Wesley Benson Best and Emma Louise Fowler

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Husband Wesley Benson Best ¹

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           Born: 12 Jan 1862 - Meadville, Crawford Co, PA 1
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         Father: Dr. David Best (1828-1887) 1
         Mother: Elizabeth Lockhart (1824-1892/1893) 2 3

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       Marriage: 30 Jun 1891 1

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Wife Emma Louise Fowler ¹

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           Born: 23 Jan 1865 - Meadville, Crawford Co, PA 1
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         Father: Daniel Fowler (      -      ) 4
         Mother: Lydia Emeline Pardee (1838-      ) 5 6

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Children

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1 F Josephine Elizabeth Best ¹

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           Born: 18 Apr 1894 1
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General Notes: Husband - Wesley Benson Best

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He was a lifelong resident of Meadville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania. His earlier education was acquired in the public and high schools of Meadville, from which he was graduated in due course. He then became a student at Allegheny College, from which he was graduated in the class of 1883. Having decided upon the profession of law as his life work, he commenced its study in the office of William R. Bole, of Meadville, and was admitted to the bar as an attorney, May 11, 1886. Subsequently he was admitted to practice in the supreme and superior courts of Pennsylvania, and he opened offices at No. 899 Park avenue, Meadville. He was active in the public affairs of the community, holding a number of public offices. Elected district attorney of Crawford County in November, 1890, he served three years; was appointed to fill a vacancy in this office in 1901, and served one and one-half years at that time. Later he did good service in the office of city solicitor. He served as a member of Company B, National Guard of Pennsylvania, for many years, and had risen to the rank of captain of the company when he resigned. His fraternal and social affiliations were as follows: Crawford Lodge, Independent Order Odd Fellows, of Meadville; a member Hope Hose Fire Company, of Meadville; and a member of Iroquois Boating and Fishing Club, at Conneaut Lake, Pennsylvania. He and his family were members of the Methodist Stone Church and Christ Church (Episcopal).
He served as a trustee of Allegheny College for many years, was a director of the Meadville City Hospital for a long period of time, was elected corporator of the Greendale Cemetery Association in 1913, and served as a member of the board of health of Meadville. [GPHWP, 1256]

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1256.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1487.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1255.

4 —, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 765.

5 —, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 899.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1407, 1718.