Charles Best and Mary Dunkle

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Husband Charles Best

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           Born: Abt 1850
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         Father: John Best (1824-      ) 1
         Mother: Frances "Fannie" Alt (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Mary Dunkle

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Children

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1 M Leonard Lee Best ²

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           Born: Abt 1880
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           Died: Abt 1906
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         Spouse: Mae Exley (      -Abt 1914) 2

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2 M Nelson Roy Best

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           Born: 26 Jan 1885 - Clarion Co, PA
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         Buried: 4 Sep 1954 - Emlenton Cemetery, Emlenton, Venango Co, PA 3

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General Notes: Husband - Charles Best

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Not much is known about him; his granddaughter, Lila Best Weaver, would not talk about him except to say, "he was a very mean man."

1 A. J. Davis, History of Clarion County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., 1887), Bios xix.

2 Terrance L. Johnson-Cooney, The Exley Family 1789 to 2005 (Self-published, Aug, 2005), Pg 50.

3 Margaret Segui Kahle, Emlenton Cemetery Interments (Emlenton, PA: Self-published, 1977), Pg 11.