Charles Edward Best

1857 - 1931  (73 years)

• Name	Charles Edward Best  [1]
  Born	25 Dec 1857	Macoupin County, Illinois, USA   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Died	4 Dec 1931	Wilson township, Gentry County, Missouri, USA   [1]
  Buried	Pleasant Hill, Gentry County, Misosuri, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I4385	Full | ProgenitorWalker
  Last Modified	30 Oct 2011

  
  

  Father	Elbert Best,   b. Abt 1836, Illinois, USA ,   d. After 1880  (Age ~ 45 years)
  Mother	Angelica Walker,   b. Abt 1836, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA ,   d. Between 1870-1877, Gentry County, Missouri, USA  (Age ~ 41 years)
  Married	6 Oct 1856	Macoupin County, Illinois, USA   [5]
  	6 OCtober is technically the licensing date. A marriage date of 9 October 1856 is offered by the Norma Jeane Bell family group sheet for Philip V. and Frances (Best) Walker, and may be the correct date. [4]
  Family ID	F1531	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S1693] Missouri Secretary of State, “Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1960,” digital images, Missouri State Archives (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives : accessed 30 October 2011), for Charles Edward Best, certificate no. 40614, Gentry County (1931). [S1689] 1860 U. S. census, Macoupin County, Illinois, population schedule, Staunton, Township 7 Range 6, p. 253 (penned), [no stamped p. no.], dwelling 1853, family 1826, Elbert Best household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 29 October 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 206; FHL film no. 803,206. [S1692] Missouri Secretary of State, “Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1960,” digital images, Missouri State Archives (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives : accessed 30 October 2011), for Stephen L. Best, certificate no. 851, Gentry County (1954). . [S1912] Family group sheet, Phillip V. Walker (1812-1865) and Frances Best (1815-1899); compiled by Norma Jeane Belle (address for private use), 1986; digital image, sent to the author by David Walker (davidwalker@juno.com), December 2011. Both Ms. Belle and Mr. Walker are direct line descendants of Anthony Green Walker, son of Phillip V. and Frances (Best) Walker. [S1680] Illinois Secretary of State, "Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900," database, Illinois State Archives (http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/archives.html : accessed 28 October 2011), entry for Elbert Best-Angellaco Walker, Macoupin County (1856); citing [book and page not stated], license no. 2663.