Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Uriah Best and Mary A. Texter




Husband Uriah Best 1

           Born: 12 Apr 1844 - Beaver Twp, Clarion Co, PA 1
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         Father: Michael Best (1815-1904) 2 3
         Mother: Lucy Ann Edinger (1817-1899) 1


       Marriage: 6 Oct 1866 1



Wife Mary A. Texter 1

           Born:  - Clarion Co, PA
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         Father: George Texter (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Rebecca [Unk] (      -      ) 1



• Note: This may be the same person as : Mary Texter.


Children
1 M William Best 1

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         Spouse: Clara Miller (      -      ) 1


2 M Samuel Harvey Best 1

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         Spouse: Mary Bender (      -      ) 1


3 F Rebecca Lucy Ann Best 1

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         Spouse: Amos M. Switzer (      -      ) 1


4 M James Alwin Best 4

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         Spouse: Clara Allaman (      -      ) 1


5 F Florence A. Best 4

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         Spouse: Samuel Martz (      -      ) 4



General Notes: Husband - Uriah Best


He attended the public school, and as a youth was accustomed to all forms of farm labor. He, however, chose a trade and for seventeen years worked at carpentering, both as journey­man and contractor. He was a good mechanic and held a well established reputation in the township, as an honest, reliable contractor. He erected many of the dwellings and barns that dotted the landscape of Beaver township, some of them very pretentious modern homes. His work also included oil derricks and plants, which in the time of the oil boom rose all over the oil field.
In 1879 he purchased a farm of one hundred ten acres in Ashland township, on which he then resided. There were seven oil wells on the farm, which otherwise was cultivated and de­voted to stock raising. In 1911 he erected a new and modern home on his farm and added other buildings needed, making the farm not only a very profitable, but a very attractive one. He was a Democrat in politics and in 1891-1894 served as commis­sioner of Clarion County. At various times he held prac­tically every elective office in the township, including assessor and justice of the peace. He belonged to the Maccabees, and was a member of the Lutheran church, as was his wife.

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Sources


1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 593.

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

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 593, 1036.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 594.


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