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Richard W. Best Sr.

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Richard W. Best Sr.

Birth
Kinderhook, Columbia County, New York, USA
Death
19 Jul 1852 (aged 32)
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Burial
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA Add to Map
Plot
Lot 6027, Section 85
Memorial ID
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Richard Best was born in Kinderhook, New York to Ephraim P. and Marytje [nee Best as well!] BEST. At some point, he went to South Carolina where he met and married his wife, Eliza WRIGHT. There they had Walter Joseph BEST, before moving back to New York. They resided in Brooklyn where Eliza gave birth to Richard W. BEST (1848 - 1901), William Richard BEST (1850 - 1855), and Ephraim BEST (1852 - 1854).

The family suffered a lot of deaths in a short amount of time. Eliza's parents (Joseph and Elizabeth WRIGHT) traveled from South Carolina to New York and are buried with the family in Green-Wood.
Richard Best was born in Kinderhook, New York to Ephraim P. and Marytje [nee Best as well!] BEST. At some point, he went to South Carolina where he met and married his wife, Eliza WRIGHT. There they had Walter Joseph BEST, before moving back to New York. They resided in Brooklyn where Eliza gave birth to Richard W. BEST (1848 - 1901), William Richard BEST (1850 - 1855), and Ephraim BEST (1852 - 1854).

The family suffered a lot of deaths in a short amount of time. Eliza's parents (Joseph and Elizabeth WRIGHT) traveled from South Carolina to New York and are buried with the family in Green-Wood.


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  • Maintained by: James Bianco
  • Originally Created by: Kelly
  • Added: Jun 6, 2008
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27378299/richard_w-best: accessed ), memorial page for Richard W. Best Sr. (23 Oct 1819–19 Jul 1852), Find a Grave Memorial ID 27378299, citing Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA; Maintained by James Bianco (contributor 47745493).