James Wesley Best

1864 - 1918  (54 years)

• Name	James Wesley Best  [1, 2]
  Born	20 Jul 1864	Macoupin County, Illinois, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	30 Oct 1918	St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA   [2]
  Buried	Albany, Gentry County, Missouri, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I4386	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   [4]
  	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. [3]
  Family ID	F1531	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Challie C. Crane
  Last Modified	30 Oct 2011
  Family ID	F1537	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents		James Wesley Best, son of Elbert and Angelica (Walker) Best, death certificate, 1918, Buchanan County, Missouri 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 James Wesley Best, certificate no. 31759, Buchanan County (1918).
  		James W. Best (son of Elbert Best), marriage to Challie C. Craine, 1901, Gentry County, Misosuri “Missouri Marriage Records, 1805–2002,” digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 19 September 2011), Gentry County, [vol. not stated]: 300, for James W. Best-Challie C. Crane (1901); citing Missouri Marriage Records, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1690] 1870 U.S. census, Gentry County, Missouri, population schedule, Albany, Bogle township, p. 16-17 (penned), p. 559-600 (stamped), dwelling 114, family 119, Elbert Best household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 28 October 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 776. [S1694] 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 James Wesley Best, certificate no. 31759, Buchanan County (1918). [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.