0 HEAD
1 SOUR PAF 2.31
2 NAME Personal Ancestral File (R)
1 DEST PAF
1 DATE 01 Apr 1998
1 SUBM @U1@
1 SUBN @N1@
0 @U1@ SUBM
1 NAME Charles Irwin Davis
1 ADDR 279 Hillsdale Street
2 CONT Eureka, CA 95501-1720
2 CTRY USA
1 PHON (707) 442-0346
0 @N1@ SUBN
1 ORDI N
0 @I1@ INDI
1 NAME Charles Irwin /Davis/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 21 Mar 1932
2 PLAC Yuba City,Sutter,California
1 CHR
2 DATE  9 Apr 1939
2 PLAC Marysville,Yuba,California
1 AFN 1FMN-CJ
1 REFN 1FMN-CJ
1 NOTE SOURCE CITATION:
2 CONT    Date: 25 Mar 1932
2 CONT    Text: BIRTHS - DAVIS: In Yuba City [Calif.] March 21, 1932, to Mr. & Mrs.
2 CONT       Charles Davis, a son
2 CONT    Title: "The Sutter County Farmer"
2 CONT    Publication Information: Yuba City, Sutter Co., Calif.
2 CONT    Repository Name: Sutter County Free Library
2 CONT    Address: 750 Forbes Ave.
2 CONT             Yuba City, CA
2 CONT    Phone: (916) 822-7137
1 NOTE !BIRTH: Sutter Co, CA Births; Bk 5, Pg 437; b 10:15 a.m., 21 Mar
2 CONT 1932, Yuba City, Mother, Marie Lenora Buckingham, 21, housewife, b
2 CONT Calif., Father, Charles Milton Davis, 29, Bookkeeper, Bank of
2 CONT America, 2nd birth / The Sutter County Farmer, Yuba City, Sutter Co,
2 CONT CA; Fri, 25 Mar 1932: "BIRTHS - DAVIS: In Yuba City, March 21, 1932,
2 CONT to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Davis, a son."
2 CONT 
2 CONT !CHR: Rec of First Presb Ch, Marysville, Yuba, CA (recvd by corr ca
2 CONT 1960)
2 CONT 
2 CONT !MARR: Sevier Co, UT Marr; Bk F, Pg 161, #4457
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCES: EDUCATION: Yuba City Elementary School; (K-8th) 1937-1947;
2 CONT Theodore Roosevelt Jr High School, San Francisco; (9th) 1947-1948;
2 CONT George Washington High School, San Francisco; (10th-12th) 1948-1951
2 CONT / SERVICE: 3 yr High School R.O.T.C., Sgt; C.A.P.; Lt., Radio
2 CONT Operator/Photographer, Calif Wing Hdqtr Comm Squadron, San
2 CONT Francisco; 1950-1954 / OCCUPATION: S. F. Call-Bulletin paper boy
2 CONT [1949]; Commercial Photographer, Darkroom Technician, Allen's Photo
2 CONT Supply Co, San Francisco, Calif, (Jun 1951-Nov 1957); Official
2 CONT NASCAR Photographer [1951-1953]; Field Service Technician, Bank of
2 CONT America (San Francisco, Nov 1957-May 1960, Eureka, Calif, Jun
2 CONT 1960-Jul 1992); Courier, Eureka Title Co (Nov 1992-Jan 1993)
2 CONT Unemployed (Jan 1993- Apr 1994) RETIRED! (Apr 1994) / CHURCH: Bapt
2 CONT 17 Nov 1956, San Francisco, CA, Elder Joseph G. Harris; Conf 17 Nov
2 CONT 1956, San Francisco, CA, Pres. J. Leonard Love; Deacon 24 Feb 1957,
2 CONT San Francisco, CA, Maxwell Jones; Teacher, 06 Nov 1960; Eureka, CA,
2 CONT Pres. Richard Guy Miller; Priest, 12 Mar 1961, Eureka, CA, Pres.
2 CONT Richard Guy Miller; Elder, 07 May 1961, Eureka, CA, Pres. W. Glenn
2 CONT Harmon; H P, 07 Aug 1977, Eureka, CA, Pres. Lynn Frank Olsen /
2 CONT CALLINGS: Sunday School Teacher/ Counselor/Pres; Genealogy
2 CONT Instructor; Ward Record Examiner; Ward Clerk Eureka Ward/Eureka 2nd
2 CONT Ward; Asst Family History Librarian; H P Group Leader; Ward Mission
2 CONT Leader; Eureka Asian Br Clerk [1991-1996]; Asst Stake Clerk (MIS)
2 CONT [Mar 1996-Nov 1996] / Used name "Irwin" until 1950. Used "Charles"
2 CONT after 1950 / Soc Sec #553-38-1808 / Blood Type: B-, donated 75 units
2 CONT [1960-97]
2 CONT 
1 FAMS @F1@
1 FAMC @F2@
0 @I2@ INDI
1 NAME Carrie /Jones/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  8 Oct 1937
2 PLAC Torrey,Wayne,Utah
1 CHR
2 DATE  2 Jan 1938
1 AFN 1FMN-DP
1 REFN 1FMN-DP
1 NOTE !BIRTH: Torrey, Wayne Co, UT Ward Rec Film #027355; [IBID] Rec of
2 CONT Births, UT State Registrar of Vital Statistics; Vol 28, #51
2 CONT 
2 CONT !MARR: Sevier Co, Utah, Marr Rec; Bk F; Pg 161, #4457
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCES: CHURCH Bless 02 Jan 1938; Torrey, UT, Sidney P. Clark;
2 CONT Bapt, 07 Jul 1946, Torrey, UT, Clarence Lavar Huntsman; Conf, 07 Jul
2 CONT 1946, Torrey, UT, Bishop J. Clarence Huntsman, Patriarcal Bless,
2 CONT 1962, / CALLS: Relief Society Teacher/Counselor, Primary
2 CONT Teacher/Counselor, Sunday School Teacher, Young Women's Leader,
2 CONT Assistant Nursery Leader / SCHOOLS: Torrey, Utah, Elementary School
2 CONT [1943-51], Wayne High, Bicknell, Utah [1951-55]; EMPLOYMENT: Maif,
2 CONT Wagon Wheel Motel, Richfield, UT [1954]; Maid, Richfield Hotel
2 CONT [1955]; Sweets Candy, Salt Lake City, [1956]; Waitress, UP Rail Road
2 CONT Depot Cafe, Salt Lake City [1956]; Clerk, Metropolitan Life Ins Co,
2 CONT San Francisco [1956-1958]; Student's Inn, Eureka, CA [1974];
2 CONT Jacque's Bakery, Eureka, CA [1979-1983]; Avon Dealer, Eureka, CA;
2 CONT Amway, Eureka, CA /  Soc Sec #529-46-9022 / Blood Type: A+, donated
2 CONT 60 units blood, 9 units plasma
2 CONT 
1 FAMS @F1@
0 @I3@ INDI
1 NAME Rebecca Marie /Davis/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 Oct 1958
2 PLAC San Francisco,San Francisco,California
1 CHR
2 DATE  7 Dec 1958
2 PLAC San Francisco,San Francisco,California
1 AFN 6BX5-MQ
1 REFN 6BX5-MQ
1 NOTE !BIRTH: San Francisco, Calif., Births; Cert #15784; Born in
2 CONT Children's Hosp
2 CONT 
2 CONT !MARR: Humboldt Co, Calif., Marr; LDS Church, Eureka 2nd Ward, by
2 CONT Bishop Charles R. Stamps
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCES: CHURCH: Bless: 7 Dec 1958; San Francisco, CA; H. Lamont
2 CONT Fluckinger; Seal Parents: 11 May 1962; Salt Lake Temple; Helgor
2 CONT Peterson; Bapt: 5 Nov 1966; Eureka, CA; Charles Irwin Davis; Conf: 6
2 CONT Nov 1966; Eureka, CA; Walter Ilith Rowley, Sr.; Endowed 20 Jun 1987;
2 CONT Oakland Temple; Seal Spouse: 20 Jun 1987; Oakland Temple; by    ; 28
2 CONT Sep 1997, Sunday School, 13 yr old class, Richfield 10th ward /
2 CONT SCHOOL: [Eureka, CA] Lafayette Elementary, [1963-65] Jefferson
2 CONT Elementary, [1965-70]; George C. Jacobs Jr. High [70-73], Eureka
2 CONT High [1973-75]; [Richfield, UT] Sevier Valley Applied Tech,
2 CONT Richfield, Utah, Snow College Ext, [1997- / NOTES: Soc Sec
2 CONT #553-33-3504
2 CONT 
2 CONT ADDRESS: 490 South 500 West, Richfield, UT 84701 [1997]
2 CONT  
2 CONT 
1 FAMC @F1@
1 FAMS @F36@
0 @I4@ INDI
1 NAME Catherine Melissa /Davis/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  2 Nov 1961
2 PLAC Eureka,Humboldt,California
1 AFN 6BX5-X9
1 NOTE !BIRTH: Humboldt Co, CA Birth Rec; Bk  , Pg
2 CONT 
2 CONT !MARR: Humboldt Co, Calif, Marr Rec ; nr Wedding Rock, Patrick's
2 CONT Point State Park, nr Trinidad, Humboldt Co, Calif, by Bishop Richard
2 CONT L. Wooden, Sr.
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCES: CHURCH: Bless: 03 Dec 1961; Eureka, Humboldt Co, CA;
2 CONT Charles Irwin Davis; Bapt: 06 Dec 1969; Eureka, Humboldt Co, CA;
2 CONT Charles Irwin Davis; Conf: 07 Dec 1969; Eureka, Humboldt Co, CA;
2 CONT Walter Ilith Rowley, Sr.; Sealed to Parents: 11 May 1967; Salt Lake
2 CONT Temple; Excommunicated Eureka, Humboldt Co, CA; Bishop Charles
2 CONT Stamps / SCHOOL: Jefferson School [1966-1973]; Jacobs Jr High
2 CONT [1973-76], Eureka High [1976-79], NOTES: Blood Type AB- / JOBS:
2 CONT Fresh Freeze, Eureka; Granada Rest Home, Eureka; Frederick's of
2 CONT Hollywood, Eureka; Hartridge House, Eureka; Misc jobs in Sacramento,
2 CONT Calif; Nicky's Resort, Estes Park; Valhalla Inn, Estes Park, CO;
2 CONT Self-Employed House cleaner, Estes Park, CO [1995-1997]; Asst Mgr,
2 CONT Bakery, Mahlstrom AFB, Great Falls, MT [1997-]
1 FAMC @F1@
1 FAMS @F33@
0 @I5@ INDI
1 NAME Joseph Irwin /Davis/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 27 Jan 1963
2 PLAC Eureka,Humboldt,California
1 AFN 6BX5-ZG
1 REFN 6BX5-ZG
1 NOTE !BIRTH: Humboldt Co, CA Births: (1963) #153
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCES: CHURCH: Bless: 3 Mar 1963, Eureka, Calif; Charles Irwin
2 CONT Davis; Bapt: 6 Feb 1971, Eureka, Calif; Charles Irwin Davis; Conf: 7
2 CONT Feb 1971, Eureka, Calif; Charles Irwin Davis; Deacon: 2 Feb 1975,
2 CONT Eureka, Calif; Charles Irwin Davis; Teacher: 30 Jan 1977, Eureka,
2 CONT Calif; Charles Irwin Davis; Priest: 28 Jan 1979, Eureka, Calif;
2 CONT Charles Irwin Davis; Grad Primary: 26 Jan 1975, Eureka, Calif; Eagle
2 CONT Court: 21 Jan 1981, Eureka, Calif [Passed Review];  Eagle Scout: 26
2 CONT May 1981, Eureka, Calif; Duty to God: 14 Mar 1982, Eureka, Calif /
2 CONT SCHOOL: Jefferson Elementary [1969-77], Jacobs Jr High [1977-80],
2 CONT Eureka High [1980-83] / EMPLOYED: Carrier, Eureka Times-Standard;
2 CONT Baker, King Donut; Porter, Burger King; Laborer, CCC [Calif. Cons.
2 CONT Corp]; Stocker- Checker-Janitor, Arcata Safeway; Porter, Eureka
2 CONT Burger King / NOTES: Blood Type: AB+, donated 2 units of blood
2 CONT 
1 FAMC @F1@
0 @I6@ INDI
1 NAME Charles Rulon or Chip /Davis/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 Jan 1969
2 PLAC Eureka,Humboldt,California
1 AFN 6BX6-0L
1 REFN 6BX6-0L
1 NOTE !BIRTH: Humboldt Co, CA Births; (1969) Bk 24, Pg 640; Cert #22
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCES: CHURCH: Bless: 2 Feb 1969, Eureka, Calif, Charles Irwin
2 CONT Davis; Bapt: 5 Feb 1977, Eureka, Calif, Charles Irwin Davis; Conf: 6
2 CONT Feb 1977, Eureka, Calif, Deacon, 25 Jan 1981, Eureka, Calif, Charles
2 CONT Irwin Davis; Teacher, 16 Jan 1983, Eureka, Calif, Charles Irwin
2 CONT Davis; Priest, 27 Jan 1985, Eureka, Calif, David Fidjeland; /
2 CONT SCHOOL: Jefferson Elementary [1975-82], Jacobs Jr. High [1982-84],
2 CONT Zane Jr High [1984-85], Eureka High [1985-88] / EMPLOYED: Carrier,
2 CONT Eureka Times-Standard [1985]; Usher, Sutter Theater, Yuba City
2 CONT [Summer 1986]; Farm Hand, Fidjeland's Potato Farm, Loleta [Summer
2 CONT 1987]; Worker, Don's Rent-All, Eureka [1988]; Mixer, Humboldt Paint
2 CONT Factory, Eureka [1987]; Clerk, Tetrault Rocket Gas Station, Eureka
2 CONT [1988]; Assembler, Yakima Racks, Arcata [1988]; Warehouseman,
2 CONT McChord AFB, Tacoma, Wash [1989]; Frito Lay Deliveryman, Tacoma,
2 CONT Wash [1990]; Warehouseman, McCord AFB, Tacoma, Wash [1991];
2 CONT Warehouseman, Malmstrom AFB, Great Falls, Montana [Feb 1992-]
2 CONT 
1 FAMC @F1@
0 @I7@ INDI
1 NAME Charles Milton /Davis/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 16 Nov 1902
2 PLAC Nr Yuba City,Sutter,California
1 CHR
2 DATE 23 Apr 1916
2 PLAC Marysville,Yuba,California
1 DEAT
2 DATE  6 Oct 1964
2 PLAC San Francisco,San Francisco,California
1 BURI
2 DATE 10 Oct 1964
2 PLAC Yuba City Masoleum,Sutter,California
1 AFN 1FMN-FV
1 REFN 1FMN-FV
1 NOTE !BIRTH: SUTTER CO, CA, OFFICIAL RECORDS, Reg 198, Pg 91; Del Aff of
2 CONT Birth
2 CONT 
2 CONT !MARR #1: YUBA CO, CA, MARR, Bk 13, Pg 48: Chas. M. Davis & Marie L.
2 CONT Bucking-
2 CONT ham / SUTTER CO, CA, REG OF ACTIONS, Bk 12, Pg 347, #5581: Marie vs
2 CONT Chas. M., civil divorce
2 CONT 
2 CONT !MARR #2: SUTTER CO, CA, MARR, Bk K, Pg 99: Chas M. Davis & Wilma
2 CONT Adams
2 CONT 
2 CONT !DEATH: Calif State Death Index, 1960-1969, Fiche #0021, Pg 5,459:
2 CONT Charles M.
2 CONT Davis (sp W), d 6 Oct 1964, San Francisco, Reg #75730, State
2 CONT #64-122604; NOTE: Soc Sec # does not appear in State Index, and
2 CONT there is no record of death in Soc Sec Death Index.
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCES: SCHOOL: Attended Barry School, Yuba City, to 8th grade
2 CONT [1907-16] / JOBS: Carpenter, Fruit Worker, 1916-1928; Bank of
2 CONT America, Rideout Br, Marysville, Calif, 1928-1964 [Managed Camp
2 CONT Beale Military Facility 1943- 1944]; Also worked at Sutter County,
2 CONT Calif, Fair, 1950-1963 / IGI, 1994 Edition: Film #537971, Ord
2 CONT #44912, & Film #538061
2 CONT 
1 FAMS @F2@
0 @I8@ INDI
1 NAME Marie Lenora /Buckingham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  9 Sep 1910
2 PLAC Nr Yuba City,Sutter,California
1 CHR
2 DATE 29 Jun 1913
2 PLAC Marysville,Yuba,California
1 AFN 1FMN-G2
1 REFN 1FMN-G2
1 NOTE !BIRTH: Sutter Co, CA Births; Bk 1907/11, Pg 127 (Name added 19 May
2 CONT 1942), b 1 p.m., 9 sep 1910, Sutter Co, Mother, Lulae PENNEY, 18, b
2 CONT Calif, Father, Chan BUCKINGHAM, 22, b __, farmer / Bible Record of
2 CONT Lula Buckingham, in poss of Juanita Hermansen, Richfield, UT
2 CONT 
2 CONT !MARR #1; Yuba Co CA Marr; Bk 13, Pg 42; Sutter Co, CA Reg of
2 CONT Actions; Bk 12, Pg 347, #5581 (Marie L. DAVIS vs Charles M. DAVIS;
2 CONT div 24 Apr 1943)
2 CONT 
2 CONT DIV #2: Sutter Co, CA Reg of Actions; Bk 13, Pg 314, #6041 (Marie L.
2 CONT LOHMANN vs Robert H. LOHMANN; div 29 Aug 1946)
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCES: SCHOOL: [Marie Buckingham] Nuestro School, Sutter Co,
2 CONT Calif; 1st Grade 1916/ 1017, to 2nd Grade 18 May 1917; to 3rd Grade
2 CONT 17 May 1918; to 4th Grade 23 May 1919; to 5th Grade 21 May 1920;
2 CONT [Marie Hendershot] to 6th Grade Barry School 19 May 1922; Durant
2 CONT School, Oakland, Calif., from 6A to 6B 19 Jun 1923; to 7th Grade
2 CONT [Sutter Co.] Sept 1923; [Marie Buckingham] Report Card signed by
2 CONT Mrs. M. Pinney; Sutter Union High School 24 Nov 1925 to 5 Apr 1920,
2 CONT Rec of Grades dated 11 Jun 1929. Letter of Recommendation: "Miss
2 CONT Marie Buck- ingham has been a student in the Sutter Union High
2 CONT Schoolb for the past three years. She is a girl having the very
2 CONT highest moral character and possesses an extraordinary amount of
2 CONT vitality and industry. She is thoroughly trustworthy and I do not
2 CONT hesitate to recommend her to any position of respon sibility which
2 CONT she might undertake." Leo A. Wadsworth, Principal /  Housewife
2 CONT (1929- 1942); Retail Clerk (1943-19  ); PBX Operator ( ) Retired
2 CONT (1971-    ) Moved to Eureka 21 Oct 1971
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
1 FAMS @F2@
1 FAMS @F110@
1 FAMC @F165@
0 @I9@ INDI
1 NAME Anita Marie /Davis/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 10 Jul 1930
2 PLAC Yuba City,Sutter,California
1 CHR
2 DATE  5 Apr 1931
2 PLAC Marysville,Yuba,California
1 AFN 6BX6-1R
1 REFN 6BX6-1R
1 NOTE !BIRTH: Sutter Co, CA Births; 1926/34, Pg 285: Birth; Anita Marie
2 CONT Davis, b 8:25 p.m., 10 Jul 1930; M, Marie [Lenora] Buckingham, 19;
2 CONT F. Charles [Milton] Davis, 27; Clerk, Bank of Italy
2 CONT 
2 CONT !MARR: YUBA CO, CA MARR; Bk 30, Pg 123; / SUTTER CO, CA, REG OF
2 CONT ACTIONS, Civ Div 20 Aug 1972
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCES: SCHOOL: Yuba City Elementary [1935-1944], Yuba City High
2 CONT [1944-48] / / JOBS: Bank of America, Loan Adj, San Francisco
2 CONT [1948-57] Yuba City [1957-], Wells Fargo, Eureka; merged w/Hibernia
2 CONT Bank, Eureka; merged w/Security Pacific, Eureka; Appointed Notary
2 CONT Public in Humboldt County by March Fong Eu, Sect of State,
2 CONT [1978-1982]; Medical Transcriber, Dr. Salter, Eureka / Blood Type B-
2 CONT 
1 FAMC @F2@
1 FAMS @F18@
0 @I15@ INDI
1 NAME Charles Alan or Chad /Deems/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 27 Oct 1982
2 PLAC Eureka,Humboldt,California
1 CHR
2 DATE  2 Jan 1983
2 PLAC Eureka,Humboldt,California
1 NOTE !BIRTH: Humboldt Co, CA Births; 1982: #1200 - 1457
2 CONT 
2 CONT CHURCH: Bless: 02 Jan 1983; Eureka, CA; Charles Irwin Davis; Seal/
2 CONT Par: 20 Jun 1987; Oakland Temple; Sause [?] David Malai; Bapt: 27
2 CONT Oct 1990; Eureka, CA; Bert Mitchell Deems; Conf: 27 Oct 1990;
2 CONT Eureka, CA; Bert Mitchell Deems; Deacon: 13 Nov 1994; Eureka, CA;
2 CONT Bert Mitchell Deems /  "Chad" derived from [CH]arles Davis, his
2 CONT maternal gf; [A]lan Deems, his paternal gf; and [D]eems, his last
2 CONT name; [CH*A*D = "Chad"] / Fam Rec in Poss Bert & Becky Deems, 490 S
2 CONT 500 W, Richfield, UT 84701
2 CONT 
1 FAMC @F36@
0 @I52@ INDI
1 NAME Lula Myrtle /Pinney/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 23 Jul 1892
2 PLAC Yuba City,Sutter,California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 17 Mar 1970
2 PLAC Richfield,Sevier,Utah
1 BURI
2 DATE 20 Mar 1970
2 PLAC Richfield,Sevier,Utah
1 AFN 1FMN-N3
1 REFN 1FMN-N3
1 NOTE !BIRTH: Sutter Co, Calif. Official Rec, Bk 265, Pg 88; Del Aff
2 CONT Birth; Lula Myrtle Pinney, b 23 Jul 1892, Yuba City, Sutter Co,
2 CONT Calif; F, Washington Alden Pinney, 28, b Clipper Mills, Yuba Co,
2 CONT Calif, 1 Jun 1864; M, Miranda Best, 32, b Osage Co, Missouri;
2 CONT Certified by M. M.  Sullenger, an uncle, of 814 Orange St, Yuba
2 CONT City; 1 Jul 1947; Filed at req of Lula Laux, 1 Jul 1947 [Fee $1.00]
2 CONT / also PINNEY Fam Bible in poss Lula M. LAUX (dec); Richfield, UT
2 CONT (ca 1960)
2 CONT 
2 CONT !MARR #1: Yuba Co, CA Marr, Bk 3, Pg 81: Chancy BUCKINGHAM, 21, son
2 CONT of John L. & Amanda Ellen [CONNER] BUCKINGHAM, md Lula Myrtle
2 CONT PINNEY, 17, dau of Washington Alden and Miranda [BEST] PINNEY / DIV
2 CONT #1:Sutter Co, CA Reg of Actions; Bk 4, Pg 1531 (div final 03 Jul 1915)
2 CONT 
2 CONT !MARR #2: Sutter Co, CA Marr, Bk 3, Pg 128 (Frederick Benjamin
2 CONT HENDERSHOT, 31, son of Aaron Benjamin & Hannah M. [BEST] HENDERSHOT,
2 CONT md Mrs. Lula Myrtle BUCKINGHAM, 23, dau of Washington Alden &
2 CONT Miranda (BEST) PINNEY
2 CONT 
2 CONT !MARR #3: Yuba Co, CA Marr, Bk 11, Pg 489 (William J. LAUX, 22, son
2 CONT of Frank & Anastasia [DALY] LAUX md Lula M. HENDERSHOT, 32, dau of
2 CONT Wash & Mirandy [BEST] PINNEY / DIV #3: Sutter Co, CA Reg of Actions;
2 CONT Bk 13, Pg 384, #6111 (div final 08 Jul 1946)
2 CONT 
2 CONT !DEATH: Utah State Death Rec, 1970, State File #14370-21-1584; also
2 CONT RICHFIELD REAPER, Richfield, Utah; 19 Mar 1970: Obit for Lula Laux,
2 CONT 77 d Tues [17 Mar 1970]; surv by: Mrs. Owen (Dorothy) Christensen,
2 CONT Richfield; Mrs. Marie Davis, San Francisco; 6 grandchildren; 13
2 CONT great grandchildren; bro, Norman Pinney, Yuba City; bur in Richfield
2 CONT City Cem; pallbearers: Lowell Hermansen [grandson -in-law], Phil
2 CONT Torgerson [grandson-in-law], Steven Christensen, Leslie Okerlund
2 CONT [grandson-in-law], Owen Christensen [son-in-law], & Bill Bredsguard
2 CONT / Soc Sec Death Rec, 1988: Lula [Pinney] Laux, b 23 Jul 1892, d Mar
2 CONT 1970, Richfield, Utah, Soc Sec #554-18-4155 issued [17 aug 1938] in
2 CONT Calif.
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCES: "The Descendants of Lieut Henry Timmerman", by Carolyn
2 CONT Timmerman Sidenius, S-Z-T Reunion; 1988 (Pg 118) (#1930) / 1910 FED
2 CONT CEN, Yuba Twsp, Sutter Co, CA; Dwell 310, Fam 226: [w/Mrs. W. A.
2 CONT Pinney]: son-in-law, Chancy Buckingham, 22, md 0 yr; b US; Par b US;
2 CONT [Chancy's] wife, Lula [Pinney] Buckingham; 17, md 0 yr; b CA; F b
2 CONT CA; M b NY / 1920 FED CEN, Sutter Co, CA; Yuba Twsp; Fam of Fred B.
2 CONT Hendershot, 32; farmer, b IA; F b VA; M b IA; wife, Lula M., 27; b
2 CONT CA; F b VT; M b MO; dau Dorothy, 3, b CA; F b IA; M b MO [Dorothy's
2 CONT M b CA]; [step] dau, Marie Buckingham, 9, b CA; F b IA; M b CA
2 CONT [Marie's F b SD, M b CA] / SUTTER CO, CA, REG OF ACTIONS; Bk 4, Pg
2 CONT 1531: div Chauncey Littlewood Buckingham, 3 Jul 1915. He was ordered
2 CONT to pay $10 per month child support for 3 year-old dau, Marie
2 CONT Buckingham; Judge K. S. Mahon / [IBID] Bk 13, Pg 6111; div William
2 CONT James Laux, 6 Jul 1945; Final Judgement, 8 Jul 1946, Judge Arthur
2 CONT Coats / Delegate to 31st Annual Convention, Calif. State Federation
2 CONT of Labor, Marysville, Calif.; Sep 15 to 20, 1930 / Moved to
2 CONT Richfield, Utah abt 1946 / Baptism Cert: Mrs. Lula Laux bapt 30 Aug
2 CONT 1958, signed Robert E. Wayman, Pastor, First Baptist Church,
2 CONT Richfield, Utah [According to Marie L. Davis, Lula Laux & Dorothy
2 CONT Christensen were charter members of the First Baptist Church in
2 CONT Richfield, Utah, ca 1958?] / IGI, Dec 1992: Calif; Fiche #0-0063, Pg
2 CONT 2,336: Fred Hendershot/Lula Buckingham; sld 3 Jul 1973 LA, Batch
2 CONT 7204101, Sh 54. Lula Hendershot/ William Laux; sld 3 Jul 1973 LA;
2 CONT Batch 7204101, Sh 54. Fiche 0-0066, Pg 3,056: William Laux/Lula
2 CONT Hendershot; sld 3 Jul 1973 LA; Batch 7204101 Sh 54.  Fiche 0-0068,
2 CONT Pg 3,924: Lula Pinney/Chancy Buckingham; sld 3 Jul 1973 LA; Batch
2 CONT 7204101, Sh 54.  Lula Pinney, bap 29 Jul 1972 LA, end 24 Oct 1972
2 CONT LA, sp 19 Jun 1973 LA; Batch 7204101, Sh 53.  Lula Pinney, bap 13
2 CONT Nov 1965, end 19 Nov 1966 OK, sp 18 Jan 1991 JR; Batch 5011688, Sh
2 CONT 13 / 1994; qualified as "Downwinder" due to cancer of small
2 CONT intestine caused by radiation from fallout of nuclear tests in
2 CONT Nevada. Claim for compensation filed by her daughters, Dec 1994,
2 CONT each rcvd $25,000 / SOURCE: Nine Hundred Years of Cordrays: by Paul
2 CONT Cordray, 130 West Hayden St, Marceline, MO 64658; 1989; Pg 180; Info
2 CONT from Irene Blake, 3209 NW 37th St, Oklahoma City, OK 73112 (copied
2 CONT by Charles I. Davis, 23 Mar 1993)
1 FAMS @F165@
1 FAMC @F191@
1 FAMS @F1603@
1 FAMS @F3467@
0 @I55@ INDI
1 NAME Dawna Michelle /Neubecker/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  9 Jul 1981
2 PLAC Yuba City,Sutter,California
1 NOTE SOURCE: Pers Rec in Poss Anita Neubecker, 1438 G St, Eureka, CA (ca
2 CONT Oct 1994)
2 CONT 
1 FAMC @F72@
0 @I56@ INDI
1 NAME Lori Ann /Rasico/
1 SEX F
1 NOTE SOURCE: Pers Rec in Poss Anita Neubecker
2 CONT 
1 FAMS @F72@
0 @I130@ INDI
1 NAME Mark Aleksis /Dorman/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 Apr 1956
2 PLAC Troy,Rensselaer,New York
1 NOTE SOURCE: Fam Rec in Poss Charles I. Davis; Info Recvd from Mark Dorman
2 CONT 
2 CONT SCHOOL: Construction, Auto Cad, College of Redwoods, Eureka, Calif.
2 CONT [1992]
2 CONT 
2 CONT JOBS: Cable TV, Trinidad, Calif. [1980], KVIQ,Ch 6, Eureka [1981];
2 CONT KCRA, Ch 3, Sacramento [1984-1989]; Scott Electric, Estes Park,
2 CONT Colo. [Jun 1992-Jun 1997]
1 FAMS @F33@
0 @I131@ INDI
1 NAME Christopher Lee /Dorman/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  6 Feb 1987
2 PLAC Sacramento,Sacramento,California
1 NOTE !BIRTH: Calif State Birth Records, Sacramento, Calif.
2 CONT 
2 CONT SCHOOL:Estes Park, Colo., Elementary, K to 4th [1992-1997]; Great
2 CONT Falls, Mont., Elementary, 5th [1997-]
2 CONT 
2 CONT NOTE; Blood Type: AB Positive [AB+]
2 CONT 
1 FAMC @F33@
0 @I143@ INDI
1 NAME Bert Mitchell /Deems/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 10 Dec 1961
2 PLAC Fort Bragg,Mendocino,California
1 NOTE !BIRTH: Pers know of Bert M. Deems, Eureka, CA
2 CONT 
2 CONT !MARR: Humboldt Co, Calif. Marr Rec; LDS Church, Eureka 2nd Ward, by
2 CONT Bishop Charles R. Stamps
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCE: EUREKA TIMES-STANDARD, 8 Dec 1982; Obit: Alan M. Deems died
2 CONT when his boat "Jennifer D" sank off Humboldt Bar abt 30 Nov-1 Dec
2 CONT 1982. He was cremated and his ashes were scattered at sea. He was
2 CONT surv by his ch, incl a son, Bert M. Deems, of Eureka, CA/ NOTE: His
2 CONT name is on Fisherman's Memorial on Woodley Island
2 CONT 
2 CONT CHURCH: Bapt: 04 Apr 1981, Eureka, Humboldt, CA; Charles Irwin Davis
2 CONT / Conf: 04 Apr 1981; Eureka, Humboldt, CA; Charles Irwin Davis /
2 CONT Priest: 03 May 1981, Eureka, Humboldt, CA: Charles Irwin Davis /
2 CONT Elder: 14 Jun 1987, Eureka, Humboldt, CA; Richard Lee Wooden, Sr.
2 CONT 
1 FAMS @F36@
0 @I147@ INDI
1 NAME Robert Henry /Neubecker/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 29 May 1929
2 PLAC Chicago,Cook,Illinois
1 AFN DJX9-P8
1 REFN DJX9-P8
1 NOTE !MARR #1: Yuba Co, CA Marr Rec; Bk 30, Pg 123; Civ Div 2 Aug 1972 /
2 CONT Marr #2, civ div / Marr #3,
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCE: Pers know of Anita M. Neubecker, ca 1990
2 CONT 
1 FAMS @F18@
0 @I148@ INDI
1 NAME Heather May /Deems/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 Sep 1977
2 PLAC Eureka,Humboldt,California
1 CHR
2 DATE  5 Mar 1978
2 PLAC Eureka,Humboldt,California
1 NOTE !BIRTH: CA State Birth Rec
2 CONT 
2 CONT CHURCH: Bless: 05 Mar 1978, Eureka, CA, Charles Irwin Davis; Bapt:
2 CONT 30 Nov 1985, Eureka, CA, Bert Mitchell Deems; Conf: 01 Dec 1985,
2 CONT Eureka, CA, Charles Irwin Davis
2 CONT 
2 CONT SCHOOL: Glenn Paul, Eureka, CA, [1980-1982]
1 FAMC @F36@
0 @I149@ INDI
1 NAME Hannah Marie /Deems/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 Sep 1977
2 PLAC Eureka,Humboldt,California
1 CHR
2 DATE  5 Mar 1978
2 PLAC Eureka,Humboldt,California
1 NOTE !BIRTH: CA State Birth Rec; State File #77-
2 CONT 
2 CONT CHURCH: Blessed: 05 Mar 1978, Eureka, Humboldt Co, CA; Charles Irwin
2 CONT Davis /  Bapt: 30 Nov 1985, Eureka, Humboldt Co, CA; Bert Mitchell
2 CONT Deems / Conf: 01 Dec 1985, Eureka, Humboldt Co, CA; Charles Irwin
2 CONT Davis
2 CONT 
1 FAMC @F36@
0 @I151@ INDI
1 NAME Ryan Mitchell /Deems/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  6 Nov 1983
2 PLAC Eureka,Humboldt,California
1 CHR
2 DATE  8 Jan 1984
2 PLAC Eureka,Humboldt,California
1 NOTE !BIRTH: CA State Birth Rec
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCE: Bless: 08 Jan 1984, Eureka, CA, Charles Irwin Davis; Bapt:
2 CONT 10 Nov 1991, Eureka, CA, Bert Mitchell Deems; Conf: 10 Nov 1991,
2 CONT Eureka, CA, Charles Irwin Davis; Deacon: 03 Dec 1995, Eureka, CA,
2 CONT Bert Mitchell Deems / Teacher: 15 Mar 1998, Richfield, Ut, Bert
2 CONT Mitchell Deems
2 CONT 
1 FAMC @F36@
0 @I166@ INDI
1 NAME Eldred /Best/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 Nov 1893
2 PLAC ,of Sutter,California
1 DEAT
2 DATE Abt  8 Nov 1907
2 PLAC ,of Sutter,California
1 NOTE !BIRTH: Sutter Co, CA Newspaper Index; FHL film 1763639: 24 Nov
2 CONT 1893, pg 7, col
2 CONT b: Son of Charles H. Best born Nov 17, at 9 lbs
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCE: genealogical Surname Index, Sutter Co, CA; FHL Film 1763974:
2 CONT Vivion,
2 CONT Lottie, Sutter County Farmer, 1 Nov 1907, Pg 7a: son, Eldred (Best)
2 CONT operated
2 CONT on for appendicitis; [ibid] 8 Nov 1907, Pg 1d: son, Eldred, died @@
2 CONT ae 14
1 FAMC @F220@
0 @I187@ INDI
1 NAME Elois Aleene /Best/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 30 Nov 1897
2 PLAC Yuba City,Sutter,California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 25 Sep 1988
2 PLAC Ukiah,Mendocino,California
1 NOTE !BIRTH: Sutter Co, CA Delayed Cert of Birth: Elois Aleene Best, b 30
2 CONT Nov 1897,
2 CONT Yuba City, CA, State File #124663; FHL Film #
2 CONT 
2 CONT !DEATH: Soc Sec Death Index, 1994: Elois Sawyer, b 30 Nov 1897, d 25
2 CONT Sep 1988,
2 CONT Mendocino Co, CA; Soc Sec #561-52-3945, Issued Calif
2 CONT 
2 CONT !MARR: Yuba Co, CA Marr; Bk 10, Pg 288
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCE: Marr Rec; Leland Willis Sawyer, 21; b CA; F, Almond M.
2 CONT Sawyer; M, Mary
2 CONT     B. Willis; md Elois Aleene Best, 21; b CA; F, Charles H. Best;
2 CONT M, Charlotte
2 CONT     V. Vivion; md 2 Aug 1919, in Marysville
2 CONT SOURCE: Nine Hundred Years of Cordrays: by Paul Cordray; 1989; Pg
2 CONT 178: Info
2 CONT     from Irene Blake, 3209 NW 37th St, Oklahoma City, OK 73112
2 CONT SOURCE: 1920 Fed Cen, Sutter Co, CA; Yuba Twsp; Fam of Leland W.
2 CONT Sawyer, ae 28
2 CONT     wife, Elois A. Sawyer, ae 22
2 CONT SOURCE: Soc Sec Deaths: Elois Sawyer, b 30 Nov 1897; d 25 Sep 1988,
2 CONT Midlake,
2 CONT     Rogina, The Forks, Vichy Springs, or Ukiah, Mendocino Co, Calif.
2 CONT Soc Sec
2 CONT     #561-52-3945; Issued Calif
1 FAMC @F220@
1 FAMS @F5775@
0 @I329@ INDI
1 NAME George Walter /Best/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 Oct 1873
2 PLAC Yuba City,Sutter,California
1 DEAT
2 DATE Abt Nov 1877
1 BURI
2 DATE 26 Nov 1877
2 PLAC Marysville,Yuba,California
1 NOTE !DEATH: Marysville City Cem Rec, 1870 - , Best, George, 4, male,
2 CONT white, infant, b Calif, cause, accident, Dr. Caldwell, bur grave #863
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCES: Best/Stoker Fam Bible in poss Minnie Stoker Stevens (dec) /
2 CONT IGI, 1994 Edition, ver 3.04: Film 458360, B Pre-1970, E Pre-1970, SP
2 CONT 4 Feb 1959 LANGE; CONFLICT: George died young
1 FAMC @F245@
0 @I330@ INDI
1 NAME Lee Valentine /Best/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 Feb 1876
2 PLAC Nr Yuba City,Sutter,California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 13 Jul 1954
2 PLAC Yuba City,Sutter,California
1 BURI
2 DATE 16 Jul 1954
2 PLAC Sutter City Cem,Sutter,California
1 NOTE !BIRTH/DEATH: Sutter Co, CA Death Rec; 1954, #97
2 CONT 
2 CONT !MARR: Sutter Co, CA Marr; Bk D, Pg 362: Lee V. Best, 24, md Grace
2 CONT Marie Stoker
2 CONT     18, Witnesses Henry Best & J. A. Stoker
2 CONT SOURCE: Fed Census, Sutter Co, CA; 1900
2 CONT SOURCE: Best/Stoker Fam Bible in poss Minnie Stoker Stevens (dec)
2 CONT SOURCE: Sutter County, CA, Newspaper Index; FHL film 1763639; Sutter
2 CONT County
2 CONT     Farmer; 30 Mar 1900, Pg 1b: Lee V. Best to marry Grace Stoker;
2 CONT [ibid] 6 Apr
2 CONT     1900, Pgs 3c & 6c: wedding, marriage notice; [ibid] 5 Oct 1900,
2 CONT Pg 1c:
2 CONT     residence burned; [ibid] 22 Feb 1901, Pg 2b: son born 20 Feb;
2 CONT [ibid] 23 May
2 CONT     1902, Pg 2b: dau born 16 May; [ibid] 12 May 1905, Pg 5b: land
2 CONT trans to S.
2 CONT     Harris, moving to Santa Cruz; [ibid] 19 May 1905, Pg 4e: auction
2 CONT of pers
2 CONT     prop; [ibid] dau born 17 Sep, Yuba City; 24 Nov 1904, Pg 2b:
2 CONT land trans
2 CONT     from L. J. Cope; [ibid] 6 Apr 1906, Pg 1d: appt treasurer & tax
2 CONT collector;
2 CONT     [ibid] 2 Aug 1907, Pg 2b: son born 27 Jul; [ibid] 8 Oct 1909, Pg
2 CONT 8a: moving
2 CONT     to Nevada; [ibid] 23 Dec 1910, Pgs 5d & 8c: son, Lisle Best,
2 CONT dies, ae 9;
2 CONT     [ibid] 20 Dec 1912, Pg 5d: son born 11 Dec; [ibid] 27 Dec 1912,
2 CONT Pg 5a:  home
2 CONT     sold to Charles West; [ibid] 12 Feb 1915, Pg 1c; sells residence
2 CONT property
2 CONT     here; [ibid] 29 Apr 1921, Pg 1e: father, Henry, dies ae 89
2 CONT SOURCE: IGI, 1994 Edition, ver 3.04: Film #452043, Ord #11539, B 10
2 CONT Aug 1957, E
2 CONT     12 Apr 1958 SGEOR, SP Pre-1970; [ibid] Film #458360, B & E
2 CONT Pre-1970, SP
2 CONT     4 Feb 1959 LANGE; CONFLICT: IGI states dob 14 Feb 1875
1 FAMC @F245@
1 FAMS @F2999@
0 @I332@ INDI
1 NAME Andrew Wiley or William /Best/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 10 Nov 1879
2 PLAC Nr Yuba City,Sutter,California
1 DEAT
2 DATE  7 Dec 1954
1 BURI
2 PLAC Sutter,Sutter,California
1 NOTE !MARR: Sutter Co, CA Marr; Bk D, Pg 425; Andrew W. Best, ae 23; md
2 CONT Lola Pearl
2 CONT Cartmell, ae 20; Wit: J. W. Anderson & Millie Cartmell
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCE: 1900 Fed Census, CA; Andrew Best, b Nov 1878, CA
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCE: Genealogy Surname Index, Sutter Co, CA, 1853-1950; FHL film
2 CONT 1763640:
2 CONT Sutter County Farmer, 17 Oct 1902, Pg 1e: Pearl Cartmell to marr
2 CONT Andrew W. Best
2 CONT on 5 Nov; [ibid] 7 Nov 1902, Pg 3c: Pearl Cartmell md Andrew W. Best
2 CONT in double
2 CONT wedding, Landerman-Gleason; [ibid] 14 Nov 1902, Pg 1b: list of
2 CONT wedding gifts;
2 CONT [ibid] 30 Apr 1920: Andrew Best vs P.R. Parker, case dismissed
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCE: Sutter Co, CA Official Rec, Bk 181, Pg 443: Del Aff Birth,
2 CONT Melba
2 CONT Lorraine BEST, b 17 Aug 1903, M, Lola Pearl CARTMELL, ae 20, b Yuba
2 CONT Co, CA;
2 CONT F, Andrew Wiley BEST, ae 24, b Sutter Co, CA
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCE: Best/Stoker Fam Bible in poss Minnie (Stoker) Stevens, Yuba
2 CONT City (dec)
2 CONT [ca 1960]
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCE: IGI, 1994 Edition, ver 3.04: Film 458360, B Pre-1970, E
2 CONT Pre-1970, SP
2 CONT     4 Feb 1959 LANGE; [ibid] Film #452043, Ord #11539, B 10 Aug
2 CONT 1957, E 12 Apr
2 CONT     1958 SGEOR, SP Pre-1970
1 FAMC @F245@
1 FAMS @F5777@
0 @I337@ INDI
1 NAME Charles G. /Best/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 Jan 1864
2 PLAC Nr Yuba City,Sutter,California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 26 Jul 1950
2 PLAC Yuba City,Sutter,California
1 BURI
2 DATE 29 Jul 1950
2 PLAC Sutter,Sutter,California
1 NOTE !BIRTH/DEATH; Sutter Co, CA Death Rec; Bk 13, Pg 135
2 CONT 
2 CONT !MARR: Sutter Co, CA Marr; Bk D, Pg 84: Charles Best, ae 28; md
2 CONT Irene Keck, ae
2 CONT 19; Wit: W. M. Elmore & R. C. Kells
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCE: Best/Stoker Fam Bible in poss Minnie Stoker Stevens (dec)
2 CONT SOURCE: Sutter Co, CA, Voter Reg, 1896; FHL #0978591: Charles Best,
2 CONT farmer, 31
2 CONT 6' 7/8", fair comp, gray eyes, lt brown hair, b CA, Slough Prec,
2 CONT Yuba City,
2 CONT reg 1 Jun 1896
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCE: 1900 Calif Census: Charles Best, b Jan 1864, Calif; res of
2 CONT Vernon Twsp
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCE: 1910 Fed Census, Vernon Twsp, Slough Prec, Sutter Co, CA;
2 CONT enum 16 May
2 CONT 1910; Dwell 25, Fam 22; Chas. Best, 46, md 18 yr; b CA; F b OH; M b
2 CONT OH; wife,
2 CONT Irene, 38, md 18 yr, 1 ch, 1 living; b CA, F b OH, M b ENG; son,
2 CONT Earl, 14, b
2 CONT CA; Par b CA
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCE: 1920 Fed Census, Vernon Twsp, Barry Dist, Sutter Co, CA;
2 CONT enum 8 Mar
2 CONT 1920; Dwell 63, Fam 66: Charles G. Best, 56, gen'l farmer; b CA; Par
2 CONT b OH; wife
2 CONT Irene E., 47, b CA; F b OH; M b Eng; [next page] son, Earl Glen, 24,
2 CONT fruit
2 CONT farmer; b CA; Par b CA
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCE: IGI, Oct 1976: SS Batch A458328, Sh 0391
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCE: History of Yuba & Sutter Co, CA, by Peter J. Delay; Historic
2 CONT Record Co,
2 CONT Los Angeles, CA; 1924; Pg 696: "[Robert & Sophia Keck] were the
2 CONT parents of 7
2 CONT children: ...[2] Irene, wife of Charles Best..."!BIRTH/DEATH; Sutter
2 CONT Co, CA Death Rec; Bk 13, Pg 135
2 CONT 
2 CONT !MARR: Sutter Co, CA Marr; Bk D, Pg 84: Charles Best, ae 28; md
2 CONT Irene Keck, ae
2 CONT 19; Wit: W. M. Elmore & R. C. Kells
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCE: Best/Stoker Fam Bible in poss Minnie Stoker Stevens (dec)
2 CONT SOURCE: Sutter Co, CA, Voter Reg, 1896; FHL #0978591: Charles Best,
2 CONT farmer, 31
2 CONT 6' 7/8", fair comp, gray eyes, lt brown hair, b CA, Slough Prec,
2 CONT Yuba City,
2 CONT reg 1 Jun 1896
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCE: 1900 Calif Census: Charles Best, b Jan 1864, Calif; res of
2 CONT Vernon Twsp
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCE: 1910 Fed Census, Vernon Twsp, Slough Prec, Sutter Co, CA;
2 CONT enum 16 May
2 CONT 1910; Dwell 25, Fam 22; Chas. Best, 46, md 18 yr; b CA; F b OH; M b
2 CONT OH; wife,
2 CONT Irene, 38, md 18 yr, 1 ch, 1 living; b CA, F b OH, M b ENG; son,
2 CONT Earl, 14, b
2 CONT CA; Par b CA
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCE: 1920 Fed Census, Vernon Twsp, Barry Dist, Sutter Co, CA;
2 CONT enum 8 Mar
2 CONT 1920; Dwell 63, Fam 66: Charles G. Best, 56, gen'l farmer; b CA; Par
2 CONT b OH; wife
2 CONT Irene E., 47, b CA; F b OH; M b Eng; [next page] son, Earl Glen, 24,
2 CONT fruit
2 CONT farmer; b CA; Par b CA
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCE: IGI, Oct 1976: SS Batch A458328, Sh 0391
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCE: History of Yuba & Sutter Co, CA, by Peter J. Delay; Historic
2 CONT Record Co,
2 CONT Los Angeles, CA; 1924; Pg 696: "[Robert & Sophia Keck] were the
2 CONT parents of 7
2 CONT children: ...[2] Irene, wife of Charles Best..."
2 CONT 
1 FAMC @F245@
1 FAMS @F6439@
0 @I338@ INDI
1 NAME Fannie /Best/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  1 Dec 1865
2 PLAC Nr Yuba City,Sutter,California
1 DEAT
2 DATE  1 Oct 1930
2 PLAC Yuba City,Sutter,California
1 BURI
2 DATE  4 Oct 1930
2 PLAC Sutter,Sutter,California
1 NOTE !DEATH; Sutter Co, CA Death Rec; Bk 6 [1927/32], Pg 205
2 CONT 
2 CONT !MARR: Sutter Co, CA Marr: Bk C, Pg 230; witnesses Henry Best & A.
2 CONT Stoker
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCES: Best/Stoker Fam Bible in poss Minnie Stoker Stevens (dec) /
2 CONT History of Yuba & Sutter Co, CA by Peter J. Delay; Historic Record
2 CONT Co, Los Angeles, CA; 1924; Pgs 321, 322: Bio of Henry Best, [IBID]
2 CONT Pgs 1271, 1272: Bio of George Smith Stoker / 1900 Calif Census:
2 CONT Fanny Stoker, b Dec 1865, Calif; F & M b Ohio / 1910 Fed Census,
2 CONT Yuba Twsp, Sutter Co, CA; Dwell 417, Fam 444: Geo. Stoker, 49, md 20
2 CONT yr; b IL; F b KY; M b MO; wife, Fanny, 43; md 20 yr;
2 CONT 2 ch, 1 living; b CA; Par b OH; son, Albert, 19; b CA; F b IL; M b
2 CONT CA / IGI, 1994, ver 3.04: F# 458360, B Pre-1970, E Pre-1970, SP 4
2 CONT Feb 1959 LANGE; [IBID] F#452042, Ord #11508, B 10 Aug 1957, E 12 Apr
2 CONT 1958 SGEOR, SP Pre-1970
1 FAMC @F245@
1 FAMS @F2280@
0 @I339@ INDI
1 NAME Infant /Best/
1 SEX U
1 BIRT
2 DATE Abt 1867
2 PLAC Nr Yuba City,Sutter,Ca
1 DEAT
2 DATE 13 Oct 1867
2 PLAC of Yuba City,Sutter,Ca
1 NOTE SOURCE: Best/Stoker Fam Bible in poss Minnie Stoker Stevens (dec)
1 FAMC @F245@
0 @I341@ INDI
1 NAME Clara Belle /Best/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 May 1870
2 PLAC Nr Yuba City,Sutter,California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 11 Sep 1952
2 PLAC of Yuba City,Sutter,California
1 NOTE SOURCE: Best/Stoker Fam Bible in poss Minnie Stoker Stevens (dec)
2 CONT 
2 CONT !MARR: Sutter Co, CA Marr; Bk D, Pg 164; Lewis Case, ae 30; md Bell
2 CONT Best, ae
2 CONT     23; Wit: A(ugust) D(avid) Case & Henry Best
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCE: 1870 Fed Census, Sutter Twsp, Sutter Co, CA; Pg 26, Line 1;
2 CONT Clara Best,
2 CONT     ae 3/12 yr; b Apr 1870, CA
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCE: IGI, 1994 Edition, ver 3.04: Film 458360, B Pre-1970, E
2 CONT Pre-1970, SP
2 CONT     4 Feb 1959 LANGE; [ibid] Film #452042, Ord #11509, B 10 Aug
2 CONT 1957, E 12 Apr
2 CONT     1958 SGEOR, SP Pre-1970
1 FAMC @F245@
1 FAMS @F5774@
0 @I342@ INDI
1 NAME William Henry /Best/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  6 Mar 1872
2 PLAC Nr Yuba City,Sutter,California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 11 Jul 1949
2 PLAC Yuba City,Sutter,California
1 BURI
2 DATE 13 Jul 1949
2 PLAC Sutter,Sutter,California
1 NOTE !BIRTH/DEATH: Sutter Co, CA Death Rec; Bk 13, Pg 46
2 CONT 
2 CONT !MARR: Sutter Co, CA Marr; Bk D, Pg 190:
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCE: Marr Rec: William Henry Best, ae 22; md Annie Jane Gray, ae
2 CONT 22; wit:
2 CONT     R. J. Armstrong & Isabella Gray
2 CONT SOURCE: Best/Stoker Fam Bible in poss Minnie Stoker Stevens (dec)
2 CONT SOURCE: 1900 Calif Census: William Best, b Mar 1872, Calif; res of
2 CONT Vernon Twsp
2 CONT     F b Ohio; M b Ohio
2 CONT SOURCE: 1910 Fed Census, Vernon Twsp, Slough Prec, Sutter Co, CA:
2 CONT Wm. H. Best;
2 CONT     38, md 15 yr; b CA; F b OH; M b OH; wife, P---e, 38, md 15 yr; 3
2 CONT ch, 2
2 CONT     living; b CA; Par b CA; dau, Bernice, 13; b CA; Par b CA; dau,
2 CONT Ada, 10; b
2 CONT     CA; Par b CA
2 CONT SOURCE: Genealogy Surname Index, Sutter Co, CA, 1853-1950; FHL film
2 CONT 1763639:
2 CONT     Sutter County Farmer; 30 Nov 1894, Pgs 7c & 7d; md Annie Jane
2 CONT Gray; [ibid]
2 CONT     2 Feb 1900, Pg 6d: dau born 30 Jan; [ibid] 2 Nov 1906, Pgs 1c &
2 CONT 6c: son
2 CONT     son died, age 14 months
2 CONT SOURCE: Calif. Death Index, 1905-1929; FHL film 1686044: Melvin G.
2 CONT Best, ae 1;
2 CONT     d Sacramento, 27 Oct 1906; State File #06-23589 [NOTE: Only Best
2 CONT that fits]
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCE: IFI, 1994 Edition, ver 3.04: Film #458360, B & E Pre-1970,
2 CONT SP 4 Feb
2 CONT 1959 LANGE; [ibid] Film #452043, Ord #11539: B 10 Aug 1957, E 12 Apr
2 CONT 1958
2 CONT SGEOR, SP Pre-1970
1 FAMC @F245@
0 @I345@ INDI
1 NAME Sadie Ellen /Billings/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  5 Jul 1885
2 PLAC Cherryvale,Montgomery,Kansas
1 DEAT
2 DATE 24 Jul 1952
2 PLAC Chico,Butte,California
1 BURI
2 DATE 26 Jul 1952
2 PLAC Chico,Butte,California
1 AFN MH8L-PL
1 REFN MH8L-PL
1 NOTE !BIRTH: Ancestral File, ver 4.15, Aug 1993: Submitter, Patricia L.
2 CONT Parker, P.
2 CONT O. Box 245595, Sacramento, CA 95824-5595
2 CONT 
2 CONT !MARR: Ancestral File, ver 4.15, Aug 1993: Submitter, Patricia L.
2 CONT Parker, P.
2 CONT O. Box 245595, Sacramento, CA 95824-5595
2 CONT 
2 CONT !DEATH: Ancestral File, ver 4.15, Aug 1993: Submitter, Patricia L.
2 CONT Parker, P.O. Box 245595, Sacramento, CA 95824-5595SOURCE: Best Fam
2 CONT Rec in Poss Sammy Best, Chico, CA
1 FAMS @F221@
0 @I346@ INDI
1 NAME Frank Herman /Regli/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 Nov 1873
2 PLAC Marysville,Yuba,California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 22 Jan 1941
2 PLAC Yuba City,Sutter,California
1 BURI
2 DATE 25 Jan 1941
2 PLAC Sutter,Sutter,California
1 NOTE !DEATH: Sutter Co, CA Death Rec, Bk 11, Pg 81; informant Roslina REGLI
2 CONT 
2 CONT !MARR: Sutter Co, CA Marr; Bk D, Pg 293: Frank H. Regli, 25, md Emma
2 CONT J. Best,
2 CONT 25, witnesse  J. M. Rich and Rosetta J. Rich
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCES: 1910 Fed Census, Vernon Twsp, Slough Prec, Sutter Co, CA;
2 CONT Dwell 69, Fam 63: Frank Regli, 37, md; b CA; F b Switz; M b PA;
2 CONT wife, Emily, 37, md 12 yr; 1 ch, 1 living; b CA; F b IA; M b OH;
2 CONT dau, Rosina, 10; b CA; Par b CA /
2 CONT Genealogical Surname Index / SUTTER CO, CA, VOTER REG, 1906: Frank
2 CONT Regli
1 FAMS @F223@
0 @I347@ INDI
1 NAME Rosina or Rozina /Regli/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 27 May 1899
2 PLAC Nr Yuba City,Sutter,California
1 DEAT
2 DATE  3 Jun 1966
2 PLAC Yuba City,Sutter,California
1 BURI
2 DATE  6 Jun 1966
2 PLAC Sutter,Sutter,California
1 REFN 9/2:6:1
1 NOTE !DEATH: Sutter Co, CA Death Rec, #5100, Pg 119: Rozina Regli, d in
2 CONT Padgett's Nursing Home, Yuba City, f, w, unmarried, ae 67, b 27 May
2 CONT 1899, no occu- pation, F, Frank H. Regli
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCES: 1910 Fed Census, Vernon Twsp, Slough Prec, Sutter Co, CA;
2 CONT Dwell 69,
2 CONT Fam 63: Frank Regli, 37, md; b CA; F b Switz; M b PA; wife, Emily,
2 CONT 37, md 12 yr; 1 ch, 1 living; b CA; F b IA; M b OH; dau, Rosina, 10;
2 CONT b CA; Par b CA /
2 CONT SUTTER COUNTY, CA, NEWSPAPER INDEX; FHL film 1763639; Sutter County
2 CONT Farmer; 29 Feb 1924, Pgs 5c & 8a: Maria (Emma) Regli died ae 51;
2 CONT surv by husb, Frank Regli; dau, Miss Rosena Regli...
2 CONT 
1 FAMC @F223@
0 @I348@ INDI
1 NAME Samuel Gray /Best/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 Mar 1924
2 PLAC Chico,Butte,California
1 DEAT
2 DATE Nov 1996
2 PLAC ,,California
1 BURI
2 DATE Nov 1996
2 PLAC ,,California
1 AFN MH8M-04
1 REFN MH8M-04
1 NOTE !DEATH: Phone call 9 Nov 1996
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCE: "NINE HUNDRED YEARS OF CORDRAYS" by Paul Cordray, 130 W.
2 CONT Hayden St,
2 CONT Marceline, MO 64658; 1 Aug 1989; Info from Irene Blake, 3209 NW 37th
2 CONT St,
2 CONT Oklahoma City, OK 73112 (copied 23 Mar 1993)
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCE: Fam Rec in Poss Sam Best, 2356 East 8th St, Chico, CA 95928
2 CONT (ca 1990)
1 FAMC @F221@
1 FAMS @F2182@
0 @I349@ INDI
1 NAME Alice May or Mary /Best/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 25 Apr 1857
2 PLAC Vincennes,Lee,Iowa
1 DEAT
2 DATE  6 Nov 1942
1 BURI
2 PLAC Sutter City Cem,Sutter,California
1 NOTE !MARR: Sutter Co, CA Marr; Bk B, Pg 384: Wm. Henry Stoker, 31, b IL,
2 CONT md Alice
2 CONT Mary Best, 23, b Iowa, witnesses not recorded
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCES: Best/Stoker Fam Bible in poss Minnie Stoker Stevens (dec) /
2 CONT 1900 Calif Censes: Alice May Stoker, b Apr 1857, Iowa; F b OH; M b
2 CONT OH / 1910 Fed Census, Yuba Twsp, Sutter Co, CA; Dwell 325, Fam 343;
2 CONT Wm. H. Stoker, 64, md 31 yr, b IL; F b KY; M b IL; wife, Alice, 53,
2 CONT md 31 yr; 3 ch, 3 living; b IA; f b MO; M b OH / IGI, 1994 Edition,
2 CONT ver 3.04: B Pre-1970, E Pre-1970, SP 4 Feb 1959 LANGE, Film #458360;
2 CONT [IBID] B 10 Aug 1957, E 2 Apr 1958 SGEOR, SP Pre-1970, Film 452042,
2 CONT Ord #11508
1 FAMC @F245@
1 FAMS @F2275@
0 @I350@ INDI
1 NAME Alvin /Best/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  1 Nov 1858
2 PLAC Nr Vincennes,Lee,Iowa
1 DEAT
2 DATE  8 Jun 1941
2 PLAC ,,of California
1 REFN 1KB7-5GX
1 NOTE !MARR: Sutter Co, CA Marr; Bk D, Pg 69: Alvin Best, 33, md Blanche
2 CONT Kirk, 27,
2 CONT     Wit: Henry Best & T. D. Kirk
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCE: Best/Stoker Fam Bible in poss Minnie Stoker Stevens (dec)
2 CONT SOURCE: History of Yuba & Sutter Co, CA by Peter J. Delay; Historic
2 CONT Record Co,
2 CONT     Los Angeles, CA; 1924; Pgs 321,322 (Bio sketch of Henry Best)
2 CONT SOURCE: Sutter Co, CA, Voter Reg, 1880: Reg #85, Alvin Best, 21, b
2 CONT Iowa, Slough
2 CONT     Prec., Reg 1880; [ibid.] 1882: Reg #84
2 CONT SOURCE: 1900 Fed Census, CA; Alvin Best, b Nov 1859, IA; Parents b MO
2 CONT SOURCE: 1910 Fed Census, Vernon Twsp, Slough Prec, Sutter Co, CA;
2 CONT Alvin Best,
2 CONT     57, md 18 yr; b Iowa; F b CA; M b CA; wife, Blanche, 46, md 18
2 CONT yr; 1 ch,
2 CONT     1 living; b CA; Par b MO; dau, Margarette, 17; b CA; F b Iowa; M
2 CONT b CA
2 CONT SOURCE: IGI, 1994 Edition, ver 3.04: Film 458360, B Pre-1970, E
2 CONT Pre-1970, SP
2 CONT     4 Feb 1959 LANGE; [ibid] Film #452043, Ord #11539, B 10 Aug
2 CONT 1957, E 12 Apr
2 CONT     1958 SGEOR, SP Pre-1970!MARR: Sutter Co, CA Marr; Bk D, Pg 69:
2 CONT Alvin Best, 33, md Blanche Kirk, 27,
2 CONT     Wit: Henry Best & T. D. Kirk
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCE: Best/Stoker Fam Bible in poss Minnie Stoker Stevens (dec)
2 CONT SOURCE: History of Yuba & Sutter Co, CA by Peter J. Delay; Historic
2 CONT Record Co,
2 CONT     Los Angeles, CA; 1924; Pgs 321,322 (Bio sketch of Henry Best)
2 CONT SOURCE: Sutter Co, CA, Voter Reg, 1880: Reg #85, Alvin Best, 21, b
2 CONT Iowa, Slough
2 CONT     Prec., Reg 1880; [ibid.] 1882: Reg #84
2 CONT SOURCE: 1900 Fed Census, CA; Alvin Best, b Nov 1859, IA; Parents b MO
2 CONT SOURCE: 1910 Fed Census, Vernon Twsp, Slough Prec, Sutter Co, CA;
2 CONT Alvin Best,
2 CONT     57, md 18 yr; b Iowa; F b CA; M b CA; wife, Blanche, 46, md 18
2 CONT yr; 1 ch,
2 CONT     1 living; b CA; Par b MO; dau, Margarette, 17; b CA; F b Iowa; M
2 CONT b CA
2 CONT SOURCE: IGI, 1994 Edition, ver 3.04: Film 458360, B Pre-1970, E
2 CONT Pre-1970, SP
2 CONT     4 Feb 1959 LANGE; [ibid] Film #452043, Ord #11539, B 10 Aug
2 CONT 1957, E 12 Apr
2 CONT     1958 SGEOR, SP Pre-1970
2 CONT 
1 FAMC @F245@
1 FAMS @F1626@
0 @I351@ INDI
1 NAME Samuel E. /Best/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 25 Apr 1860
2 PLAC ,Lee,Iowa
1 DEAT
2 DATE 29 Jun 1940
2 PLAC Rfd#1 Yuba City,Sutter,California
1 BURI
2 DATE  2 Jul 1940
2 PLAC Sutter,Sutter,California
1 NOTE !DEATH; Sutter Co, CA Death Rec; Bk 11, Pg 30
2 CONT 
2 CONT !MARR: Sutter Co, CA Marr, Bk D, Pg 23: Samuel E. Best, 24, md
2 CONT Frances Jennie
2 CONT Keck, 17, dau of Robt. Keck of PA; Wit: Amos Blakely & Charles Best
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCES: Best/Stoker Fam Bible in poss Minnie Stoker Stevens (dec) /
2 CONT 1900 Calif Census: Samuel Best, b Apr 1860, Iowa; res of Vernon Twsp
2 CONT F b Ohio, M b Ohio / 1910 Fed Census, Vernon Twsp, Slough Prec,
2 CONT Sutter Co, CA; Dwell 95, Fam 80; Samuel E. Best, 50, md 19 yr; b IA;
2 CONT Par b OH; wife, Francis, 35, md 19 yr, 4 ch, 4 living; b CA; F b PA;
2 CONT M b Eng; dau, Gladys, 18, b CA; F b IA; M b CA; son, Tracy, 16; b
2 CONT CA; F b IA; M b CA; dau, Emma, 9, b CA; F b IA, M b CA; dau,
2 CONT Lucille, 3, b CA; F b IA; M b CA / 1920 Fed Census, Yuba City,
2 CONT Sutter Co, CA; Dwell 55, Fam 57: Samuel E. Best, 59, fruit farmer; b
2 CONT IA; Par b IA; wife, Frances J., 45, b CA; F b PA; M b Eng; dau,
2 CONT Enoma; 19, b CA; F b IA; M b CA; dau, Lucille, 12; b CA; F b IA; M b
2 CONT Eng / Genealogy Surname Index, Sutter Co, CA, 1853-1950; FHL film
2 CONT 1763639; Sutter County Farmer, 27 Jan 1888, Pg 3c: land trans to
2 CONT Mary Sullinger [IBID] 27 Jun 1890, Pg 2d: md to Frances Keck; [ibid]
2 CONT 21 Aug 1891, Pg 2c; dau born; [IBID] 24 Nov 1893, Pg 7b: son born,
2 CONT 20 Nov, 11 lbs; [ibid] 15 Sep 1899, Pg 7c: land trans from M.M.
2 CONT Robinson; [IBID] 5 Oct 1900, Pg 6e: dau born 29 Sep, Oswald; [IBID]
2 CONT 14 Feb 1902, Pg 1c: land trans from Henry Best; [IBID] 19 Apr 1907,
2 CONT Pg 6d: dau born 15 Apr [1907]; [IBID] 29 Nov 1907, Pg 7b: land trans
2 CONT from Mrs. Phillipina & j.L. Scheu; [IBID] 1 Nov 1912, Pg 8b: new
2 CONT director in Sutter Cured Fruit Corp.; [IBID] 17 Jan 1913, Pg 5a:
2 CONT land trans from R. A. Kirkman; [IBID] 23 May 1913, Pg 1f: re-elected
2 CONT Director in S.C.F.C.; [IBID] 11 Jul 1913, Pg 1c: Japanese cabin
2 CONT burned; [IBID] 30 Jan 1814, Pg 1c: sells land to Sacramento man;
2 CONT [IBID] 2 Oct 1914, Pg 1a: wants court to stop certain work in Tule
2 CONT Tule Basin; [IBID] 2 Apr 1915, Pg 1d: dau, Gladys, md Louis W.
2 CONT Harris; [IBID]
2 CONT 2 Jul 1915, Pg 1d: son, Tracy, md Miss Florence Montna / HISTORY OF
2 CONT YUBA & SUTTER CO, CA, by Peter J. Delay; Historic Record Co, Los
2 CONT Angeles, CA; 1924; Pg 696: "Robert & Sophia Keck] were the parents
2 CONT of 7 children:...[3] Frances, wife of Samuel E. Best..." [IBID] Pg
2 CONT 552: "Samuel E. Best...born in Lee Co, Iowa, Apr. 25, 1860, the 3rd
2 CONT of 10 children of Henry & Luvina (McPherson) Best....[he married]
2 CONT Miss Frances Keck...[they have] four children: Gladys, now Mrs. L.
2 CONT H. Harris; Tracy S., married Miss Florence Montna, and has two sons,
2 CONT Orland & Calvin; Enoma, Mrs. Weser; and Lucille, attending Yuba City
2 CONT High School / IGI, 1994 Edition, ver 3.04: Film #458360, Ord #11539,
2 CONT B & E Pre-1970, SP 4 Feb 1959 LANGE; [IBID] Film #452043, B 10 Aug
2 CONT 1957, E 12 Apr 1958 SGEOR, SP Pre-1970
2 CONT 
2 CONT !MARR: Sutter Co, CA Marr, Bk D, Pg 23: Samuel E. Best, 24, md
2 CONT Frances Jennie
2 CONT Keck, 17, dau of Robt. Keck of PA; Wit: Amos Blakely & Charles Best
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCE: Best/Stoker Fam Bible in poss Minnie Stoker Stevens (dec)
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCE: 1900 Calif Census: Samuel Best, b Apr 1860, Iowa; res of
2 CONT Vernon Twsp
2 CONT F b Ohio, M b Ohio
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCE: 1910 Fed Census, Vernon Twsp, Slough Prec, Sutter Co, CA;
2 CONT Dwell 95, Fam
2 CONT 80; Samuel E. Best, 50, md 19 yr; b IA; Par b OH; wife, Francis, 35,
2 CONT md 19 yr,
2 CONT 4 ch, 4 living; b CA; F b PA; M b Eng; dau, Gladys, 18, b CA; F b
2 CONT IA; M b CA;
2 CONT son, Tracy, 16; b CA; F b IA; M b CA; dau, Emma, 9, b CA; F b IA, M
2 CONT b CA; dau,
2 CONT Lucille, 3, b CA; F b IA; M b CA
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCE: 1920 Fed Census, Yuba City, Sutter Co, CA; Dwell 55, Fam 57:
2 CONT Samuel E.
2 CONT Best, 59, fruit farmer; b IA; Par b IA; wife, Frances J., 45, b CA;
2 CONT F b PA; M b
2 CONT Eng; dau, Enoma; 19, b CA; F b IA; M b CA; dau, Lucille, 12; b CA; F
2 CONT b IA; M b
2 CONT Eng
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCE: Genealogy Surname Index, Sutter Co, CA, 1853-1950; FHL film
2 CONT 1763639;
2 CONT Sutter County Farmer, 27 Jan 1888, Pg 3c: land trans to Mary
2 CONT Sullinger [ibid]
2 CONT 27 Jun 1890, Pg 2d: md to Frances Keck; [ibid] 21 Aug 1891, Pg 2c;
2 CONT dau born;
2 CONT [ibid] 24 Nov 1893, Pg 7b: son born, 20 Nov, 11 lbs; [ibid] 15 Sep
2 CONT 1899, Pg 7c:
2 CONT land trans from M.M. Robinson; [ibid] 5 Oct 1900, Pg 6e: dau born 29
2 CONT Sep [1900]
2 CONT Oswald; [ibid] 14 Feb 1902, Pg 1c: land trans from Henry Best;
2 CONT [ibid] 19 Apr
2 CONT 1907, Pg 6d: dau born 15 Apr [1907]; [ibid] 29 Nov 1907, Pg 7b: land
2 CONT trans from
2 CONT Mrs. Phillipina & j.L. Scheu; [ibid] 1 Nov 1912, Pg 8b: new director
2 CONT in Sutter
2 CONT Cured Fruit Corp.; [ibid] 17 Jan 1913, Pg 5a: land trans from R. A.
2 CONT Kirkman;
2 CONT [ibid] 23 May 1913, Pg 1f: re-elected Director in S.C.F.C.; [ibid]
2 CONT 11 Jul 1913,
2 CONT Pg 1c: Japanese cabin burned; [ibid] 30 Jan 1814, Pg 1c: sells land
2 CONT to Sacra-
2 CONT mento man; [ibid] 2 Oct 1914, Pg 1a: wants court to stop certain
2 CONT work in Tule
2 CONT Tule Basin; [ibid] 2 Apr 1915, Pg 1d: dau, Gladys, md Louis W.
2 CONT Harris; [ibid]
2 CONT [ibid] 2 Jul 1915, Pg 1d: son, Tracy, md Miss Florence Montna
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCE: History of Yuba & Sutter Co, CA, by Peter J. Delay; Historic
2 CONT Record Co,
2 CONT Los Angeles, CA; 1924; Pg 696: "[Robert & Sophia Keck] were the
2 CONT parents of 7
2 CONT children: ...[3] Frances, wife of Samuel E. Best..." [ibid] Pg 552:
2 CONT "Samuel E.
2 CONT Best...born in Lee Co, Iowa, Apr. 25, 1860, the 3rd of 10 children
2 CONT of Henry &
2 CONT Luvina (McPherson) Best....[he married] Miss Frances Keck...[they
2 CONT have] four
2 CONT children: Gladys, now Mrs. L. H. Harris; Tracy S., married Miss
2 CONT Florence
2 CONT Montna, and has two sons, Orland & Calvin; Enoma, Mrs. Weser; and
2 CONT Lucille,
2 CONT attending Yuba City High School
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCE: IGI, 1994 Edition, ver 3.04: Film #458360, Ord #11539, B & E
2 CONT Pre-1970,
2 CONT SP 4 Feb 1959 LANGE; [ibid] Film #452043, B 10 Aug 1957, E 12 Apr
2 CONT 1958 SGEOR,
2 CONT SP Pre-1970
2 CONT 
1 FAMC @F245@
1 FAMS @F3873@
0 @I352@ INDI
1 NAME Amanda /Best/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 Jan 1862
2 PLAC Nr Vincennes,Lee,Iowa
1 DEAT
2 DATE  3 Dec 1940
2 PLAC Nr Yuba City,Sutter,California
1 BURI
2 DATE  6 Dec 1940
2 PLAC Sutter,Sutter,California
1 NOTE !BIRTH/DEATH; Sutter Co, CA Death Rec; Bk 11, Pg 65
2 CONT 
2 CONT !MARR: Sutter Co, CA Marr; Bk B, Pg 327
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCE: Best/Stoker Fam Bible in poss Minnie Stoker Stevens (dec)
2 CONT SOURCE: Sutter Co, CA, Newspaper Index; FH Film #1763639: Weekly
2 CONT Sutter Banner
2 CONT     2 Feb 1878, Pg 3b: Amanda Best md Augustus Case; [ibid] 26 Nov
2 CONT 1897, Pg 7e
2 CONT     Divorced, awarded custody of 5 youngest children
2 CONT SOURCE: 1900 Calif Census: Amanda Case, b Jan 1863, Iowa; Res of
2 CONT Vernon Twsp
2 CONT SOURCE: History of Yuba & Sutter Co, CA by Peter J. Delay; Historic
2 CONT Record Co,
2 CONT     Los Angeles, CA; 1924; Pgs 321,322 (Bio sketch of Henry Best)
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCE: IGI, 1994 Edition, ver 3.04: Film 458360, B Pre-1970, E
2 CONT Pre-1970, SP
2 CONT     4 Feb 1959 LANGE; [ibid] Film #452043, Ord #11508, B 10 Aug
2 CONT 1957, E 12 Apr
2 CONT     1958 SGEOR, SP Pre-1970
1 FAMC @F245@
1 FAMS @F3578@
0 @I353@ INDI
1 NAME Elizabeth /Donovan/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE Abt 1861
2 PLAC ,,,of Ireland
1 DEAT
2 DATE Abt 13 Apr 1888
2 PLAC ,,California
1 NOTE !BIRTH: ae 19 in 1880, b Ireland (re Sutter Co, CA Marr Rec)
2 CONT 
2 CONT !MARR: Sutter Co, CA Marr Rec, Bk C, Pg 18
2 CONT 
2 CONT !DEATH: Sutter County Farmer, Yuba City, CA; 13 Apr 1888: obit
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCE: Sutter County, CA, Newspaper Index; FHL film 1763639; Weekly
2 CONT Sutter
2 CONT     Banner, 26 Nov 1880, Pg 3d: John Best md Lizzie Donovan; [ibid]
2 CONT 3 Dec 1880,
2 CONT     Pg 3b: wedding - Letters from Harkey Corners; Sutter County
2 CONT Farmer, 13 Oct
2 CONT     1882, son, Norman, died at 10 months; [ibid] 13 Apr 1888, Pg 2d:
2 CONT wife died,
2 CONT     ae 26
1 FAMS @F217@
0 @I354@ INDI
1 NAME Rebecca /Arnold/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  4 Mar 1817
2 PLAC ,,Ohio
1 DEAT
2 DATE 10 Jan 1865
2 PLAC Vincennes,Lee,Iowa
1 BURI
2 DATE Jan 1865
2 PLAC Vincennes,Lee,Iowa
1 REFN BWX3-1N
1 NOTE SOURCE: Best/Lees Fam Bible Rec (Rcvd from Brent Galloway). Till was
2 CONT adopted by John George Best, used name of Best
2 CONT 
2 CONT !DEATH: Headstone in Oakland-Meek Cem., Vincennes, Lee Co., Iowa,
2 CONT copied by
2 CONT John Elvin Best, Jr., ca 19 Aug 1962
1 FAMS @F207@
0 @I356@ INDI
1 NAME Le Roy Theodore or Bud /Pinney/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 Oct 1925
2 PLAC Trowbridge,Sutter,California
1 NOTE !BIRTH: Sutter Co, CA Birth Rec; Bk 4, Pg 357
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCE: Birth: M, Martina Mayfield, 27, b CA; F, Roy Pinney, 30, b
2 CONT __, farmer
2 CONT SERVICE: Veteran, U. S. Army, World War II  NOTE: LeRoy called "Bud"
2 CONT SOURCE: Fam Rec in Poss Thelma Hughes
2 CONT SOURCE: Sutter Co, CA, Wills, Bk D, Pg 227, FHL #1651406: Washington
2 CONT Alden
2 CONT     Pinney, will filed 12 Mar 1929, listed heirs, Thelma Norrinne
2 CONT Pinney &
2 CONT     LeRoy Theador Pinney, ch of Roy Pinney
2 CONT SOURCE: Descendants of Lt Henry Timmerman; comp by Carolyn Timmerman
2 CONT Sidenius
2 CONT     S-Z-T Reunion; 1988 Pg 118, 171 (#3157)
2 CONT SOURCE: Mrs. Thelma (Pinney) Hughes, 2444 Sampson St, Marysville, CA
2 CONT (ca 1964)
2 CONT SOURCE: Appeal Democrat, Yuba City, Marysville, CA; 6 Jul 1949:
2 CONT "Pinneys Are
2 CONT     Home Following Honeymoon Trip", Le Roy T. Pinney graduated from
2 CONT Yuba City
2 CONT     High
2 CONT 
2 CONT ADD: Bud Pinney, 621 A St, Yuba City, CA 95993  (916) 674-3710 [Jun
2 CONT '94]
1 FAMC @F195@
1 FAMS @F6499@
0 @I357@ INDI
1 NAME Thelma Norene /Pinney/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  4 Oct 1920
2 PLAC Nr Yuba City,Sutter,California
1 REFN 1/14A:3:1
1 NOTE !BIRTH: Sutter Co, CA, Births; 1915/20, Pg 287
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCE: Birth; b at Nuestro Station, [name added 27 Jul 1947; M,
2 CONT Martina
2 CONT     Mayfield, 22, b OK; F, Roy Washington Pinney, 26, b Sutter Co,
2 CONT CA [Birth
2 CONT     Rec says b 4 Oct; Thelma Hughes says 10 Oct.]
2 CONT SOURCE: Sutter Co, CA, Wills, Bk D, Pg 227, FHL #1651406: Washington
2 CONT Alden
2 CONT     Pinney, will filed 12 Mar 1929, listed heirs, Thelma Norrinne
2 CONT Pinney &
2 CONT     LeRoy Theador Pinney, ch of Roy Pinney
2 CONT SOURCE: Descendants of Lt Henry Timmerman; comp by Carolyn Timmerman
2 CONT Sidenius
2 CONT     S-Z-T Reunion; 1988 Pg 118, 171 (#3157)
2 CONT SOURCE: Mrs. Thelma (Pinney) Hughes, 2444 Sampson St, Marysville, CA
2 CONT (ca 1964)
2 CONT SOURCE: Graduation Announcement; Sutter High School, Sutter, CA; 7
2 CONT Jun 1938
2 CONT 
2 CONT ADD: Thelma Hughes, 2444 Sampson St, Marysville, CA 95901 (916)
2 CONT 743-7525 [Jun
2 CONT     '96]
2 CONT SOURCE: Appeal-Democrat, 17 Aug 1996: 50th Anniversary of Graydon &
2 CONT Thelma
2 CONT     Thelma graduated from Sutter High,co- owned Hughes Variety,
2 CONT Graydon's &
2 CONT     Gayle-Lynn Dress Shop
1 FAMC @F195@
1 FAMS @F6505@
0 @I358@ INDI
1 NAME Martina /Mayfield/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 18 Feb 1898
2 PLAC Stonewall,Pontotoc,Oklahoma
1 DEAT
2 DATE 21 Jan 1956
2 PLAC Yuba City,Sutter,California
1 BURI
2 DATE 24 Jan 1956
2 PLAC Sutter,Sutter,California
1 AFN B9G3-RR
1 NOTE !BIRTH: Pers Rec in poss Mrs. Thelma Hughes, 2444 Sampson St,
2 CONT Marysville, CA;
2 CONT     rcvd by corr ca 1964
2 CONT 
2 CONT !MARR: Pers rec in poss Mrs. Thelma Hughes, 2444 Sampson St,
2 CONT Marysville,
2 CONT     CA; (rcvd by corr ca 1964) & Mr. John Mayfield, Eureka, CA (ca
2 CONT 1964)
2 CONT 
2 CONT !DEATH: Sutter Co, CA Death Rec, 1956, #7
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCE: Ancestral File, ver 4.13
1 FAMS @F195@
0 @I359@ INDI
1 NAME Mary Josephine or Josie /Gauthier/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE Jun 1861
2 PLAC ,,California
1 DEAT
2 DATE  8 Jul 1929
2 PLAC ,Butte,California
1 NOTE SOURCE: Sutter Co, CA Off Rec; Bk 198, Pg 121: Info on del aff of
2 CONT birth of
2 CONT Olive BEST, b 22 Nov 1897, Meridian, Sutter Co, CA, dau of Mary
2 CONT Josephine
2 CONT GAUTHIER, ae 36, of CA, & John George BEST, ae 42, of MO
2 CONT 
2 CONT !MARR 2: md John George Best aft Jul 1895 (birth of Hazel) and bef
2 CONT Feb 1897
2 CONT (Olive conceived)
2 CONT 
2 CONT !DEATH: Calif State Death Index, 1905-1929, FHL Film #1686044, Pg 838:
2 CONT Josephine Best 9sp J0, 68, d 8 Jul 1929, Butte Co, State File
2 CONT #29-36030
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCE: 1900 Fed Cen, Sutter Co, CA; John G. BEST, of MO; Josie
2 CONT BEST, b Jun
2 CONT 1861, of CA;.....Olive Best, b Nov 1897, b CA
1 FAMS @F218@
0 @I360@ INDI
1 NAME Olive /Best/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 Nov 1897
2 PLAC Meridian,Sutter,California
1 DEAT
2 DATE Aft 1900
2 PLAC ,of Sutter,California
1 NOTE !BIRTH: Sutter Co, CA Off Rec; Bk 198, Pg 121: del aff birth, Olive
2 CONT BEST, b
2 CONT 22 Nov 1897, Meridian, CA; dau of Mary Josephine GAUTHIER, 36, of
2 CONT Calif, &
2 CONT John George BEST, 42, of Missouri
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCE: Nine Hundred Years of Cordrays by Paul Cordray, 130 W.
2 CONT Hayden St,
2 CONT Marceline, MO 64658; 1 Aug 1989; Pg 149: Info from Irene Blake, 3209
2 CONT NW 37th
2 CONT St, Oklahoma City, OK 73112 (copied 23 Mar 1993) / 1900 Fed Cen,
2 CONT Sutter Co, CA; John G. BEST, of MO; Josie BEST, b Jun 1861, of CA;
2 CONT [#5] Olive BEST, b Nov 1897, b CA
1 FAMC @F218@
0 @I382@ INDI
1 NAME William James or Bill /Laux/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE Abt 1902
2 PLAC ,,California
1 DEAT
2 DATE Bef 1965
2 PLAC ,,of California
1 AFN B9G3-10
1 REFN B9G3-10
1 NOTE !MARR: Yuba Co, CA Marr Rec, Bk 11, Pg 489 (William J. LAUX, 22, son
2 CONT of Frank
2 CONT and Anastasia [DALY] LAUX, md Lula M. HENDERSHOT, 32, dau of Wash and
2 CONT Mirandy [BEST] PINNEY: md 29 Sep 1924; in Marysville, wit Halcyon
2 CONT JOYCE &
2 CONT Bernice SPERBECK / DIV: Sutter Co, CA Reg of Actions; Bk 13, Pg 6111
2 CONT (div 08 Jul 1946)
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCES: 1920 Fed Census, Sutter Co, CA; South Butte Twsp, Sutter
2 CONT Twsp; Dwell
2 CONT #197, Fam #201; Fam of Frank B. Laux: William J, ae 17, 1st ch
2 CONT listed / Pers Know Marie L. Davis, 1438 G St, Eureka, CA 95501 (ca
2 CONT 1993) / Pers know Mrs. Dorothy Christensen, 144 South 4 West,
2 CONT Richfield, UT 84701 [dec] / Appeal- Democrat, Marysville, CA; 19 Oct
2 CONT 1965: Obit of Laverne [Tiny] Laux; Survivors incl [brother, Bill,
2 CONT not mentioned] / IGI, Mar 1992; Calif; Fiche #0-0063, Pg 2,336; &
2 CONT Fiche #0-0066, Pg 3,056: William James Laux & Lula Hendershot, sld 3
2 CONT Jul 1973, LANGE; Batch 7204101, Sh 54 / Ancestral File, ver 4.13
1 FAMS @F3467@
0 @I393@ INDI
1 NAME Washington Alden /Pinney/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  1 Jun 1864
2 PLAC Clipper Mills,Butte,California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 19 Apr 1929
2 PLAC Nuestro Dist,Sutter,California
1 BURI
2 DATE 22 Apr 1929
2 PLAC Sutter,Sutter,California
1 AFN 1FMN-ZM
1 NOTE !MARR #1: Sutter Co, CA Marr Rec; Bk C, Pg 194: Washington A.
2 CONT Pinney, 20, b CA, nd Miranda Best, 18, b MO; wit: Samuel Best &
2 CONT William Stoker / The Weekly Sutter Banner, Yuba City, CA; Fri, 14
2 CONT May 1886: "Mr. W. A. Pinney and Miss Amanda Best were united in
2 CONT wedlock last Wednesday at the at the resident of the bride's uncle,
2 CONT Sam Best, near Harkey's corners in this County." [NOTE: The bride's
2 CONT name was "Miranda" Best.] / Sutter Co, CA Reg of Actions; Bk 3, Pg
2 CONT 141: Miranda Pinney vs W. A. Pinney; civ div 14 Jan 1905
2 CONT 
2 CONT !MARR #2: Sutter Co, CA Marr Rec; Bk D, Pg 497: W. A. Pinney, 38, md
2 CONT Laurah Garner, 18, wit: T. A. Galbraith of Yuba City & J. O. Gates,
2 CONT of Marysville
2 CONT / Marysville Daily Appeal; Marysville, Yuba Co, CA; Sun, 15 Jan
2 CONT 1905: "Yuba City, Jan. 14 - County Clerk Green issued a marriage
2 CONT license this afternoon to W. A. Pinney, aged 38, and Laurah Garner,
2 CONT aged 18. Both parties are well known in this county." / Yuba Co, CA
2 CONT Judgement Bk D, Pg 97: Lourah PINNEY vs W. A. PINNEY; civ div 22 Dec
2 CONT 1908
2 CONT 
2 CONT !DEATH: Sutter Co, CA Reg of Deaths; Bk 6, Pg 122 / Sutter Co,
2 CONT Calif, Letters of Administration, FHL F#1651405: Washington Alden
2 CONT Pinney, will filed 12 Mar 1929, children, Roy Pinney, grandchildren
2 CONT (heirs) Thelma Norrinne Pinney and LeRoy Theadore Pinney, witnesses,
2 CONT Conrad Alban & Warren Steel / Sutter Independent, Yuba City, Calif;
2 CONT Thurs, 25 Apr 1929, Pg 8: Washington Alden PINNEY, 64, well known
2 CONT orchardist, died Friday at his home in the Nuestro District after an
2 CONT illness of three months...Pinney is survived by by two sons, Roy
2 CONT Pinney of Nuestro and Norman [Pat] of Oswald and a daughter Mrs.
2 CONT Lula Laux of Yuba City [Not in correct order of birth] / Sutter Co,
2 CONT CA, Wills, Bk D, Pg 227; FHL #1651406: Washington Alden Pinney,
2 CONT filed 12 Mar 1929, listed heirs, children of son, Roy Pinney, Thelma
2 CONT Norrinne Pinney & LeRoy Theador Pinney, wit Conrad Alban & Warren
2 CONT Steel / Sutter Co, CA; Rec of Grantors; Yuba City, CA; Bk ?: Life
2 CONT estate of W. A. Pinney terminated 7 Mar 1931 at request of [Mrs.]
2 CONT Lula Laux
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCES: According to family tradition, Washington Alden Pinney was
2 CONT born in
2 CONT Clipper Mills, Butte Co, CA.  Unable to locate rec in Butte, Colusa,
2 CONT Sutter, or Yuba Co, CA / 1870 Sutter Co, CA Fed Cen; Pg 24, Line 2:
2 CONT (Fam of Alden Pinney & Almeda Pinney) Washington Pinney, 5, male, b
2 CONT CA / 1880 Sutter Co, CA Fed Cen; Pg 17, Line 37: (Fam of Elmeda
2 CONT Pinney): Washington A. Pinney, male, 15, son, at school, b CA, F b
2 CONT VT, M b NY) / Sutter Co, CA Voter's Reg; 1892, Reg #1167: Pinney,
2 CONT Washington Alden; 27; 5' 9 1/2"; dark comp; lt blue eyes; black
2 CONT hair; b CA; res, Yuba City / 1910 Fed Census, Yuba Twsp, Sutter Co,
2 CONT CA; County Rd; Dwell 310; Fam 226: W. A. Pinney, 44, div, b CA; F b
2 CONT VT; M b NY; sister, P. E. Pinney; 57, single; b NY; F b VT; M b NY;
2 CONT son, Roy [of W. A. Pinney], Roy W., 15, b CA; F b CA; M b NY /
2 CONT Sutter Co, CA Notices of Action: Bk 1, Pg 81; date ?: Notice of
2 CONT action in Superior Court that land being transferred from W. A.
2 CONT Pinney to [his daughter] Percis E. Pinney be subjected to such sums
2 CONT for alimony as the court may direct. / Handwritten note in Lula M.
2 CONT (Pinney) Laux's handwriting: Birth, W. A. Pinney, June 1, 1864 -
2 CONT Death, W. A. Pinney, April 1929, age 64 / "Descendants of Lt Henry
2 CONT Timmerman", by Carolyn Timmerman Sidenius, S-Z-T Reunion; 1988 (Pg
2 CONT 71) (#864) Info from Charles I. Davis (#4626) / Nine Hundred Years
2 CONT of Cordrays: by Paul Cordray, 130 W Hayden St, Marceline, MO 64658;
2 CONT 1989; Pg 178, 180; Info from Irene Blake, 3209 NW 37th St, Oklahoma
2 CONT City, OK 73112 (copied by Charles I. Davis, 23 Mar 1993) / IGI, Mar
2 CONT 1992; Fiche 0-0068, Pg 3,924; bap 13 Nov 1965 OK, end 18 Jan 1966
2 CONT OK, sp 18 Jan 1991 JR; Batch 5011688, Sh 12.  W.A.Pinney/Miranda
2 CONT Best; sld 27 Mar 68 OK; Batch A537320, Sh 0666
1 FAMS @F191@
0 @I409@ INDI
1 NAME John /Best/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE Abt 1731
2 PLAC ,,,Holland
1 DEAT
2 DATE Bef 13 Nov 1795
2 PLAC Hopewell Twp,Washington,Pennsylvania
1 BURI
2 DATE Abt Nov 1795
2 PLAC Hopewell Twp,Washington,Pennsylvania
1 REFN 240
1 NOTE SOURCE: Two Centuries Ancestorial Genealogy, 1735-1935; Part I, The
2 CONT Best
2 CONT Family; by L. R. Smith, Cherokee, OK, and J. Harland Keenan, Avella,
2 CONT PA,
2 CONT 1938; rcvd from Maralee Moore Phillips, 328 Shady Acres Dr, Lodi, CA
2 CONT 95240 [Bestbury Patent] / National Genealogical Soc Quarterly; Vol
2 CONT 45, 1957, Pgs 132-136; Dates of Settlement from Virginia
2 CONT Certificates, Washington Co., Penn. [Bess, John, 1774, Independence]
2 CONT / The Preston & Virginia Papers of the Draper Collection; Madison,
2 CONT Publ by Wisconsin Hist Soc, 1914; Pg 210 [Jun 3-Sep 17, 1777;
2 CONT Commissionary Acct Bk; Provisions issued to men of Capt ... etc.
2 CONT Vouchers for John Best,] / Washington Co, PA, Taxables; 1781, 1785,
2 CONT 1793: Hopewell Twp / 1790 Census, Washington Co, PA [Bess, Jn; 2 m
2 CONT 16+, 1 m 16-, 5 f]; Alternate place of burial: Buffalo Creek Cem, on
2 CONT a hill, Penn. / 1955 Yearbook of the Pennsylvania Society, Sons of
2 CONT the American Revolution, Ancestors of James Harlan Keenan, SAR
2 CONT #3310, and Elisha B. Iams, SAR #2854
1 FAMS @F260@
0 @I410@ INDI
1 NAME Frederick Zachariah /Best/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE Aug 1869
2 PLAC ,of Sutter,California
1 DEAT
2 DATE Abt 24 Feb 1876
2 PLAC ,of Sutter,California
1 NOTE SOURCE: Fam Rec in poss Brent Galloway, ca 1962
2 CONT SOURCE: Sutter County, CA, Newspaper Index; FHL film 1763639; Weekly
2 CONT Sutter
2 CONT     Banner; 24 Feb 1876, Pg 2e: Freddie Z., only son of Z. Best, died
2 CONT 
1 FAMC @F6393@
0 @I411@ INDI
1 NAME Agnes /Casebeer/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE Abt 1774/1778
2 PLAC ,Bedford,Pennsylvania
1 DEAT
2 DATE Abt 1859
2 PLAC of Goshen Twsp,Tuscarawas,Ohio
1 BURI
2 PLAC ,Tuscarawas,Ohio
1 AFN 3KX9-DG
1 REFN 3KX9-DG
1 NOTE !MARR: rcvd from Maralee Moore Phillips, 328 Shady Acres Dr, Lodi,
2 CONT CA 95240
2 CONT 
2 CONT !MARR #2: Tuscarawas Co, OH, Marr, 1808-1844, Publ by Tuscarawas Co.
2 CONT Gen. Soc., P.O.Box 141, New Philadelphia, OH 44663, 1979, Pg 28:
2 CONT Richard Elles md
2 CONT Agnes Best, 4 Sep 1817, by Samuel Lamberson, J.P., Pg 26, Return 206
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCE: Ohio Annals - Historic Events in the Muskingum & Tuscarawas
2 CONT Valleys
2 CONT Edited by C. H. Mitchener of New Philadelphia; Thomas W. Odell,
2 CONT Publ, of
2 CONT Dayton, Ohio; 1876; Pg 305: "The Oldest Inhabitants...Goshen Twsp:
2 CONT Born
2 CONT between 1770-1780: Agnes Ellis" / History of Tuscarawas Co, Ohio,
2 CONT Publ by Warner, Beers & Co, Chicago "Leading early members [of
2 CONT Methodist Ch in Goshen Twsp] were...Henry Bess and wife...Mrs. Agnes
2 CONT Ellis" (ca 1853/54) / 1850 Census, Goshen Twsp, Tuscarawas Co, Ohio:
2 CONT Pg 245: Fam of Henry Bess; Agnes Ellis, ae 76, b Pennsylvania /
2 CONT Ancestral File, ver 4.13
1 FAMS @F248@
0 @I424@ INDI
1 NAME Catherine /Miller/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE Abt 1733
2 PLAC ,,,Holland
1 DEAT
2 DATE Abt 1814
2 PLAC Hopewell Twp,Washington,Pennsylvania
1 BURI
2 DATE Abt 1814
2 PLAC Hopewell Twp,Washington,Pennsylvania
1 REFN 241
1 NOTE SOURCE:  Fam Rec in Poss Beverly Barger, 270 Valle Grande Rd, Bosque
2 CONT Farms, NM 87068 / The 1955 Yearbook of the Pennsylvania Society,
2 CONT Sons of the American Revolution, Ancestors of James Harlan Keenan,
2 CONT SAR #3310, and Elisha B. Iams, SAR #2854; CONFLICT: Alternate
2 CONT spelling John Best's wife Leffler
1 FAMS @F260@
0 @I468@ INDI
1 NAME Samuel /Best/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE Abt 1760
2 PLAC of Hagerstown,Washington,Maryland
1 DEAT
2 DATE 25 May 1816
2 PLAC of Goshen Twsp,Tuscarawas,Ohio
1 BURI
2 DATE Abt May 1816
2 PLAC ,Tuscarawas,Ohio
1 AFN C941-MS
1 REFN C941-MS
1 NOTE !BIRTH: Fam Rec in poss Maralee Moore Phillips, 328 Shady Acre Dr,
2 CONT Lodi, CA
2 CONT 95240; (rcvd by corr ca 1988)
2 CONT 
2 CONT !DEATH: Tuscarawas Co, OH Will Rec; rcvd from Maralee Phillips (above)
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCE: Tuscarawas Co, OH, 1811 Tax List; Goshen Twsp: Samuel Best,
2 CONT 200 acres
2 CONT / 1820 Census; Tuscarawas Co, OH: Richard Ellis; 2 m under 10, 2 m
2 CONT 10-15, 1 m 19-25 [Richard], 1 f under 10, 2 f 10-15, 1 f 16-25, 2 f
2 CONT 26-44 [Agnes] All but 1 female under 10 were ch of Samuel Best,
2 CONT deceased / Two Centuries Ancestorial Genealogy, 1735-1935; Part I,
2 CONT The Best Family; by L. R. Smith, Cherokee, OK, & J. Harland Keenan,
2 CONT Avella, PA, 1938; rcvd from Maralee Moore Phillips, 328 Shady Acres
2 CONT Dr, Lodi, CA 95240 rcvd by corr 1988 / History of Yuba & Sutter Co,
2 CONT CA by Peter J. Delay, Historic Rec Publ Co, Los Angeles, CA; 1924;
2 CONT Pg 321 (Bio of Henry Best): "...according to family tradition the
2 CONT [paternal] grandfather [not named] served in the War of 1812."
2 CONT [Samuel would have been over 50, John George only 14] / Ancestral
2 CONT File, ver 4.13
1 FAMS @F248@
1 FAMC @F260@
0 @I469@ INDI
1 NAME William Dennis /Sullenger/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 Mar 1866
2 PLAC Joplin,Jasper,Missouri
1 DEAT
2 DATE 17 Oct 1942
2 PLAC ,Sutter,California
1 BURI
2 DATE 20 Oct 1942
2 PLAC Sutter,Sutter,California
1 NOTE !DEATH: Sutter Co, CA Deaths; Bk 11, Pg 214; informant Arthur
2 CONT SULLENGER
2 CONT 
2 CONT !MARR: Sutter Co, CA Marr Rec, Bk D, Pg 238
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCE: 1900 Fed Census, Sutter Co, CA: William D. Sullenger, b Mar
2 CONT 1864, MO
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCE: 1910 Fed Census, Butte Twsp, Sutter Co, CA; enum 18 Apr
2 CONT 1910: William
2 CONT D. Sullenger, 42, md 18 yr; b MO; F b TN; M b MO; wife, Mary, 54, md
2 CONT 18 yr,
2 CONT 1 ch, 1 living; b CA; Par b N.S.; son, Arthur L., 17, b CA; F b MO;
2 CONT M b CA
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCE: 1920 Fed Census, Yuba Twsp, Sutter Co, CA; enum 20 Feb 1920:
2 CONT Fam of
2 CONT Arthur Sullinger, 26, gen'l farmer, b CA; F b MO; M b CA; wife,
2 CONT Pauline, 20,
2 CONT b CA; F b Wisc; M b CA; mother-in-law, Mary E. [Sullinger], 57; b
2 CONT MO; F b Iowa,
2 CONT M b Ohio; [father], Wm. D. [Sullinger], 63; b MO; Par b Iowa
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCE: History of the State of Calif., & Bio. Record of the
2 CONT Sacramento Valley
2 CONT by Prof. J.M. Guinn, Chapman Publ. Co., 1906; Pg 655-656, Bio of
2 CONT William
2 CONT Dennis Sullenger, fourth child of Thomas Sullenger; CONFLICT: Gives
2 CONT DOB 17 Mar
2 CONT 1867, Date of Marr 14 Aug 1888
1 FAMS @F219@
0 @I470@ INDI
1 NAME Sarah Jane /Best/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  4 Oct 1836
2 PLAC ,,Ohio
1 NOTE SOURCE: Fed Cen, Lee Co, IA, 1850: Fam of John G. BEST; Sarah BEST,
2 CONT ae 14
2 CONT SOURCE: Best/Lees Fam Bible Rec (Rcvd from Brent Galloway) (md at ae
2 CONT 13)
2 CONT SOURCE: IGI, Mar 1992; Pg 724: Sarah I., 14 age 1850, Lee Co, Iowa;
2 CONT Batch
2 CONT     #7609861, #19
1 FAMC @F207@
1 FAMS @F3390@
1 FAMS @F3635@
0 @I473@ INDI
1 NAME Ida Verona /Best/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  3 Sep 1866
2 PLAC Vincennes,Lee,Iowa
1 DEAT
2 DATE 30 Jun 1941
1 REFN 2RRF-4H
1 NOTE SOURCE: Temple work submitted by Florence ____, of Dothan, AL, per
2 CONT Ina Corbin,
2 CONT     65 Moyer Dr, Aberdeen, MD 21001; rcvd by corr 8 Aug 1974
2 CONT SOURCE: Fam Rec in Poss John Elvin Best, 424 Des Moines St, Keokuk,
2 CONT IA (ca
2 CONT     1965)
2 CONT SOURCE: IGI, Mar 1992; Pg 723; Batch 7217125, sh 76 [name Ida Verana]
1 FAMC @F250@
1 FAMS @F1617@
0 @I481@ INDI
1 NAME Ruann /Best/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 29 Jan 1822
2 PLAC ,Prob Tuscarawas,Ohio
1 DEAT
2 DATE Bef 1846
1 AFN 2RRF-G7
1 REFN 2RRF-G7
1 NOTE !BIRTH: BEST/STOKER Fam Bible in poss Minnie (Stoker) Stevens, Yuba
2 CONT City, CA
2 CONT (dec); copied by Charles I. Davis, 31 Dec 1961
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCES: Name does not appear in any other family, census, or vital
2 CONT record; may have died young, or md bef fam appeared in census rec.
2 CONT Possibly named after her maternal gm, Reuhami, Rhuame, or Ruhana
2 CONT Wode, or Ruhannah Wade (RIN #919, this rec) / CHANCERY REC #6, Pg
2 CONT 43-44; Tuscarawas Co, OH; 15 Jun 1846: Ruann not listed with
2 CONT children of John George & Tracy (Burrell) Best in 1846
2 CONT / ANCESTRAL FILE, ver 4.13
1 FAMC @F215@
0 @I482@ INDI
1 NAME David /Best/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 Oct 1824
2 PLAC ,Prob Tuscarawas,Ohio
1 DEAT
2 DATE Bef 1846
1 AFN 2RRF-HD
1 REFN 2RRF-HD
1 NOTE !BIRTH: BEST/STOKER Fam Bible in poss Minnie (Stoker) Stevens, Yuba
2 CONT City, CA
2 CONT (dec); copied by Charles I. Davis, 31 Dec 1961
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCE: His name does not appear in any other family, census, or
2 CONT vital rec; may have been named after his mother's younger bro, David
2 CONT Burrell (RIN 987), b ca 1803, or his father's younger bro, David
2 CONT Best (RIN 1190), b ca 1802 / CHANCERY REC #6, Pg 43-44; Tuscarawas
2 CONT Co, OH; 15 Jun 1846: David not listed with children of John George &
2 CONT Tracy (Burrell) Best in 1846 / ANCESTRAL FILE, ver 4.13
1 FAMC @F215@
0 @I483@ INDI
1 NAME Samuel /Best/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  6 Jun 1828
2 PLAC ,Tuscarawas,Ohio
1 DEAT
2 DATE 18 Jan 1908
2 PLAC Yuba City,Sutter,California
1 BURI
2 DATE 20 Jan 1908
2 PLAC Sutter,Sutter,California
1 AFN 2RRF-KQ
1 REFN 2RRF-KQ
1 NOTE !BIRTH: BEST/STOKER Fam Bible in poss Minnie (STOKER) STEVENS, Yuba
2 CONT City, CA
2 CONT (dec); copied by Charles I. Davis, 31 Dec 1961 (ch of John & Tracy
2 CONT Best)
2 CONT 
2 CONT !DEATH: Sutter Co, CA Death Rec; Bk 1905/15, Pg 78: single, d ae 79;
2 CONT rers of Calif 35 yrs, informant, Frank Regli, Yuba City; also Calif
2 CONT State Death Index, 1905-1929, Pg 838: Samuel Best, 79, d 18 Jan
2 CONT 1908, Sutter Co, State File #08-6005 / SUTTER CO, CA WILLS, Bk B, Pg
2 CONT 459; FHL Film #1651406
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCES: NOTE: Samuel BEST never md.  He raised the ch of his bro,
2 CONT Richard aft Richard's d ca 1873. (See 1880 Census, below). These ch
2 CONT shared Samuel's estate after his death in 1908 / INDEX OF 1860 FED
2 CONT CENSUS OF OREGON: Best, Samuel, in Josephine Co, Pg 218, located at
2 CONT Waldo; Census on FHL F#0805055
2 CONT / 1880 FED CENSUS, Sutter Twp, Sutter Co, CA; Pg 10, Line #3: Samuel
2 CONT Best; m, 51, single, farmer, b OH, F b PA, M b PA; Nancy Best, f,
2 CONT 45, sis-in-law, widowed, b OH, F b OH, M b OH; Henry Best, m, 22,
2 CONT nephew, b MO; F b OH, M b OH; Miranda Best, f, 20, niece, b MO, F b
2 CONT OH, M b OH; Mary Best, f, 17, niece, b MO, F b OH, M b OH; Charles
2 CONT Best, m, 15, nephew, b MO, F b OH, M b OH; Louisa Best, f, 12,
2 CONT niece, b MO, F b OH, M b OH; Ida Best, f, 10, niece, b CA, F b OH, M
2 CONT b OH; Emily J. Best, f, 7, niece, b CA; F b OH, M b OH / 1900 Calif
2 CONT Census: Samuel Best, b Jun 1828, Ohio; res of Vernon Twsp; F b Penn,
2 CONT M b Maryland / SUTTER CO, CA, NEWSPAPER INDEX; FHL film 1763639;
2 CONT Sutter County
2 CONT Farmer; 23 Mar 1906, Pg 7b: trans land to nieces & nephews, Charles
2 CONT & Henry
2 CONT Best, Mrs. Frank Regli, & Mrs. Sam Gray; [IBID] 30 Mar 1906, Pg 6c:
2 CONT land
2 CONT transf to Miranda Pinney & Mary Sullenger; [IBID] 16 Aug 1907, Pg
2 CONT 6d: auction of pers prop; [IBID] 24 Jan 1908, Pgs 1e & 6d: died, ae
2 CONT 79; surv by bro, Henry; [IBID] 31 Jan 1908, Pg 1d: estate; [IBID] 5
2 CONT Jun 1908, Pg 1e, prop sold to A DeCossa & J. Best; [IBID] 26 Jun
2 CONT 1908, Pg 2b: part of estate to Suel Harris & Guy McNurty / IGI, Mar
2 CONT 1992; Pg 724: Samuel, 22 age 1850, Lee Co, Iowa; Batch #7609861, #19
2 CONT / ANCESTRAL FILE, ver 4.13
1 FAMC @F215@
0 @I484@ INDI
1 NAME John Elvin /Best/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 Jun 1830
2 PLAC ,Tuscarawas,Ohio
1 DEAT
2 DATE 18 Jan 1906
2 PLAC Des Moines Twsp,Lee,Iowa
1 BURI
2 DATE 19 Jan 1906
2 PLAC Vincennes,Lee,Iowa
1 AFN 2RRD-21
1 REFN 2RRD-21
1 NOTE !BIRTH: BEST/STOKER Fam Bible in poss Minnie (STOKER) Stevens, Yuba
2 CONT City, CA
2 CONT (dec) Copied by Charles I, Davis, 31 Dec 1961
2 CONT 
2 CONT !DEATH: IA State Board of Health; Death Cert; Reg #18; John Best, b
2 CONT 17 Jun 1830 d Des Moines, Lee Co, IA; 18 Jan 1906, ae 75y, 7m, 1d;
2 CONT F, John Best, b OH; M, unk; Inf: Chas. N. Best, Vincennes, IA (Rcvd
2 CONT 14 Mar 1962)
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCES: (Service): 19th Iowa Vol Inf, Civil War / IGI, Mar 1992; Pg
2 CONT 723; John, 20 age 1850, Lee Co, Iowa; Batch #7609861, #19 /
2 CONT ANCESTRAL FILE, ver 4.13
1 FAMC @F215@
1 FAMS @F250@
1 FAMS @F251@
0 @I485@ INDI
1 NAME Henry W. /Best/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 25 Feb 1832
2 PLAC ,Tuscarawas,Ohio
1 DEAT
2 DATE 26 Apr 1921
2 PLAC Nr Yuba City,Sutter,California
1 BURI
2 DATE 28 Apr 1921
2 PLAC Sutter,Sutter,California
1 AFN 2RRF-LW
1 REFN 2RRF-LW
1 NOTE !DEATH: Sutter Co, CA Deaths; Bk 4, Pg 216; Henry Best, b 25 Feb
2 CONT 1837, OH,
2 CONT widowed, 89y, 2m, 1dy, F John Best, M no rec, Informant, Alvin Best;
2 CONT Also Calif / CALIF. STATE DEATH INDEX, 1905-1929, FHL Film #1686044,
2 CONT Pg 837: Henry Best, 89, d 26 Apr 1921, Sutter Co, State File #21-17495
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCES: TUSCARAWAS CO, OHIO, CHANCERY REC #6, Pg 43-44; 15 Jun
2 CONT 1846: Henry Best res of Gasconade Co, MO, ca 1846 / 1860 FED CENSUS,
2 CONT Des Moines Twp, P.O. Vincennes, Lee Co, Iowa, Enum 21 Jul 1860, Pg
2 CONT 126, Line 28, Dwell 887, Fam 887; Henry Best, 24, m, w, farmeer, b
2 CONT OH, Lavina, 23, f, b OH, Alice, 3, f, b Iowa, Alvin, 1, m, b Iowa,
2 CONT Samuel, 2/12, m, b Iowa / HISTORY OF YUBA & SUTTER CO, CA by Peter
2 CONT J. Delay; Historic Record Co, Los Angeles, CA; 1924; Pgs 321,322
2 CONT (Bio of Henry Best, CONFLICT: death date 26 Apr 1920, in error) /
2 CONT 1870 FED CENSUS, Sutter Twsp, Sutter Co, CA; Pg 26, Line 1; Henry
2 CONT Best / 1900 FED CENSUS, CA; Henry Best, b Feb 1832, OH; Parents b
2 CONT PA; / 1910 FED CENSUS, Vernon Twsp, Slough Prec, Sutter Co, CA:
2 CONT Henry Best, 78, md 54 yr, b OH, F b PA; M b OH, wife, Lavina, 74, md
2 CONT 58 yr, 12 ch, 10 living, b OH F b US, M b PA, cousin, Miss Minerva
2 CONT Fleck, 65, single, b OH, F b PA, M b US, [Dwell 41, Fam 38] / DOB of
2 CONT some children taken from a list given to Jessie (Best) Darneille.
2 CONT She sent the list to Brent Galloway, San Leandro, CA ca 1964 / IGI,
2 CONT Mar 1992: Pg 723; 18 age 1850, Lee Co, Iowa; Bapt, 2 Aug 1976, MT;
2 CONT End, 14 Jan 1977, MT [Batch #7609861, #19] / ANCESTRAL FILE, ver
2 CONT 4.17: CONFLICT AFN 2RRF-LW & 192D-F8D are same person
2 CONT 
1 FAMC @F215@
1 FAMS @F245@
0 @I486@ INDI
1 NAME Mary Ann /Smith/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 18 Jan 1839
2 PLAC ,,Indiana
1 DEAT
2 DATE 10 Jan 1884
2 PLAC Vincennes,Lee,Iowa
1 BURI
2 PLAC Vincennes,Lee,Iowa
1 REFN 2RRD-36
1 NOTE SOURCE: Fam Rec in Poss John Elvin Best, 424 Des Moines St, Keokuk,
2 CONT IA (ca
2 CONT     1965)
1 FAMS @F250@
0 @I487@ INDI
1 NAME Hannah Melissa /Best/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 23 Dec 1856
2 PLAC Vincennes,Lee,Iowa
1 DEAT
2 DATE  3 Apr 1893
1 AFN 2RRF-5N
1 REFN 2RRF-5N
1 NOTE !MARR: Keokuk, IA Marr; Bk 1A, Pg 15
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCE: Temple work submitted by Florence ____, of Dothan, AL, per
2 CONT Ina Corbin,
2 CONT     65 Moyer Dr, Aberdeen, MD 21001; Marr 25 Dec 1874, Marietta,
2 CONT Washington, OH
2 CONT     rcvd by corr 8 Aug 1974
2 CONT SOURCE: Fam Rec in Poss John Elvin Best, 424 Des Moines St, Keokuk,
2 CONT IA (ca
2 CONT     1965)
2 CONT SOURCE: IGI; Mar 1992; Pg 723; Batch 7217125, Sh 76 (See above per
2 CONT Ina Corbin)
2 CONT SOURCE: IGI, Mar 1992; Pg 723; Batch F506190, Sh 0004: Marr, Lee Co,
2 CONT IA
1 FAMC @F250@
1 FAMS @F1606@
0 @I488@ INDI
1 NAME Charles Newton /Best/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 24 Oct 1860
2 PLAC Vincennes,Lee,Iowa
1 DEAT
2 DATE  9 May 1919
2 PLAC Vincennes,Lee,Iowa
1 REFN 2RRC-V1
1 NOTE SOURCE: Temple work submitted by Florence ____, of Dothan, AL, per
2 CONT Ina Corbin,
2 CONT     65 Moyer Dr, Aberdeen, MD 21001; rcvd by corr 8 Aug 1974
2 CONT SOURCE: Fam Rec in Poss John Elvin Best, 424 Des Moines St, Keokuk,
2 CONT IA (ca
2 CONT     1965)
2 CONT SOURCE: IGI, Mar 1992: Pg 722; Batch #7217125, #75 [dob 13 Sep 1862,
2 CONT Vincennes]
2 CONT SOURCE: IGI, Mar 1992; Pg 722; Batch #7932301, #80 [md 06 Jan 1886,
2 CONT Vincennes]
1 FAMC @F250@
1 FAMS @F1616@
0 @I495@ INDI
1 NAME John George /Best/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  8 Jun 1798
2 PLAC ,of Washington,Pennsylvania
1 DEAT
2 DATE  9 May 1861
2 PLAC Vincennes,Lee,Iowa
1 BURI
2 DATE May 1861
2 PLAC Vincennes,Lee,Iowa
1 AFN 2RRD-82
1 REFN 2RRD-82
1 NOTE !BIRTH: Best/Stoker Fam Bib in Poss Minnie (Stoker) Stevens, El
2 CONT Margarita Rd,
2 CONT Yuba City, CA (dec) copied 31 Dec 1961: John G. Best was born in the
2 CONT year of
2 CONT our Lord June 8, 1798. CONFLICT: HISTORY OF YUBA & SUTTER COUNTIES,
2 CONT CALIF. by
2 CONT Peter J. Delay, Historic Record Publ. Co., Los Angeles, CA, 1924; Pg
2 CONT 321: Henry Best [was] a son of John G. Best, whose birth occurred in
2 CONT Penn, about 1790...[he] settled on the Des Moines river on an Indian
2 CONT Reservation [where he] died at 65 years of age.
2 CONT 
2 CONT !MARR #1: TUSCARAWAS CO, OH, MARR REC, compiled by Western Reserve
2 CONT Historical
2 CONT Society. (GS #F/Ohio 41/Pt206) John George Best md Tresse Buel, 9
2 CONT Jan 1821,
2 CONT Tuscarawas Co, OH, by John Hall, Justice of Peace. CONFLICT:
2 CONT Best/Stoker Fam
2 CONT Bible gives date of Marr, 9 Jan 1818; ALTERNATE LAST NAME: Burrell
2 CONT 
2 CONT !MARR #2: Best/Stoker Fam Bible (above): md 9 Dec 1835 to Miss
2 CONT Rebecca Arnold
2 CONT __________ (could not read)
2 CONT 
2 CONT !DEATH: Headstone in Oakland-Meek Cem, Vincennes, Lee Co, IA (Copied
2 CONT by John
2 CONT Elvin Best, ca 1964) John G. Best died ae 62 yrs
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCES: Best/Lees Fam Bible Rec rcvd from Brent Galloway (10 Jan
2 CONT 1964) / IGI, Mar 1992; Pg 4173; Batch 7005522, Sh 30 / IGI, 1994
2 CONT Edition, ver 3.04: Film #1903692, B 21 Sep 1993 ATLAN, E 23 Nov 1993
2 CONT ATLAN, SP 23 Nov 1993 ATLAN; CONFLICT: IGI give birthplace as <,
2 CONT Tuscarawas, Ohio> / ANCESTRAL FILE, ver 4.13
1 FAMS @F207@
1 FAMS @F215@
1 FAMC @F248@
0 @I496@ INDI
1 NAME Tracy /Burrell/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE Abt 1799
2 PLAC ,of Washington,Maryland
1 DEAT
2 DATE Bef 1835
2 PLAC of Vincennes,Lee,Iowa
1 BURI
2 PLAC Vincennes,Lee,Iowa
1 AFN 2RRD-97
1 REFN 2RRD-97
1 NOTE !MARR: Tuscarawas Co, OH, Marr Rec; comp by Western Reserve
2 CONT Historical Society (GS #F/Ohio/41/Pt206):  John George Best md
2 CONT Tresse Buel, 9 Jan 1821 in Tuscarawas Co, OH by John Hall, J.P.
2 CONT 
2 CONT !DEATH: Possibly d bet Feb 1832 (birth of last ch) and Dec 1835
2 CONT (marr of John
2 CONT G. Best to Rebecca Arnold; Headstone in Oakland-Meek Cem.,
2 CONT Vincennes, Lee
2 CONT Co, Iowa [death date unreadable]
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCES: BEST/STOKER Fam Bible in poss Minnie (Stoker) Stevens, Yuba
2 CONT City, CA (dec) copied 31 Dec 1961 by Charles I. Davis: John G. Best
2 CONT was married in the
2 CONT year of our Lord Jan. 9, 1818 to Miss Tracy Burrell / CHANCERY REC
2 CONT #6, Pg 43-44; Tuscarawas Co, OH; 15 Jun 1846: Tresea Bess (Tracy
2 CONT Burrell) listed as deceased in 1846 / Name appears as Tracy Burrell
2 CONT (Fam Bible, and Hist of Yuba & Sutter Co,CA); Tresse Buel (OH Marr
2 CONT Rec); and Theresa Burl (Hist of CA & Bio Rec of Coast Co; Guinn,
2 CONT 1902) / ANCESTRAL FILE, ver 4.13 / IGI, ver 3.04, 1994; CONFLICT:
2 CONT Lists dob as 1800, Tuscarawas Co, Ohio
1 FAMS @F215@
0 @I497@ INDI
1 NAME Benjamin Banthan /Best/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 Sep 1846
2 PLAC ,,Missouri
1 DEAT
2 DATE 24 Jul 1921
2 PLAC Revere,Clark,Missouri
1 BURI
2 DATE 26 Jul 1921
2 PLAC Vincennes,Lee,Iowa
1 NOTE SOURCE: IGI; Mar, 1992; Pg 722: Benjamin, 5 age 1850, Lee Co, Iowa;
2 CONT Batch
2 CONT     7609861, Sh 19
2 CONT SOURCE: Fam Rec in Poss Jake & Lenna Best [ca 1960]
2 CONT 
2 CONT !DEATH: Headstone in Oakland-Meek Cem., Vincennes, Lee Co., Iowa,
2 CONT copied by
2 CONT     John Elvin Best, Jr., ca 19 Aug 1962SOURCE: IGI; Mar, 1992; Pg
2 CONT 722: Benjamin, 5 age 1850, Lee Co, Iowa; Batch
2 CONT     7609861, Sh 19
2 CONT SOURCE: Fam Rec in Poss Jake & Lenna Best [ca 1960]
2 CONT 
2 CONT !DEATH: Headstone in Oakland-Meek Cem., Vincennes, Lee Co., Iowa,
2 CONT copied by
2 CONT     John Elvin Best, Jr., ca 19 Aug 1962
2 CONT 
1 FAMC @F207@
1 FAMS @F6387@
0 @I512@ INDI
1 NAME Lavina /Mc Pherson/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 May 1837
2 PLAC ,Tuscarawas,Ohio
1 DEAT
2 DATE 26 Apr 1920
2 PLAC Sacramento,Sacramento,California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Sutter,Sutter,California
1 REFN 192D-F9L
1 NOTE SOURCE: Best/Stoker Fam Bible in poss Minnie Stoker Stevens (dec)
2 CONT SOURCE: History of Yuba & Sutter Co, CA by Peter J. Delay; Historic
2 CONT Record Co,
2 CONT     Los Angeles, CA; 1924; Pgs 321, 322: (Bio of Henry Best) gives
2 CONT death date
2 CONT     "...one year before (death of Henry Best), to a day.")  Pgs
2 CONT 1271,1272: (Bio
2 CONT     of George Smith Stoker) "In 1915, Henry Best...moved to
2 CONT Sacramento...and
2 CONT     there his wife passed away on 26 Apr 1920."
2 CONT SOURCE: 1900 Fed Census, CA; Luvina Best, b May 1836, OH; Parents b
2 CONT in PA
2 CONT SOURCE: Sutter County, CA, Newspaper Index; FHL film 1763639; Sutter
2 CONT County
2 CONT     Farmer; 20 Apr 1920: Luvina Best, died ae84, surv by husb,
2 CONT Henry, ten
2 CONT     children, 28 grandchildren, 23 great grandchildren
1 FAMS @F245@
0 @I513@ INDI
1 NAME Rucilla or Kit /Best/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 24 Apr 1848
2 PLAC ,of Lee,Iowa
1 DEAT
2 DATE 31 May 1923
2 PLAC Santa Cruz,Santa Cruz,California
1 BURI
2 DATE  4 Jun 1923
2 PLAC Santa Cruz,Santa Cruz,California
1 NOTE SOURCE: IGI, Mar 1992; Pg 724: Rusilla, 2 age 1850, Lee Co, Iowa;
2 CONT Batch
2 CONT     #7609861, #19
1 FAMC @F207@
0 @I514@ INDI
1 NAME Priscilla or Wus /Best/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 24 Apr 1848
2 PLAC ,of Lee,Iowa
1 DEAT
2 DATE 22 Mar 1924
2 PLAC Wheatland,Yuba,California
1 BURI
2 DATE 24 Mar 1924
2 PLAC Wheatland,Yuba,California
1 NOTE !BIRTH/DEATH: Yuba Co, CA Death Rec; Bk 3, Pg 163
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCE: Death Rec: Priscilla Rich, b 24 Apr 1848, Iowa; d nr
2 CONT Wheatland, 22 Mar
2 CONT     1924; age 75y, 10m, 28dy; md to W. Rich; 38 yrs in Calif;
2 CONT Father, John
2 CONT     John BEST, of Ohio; Mother, Not Known, of Ohio; Informant W. P.
2 CONT Rich
2 CONT SOURCE: IGI, Mar 1992: Pg 724: Priscilla, 2 age 1850, Lee Co, Iowa;
2 CONT Batch
2 CONT     #7609861, #19
2 CONT SOURCE: IGI, 1994 Edition, ver 3.04: Film #1903692, B 21 Sep 1993
2 CONT ATLAN, E 19
2 CONT     Oct 1993, SP 23 Nov 1993 ATLAN; CONFLICT, IGI shows place of
2 CONT birth <,
2 CONT     Gascande, Missouri>
1 FAMC @F207@
1 FAMS @F5783@
0 @I516@ INDI
1 NAME Daniel /Best/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 Mar 1838
2 PLAC Clinton,Crawford,Ohio
1 DEAT
2 DATE 22 Aug 1923
2 PLAC Oakland,Alameda,California
1 BURI
2 DATE Aug 1923
2 PLAC Oakland,Alameda,California
1 NOTE SOURCE: Fam Bible in poss Mrs. Viola Webster, 1315 W. Estudillo, San
2 CONT Leandro,
2 CONT     CA (ca 1964) [Grand daughter]
2 CONT SOURCE: Best/Lees Fam Bible Rec (Rcvd from Brent Galloway)
2 CONT SOURCE: IGI; Mar 1992: Pg 723; Batch 7204910, #76
2 CONT SOURCE: Genealogy Surname Index, A-Z; Sutter County, CA; 1853-1950:
2 CONT FHL film
2 CONT     1763639: Weekly Sutter Banner; 20 May 1871, Pg 3b: rec'd patent
2 CONT for grain
2 CONT     separator; [ibid] 30 Sep 1871, Pg 3a: to manufacture grain
2 CONT separator w/L.D.
2 CONT     Brown; [ibid] 14 Oct 1871, Pg 3a: grain separator entered at
2 CONT Northern
2 CONT     District Fair; [ibid]  21 Sep 1872, Pg 3a: partnership
2 CONT dissolved; [ibid] 22
2 CONT     Feb 1873, Pg 2g: Myers & Best invented new plow; [ibid] 25 Oct
2 CONT 1873, Pg 2e:
2 CONT     dau [?] born [Grank Otto, b 20 Oct 1873]; [ibid] 25 Oct 1873, Pg
2 CONT 3b: found
2 CONT     quartz mine; [ibid] 14 Feb 1874, Pg 3a: organizing a mining co.
2 CONT for Oregon;
2 CONT     [ibid] 14 Mar 1874, Pg 2f: Auction of real estate & personal
2 CONT property;
2 CONT     [ibid] 28 Nov 1874' Pg 2c: son died, 13 months; Sutter County
2 CONT Farmer, 1 Jun
2 CONT     1894, Pg 3d: Mrs. Daniel Best died in San Leandro
1 FAMC @F207@
1 FAMS @F5827@
0 @I528@ INDI
1 NAME Nathaniel or Darb /Best/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  1 Apr 1850
2 PLAC Vincennes,Lee,Iowa
1 DEAT
2 DATE 26 Nov 1893
2 PLAC Wheatland,Yuba,California
1 BURI
2 DATE Abt Nov 1893
2 PLAC Wheatland,Yuba,California
1 NOTE SOURCE: Best/Lees Fam Bible Rec rcvd from Brent Galloway (DOB 1 Apr
2 CONT 1851)
2 CONT 
2 CONT !DEATH: Yuba Co, CA Deaths; Vol 1 (1879/1905)  [NOTE: Ditto marks on
2 CONT this record make the date of death appear to be 26 Dec 1893.
2 CONT Nathaniel died on 26 NOV 1893, at ae 42 yr, 7 mo, 21 dy.] / DAR Cem
2 CONT Rec, Wheatland Cem / Yuba Co, CA Probates; #1567: Nathan Best d 26
2 CONT Nov 1893, Yuba Co, CA. Administratix of estate, Margaret Best, widow
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCE: Sutter Co, CA, Newspaper Index; FHL film 1763639: Sutter
2 CONT County Farmer 17 Jun 1881, Pg 2d: son b 14 Jun [George]; [IBID] 23
2 CONT Mar 1888, Pg 3b: land trans to L. P. Farmer; [IBID] 3 Apr 1891, Pg
2 CONT 2c: son b, Wheatland [Ray];
2 CONT [IBID] 1 Dec 1893, Pgs 3c & 6c: died, ae 43 /  Nathaniel was
2 CONT nicknamed "Darb" (or "Dobb") after family's pet goat. Confirmed by
2 CONT comparing photo of children in "Darb's" family to record of
2 CONT Nathaniel's children in census records
2 CONT / IGI; Mar, 1992: Pg 723; Batch #7609861, #19
1 FAMC @F207@
1 FAMS @F5838@
0 @I559@ INDI
1 NAME Jacob Warren /Neubecker/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  2 Dec 1994
2 PLAC Eureka,Humboldt,California
1 NOTE SOURCE: Pers Rec in Poss Anita Neubecker, 1938 G St, Eureka, CA
2 CONT 95501 [ca 1994]
2 CONT SOURCE: Times-Standard, Eureka, CA; 14 Dec 1994: BIRTHS; General
2 CONT Hospital:
2 CONT     NEUBECKER, Jacob Warren, b 2 Dec 1994, Eureka, to Diana C.
2 CONT Neubecker.
2 CONT 
1 FAMC @F71@
0 @I599@ INDI
1 NAME Thelma L. /Frye/
1 SEX F
1 AFN B9G3-T4
1 NOTE SOURCE: Ancestral File, ver 4.13
1 FAMS @F190@
0 @I609@ INDI
1 NAME James Lee /Neubecker/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  4 Sep 1961
2 PLAC Yuba City,Sutter,California
1 NOTE !BIRTH: Sutter Co, CA, Births; 1961, #824; Birth: James Lee
2 CONT Neubecker, b 1:48 a.m., 4 Sep 1961, Fremont Hosp; to Anita Marie
2 CONT Davis, 31, of Calif; & Robert Henry Neubecker, 32, of Illinois,
2 CONT Occupation, cook; 2nd ch, 1 other living
2 CONT 
2 CONT !MARR: Humboldt Co, Calif, Marr Rec, 1992; Seperated abt 1994 /
2 CONT TIMES-STANDARD, Eureka, CA, 2 Nov 1992: KEEHN-NEUBECKER, md 16 May
2 CONT 1992, at Gospel Outreach Church by Rev. Jim Durkin
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCE: Pers know of Anita M. Neubecker, 1938 G St, Eureka, CA 95501
2 CONT [ca 1994]
2 CONT 
1 FAMC @F18@
1 FAMS @F71@
0 @I610@ INDI
1 NAME Michael Robert /Neubecker/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 15 Aug 1958
2 PLAC Yuba City,Sutter,California
1 NOTE !BIRTH: Sutter Co, CA, Births; 1958, #406: Michael Robert Neubecker,
2 CONT b 11:16 a.m., 15 Aug 1958, Fremont Hosp; to Anita Marie Davis, 28,
2 CONT of Calif; & Robert Henry Neubecker, 29, of Illinois; Occupation,
2 CONT 7-Up truck driver; 1st child
2 CONT 
2 CONT !MARR: Yuba Co, Calif, Marr Rec: 21 Jul 1979; civ div
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCES: Appeal-Democrat, Marysville, Calif., 2 Jun 1980; Michael
2 CONT Neubecker, former assistant manager at United Artists State theatre
2 CONT in Marysville, to be manager of Sutter Theatre in Yuba City, at age 21
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCE: Pers know of Anita M. Neubecker, 1938 G St, Eureka, CA 95501
2 CONT [ca 1994]
2 CONT 
1 FAMC @F18@
1 FAMS @F72@
0 @I625@ INDI
1 NAME Mary /Schafer/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE Abt 1908
2 PLAC ,,Michigan
1 DEAT
2 DATE Aft 1928
1 AFN B9G3-SX
1 NOTE !BIRTH: dob estimated from Marr Rec, ae 18in 1926
2 CONT 
2 CONT !MARR: Sutter Co, CA Marr Rec, Bk 4, Pg 246: Norman Pinney, 24, b
2 CONT CA; F, W. A. Pinney; M, Miranda Best; md Miss Mary Schafer, 18, b
2 CONT MI; F, Lewis Schafer;
2 CONT M, Not Known; wit: Samuel Gray of Y.C.
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCE: Living in 1928 when son, Donald Lewis Pinney was born /
2 CONT Ancestral File, ver 4.13
1 FAMS @F196@
0 @I627@ INDI
1 NAME Samuel /Gray/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 Dec 1863
2 PLAC ,,,Ireland
1 DEAT
2 DATE 25 Feb 1927
2 PLAC Yuba City,Sutter,California
1 BURI
2 DATE 28 Feb 1927
2 PLAC Sutter,Sutter,California
1 NOTE !BIRTH/DEATH: Sutter Co, CA Deaths; Bk 6, Pg 4: Samuel Gray, husb of
2 CONT Ida [Best] Gray, b 12 Dec 1863, Ireland; d Yuba City; 8:15 p.m.; 63
2 CONT y, 2 m, 12 d; F, Robert Gray of Ireland; M, Mary I. of Ireland; res
2 CONT of CA, 50 y; Inform: Robert Gray of Yuba City
2 CONT 
2 CONT !MARR: Sutter Co, CA Marr Rec, Bk D, Pg 136: Samuel Gray, 29, of
2 CONT Yuba City; md Ida Best, 22, of Yuba City; Wit: Samuel Best, Sr., and
2 CONT R. W. Gray & wife  / Wedding reported in the Sutter Independent,
2 CONT Yuba City, CA, 18 Aug 1893
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCE: 1910 Fed Census, Vernon Twsp, Slough Prec, Sutter Co, CA;
2 CONT Dwell 55,
2 CONT Fam 51: Sam Gray, 46, md 16 yr; b Ireland; Par b England; wife, Ida,
2 CONT 39, md 16 yr; no ch; b CA; F b OH; M b IA
2 CONT 
1 FAMS @F222@
0 @I631@ INDI
1 NAME Arthur Lee /Sullenger/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  2 Jun 1893
2 PLAC ,of Sutter,California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 20 Dec 1975
2 PLAC ,Yuba,California
1 NOTE !DEATH: Soc Sec Death Index; 1994: Arthur Sullenger, b 7 Jun 1893, d
2 CONT Dec 1975
2 CONT Death Resident Locality, Live Oak/Pennington, Sutter Co, Calif. Soc
2 CONT Sec #547- 52-7674; [ALSO] Calif Death Index, 1970-80, Fiche #0097,
2 CONT Pg 25,893: Arthur L. Sullenger, d Yuba Co, 20 Dec 1975, Reg #331,
2 CONT State File #165226; [ALSO] Sutter Co, CA Deaths; Bk 11, Pg 214;
2 CONT informant Arthur SULLENGER
2 CONT 
2 CONT !MARR: Sutter Co, CA Marr Rec, Bk D, Pg 238; [ALSO] Sutter Co, CA,
2 CONT Newspaper Index; FH Film #1763639; Sutter County Farmer, 9 May 1919:
2 CONT Miss Pauline Abel md Arthur Lee Sullenger
2 CONT 
2 CONT CENSUS: 1900 Fed Census, Sutter Co, CA: Arthur Sullenger, b Jun
2 CONT 1893, Calif; [IBID]  1910 Fed Census, Butte Twsp, Sutter Co, CA;
2 CONT enum 18 Apr 1910: William
2 CONT D. Sullenger, 42, md 18 yr; b MO; F b TN; M b MO; wife, Mary, 54, md
2 CONT 18 yr, 1
2 CONT ch, 1 living; b CA; Par b N.S.; son, Arthur L., 17, b CA; F b MO; M
2 CONT b CA; [IBID] 1920 Fed Census, Yuba Twsp, Sutter Co, CA; enum 20 Feb
2 CONT 1920: Fam of
2 CONT Arthur Sullinger, 26, gen'l farmer, b CA; F b MO; M b CA; wife,
2 CONT Pauline, 20,
2 CONT b CA; F b Wisc; M b CA; mother-in-law, Mary E. [Sullinger], 57; b
2 CONT MO; F b Iowa, M b Ohio; [father], Wm. D. [Sullinger], 63; b MO; Par
2 CONT b Iowa
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCE: Genealogical Surname Index, Sutter Co, CA, FHL Film 1763974:
2 CONT Sullenger, William, Sutter County Farmer, 9 Jun 1893, Pg 7c: son
2 CONT born 2 Jun [1893]
2 CONT 
2 CONT TEMPLE: Endowed 9 Jan 1996, Manti, Proxy, Junior Dixon; per corr
2 CONT rcvd 16 Jan
2 CONT 1996 from Dorothy Christensen, 144 S 4 W, Richfield, UT 84701 [dec]
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCE: History of the State of Calif., & Bio. Record of the
2 CONT Sacramento Valley by Prof. J.M. Guinn, Chapman Publ. Co., 1906; Pg
2 CONT 655-656, Bio of William Dennis Sullenger, had one son, Arthur Lee
1 FAMC @F219@
1 FAMS @F5767@
0 @I633@ INDI
1 NAME Richard /Best/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 23 May 1826
2 PLAC of Goshen Twp,Tuscarawas,Ohio
1 DEAT
2 DATE  9 Jun 1873
2 PLAC Nr Chico,Butte,California
1 BURI
2 DATE Abt Jun 1873
2 PLAC Orland,Glenn,California
1 AFN 2RRF-JK
1 REFN 16BH-88N
1 NOTE !BIRTH: BEST/STOKER Fam Bible in poss Minnie (Stoker) Stevens (dec),
2 CONT Yuba City, Sutter Co, CA (copied by Charles I. Davis, 31 Dec 1961)
2 CONT 3rd child in order; Parents, John George Best & Tracy Burrell.
2 CONT 
2 CONT !MARR: Osage Co, MO Marr Rec, comp by Mrs. Howard W. Woodruff: Bk A,
2 CONT Pg 215: Richard Best md Nancy Cordray, 13 Jul 1854, by John Harris,
2 CONT J.P.
2 CONT 
2 CONT !DEATH: Headstone, IOOF Sec, Baptist Sec 3, Orland (CA) Cem, County
2 CONT Rd P / Unidentified/Undated Obit copied from scrapbook in poss
2 CONT Minnie (Stoker) Stevens by Charles I. Davis: BEST - Near East Butte,
2 CONT 15 Feb 1897, Mrs Nancy Best, widow of Richard Best, who d abt 20 yrs
2 CONT ago / Letter dated 17 Mar 1962 from Elvin R. Best (dec 9 May 1978),
2 CONT Chico, CA: "I know that my gf, Richard Best, d in late 1870's in
2 CONT Glenn Co, CA, and was bur in a little community cem at St. John. He
2 CONT was bet 45 & 50 yrs of age at the time of his death."  NOTE: He died
2 CONT from erysipelas in a cabin nr Chico, Butte Co, CA
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCES: CENSUS: 1850 Iowa State Cen, Dist 29, Lee Co, IA: (3rd in
2 CONT order) Richard Best; 24, male, white, b OH; / 1860 Fed Cen,
2 CONT Fredericksburg Twsp, Osage Co, MO; Pg 170, Ln 17: Richard Best, 33,
2 CONT male, white, farmer, b OH; /  1870 Fed Cen Sutter Twp, Sutter Co,
2 CONT CA; Pg 25, Ln 14: Richard Best,44, male, white, farmer, farmer, b
2 CONT OH; / 1880 Fed Cen, Sutter Twsp, Sutter Co, CA; Pg 10, Line 3:
2 CONT [Listed w/Samuel Best] Nancy Best, female, 45, sister-in-law,
2 CONT widowed, b OH / SUTTER CO, CA VOTER REG; 1872: Reg #153: Richard
2 CONT Best, ae 44, b OH, res of Slough Prec, Reg 17 Apr 1871 / 1873 Reg;
2 CONT #151, Same as 1871 /  1877 Reg; #128, Same as 1871 / COLUSA CO, CA
2 CONT VOTER REG #1; Reg #2784: Best, Richard, 44, b OH, farmer, res Monroe
2 CONT #3, trans from Sutter Co, 30 Aug 1871; reg 1 Sep 1871 / Colusa Co,
2 CONT CA Voter Reg #2; Reg #2784: Same as above / NOTE: According to Lula
2 CONT (Pinney) Buckingham, (dec 1970) Richard Best and family came to
2 CONT Calif in 1869 on the transcontinental railroad / PROBATE COURT REC,
2 CONT Yuba City, Sutter Co, CA; Bk 3, Pg 637: Will of Samuel Best, dated
2 CONT 15 Mar 1908 (I, Samuel Best..to..seven children of my deceased bro
2 CONT Richard Best...) / NINE HUNDRED YEARS OF CORDRAYS: by Paul Cordray;
2 CONT 1989; Pg 178: Info from Irene Blake, 3209 NW 37th St, Oklahoma City,
2 CONT OK 73112 / IGI, Mar 1992: Pg 724; Batch #7609861, #19; [IBID] Marr,
2 CONT Batch #M515531, #0860 / ANCESTRAL FILE, ver 4.13, Aug 1993,
2 CONT Submitter, Florence J. Donitski, 1203 Summit St, Dothan, AL 36301
1 FAMS @F194@
1 FAMC @F215@
0 @I634@ INDI
1 NAME Nancy /Cordray/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 Jun 1833
2 PLAC Washington Twp,Muskingum,Ohio
1 DEAT
2 DATE 15 Feb 1897
2 PLAC Nr East Butte,Sutter,California
1 BURI
2 DATE Feb 1897
2 PLAC Sutter,Sutter,California
1 REFN 16BN-8VC
1 NOTE !BIRTH: re corr rcvd from Charlene Cordray, Bx 5064, Lansing, MI
2 CONT 48905 (ca
2 CONT 1973), and Danny Fluhart, Rt 1, Bx 221E, Waldorf, MD 20601 (ca 1978)
2 CONT 1850
2 CONT Cen, Osage Co, MO: (Nancy Cordray, b 1834, in OH [8th of 9 ch b to
2 CONT William
2 CONT and Nancy (Madden) Cordray])
2 CONT 
2 CONT !MARR: Osage Co, MO Marr Rec; Bk A, Pg 215: Richard Best md Nancy
2 CONT Cordray, 13
2 CONT Jul 1854 by John Harris
2 CONT 
2 CONT !DEATH: Sutter County Farmer; 19 Feb 1897; obit in poss Minnie
2 CONT (Stoker) Stevens Yuba City, CA (dec) Copied by Charles I. Davis, 31
2 CONT Dec 1961: OBIT; BEST - Nr East Butte (Sutter Co, CA) Feb. 15, 1897,
2 CONT Mrs. Nancy Best, a native ofIowa, aged 64 years.  Article: Death of
2 CONT Mrs. Nancy Best ..."deceased was a  widow of Richard Best who died
2 CONT about 20 years ago."
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCES: Sutter County, CA, Newspaper Index; FHL film 1763639;
2 CONT Weekly Sutter
2 CONT Banner; 19 Mar 1870, Pg 2d: dau b to wife of Richard Best on Mar 9;
2 CONT Sutter
2 CONT County Farmer; 19 Feb 1897, Pg 7a & d: died, widow of Richard Best,
2 CONT ae 64;
2 CONT [IBID] 26 Feb 1897, Pg 3d: funeral for Nancy Best / Headstone in
2 CONT South Butte Cem, Sutter City, Sutter Co, CA: Nancy Best - died - Feb
2 CONT 15, 1897 - aged - 63ys 7 mo 20ds - MOTHER - AT REST / 1860 FED CEN,
2 CONT Sutter Co, CA; Pg 170, Line 17: With Fam of Richard Best: Nancy
2 CONT BEST, 26, f, w, b OH / [IBID] 1870 Sutter Co, CA; Pg 25, Line 14:
2 CONT With Fam of Richard Best: Nancy BEST, 37, f, w, keep- ing house, b
2 CONT OH / [IBID] 1880 Sutter Twp, Sutter Co, CA; Pg 10, Line 3: (Listed
2 CONT with Samuel Best) Nancy Best, f, 45, sis-in-law, widowed, b OH; F b
2 CONT OH; M b OH / PROBATE COURT REC, Yuba City, Sutter Co, CA; Bk 3, Pg
2 CONT 637: Will of Samuel Best, dated 15 Mar 1908 (I, Samuel
2 CONT Best..to..seven children of my deceased bro, Richard Best...) / NINE
2 CONT HUNDRED YEARS OF CORDRAY: by Paul Cordray; 1989; Pg 178: Info from
2 CONT Irene Blake, 3209 NW 37th St, Oklahoma City, OK 73112; Pg 178: Nancy
2 CONT (Cordray) Best was born in Washington Twsp, Muskingum Co, Ohio and
2 CONT her parents moved to MO when she was 9 or 10 yrs old
1 FAMS @F194@
0 @I635@ INDI
1 NAME John George /Best/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE Abt 1855
2 PLAC ,of Osage,Missouri
1 DEAT
2 DATE  5 Feb 1940
2 PLAC of Chico,Butte,California
1 BURI
2 DATE Feb 1940
1 NOTE !BIRTH: 1860 Fed Cen, Fredericksburg Twsp, Osage Co, MO; Pg 170,
2 CONT Line 17: Fam of Richard Best: John Best, 5, male, white, son, b MO
2 CONT 
2 CONT !MARR #1: Sutter Co, CA Marr, Bk C, Pg 18/Aff of Marr Lic filed 23
2 CONT Nov 1880
2 CONT John G. Best, b MO, ae 25, of Sutter Co; md Elizabeth Donovan, b
2 CONT Ireland, ae 19, of Yuba City; witnesses: Joseph King & Mary Best
2 CONT 
2 CONT !MARR #2: md Mary Josephine "Josie" Gauthier bet Apr 1888 (death of
2 CONT 1st wife)
2 CONT and Nov 1889 (birth of Vida)
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCES: 1870 Fed Cen, Sutter Co, CA; Pg 25, Ln 14: Fam of Richard
2 CONT Best: John
2 CONT Best, 17, male, white, son, b MO / 1880 Sutter Co, CA; Pg 10, Ln 1:
2 CONT John G. Best, 24, w, m, single, b MO, F b OH, M b OH / 1900 Sutter
2 CONT Co, CA; John G. Best, of MO; Josie Best, b Jun 1861, of CA; Vixa
2 CONT Best, b Nov 1889, b CA; Russel Best, b Aug 1891, b CA; Otis Best, b
2 CONT May 1893, b CA; Hazel Best, b Jul 1895, b CA; Olive Best, b Nov
2 CONT 1897, b CA / SUTTER CO, CA VOTER REG 1892; Reg #95 (Best, John G.,
2 CONT 36, 5' 10", dark comp; Brn eyes; Brn hair; Scar end of right 3rd
2 CONT finger; b MO; Res Yuba City / [IBID], 1906: Best, John G., ae 51;
2 CONT farmer; Yuba City Slough Precinct / APPEAL-DEMOCRAT, Marysville,
2 CONT Yuba Co, CA; 18 Jul 1937; 50th wedding anniversary of Mr. & Mrs. Wm.
2 CONT D. Sullenger (Mary E. Best); guests incl J. G. Best, res of Chico,
2 CONT Butte Co, CA, ca 1937 / SUTTER COUNTY, CA, NEWSPAPER INDEX; FHL film
2 CONT 1763639; Weekly Sutter Banner, 26 Nov 1880, Pg 3d: John Best md
2 CONT Lizzie Donovan; [IBID] 3 Dec 1880, Pg 3b: wedding - Letters from
2 CONT Harkey Corners; Sutter County Farmer, 13 Oct 1882, son, Norman, died
2 CONT at 10 months; [IBID] 13 Apr 1888, Pg 2d: wife died, ae 26; [IBID] 21
2 CONT Aug 1891, Pg 2c: son born; [IBID] 2 Jun 1893, Pg 7c: son born May
2 CONT 23; [IBID] 2 Aug 1895, Pg 6c: dau born 22 Jul, Chico; [IBID] 30 Mar
2 CONT 1900, Pgs 1e & 6e: infant dau died, 3 weeks old; [IBID] 5 Jun 1908,
2 CONT Pg 1e: bought property from estate of Samuel Best; [IBID] 1 Oct
2 CONT 1909, Pg 1e: sold house to Sam Gray: [IBID] 29 Feb 1924, Pg 8a:
2 CONT sister, Emma d @ 51
1 FAMC @F194@
1 FAMS @F217@
1 FAMS @F218@
0 @I636@ INDI
1 NAME Mary Elizabeth /Best/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 19 Dec 1862
2 PLAC ,Osage,Missouri
1 DEAT
2 DATE 15 Jun 1946
2 PLAC Yuba City,Sutter,California
1 BURI
2 DATE 18 Jun 1946
2 PLAC Sutter,Sutter,California
1 NOTE !MARR: Sutter Co, CA Marr Rec, Bk D, Pg 238; md at Samuel Best Ranch
2 CONT 
2 CONT !DEATH: Sutter Co, CA Death Rec, Bk 12, Pg 50: Mary Sullenger, d 15
2 CONT Jun 1946,
2 CONT Reeves Rest Home, Yuba City, Informant, Arthur Sullenger; / Calif
2 CONT State
2 CONT Death Index, 1940-49, Fiche #0051, Pg 13,649: Mary E. Sullenger, d
2 CONT 15 Jun 1946 Sutter Co, Reg #100, State #46-48365
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCES: 1880 Fed Census Sutter Twsp, Sutter Twsp, Sutter Co, CA: Pg
2 CONT 10;
2 CONT Enum 18 Jun 1880; Fam of Samuel Best; Mary Best, f, 17, neice, b MO
2 CONT / Prob Court Rec, Yuba City, Sutter Co, CA; Bk 3, Pg 637: Will of
2 CONT Samuel Best, dated 15 Mar 1908 (I, Samuel Best..to..seven children
2 CONT of my deceased bro, Richard Best...) / Sutter County, CA, Newspaper
2 CONT Index; FHL film 1793639; Sutter County Farmer; 19 Aug 1887, Pgs 2d &
2 CONT 3c: Mary Best md William Sullenger; [ibid] 30 Mar 1906, Pg 6c: land
2 CONT trans from Sam Best / 1900 Fed Census, Sutter Co, CA: Mary E.
2 CONT Sullenger, b Dec 1862, MO / 1910 Fed Census, Butte Twsp, Sutter Co,
2 CONT CA; enum 18 Apr 1910: William D. Sullenger, 42, md 18 yr; b MO; F b
2 CONT TN; M b MO; wife, Mary, 54, md 18 yr; 1 ch, 1 living; b CA; Par b
2 CONT N.S.; son, Arthur L., 17, b CA; F b MO; M b CA / 1920 Fed Census,
2 CONT Yuba Twsp, Sutter Co, CA; enum 20 Feb 1920: Fam of Arthur Sullinger,
2 CONT 26, gen'l farmer, b CA; F b MO; M b CA; wife, Pauline, 20; b CA; F b
2 CONT Wisc; M b CA; mother-in-law, Mary E. [Sullinger], 57; b MO; F b
2 CONT Iowa; M b Ohio; [father], Wm. D. [Sullinger], 63; b MO; Par b Iowa /
2 CONT Nine Hundred Years of Cordrays: by Paul Cordray; 1989; Pg 178: Info
2 CONT from Irene Blake, 3209 NW 37th St, Oklahoma City, OK 73112 / IGI,
2 CONT Mar 1992: Batch #7612701, #23
1 FAMC @F194@
1 FAMS @F219@
0 @I637@ INDI
1 NAME Charles Huntley /Best/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 10 Aug 1865
2 PLAC ,Linn,Missouri
1 DEAT
2 DATE 25 Sep 1945
2 PLAC Chico,Butte,California
1 BURI
2 DATE Sep 1945
2 PLAC Chico,Butte,California
1 AFN MH8L-NF
1 NOTE !BIRTH/DEATH: Fam Rec in poss Samuel Best, Chico, CA (ca 1980)
2 CONT NOTE: These
2 CONT rec indicate he was b 1864 in Osage Co, MO
2 CONT 
2 CONT !MARR #1: SUTTER CO, CA MARR; Bk D, Pg 70: Charles Best, ae 25; md
2 CONT Lottie
2 CONT Vivian, ae 17, consent filed; Wit: Anna Laura Vivian & Wm. D.
2 CONT Rutherford / SUTTER CO, CA REG OF ACTIONS; Bk 3, Pg 938; civ div
2 CONT granted 25 Feb 1905
2 CONT 
2 CONT !MARR #2: 18 Sep 1910
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCES: Sutter Co, CA, Newspaper Index; FHL film 1763639: Sutter
2 CONT County Farmer 6 Nov 1891, pg 3d: Charles H. Best md Lottie V.
2 CONT Vivian; [IBID] 27 Nov 1891 pg 3a: Kicked by horse, leg broken;
2 CONT [IBID] 24 Nov 1893, pg 7b: Son born
2 CONT Nov 17, 9 lbs; [IBID] 20 Jun 1902, pg 1b: Wife, Lottie, suing for
2 CONT div; [IBID] 4 Jul 1902, pg 1d: Wife asks for alimony; [IBID] 1 Aug
2 CONT 1902, pg 1d: Wife awarded temporary alimony; [IBID] 26 Sep 1902, pg
2 CONT 1e: Div denied; [IBID] 3 Jul 1903, pg 1e: Charles doesn't have to
2 CONT pay alimony; [IBID] 3 Feb 1904, pg 2a: Charles filed for div from
2 CONT Charlotte; [IBID] 19 Feb 1904, pg 2b: Inter- locutory decree
2 CONT granted; [IBID] 3 Mar 1905, pg 1e: Div granted; [IBID] 23 Mar 1906,
2 CONT pg 7b: Land trans fron uncle, Sam Best; [IBID] 17 Jan 1913, pg 5a:
2 CONT Land trans from R. A. Kirkman; [IBID] 2 Oct 1914, pg 7e: Wants court
2 CONT to stop certain work in Tule Basin; [IBID] 16 Oct 1914, pg 7e: &
2 CONT wife thrown from overturned auto; [IBID] 8 Dec 1916, pg 5e: Dau born
2 CONT 28 Nov; [IBID] 13 Feb 1920, pg 2a: Sells land nr Harkey Corners;
2 CONT [IBID] 19 [or 29] Feb 1924 pg 8a, Sister, Emma, d @@ age 51 [NOTE
2 CONT Page 3d = Pg 3, Col e; etc] / SUTTER CO, CA PROBATES; Estate of M.
2 CONT P. L. Vivion; d 23 Oct 1906; heirs incl Lottie V. Best, nee Vivion,
2 CONT ae 30, dau, res of Yuba City / SUTTER CO, CA VOTER'S REG; 1892, Reg
2 CONT # 58 (Best, Charles H., 26, 5'10", Dark Comp, Brown eyes, Brown
2 CONT hair, Born MO, Res Yuba City) / [IBID] 1896; FHL #0978591: Charles
2 CONT H. Best, farmer, 30, 5' 10", darkr comp, brown eyes, brown hair, b
2 CONT MO, Slough Prec, Yuba City, reg 8 Aug 1896 /  PROBATE COURT REC,
2 CONT Yuba City, Sutter Co, CA; Bk 3, Pg 637: Will of Samuel Best, dated
2 CONT 15 Mar 1908 (I, Samuel Best..to..7 ch of dec bro, Richard Best) /
2 CONT NINE HUNDRED YEARS OF CORDRAYS: by Paul Cordray; 1989; Pg 178: Info
2 CONT from Irene Blake, 3209 NW 37th St, Oklahoma City, OK 73112
2 CONT / SUTTER CO, CA, DELAYED CERT OF BIRTH for Elois Aleene Best lists
2 CONT Father
2 CONT as Charles "Hunter" Best / ANCESTRAL FILE, ver 4.15, Aug 1993:
2 CONT Submitter, Patricia L. Parker, P.O.Box 245595, Sacramento, CA
2 CONT 95824-5595!BIRTH/DEATH: Fam Rec in poss Samuel Best, Chico, CA (ca
2 CONT 1980)  NOTE: These
2 CONT     rec indicate he was b 1864 in Osage Co, MO
2 CONT 
2 CONT !MARR #1: Sutter Co, CA Marr; Bk D, Pg 70: Charles Best, ae 25; md
2 CONT Lottie
2 CONT     Vivian, ae 17, consent filed; Wit: Anna Laura Vivian & Wm. D.
2 CONT Rutherford
2 CONT 
2 CONT !MARR #2: 18 Sep 1910
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCE: Sutter Co, CA, Newspaper Index; FHL film 1763639: Sutter
2 CONT County Farmer
2 CONT     6 Nov 1891, pg 3d: Charles H. Best md Lottie V. Vivian; [ibid]
2 CONT 27 Nov 1891
2 CONT     pg 3a: Kicked by horse, leg broken; [ibid] 24 Nov 1893, pg 7b:
2 CONT Son born
2 CONT     Nov 17, 9 lbs; [ibid] 20 Jun 1902, pg 1b: Wife, Lottie, suing
2 CONT for div;
2 CONT     [ibid] 4 Jul 1902, pg 1d: Wife asks for alimony; [ibid] 1 Aug
2 CONT 1902, pg 1d:
2 CONT     Wife awarded temporary alimony; [ibid] 26 Sep 1902, pg 1e: Div
2 CONT denied;
2 CONT     [ibid] 3 Jul 1903, pg 1e: Charles doesn't have to pay alimony;
2 CONT [ibid] 3 Feb
2 CONT     1904, pg 2a: Charles filed for div from Charlotte; [ibid] 19 Feb
2 CONT 1904, pg
2 CONT     2b: Interlocutory decree granted; [ibid] 3 Mar 1905, pg 1e: Div
2 CONT granted;
2 CONT     [ibid] 23 Mar 1906, pg 7b: Land trans fron uncle, Sam Best;
2 CONT [ibid] 17 Jan
2 CONT     1913, pg 5a: Land trans from R. A. Kirkman; [ibid] 2 Oct 1914,
2 CONT pg 7e: Wants
2 CONT     court to stop certain work in Tule Basin; [ibid] 16 Oct 1914, pg
2 CONT 7e: & wife
2 CONT     thrown from overturned auto; [ibid] 8 Dec 1916, pg 5e: Dau born
2 CONT 28 Nov;
2 CONT     [ibid] 13 Feb 1920, pg 2a: Sells land nr Harkey Corners; [ibid]
2 CONT 19 [or 29]
2 CONT     Feb 1924 pg 8a, Sister, Emma, d @ age 51 [NOTE Page 3d = Pg 3,
2 CONT Col e; etc]
2 CONT SOURCE: Sutter Co, CA Probates; Estate of M. P. L. Vivion; d 23 Oct
2 CONT 1906; heirs
2 CONT     incl Lottie V. Best, nee Vivion, ae 30, dau, res of Yuba City
2 CONT SOURCE: Sutter Co, CA Reg of Actions; Bk 3, Pg 938; civ div granted
2 CONT 25 Feb 1905
2 CONT SOURCE: Sutter Co, CA Voter's Reg; 1892, Reg # 58 (Best, Charles H.,
2 CONT 26, 5'10",
2 CONT     Dark Comp, Brown eyes, Brown hair, Born MO, Res Yuba City)
2 CONT SOURCE: Sutter Co, CA, Voter Reg, 1896; FHL #0978591: Charles H.
2 CONT Best, farmer,
2 CONT     30, 5' 10", darkr comp, brown eyes,  brown hair, b MO, Slough
2 CONT Prec, Yuba
2 CONT     City, reg 8 Aug 1896
2 CONT SOURCE: Prob Court Rec, Yuba City, Sutter Co, CA; Bk 3, Pg 637: Will
2 CONT of Samuel
2 CONT     Best, dated 15 Mar 1908 (I, Samuel Best..to..7 ch of dec bro,
2 CONT Richard Best)
2 CONT SOURCE: Nine Hundred Years of Cordrays: by Paul Cordray; 1989; Pg
2 CONT 178: Info
2 CONT     from Irene Blake, 3209 NW 37th St, Oklahoma City, OK 73112
2 CONT SOURCE: Sutter Co, CA, Delayed Cert of Birth for Elois Aleene Best
2 CONT lists Father
2 CONT     as Charles "Hunter" Best
2 CONT SOURCE: Ancestral File, ver 4.15, Aug 1993: Submitter, Patricia L.
2 CONT Parker,
2 CONT     P.O.Box 245595, Sacramento, CA 95824-5595
2 CONT 
1 FAMC @F194@
1 FAMS @F220@
1 FAMS @F221@
0 @I638@ INDI
1 NAME Ida /Best/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  9 Mar 1870
2 PLAC Nr Yuba City,Sutter,California
1 DEAT
2 DATE  3 May 1942
2 PLAC Yuba City,Sutter,California
1 BURI
2 DATE  5 May 1942
2 PLAC Sutter,Sutter,California
1 NOTE !DEATH: Sutter Co, CA Death Rec; Bk 11, Pg 174; Ida Best, wid of
2 CONT Samuel Gray; b 9 Mar 1870; d ae 72 y, 1 m, 24 d F, Richard Best of
2 CONT IA; M, Nancy Cordway of OH; res of CA, Life;
2 CONT 
2 CONT !MARR: Sutter Co, CA Marr Rec, Bk D, Pg 136: Samuel Gray, 29, of
2 CONT Yuba City; md Ida Best, 22, of Yuba City; Wit: Samuel Best, Sr., and
2 CONT R. W. Gray & wife  / Wedding reported in the Sutter Independent,
2 CONT Yuba City, CA, 18 Aug 1893
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCE: Sutter County, CA, Newspaper Index; FHL film 1763639: Weekly
2 CONT Sutter
2 CONT Banner; 19 Mar 1870: dau [Ida] b to wife of Richard Best, 9 Mar
2 CONT [1870] / 1910 Fed Census, Vernon Twsp, Slough Prec, Sutter Co, CA;
2 CONT Dwell 55, Fam 51: Sam Gray, 46, md 16 yr; b Ireland; Par b England;
2 CONT wife, Ida, 39, md 16 yr; no ch; b CA; F b OH; M b IA Informant: Mrs.
2 CONT Mary [Best] Sullenger of Live Oak / NINE HUNDRED YEARS OF CORDRAYS
2 CONT by Paul Cordray, 130 W. Hayden St, Marceline, MO 64658; 1 Aug 1989;
2 CONT Pg 181: Info from Irene Blake, 3209 NW 37th St, Oklahoma City, OK
2 CONT 73112 (copied 23 Mar 1993) / TEMPLE: Endowed 9 Jan 1996, Manti; per
2 CONT corr rcvd 16 Jan 1996 from Mrs. Dorothy Christensen, 144 S 4 W,
2 CONT Richfield, UT 84701
1 FAMC @F194@
1 FAMS @F222@
0 @I639@ INDI
1 NAME Emily Jane or Emma /Best/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  4 Dec 1872
2 PLAC Yuba City,Sutter,California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 24 Feb 1924
2 PLAC Nr Yuba City,Sutter,California
1 BURI
2 DATE 26 Feb 1924
2 PLAC Sutter,Sutter,California
1 NOTE !DEATH: Sutter Co, CA Death Rec, 1922-27,Bk 5, Pg 104; Emily J.
2 CONT Reg;i, b 4 Dec 1872; CA; 1872, CA; d 24 Feb 1924, ae 51y, 8m, 15d;
2 CONT dau of Richard Best of OH & Nancy Cordaray of OH; informant Frank H.
2 CONT Regli inform Rosina REGLI
2 CONT 
2 CONT !MARR: Sutter Co, CA Marr; Bk D, Pg 293: Frank H. Regli, 25, md Emma
2 CONT J. Best,
2 CONT 25; Wit: J. M. Rich & Rosetta J. Rich
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCES: 1910 Fed Census, Vernon Twsp, Slough Prec, Sutter Co, CA;
2 CONT Dwell 69,
2 CONT Fam 63: Frank Regli, 37, md; b CA; F b Switz; M b PA; wife, Emily,
2 CONT 37, md 12 yr; 1 ch, 1 living; b CA; F b IA; M b OH; dau, Rosina, 10;
2 CONT b CA; Par b CA /
2 CONT SUTTER CO, CA NEWSPAPER INDEX; FHL film 1763639: Sutter County
2 CONT Farmer 19 [29?] Feb 1924, Pg 8, Col a: Emma Regli died at age 51;
2 CONT [IBID] 18 Feb 1898, Pg 3b: Maria (Emma) Best engaged to Frank Regli;
2 CONT [IBID] 4 Mar 1898, Pg 2b: wedding; [IBID] 23 Mar 1906, Pg 7b: land
2 CONT trans from uncle, S. Best; [IBID] 29 Feb 1924, Pgs 5c & 8a: died, ae
2 CONT 51, surv by husb, Frank Regli; dau, Miss Rosena Regli; 3 sis, Mrs.
2 CONT Ida Gray, Mrs. Miranda Pinney, & Mrs. Mary Sullenger; & 3 bros,
2 CONT John, Henry, & Charles Best / NINE HUNDRED YEARS OF CORDRAYS, by
2 CONT Paul Cordray, 130 W. Hayden St, Marceline, MO 64658; 1 Aug 1989; Pg
2 CONT 181: Info from Irene Blake, 3209 NW 37th St, Oklahoma City, OK 73112
2 CONT (copied 23 Mar 1993) / IGI, 1994 Edition, ver 3.04: Film #537290,
2 CONT Ord #25472: B 23 Feb 1968, E 11 Mar 1968 SLAKE, SP Pre-197
1 FAMC @F194@
1 FAMS @F223@
0 @I640@ INDI
1 NAME Donald Lewis /Pinney/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 Jan 1928
2 PLAC Nr Yuba City,Sutter,California
1 NOTE SOURCE: Fam Rec in Poss Donald Pinney, ca 1990
1 FAMC @F196@
1 FAMS @F6498@
0 @I653@ INDI
1 NAME Mary Anne /Best/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 25 Nov 1843
2 PLAC ,,Missouri
1 DEAT
2 DATE 16 Jan 1917
1 NOTE SOURCE: Brent Galloway
1 FAMC @F207@
0 @I656@ INDI
1 NAME Zachariah or Zack /Best/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 19 Mar 1840
2 PLAC ,,Missouri
1 DEAT
2 DATE 13 Jan 1914
2 PLAC San Leandro,Alameda,California
1 BURI
2 DATE Abt Jan 1914
2 PLAC Evergreen Cem,Oakland,Alameda,California
1 NOTE !BIRTH: Lee Co, IA Census, 1850: Fam of John G. BEST; Zecheriah, ae 10
2 CONT 
2 CONT !MARR: Osage Co, MO, Marr Rec; Pg 17, #146
2 CONT 
2 CONT !MARR: Sutter Co, CA Marr Rec; Bk B, Pg 78; Zachariah Best, age not
2 CONT given; md
2 CONT Mary Mixer, age not given; md 13 Oct 1868 / Weekly Sutter Banner,
2 CONT Yuba City, CA; Sat, 17 Oct 1868: Married in Yuba City, Oct 13, by
2 CONT Rev E. Kellog, Mr. Zachariah Best to Miss Mary Mixer, all of Sutter
2 CONT Co.
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCE: Best/Lees Fam Bible Rec rcvd from Brent Galloway: Name
2 CONT spelled Zacoriah / Sutter Co, CA, Brand Book B: Zachariah Best
2 CONT recorded brand "ZB",
2 CONT 15 Nov 1871 / IGI, Mar 1992; Pg 724: Zecheriah, 10 age 1850; Lee Co,
2 CONT Iowa; Batch #7609861, #19 / IGI, Mar 1992; 2nd Marr; Batch #7204910,
2 CONT #75 / Genealogy Surname Index, Sutter Co, CA; 1853-1950; FHL film
2 CONT 1763639: Weekly Sutter Banner, 1 Jun 1867, Pg 3b: suit in Dinsmores
2 CONT default begins; [IBID] 15 Aug 1868, Pg 2f: land office claim
2 CONT awarded; [IBID] 17 Oct 1868, Pg 2a: Zachariah Best md Mary Mixer;
2 CONT [IBID] 31 Oct 1868, Pg 2a: land office claim approved; [IBID] 1 Feb
2 CONT 1875, Pg 3f: farm for rent; [IBID] 6 Jun 1874, Pg 3b: land trans
2 CONT from A. Haines & G. W. Gridley; [IBID] 24 Feb 1876, Pg 2e: only son,
2 CONT Freddie Z., died; [IBID] 21 Apr 1877, Pg 3d: dau born; [IBID] 20 Aug
2 CONT 1880, Pg 3e: son born, 15 Jul
2 CONT 
1 FAMC @F207@
1 FAMS @F6393@
0 @I657@ INDI
1 NAME Roy Washington /Pinney/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 23 Jul 1894
2 PLAC Nr Yuba City,Sutter,California
1 DEAT
2 DATE 18 Oct 1960
2 PLAC Yuba City,Sutter,California
1 BURI
2 DATE 20 Oct 1960
2 PLAC Sutter,Sutter,California
1 AFN 1FMP-9B
1 NOTE !DEATH:Sutter Co, CA Death Rec; 1960, #196: b 23 Jul 1894, d ae 66
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCES: Genealogical Surname Index, Sutter Co, CA; FHL Film
2 CONT #1763791; Sutter
2 CONT County Farmer, 26 Dec 1919, pg 4a: Roy W. Pinney md Martina Mayfield
2 CONT / Fam Rec in poss Mrs. Thelma Hughes, Marysville, CA; rcvd by corr
2 CONT ca 1964 / "Descendants of Lt Henry Timmerman", by Carolyn Timmerman
2 CONT Sidenius, S-Z-T Reunion; 1988 (Pg 118) (#1931) Info from Charles I.
2 CONT Davis (#4626) & Dorothy [Hendershot] Christensen (#3155) / Nine
2 CONT Hundred Years of Cordrays: by Paul Cordray, 130 W Hayden St,
2 CONT Marceline, MO 64658; 1989; Pg 180; Info from Irene Blake, 3209 NW
2 CONT 37th St, Oklahoma City, OK 73112 (copied by Charles I. Davis, 23 Mar
2 CONT 1993) / IGI, Mar 1992; Calif: Roy Pinney, bap 13 Nov 65 OK, end 1
2 CONT Mar 66 OK, sp 27 mar 68 OK; Batch 5011688, Sh 13 / Ancestral File,
2 CONT Ver 4.13
1 FAMC @F191@
1 FAMS @F195@
0 @I658@ INDI
1 NAME Norman or Pat /Pinney/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  9 Jun 1902
2 PLAC Nr Yuba City,Sutter,California
1 DEAT
2 DATE  4 Aug 1972
2 PLAC Yuba City,Sutter,California
1 BURI
2 DATE  7 Aug 1972
2 PLAC Sutter,Sutter,California
1 AFN 1FMP-BH
1 NOTE !BIRTH: Sutter Co, CA Off Rec; Bk 195, Pg 39; Delayed Cert of Birth,
2 CONT CA State
2 CONT File #135844, filed 29 May 1964: Norman Pinney, b 9 Jun 1902;
2 CONT Mother, Miranda Best, 43, housewife, b Osage Co, MO; Father,
2 CONT Washington Alden Pinney, 38, b Clipper Mills, Butte Co, CA, farmer
2 CONT 
2 CONT !MARR #1: Sutter Co, CA Marr Rec, Bk 4, Pg 246: Norman Pinney, 24,
2 CONT md Miss Mary Schafer, 18, b MI, res of Gridley, CA [civ div]
2 CONT 
2 CONT !DEATH: Sutter Co, CA Death Rec; 1972, #165: b 9 Jun 1902, div, 70,
2 CONT farmer;
2 CONT d 4 Aug 1972; 621 A St, Yuba City, CA; Father, Washington A. Pinney,
2 CONT b CA; Mother, Miranda Best, b MO; Informant LeRoy Pinney /
2 CONT "Appeal-Democrat", Marysville, Yuba Co, CA; 5 Aug 1972: Obit; Norman
2 CONT Pinney, ae 70, died yester- day [4 Aug 1972]. Veteran of World War
2 CONT II [NOTE: Discharged 20 Aug 1942, age 40] / Independent Herald, Yuba
2 CONT City, CA; Wed, 9 Aug 1972: Obit Norman Pinney
2 CONT graveside services held Monday [7 Aug 1972]. Vetran of World War II.
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCE: 1910 Fed Census, Vernon Twsp, Slough Prec, Sutter Co, CA;
2 CONT Dwell 86,
2 CONT Fam 74: [living w/mother, Miranda Pinney]: Norman Pinney, 7, b CA; F
2 CONT b CA; M b MO / "Descendants of Lt Henry Timmerman", by Carolyn
2 CONT Timmerman Sidenius
2 CONT S-Z-T Reunion; 1988 (Pg 70) (#1932) Info from Charles I. Davis
2 CONT (#4626) / Nine Hundred Years of Cordrays: by Paul Cordray, 130 W
2 CONT Hayden St, Marceline, MO 64658; 1989; Pg 180; Info from Irene Blake,
2 CONT 3209 NW 37th St, Oklahoma City, OK 73112 (copied by Charles I.
2 CONT Davis, 23 Mar 1993) / IGI, Mar 1992; Calif: Fiche 0-0068, Pg 3,924:
2 CONT Norman Pinney; bap 11 Oct 75 LA, end 22 Nov 75 LA, sp 16 Dec 75 LA;
2 CONT Batch 7507205, Sh 2 / Ancestral File, ver 4.13
1 FAMS @F190@
1 FAMC @F191@
1 FAMS @F196@
0 @I665@ INDI
1 NAME Robert Herman /Lohmann/
1 SEX M
1 NOTE DIV: Sutter Co, CA Reg of Actions; Bk 13, Pg 314, #6041; Marie L.
2 CONT LOHMANN vs Robert H. LOHMANN; div 29 Aug 1946
1 FAMS @F110@
0 @I666@ INDI
1 NAME Miranda /Best/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  7 Jan 1860
2 PLAC Benton Twp,Osage,Missouri
1 DEAT
2 DATE 19 May 1934
2 PLAC Yuba City,Sutter,California
1 BURI
2 DATE 21 May 1934
2 PLAC Sutter,Sutter,California
1 REFN 1FMP-OR
1 NOTE !BIRTH: 1860 Fed Cen, Fredericksburg P.O., Benton Twsp, Osage Co,
2 CONT MO; Pg 170,
2 CONT Line 17 (Fam of Richard Best)
2 CONT 
2 CONT !MARR: Sutter Co, CA Marr Rec, Bk C, Pg 194: Washington A. Pinney,
2 CONT ae 20, b CA; md Miranda Best, ae 18, b MO; Wit: Samuel Best &
2 CONT William Stoker / "The Sutter County Farmer", Yuba City, CA; Fri., 14
2 CONT May 1886: "Mr. W. A. Pinney and Miss Amanda Best were united in
2 CONT wedlock last Wed, afternoon at the residence of the bride's uncle,
2 CONT Samuel Best, near Harkey's corners in this county." [NOTE: Bride's
2 CONT name was "Miranda" see above]
2 CONT 
2 CONT !DEATH: Sutter Co, CA Death Rec, Bk 7, Pg 170 / Sutter Co, Calif,
2 CONT Probates, Pg 398: Niranda Pinney, 71, will filed 8 Sep 1931, d 19
2 CONT May 1934, children: Lula M. Laux, Roy W. Pinney, Norman Pinney
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCES: Sutter Co, CA, Newspaper Index; FHL film 1763639: Sutter
2 CONT County Farmer 14 May 1886, Pg 3a: Miss Miranda Best md W. A. Pinney;
2 CONT [IBID] 21 May 1886, Pg 3d: wedding; [ibid] 5 Han 1900, Pg 1b:
2 CONT Awarded custody of 2 children
2 CONT [IBID] 7 Jun 1901: alimony disagreement; [ibid] 21 Feb 1902, Pg 1b:
2 CONT land
2 CONT transferred from Henry Best; [IBID] 12 Sep 1902, Pg 1d: filed for
2 CONT divorce;
2 CONT [IBID] 19 Sep 1902, Pg 7c: granted temporary alimony; [IBID] 20 Mar
2 CONT 1903,
2 CONT Pg   : Filed for div again; [IBID] 3 Apr 1903, pg 1b: granted
2 CONT alimony; [IBID] 12 Jun 1903, pg 1e: Div denied; [IBID] 17 Jul 1903,
2 CONT Pg 2b: filed for divorce again; [IBID] 24 Jul 1903, pg 1e: Divorce
2 CONT hearing; [IBID] 4 Sep 1903, pg 5b: Sold farm to Suel Harris; [IBID]
2 CONT 11 Sep 1903, Pg 3a: Land trans from Mrs. C. Weeman; [IBID] 30 Oct
2 CONT 1903, pg 2b: Husb sues for div; [IBID] 4 Dec 1903, pg 7b: Div trial;
2 CONT [IBID] 11 Dec 1903, pg 1e: Div case in progress; [IBID] 8 Jan 1904,
2 CONT pg 1e: Div granted, wife gets 3 youngest children, husb gets oldest;
2 CONT [IBID] 8 Jul 1904, Pg 2b & 7c: Son, Clarence drowns at age 17;
2 CONT [IBID] 15 Jul 1904, Pg 1e: Inquest-Accidental; [IBID] 20 Jan 1905,
2 CONT Pg 1e: Div final; [IBID] 30 Mar 1906, Pg 6c: land trans from Sam
2 CONT Best; [IBID] 27 Jul 1906, Pg 2b: Appointed guardian of daughter,
2 CONT Lulu Pinney; [IBID] 10 Sep 1909, Pgs 4f & 7e: Dau, Lulu, md Chauncey
2 CONT Buckingham / SUTTER CO, CA REG OF ACTIONS; Bk 3, Pg 141 (Miranda
2 CONT Pinney vs W. A.Pinney; div 14 Jan 1905) / DESCENDANTS OF LT HENRY
2 CONT TIMMERMAN; comp by Carolyn Timmerman Sidenius
2 CONT Snell-Zimmerman-Timmerman Reunion; 1988 Pg 33, 70 (#864) /
2 CONT Handwritten note in the writing of Lula M. (Pinney) Laux: Birth,
2 CONT Miranda Pinney, January 7, 1868; Death, Miranda Pinney, June 1934,
2 CONT age 74 / PROBATE COURT REC, Yuba City, Sutter Co, CA; Bk 3, Pg 637:
2 CONT Will of Samuel Best, dated 15 Mar 1908 (I, Samuel Best..to..seven
2 CONT children of my deceased bro, Richard Best...) / 1910 FED CENSUS,
2 CONT Vernon Twsp, Slough Prec, Sutter Co, CA; Dwell 86, Fam 74: Miranda
2 CONT Pinney, 47, div; 4 ch, 3 living; b MO, F b IA; M b OH; son, Norman,
2 CONT 7; b CA; F b CA; M b MO / NINE HUNDRED YEARS OF CORDRAYS: by Paul
2 CONT Cordray, 130 W Hayden St, Marceline, MO 64658; 1989; Pg 178, 180;
2 CONT Info from Irene Blake, 3209 NW 37th St, Oklahoma City, OK 73112
2 CONT (copied by Charles I. Davis, 23 Mar 1993) / IGI, Mar 1992: [Marr]
2 CONT Batch #A537320, #0666 / [IBID] Pg 1980; Batch #5011688, #13
1 FAMS @F191@
1 FAMC @F194@
0 @I667@ INDI
1 NAME Clarence E. /Pinney/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  6 Jan 1887
2 PLAC Nr Yuba City,Sutter,California
1 DEAT
2 DATE  6 Jul 1904
2 PLAC Nr Marysville,Yuba,California
1 BURI
2 DATE  9 Jul 1904
2 PLAC Marysville,Yuba,California
1 AFN 1FMP-85
1 NOTE !DEATH: YUBA CO, CA DEATH REC; Bk 1, Pg ?: Clarence E. Pinney, b
2 CONT Calif.; 17, school boy; d 6 Jul 1904; Father, W. Pinney, unk;
2 CONT Mother, unk, unk; Inform: Roy Pinney [bro] / MARYSVILLE CITY REG OF
2 CONT BURIALS, City Clerk Off, Marys- ville, Calif, Bk 1, Pg 98: 17 yr, 6
2 CONT mo, male, white, single, b Calif, d Marysville 6 Jul 1904, drowning,
2 CONT Dr. J. K. Kelly, bur Plot #8, 9 Jul 1904
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCES: SUTTER CO, CA, NEWSPAPER INDEX; FHL film 1763639: Sutter
2 CONT County Farmer, 8 Jan 1904, Pg 1, Col e: Miranda & W. A. Pinney
2 CONT divorced; she got custody of three youngest [Lula, Roy, & Norman];
2 CONT Wash got custody of oldest child [Clarence]; [IBID] 8 Jul 1904, Pg
2 CONT 2, Col b & Pg 7, Col c: [Clarence]
2 CONT drowned at age 17, drowned at old mouth of Yuba River; ae 17; had
2 CONT been living with aunt, Miss Percis Pinney, 618 Elm St, Marysville,
2 CONT CA / DESCENDANTS OF LT HENRY TIMMERMAN, by Carolyn Timmerman
2 CONT Sidenius, S-Z-T Reunion; 1988 (Pg 70) (#1929) Info from Charles I.
2 CONT Davis (#4626) / NINE HUNDRED YEARS OF CORDRAYS: by Paul Cordray, 130
2 CONT W Hayden St, Marceline, MO 64658; 1989; Pg 180; Info from Irene
2 CONT Blake, 3209 NW 37th St, Oklahoma City, OK 73112 (copied by Charles
2 CONT I. Davis, 23 Mar 1993) / Ancestral File, Ver 4.13
1 FAMC @F191@
0 @I793@ INDI
1 NAME Diana Carol /Keehn/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 10 Feb 
1 NOTE !MARR: Humboldt Co, Calif, Marr Rec, 1992 /  TIMES-STANDARD, Eureka,
2 CONT CA, 2 Nov 1992: KEEHN-NEUBECKER, md 16 May 1992, at Gospel Outreach
2 CONT Church by Rev. Jim Durkin / Separated abt 1994
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCE: Pers Rec in Poss Anita Neubecker, 1938 G St, Eureka, CA
2 CONT 95501 [ca 1994]
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCES: JOBS: chip truck driver for Alto Bros, Eureka [1991-92] /
2 CONT TIMES- STANDARD, Eureka, CA; 14 Dec 1994: BIRTHS; General Hospital:
2 CONT NEUBECKER, Jacob Warren, b 2 Dec 1994, Eureka, to Diana C. Neubecker
2 CONT 
1 FAMS @F71@
0 @I850@ INDI
1 NAME Mary Catherine /Best/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE Abt 1801
2 PLAC ,,Pennsylvania
1 DEAT
2 DATE Abt 1872
2 PLAC ,Montgomery,Illinois
1 NOTE SOURCE: rcvd from Maralee Moore Phillips, 328 Shady Acres Dr, Lodi,
2 CONT CA 95240
2 CONT SOURCE: A Reminiscent History of the Ozark Region; publ ca 1895; Pg
2 CONT 732-735
2 CONT SOURCE: IGI, 1994 Edition, ver 3.04: Film #1903692: B 21 Sep 1993
2 CONT ATLAN, E
2 CONT     19 Oct or 21 Sep 1993 ATLAN; CONFLICT: birth abt 1797 or abt
2 CONT 1800 of
2 CONT     <, Tuscarawas, Ohio>
1 FAMC @F248@
1 FAMS @F334@
0 @I851@ INDI
1 NAME David /Best/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  5 Feb 1802
2 PLAC ,,Pennsylvania
1 DEAT
2 DATE Abt 1823
1 NOTE SOURCE: rcvd from Maralee Moore Phillips, 328 Shady Acres Dr, Lodi,
2 CONT CA 95240
1 FAMC @F248@
0 @I852@ INDI
1 NAME Elizabeth or Polly /Best/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE Abt 1808
2 PLAC ,Washington,Pennsylvania
1 NOTE SOURCE: rcvd from Maralee Moore Phillips, 328 Shady Acres Dr, Lodi,
2 CONT CA 95240
2 CONT / Fam Rec in Poss Beverly Barger, 270 Valle Grande Rd, Bosque Farms,
2 CONT NM 87068
1 FAMC @F248@
0 @I853@ INDI
1 NAME Sarah or Sally /Best/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE Abt 1810
2 PLAC of Goshen Twp,Tuscarawas,Ohio
1 DEAT
2 DATE Aft 1850
2 PLAC of Goshen Twp,Tuscarawas,Ohio
1 NOTE !MARR: Tuscarawas Co, Ohio,Marr, 1808-1844, Vol 1, comp by
2 CONT Tuscarawas Co Gen Soc, New Philadelphia, OH, 1979; CONFLICT: Name
2 CONT spelled BESS
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCE: rcvd from Maralee Moore Phillips, 328 Shady Acres Dr, Lodi,
2 CONT CA 95240
2 CONT / 1850 Census, Goshen Twsp, Tuscarawas Co, OH: Fam of Sarah Coleman
2 CONT / IGI, 1994, ver 3.05; F#: 190362 *
1 FAMC @F248@
1 FAMS @F335@
0 @I854@ INDI
1 NAME Zachariah /Best/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE Abt 1803/1806
2 PLAC ,Tuscarawas,Ohio
1 NOTE SOURCE: rcvd from Maralee Moore Phillips, 328 Shady Acres Dr, Lodi,
2 CONT CA 95240
2 CONT SOURCE: IGI, Mar 1992; Batch #8132702, #21 [Also Batch #M515531,
2 CONT #0087; wife's
2 CONT     name: Elizabeth Frach]; [ibid] 1994; F#: 190362 *; CONFLICT:
2 CONT Name spelled
2 CONT     Zacharis
1 FAMC @F248@
1 FAMS @F336@
1 FAMS @F337@
0 @I855@ INDI
1 NAME Nancy /Best/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE Abt 1807/1810
2 PLAC ,Tuscarawas,Ohio
1 NOTE SOURCE: rcvd from Maralee Moore Phillips, 328 Shady Acres Dr, Lodi,
2 CONT CA 95240
2 CONT SOURCE: IGI, 1994, ver 3.05; F#: 1903692SOURCE: rcvd from Maralee
2 CONT Moore Phillips, 328 Shady Acres Dr, Lodi, CA 95240
1 FAMC @F248@
1 FAMS @F338@
0 @I856@ INDI
1 NAME Absalom or Abraham /Best/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE Abt 1804/1810
2 PLAC ,Tuscarawas,Ohio
1 DEAT
2 DATE Abt 1865/1870
2 PLAC ,,Ohio or Illinois
1 NOTE SOURCE: rcvd from Maralee Moore Phillips, 328 Shady Acres Dr, Lodi,
2 CONT CA 95240
2 CONT SOURCE: IGI, 1994, ver 3.05; F#: 1903692 / Fam Rec in Poss Beverly
2 CONT Barger, 270 Valle Grande Rd, Bosque Farms, NM 87068
1 FAMC @F248@
1 FAMS @F339@
0 @I857@ INDI
1 NAME Henry /Best/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE Abt 1816
2 PLAC ,Tuscarawas,Ohio
1 DEAT
2 DATE Aft 1850
1 NOTE SOURCE: rcvd from Maralee Moore Phillips, 328 Shady Acres Dr, Lodi,
2 CONT CA 95240
2 CONT SOURCE: History of Tuscarawas Co,