Robert C. Best and Aletta Hile

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Husband Robert C. Best ¹

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           Born: 13 Jul 1858 - Hempfield Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1
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         Father: Robert Cruson Best (1812-Abt 1865) 2 3 4
         Mother: Anna B. Bierer (1830-Aft 1906) 1 2 4

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       Marriage: 1888 1

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Wife Aletta Hile ¹

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         Father: William Hile (      -      ) 1
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1 F Lucy Best ¹

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2 F Anna May Best ¹

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3 F Gertrude Best ¹

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4 M Robert H. Best ¹

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5 U [Unk] Best

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General Notes: Husband - Robert C. Best

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In consequence of the death of his father he was obliged at a very early age to contribute to the support of the family. He desired to learn the trade of a blacksmith or carpenter, but was unable to do so, and later when he wished to enter the railroad service and his mother objected he yielded in deference to her wishes. In 1881 he left the mines where he was then working, and entered the service of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad as fire-man. Five months later he resigned and engaged in the same capacity with the Pennsylvania railroad. December 4, 1886, he was promoted to the position of engineer, becoming one of the best known engineers in the service of the company.
Mr. Best was a member of Westmoreland Lodge, No. 840, I. O. O. F., of Greensburg, having passed the chairs. He also belonged to J. M. Guffey Division, No. 454 Board of Locomotive Engineers. He was Democratic in politics, and was a member of the First Reformed Church of Greensburg.

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 590.

2 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 48.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 589.

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 162.