Angelica Walker

Other Events:

• Alt. Name:

  "Angilico"

• Alt. Birth: 27 Dec 1836
• Census: 1840, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA;

  Phillip V. Walker household 1 male 5-10 [Samuel A., abt 6] 1 male 20-30 [Philip V. Walker, abt 26-28] 1 female under 5 [Angelica, abt 4] 1 female 20-30 [Frances (Best) Walker, abt 23] 4 total 2 persons who cannot read or write

• Census: 2 Nov 1850, Township 7N Range 6W, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA;

  1. Walker, Philip "B." [V.], 36, male, farmer, Tennessee, cannot read or write 2. _____, Fances [Frances], 33, female, North Carolina 3. _____, Saml [Samuel] A., 16, male, laborer, Illinois 4. _____, Angilico, 14, female, Illinois 5. _____, Fetna, 10, female, Illinois 6. _____, Anthon G., 5, male, Illinois

• Census: 27 Sep 1860, Staunton, Township 7 Range 6, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA;

  1. Best, Elbert, 24, male, farmer, real estate $1000, personal $370, Illinois, cannot read or write 2. _____, Angelica, 24, female, Illinois 3. _____, Charles, 3, male, Illinois

• Migration: Between 1864-1870;

  Son James was born about 1864 in Illinois (probably Macoupin County), and the family was enumerated in 1870 in Gentry County, Missouri.

• Census: 25 Jul 1870, Albany, Bogle township, Gentry County, Missouri, USA;

  1. Best, Elbert, 34, male, white, farmer, real estate value $4000, personal $1125, Illinois, cannot read or write 2. _____, Angelica, 33, female, white, keeping house, Illinois 3. _____, Charles, 12, male, white, Illinois, attending school 4. _____, James W., 6, male, white, Illinois 5. _____, Stephen, 36, male, white, farm hand, [no real estate value], personal $275, Illinois, cannot read or write

Notes:

Died:

Elbert Best, Angelica's husband, was enumerated in 1880 as a widower, with a two-year-old son, suggesting that Angelica may have died in childbirth in 1878. In conflict with this, numerous unsourced internet sources offer a death year for Angelica of 1874. Supporting her earlier death, Stephen Best's 1954 death certificate states that his parents were Elbert Best and Ruth Davis, and he was born on 25 October 1877. No Missouri or Illinois marriage record has been located for Elbert Best and Ruth Davis, but it is likely that Angelica died prior to 1877, possibly in 1874, as purported, and that Elbert had a brief marriage or liaison with a Ruth Davis, resulting in the birth of Stephen L. Best.

A specific death date of 31 March 1874 is offered by the Norma Jeane Bell family group sheet. this fits with known evidence.

Angelica married Elbert Best on 6 Oct 1856 in Macoupin County, Illinois, USA. Elbert was born about 1836 in Illinois, USA; died after 1880. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children: 2. Charles Edward Best   was born on 25 Dec 1857 in Macoupin County, Illinois, USA; died on 4 Dec 1931 in Wilson township, Gentry County, Missouri, USA; was buried in Pleasant Hill, Gentry County, Misosuri, USA. 3. James Wesley Best   was born on 20 Jul 1864 in Macoupin County, Illinois, USA; died on 30 Oct 1918 in St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA; was buried in Albany, Gentry County, Missouri, USA.

James married Challie C. Crane [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]