abt 1858  Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Unknown 
    Census 7 Jun 1880  Dorchester township, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    1. Best, William, white, male, 24, married, farmer, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois
    2. _____, Clara D., white, female, 21, wife, married, keeping house, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois
    3. _____, Dempsey, white, male, 21, married, married within the year, works on farm, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois
    4. _____, Mary, white, female, 18, wife, married, married within the year, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois 
    Census 9 May 1910  Precinct 2, Freestone County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    1. Best, Dempsy, head, male, white, 52, second marriage, married 18 years, Illinois, Illinois, Tennessee, farmer, general farm, own account, can read and write, owns farm with mortgage, farm schedule 236
    2. _____, Susie L., wife, female, white, 44, first marriage, married 18 years, 1 child 0 living, Texas, Ohio, England, no occupation, can read and write
    3. _____, Mary M., mother, female, white, 84, widowed, 10 children 3 living, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, no occupation, can read and write  
    Died After 1910  [3
    Person ID I4372  Full | ProgenitorWalker
    Last Modified 31 Mar 2014 

    Father Asberry Best,   b. Abt 1825, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Dec 1866, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 41 years) 
    Mother Mary M. Walker,   b. Nov 1824, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1910, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 86 years) 
    Married 21 May 1846  Macoupin County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Family ID F1467  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary,   b. Abt 1862, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 1879-1880  [2
    Last Modified 27 Oct 2011 
    Family ID F1528  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1672] 1860 U. S. census, Madison County, Illinois, population schedule, Lamb's Point, Township 6 Range 7, p. 226 (penned), [no stamped p. no.], dwelling 2397, family 2406, Berry Best household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 October 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 208; FHL film no. 803,208.

    2. [S1674] 1880 U. S. census, Macoupin County, Illinois, population schedule, Dorchester, enumeration district (ED) 114, p. 6 (penned), p. 157 (stamped, verso), dwelling 48, family 52, Dempsey Best household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 October 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 232; FHL film no. 1,254,232.

    3. [S1638] 1910 U.S. census, Freestone County, Texas, population schedule, Justice Precinct 2, enumeration district (ED) 18, sheet 14A, p. 14A, p. 59 (stamped, recto), dwelling 263, family 263, Dempsy Best household, detail for Mary M. Best; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 10 October 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 1553.

    4. [S1671] Illinois Secretary of State, "Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900," database, Illinois State Archives (http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/archives.html : accessed 26 October 2011), entry for Asberry Best-Mary Walker, Macoupin County (1846); citing Macoupin County Marriage Book 3: [p. not stated], license no. 1045.