Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Godlieb Best and Elizabeth Lucetta Best




Husband Godlieb Best 1 2

            AKA: Gottlieb Best 3
           Born: 3 Mar 1840 - Beaver Twp, Clarion Co, PA 2
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         Father: John Best (1802-      ) 2 4 5
         Mother: Margaret Smail (1811-      ) 2 5 6


       Marriage: 23 Aug 1866 1 7



Wife Elizabeth Lucetta Best 8

            AKA: Elizabeth E. Best 1 7
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           Died: Aft 1913
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         Father: Michael Best (1815-1904) 8 9
         Mother: Lucy Ann Edinger (1817-1899) 3 9




Children
1 M Irvin W. Best 10

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2 M Charles C. Best 10

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3 M Francis E. A. Best 10

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4 F Sarah L. F. Best 10

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5 F Laura C. Best 10

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6 M Oliver U. Best 10

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General Notes: Husband - Godlieb Best

Beaver Twp, Clarion Co, PA

He was a farmer, and owned and occupied a farm of 288 acres.


General Notes: Wife - Elizabeth Lucetta Best


One source lists Elizabeth E. and Lucetta as separate daughters of the father.

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Sources


1 A. J. Davis, History of Clarion County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., 1887), BP v.

2 Marlin A. Field, Peter Smail of Pennsylvania & His Descendants (Ozark, MO: Dogwood Printing, Sept., 1990), Pg 484.

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

4 A. J. Davis, History of Clarion County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., 1887), BP v, xxx.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 652.

6 A. J. Davis, History of Clarion County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., 1887), BP xxx.

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

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

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

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


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