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Benjamin Franklin Best

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Benjamin Franklin Best

Birth
Ohio, USA
Death
29 Nov 1888 (aged 62)
USA
Burial
Mount Erie, Wayne County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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born in salem ohio
son of conrad frederick best( b.4/22/1787-d.?) and mary henneberger (b.(5/10/1810
benjamin was born in salem,ohio died in wayne co. ill.
married to rebecca wheelen on 12/04/1851-she died 6/08/1856.
Then he married mary miller on 10/29/1857- she was born 9/14/1837 and died 12/22/1917

benjamin and rebecca wheelen had 2 children
marcus wheelen best (b. 7/25/1855-d2/01/1878
and lovellz jane best born 7/25 1855 died 2/01/1878 married to john tiduers 1/11/1877
(note from mt. erie cemetery- lovellz was born july 25 1853 and died feb.1 1876)

Benjamin had 11 children with mary miller
Emma cora best b. 9/21/1858
James frederick best b. 10/ 31,1859 d.8/13/1864
Frank anna best -b. 11/28/1861-d.9/4/1862
Melissa bell best b. 9/8/1863-d.11/5/1943
John lagan best b.12/15/1867
Olive viola best -b.2/26/1869- d. 6/1898
Rosa lena best- b.8/13/1871-d.11/6/1948
Mattie best b. 10/08/1873- d. 10/28/1873
Maude elmer best-b. 2/11 1875 wayne co. d.8/8/1950 west los angeles calif.

oscar hayes best -b.2/26 1877 in terra haute ind. d.6/22/1950 wayne co ill.

mary ade best b.2/11/1881 wayne co.- d.4/22/1965 in Terre Haute Ind.
Benjamin Franklin Best and Mary Miller Best are my biological great great grandparents..and their son
Oscar is my great grandfather on my biological mother's side.



born in salem ohio
son of conrad frederick best( b.4/22/1787-d.?) and mary henneberger (b.(5/10/1810
benjamin was born in salem,ohio died in wayne co. ill.
married to rebecca wheelen on 12/04/1851-she died 6/08/1856.
Then he married mary miller on 10/29/1857- she was born 9/14/1837 and died 12/22/1917

benjamin and rebecca wheelen had 2 children
marcus wheelen best (b. 7/25/1855-d2/01/1878
and lovellz jane best born 7/25 1855 died 2/01/1878 married to john tiduers 1/11/1877
(note from mt. erie cemetery- lovellz was born july 25 1853 and died feb.1 1876)

Benjamin had 11 children with mary miller
Emma cora best b. 9/21/1858
James frederick best b. 10/ 31,1859 d.8/13/1864
Frank anna best -b. 11/28/1861-d.9/4/1862
Melissa bell best b. 9/8/1863-d.11/5/1943
John lagan best b.12/15/1867
Olive viola best -b.2/26/1869- d. 6/1898
Rosa lena best- b.8/13/1871-d.11/6/1948
Mattie best b. 10/08/1873- d. 10/28/1873
Maude elmer best-b. 2/11 1875 wayne co. d.8/8/1950 west los angeles calif.

oscar hayes best -b.2/26 1877 in terra haute ind. d.6/22/1950 wayne co ill.

mary ade best b.2/11/1881 wayne co.- d.4/22/1965 in Terre Haute Ind.
Benjamin Franklin Best and Mary Miller Best are my biological great great grandparents..and their son
Oscar is my great grandfather on my biological mother's side.



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Benjamin lost his Left arm in The Civil War and received 24.00 a month according to the 1883 Military Pension report.

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