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August Leslie "Les" Best

August Leslie "Les" Best

Male 1886 - 1942  (56 years)

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  • Name August Leslie "Les" Best  [1, 2, 3] 
    Born 21 Apr 1886  South Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 22 Apr 1910  Dorchester township, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    1. Best, Leslie, head, male, white, 23, first marriage, married 0 years, North Dakota, U.S., U.S., farm labor, farm work, can read and write, tenting house
    2. _____, Annie, wife, female, white, 16, first marriage, married 0 years, 1 child 1 living, Illinois, Germany, Illinois, can read and write
    3. _____, Alvin, son, male, white, 1 month, Illinois, North Dakota, Illinois 
    Census 13 Jan 1920  Mt. Olive township, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    1. Best, Lesley, head, renting, male, white, 33, married, can read and write, South Dakota, Illinois, Illinois, farmer, general farm, own account, farm schedule no. 70
    2. _____, Annie, wife, female, white, 25, married, can read and write, Illinois, Germany, Illinois
    3. _____, Eldon, son, male, white, 9, attending school, Illinois, South Dakota, Illinois
    4. _____, Clarence, son, male, white, 8, attending school, Illinois, South Dakota, Illinois
    5. _____, Nora, daughter, female, white, 3 10/12, Illinois, South Dakota, Illinois
    6. _____, Hazel, daughter, female, white, 2 312, Illinois, South Dakota, Illinois
    7. _____, Opal, female, white, 11 months, Illinois, South Dakota, Illinois
    8. Schultz, Walter, boarder, male, white, 15, single, can read and write, Illinois, Germany, Illinois, farm laborer, working out 
    Census 7 Apr 1930  Ft. Russell township, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    1. Best, Leslie, head, renting, farm, male, white, 43, married, first married age 24, can read and write, South Dakota, Illinois, Illinois, farmer, farm, not a veteran, farm schedule no. 11
    2. _____, Anna, wife, female, white, 36, first married age 16, can read and write, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois
    3. _____, Alvin, son, male, white, 20, single, can read and write, Illinois, South Dakota, Illinois
    4. _____, Clarence, son, male, white, 18, single, can read and write, Illinois, South Dakota, Illinois
    5. _____, Nora, daughter, female, white, 14, can read and write, Illinois, South Dakota, Illinois
    6. _____, Hazel, daughter, female, white, 12, can read and write, Illinois, South Dakota, Illinois
    7. _____, Opal, daughter, female, white, 11, can read and write, Illinois, South Dakota, Illinois
    8. _____, Myrtle, daughter, female, white, 9, Illinois, South Dakota, Illinois
    9. _____, Edna, daughter, female, white, 6, Illinois, South Dakota, Illinois 
    Census 3 Apr 1940  Mt. Olive township, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    1. Best, Leslie, head, male, white, 53, married, completed grade 3, South Dakota, rural Macoupin County farm in 1935, out of work 32 weeks, laborer, road construction, income $519
    2. _____, Anna, wife, female, white, 45, married, completed grade 6, Illinois,
    3. _____, Myrtle, daughter, white, 19, single, completed grade 8, Illinois
    4. _____, Edna, daughter, white, 16, single, completed grade 9, Illinois 
    Parents
    Death index names his parents as "Elvin Best" and "Mary Bullock."  [2] 
    Residence
    When his parents' marriage broke up, August Leslie "Les" was taken by Silvia Wilson Randle to raise.  [8] 
    Died 25 Apr 1942  Cahokia, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Buried Mt. Olive, Cahokia township, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I5975  Full | ProgenitorWalker
    Last Modified 10 Feb 2015 

    Father Elvin Elliot Best,   b. 24 Jul 1850, Staunton, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Nov 1935, Carlinville, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Mother Mary Bullock,   b. 17 Sep 1858, Staunton, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Nov 1921  (Age 63 years) 
    Married 6 Aug 1874  Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 9] 
    • Actually the license date--not necessarily the marriage date.
    Divorced Between 1890-1897  [10, 11] 
    Family ID F2125  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Annie Augusta Maria Schultz,   b. Abt 1894, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. After 1970  (Age ~ 77 years) 
    Married About 1909  [4] 
    Children 
     1. Alvin Best,   b. Abt 1910, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    +2. Clarence Thomas Best,   b. 3 Aug 1911, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Nov 1970, Litchfield, Montgomery County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years)
     3. Nora Best,   b. Abt 1916, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Hazel Best,   b. Abt 1917, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Opal Irene Best,   b. 7 Feb 1919, Poag, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Aug 2012, Litchfield, Montgomery County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years)
     6. Myrtle Best,   b. Abt 1921, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Edna Best,   b. Abt 1924, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 10 Feb 2015 
    Family ID F2250  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S4327] Elmer Best (elb8652@yahoo.com) to Janis Walker Gilmore, email, 28 May 2014, subject “Best/Culbertson.” Detailing his line of descent from Susan M. Walker and Joseph Best of Macoupin County, Illinois.

    2. [S4711] "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 8 February 2015), entry for August Leslie Best, Macoupin County, 25 April 1942; FHL film no. 1,851,452; citing Public Board of Health, State Archives, Springfield. URL: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQ8C-Y59.

    3. [S4717] "World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 10 February 2015), August Leslie Best, serial no. 3090, order no. A1387, Madison County, Illinois, Local Board No. 1; citing World War I Selective Service system Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918), NARA microfilm publication M1509, roll 1614325.

    4. [S4719] 1910 U.S. census, Macoupin County, Illinois, population schedule, Dorchester township, enumeration district (ED) 48, sheet 4A (penned), p. 195 (stamped, rect9), dwelling 43, family 44, Leslie Best household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 February 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 308. .

    5. [S4718] 1920 U.S. census, Macoupin County, Illinois, population schedule, Mt. Olive township, enumeration district (ED) 59, sheet 7B (penned), p. 14 (stamped, verso), dwelling 221, family 224, Lesley Best household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 9 February 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 388.

    6. [S4721] 1930 U.S. census, Madison County, Illinois, population schedule, Ft. Russell township, enumeration district (ED) 60-38, sheet 1A, p. 126 (stamped, recto), dwelling 11, family 11, Leslie Best household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 9 February 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 541.

    7. [S4722] 1940 U.S. census, Macoupin County, Illinois, population schedule, Mt.Olive township, enumeration district (ED) 59-48, sheet 1B, p. 442 (stamped, verso), household no. 119, Sylvester [W.?] Adams household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 10 February 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 847.

    8. [S4716] Elmer Best (elb8652@yahoo.com) to Janis Walker Gilmore, email, 9 February 2015, subject “Re: your ancestry”; discussing the marriage of Elvin Best and Mary Bullock.

    9. [S4709] Illinois Secretary of State, "Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900," database, Illinois State Archives (http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/archives.html : accessed 9 February 2015), entry for Elvin E. Best-Mary A. Bulluck, Madison County, 6 August 1874; citing vol. 7: 23, license no. 495, Edwardsville.

    10. [S4715] Illinois Secretary of State, "Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900," database, Illinois State Archives (http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/archives.html : accessed 9 February 2015), entry for Charles E. Walker-Mrs. Mary A. (Bullock) Best, Macoupin County (1897); citing Macoupin County marriages, Book 2: 258, license no. 5957. .

    11. [S4714] 1900 U.S. census, Morgan County, Illinois, population schedule, Township 14 Range 9, enumeration district (ED) 83, sheet 3B, p 65 (stamped, verso), dwelling 51, family 52, Thomas J. Wash household, for Elvin E. Best, servant; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 9 February 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 331.


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