HUSBAND: Levi BEST
BORN: Apr. 13, 1854 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., MI
MARRIAGE: Jan.21, 1877 in Silver City, Mills Co., IA 
DIED: Feb. 9, 1924 at home of son George W. in Cheyenne Co., KS
FATHER’S NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH: George Raymond BEST, Feb. 10, 1822
MOTHER’S NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH: Wealtha Ardaway KNAPP, May 18, 1831
NOTES: Buried in Benkelman Cemetery, Benkelman, Dundy Co., NE; no room to be buried beside his wife (family letter).
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WIFE: Emma L. SWARTS 
BORN: Apr. 14, 1853 in Ft. Wayne, Allen Co., IN 
DIED: Jan. 29, 1920 near Leigh, NE
FATHER’S NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH: George SWARTS, Nov. 26, 1826
MOTHER’S NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH: Margaret JOHNSON, 1830
NOTES: Buried next to father-in-law G. R. BEST and 
sister-in-law Emma (Best) BROWN in Wilson Cemetery family letter). No tombstone found.
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CHILD 1: Wealtha Ardaway BEST
SEX: F
BORN: Mar. 8, 1879 in Silver City, Mills Co., IA
MARRIAGE: Joel Francis BRIDGES, Apr. 10, 1897 in Colfax Co., NE 
DIED: Nov. 7, 1948 in Methodist Hosp., Omaha, NE
NOTES: Buried in Leigh Cemetery, Leigh, NE
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CHILD 2: Roy Raymond BEST
SEX: M
BORN: Aug. 16, 1885 in Hooper, Dodge Co., NE
MARRIAGE: Carrie Elizabeth VERNON, Dec.23, 1908 in Kanona, Decatur Co., KS  
DIED: Aug. 22, 1940 in Bird City, Cheyenne Co., KS
NOTES: Buried in Kanona Cemetery, Kanona, KS
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CHILD 3: Viola Jeanette BEST
SEX: F
BORN: Feb. 19, 1887 in Dodge Co. or Colfax Co., NE
MARRIAGE: David Emry BRIDGES
DIED: Apr. 19, 1957
NOTES: Buried in Leigh Cemetery, Leigh, NE
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CHILD 4: Richard BEST
SEX: M
BORN: between 1887 and 1892   
DIED: before 1892
NOTES: Burial unknown.
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CHILD 5: George William BEST
SEX: M
BORN: Apr. 15, 1892 near Leigh, Colfax Co., NE
MARRIAGE: Jane M. YOST, after Jun. 5, 1917 in Harlan Co., NE
OTHER MARRIAGES: Pearl Maida PASLEY, Mar. 20, 1920 in Wray, Yuma Co., CO
MILITARY SERVICE: France, WW I
DIED: Jan. 3, 1973 in St. Francis, Cheyenne Co., KS
NOTES: Buried in Benkelman Cemetery, Benkelman, NE next to his father and 2nd wife. 
    1st wife is buried in Alma Cemetery, Alma NE. 
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SUBMITTED BY: Karen & Dana Hewett
DATE: September 2006
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