Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Johann Heinrich Best and Margaret Rugh




Husband Johann Heinrich Best 1

            AKA: Henry Best 2
           Born: 13 Feb 1765 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 22 Feb 1864 1
         Buried: 


         Father: Johan Wilhelm Best (Abt 1733-1823) 1
         Mother: Catherine Kuster (      -Abt 1776) 1


       Marriage: 



Wife Margaret Rugh 1 3

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 


         Father: Peter Rugh (      -      ) 3
         Mother: Barbara Soxman (      -      ) 3




Children
1 M John Michael Best 4

           Born: Abt 1800
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Elizabeth Sherry (      -      ) 4



General Notes: Husband - Johann Heinrich Best


He came from Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, to what is now Beaver township, Clarion County, in the year 1804. In 1806 he built a grist-mill, the only one then in the county.

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Sources


1 Terrance L. Johnson-Cooney, The Exley Family 1789 to 2005 (Self-published, Aug, 2005), Pg 62.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 677, 1036.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 677.

4 Terrance L. Johnson-Cooney, The Exley Family 1789 to 2005 (Self-published, Aug, 2005), Pg 63.


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