Eli Best and Emeline Sykes

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Husband Eli Best ^{1 2}

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            AKA: John Best 3
           Born: 9 Sep 1838 - McCalmont Twp, Jefferson Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 15 Jun 1913 - near Salem, Marion Co, OR 2
         Buried:  - City View Cemetery, Salem, Marion Co, OR

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         Father: John William Best (1793-1878) 4
         Mother: Mary Ann Smith (1801-1873) 4

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       Marriage: 16 Oct 1881 2

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Wife Emeline Sykes ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 12 Mar 1846
     Christened: 
           Died: 5 Jul 1931
         Buried: 

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         Father: Henry Sykes (1818-1893) 1 3
         Mother: Rebecca Bilger (1829-Aft 1898) 1 3

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - Eli Best

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In 1887 he and his wife moved to a farm in Polk County, Oregon, about six miles from Salem. Others of the Sykes family settled in the same area.

1 Editor, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Company, 1917), Pg 193.

2 Jude Ann Fischer, Wilhelm Best - Abridged Edition (Privately published, 1985), Pg 56.

3 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1206.

4 Jude Ann Fischer, Wilhelm Best - Abridged Edition (Privately published, 1985), Pg 33.