Joshua BEST

Birth:
1799/1800
Catawaba River, Lincoln, North Carolina
Death:
26 Jan 1875/76
(wp), Perry, Missouri
Burial:
Whitewater Cemetery, Perry, Missouri
Marriage:
28 Oct 1819
Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Father:
Peter BEST
Notes:
                   SOURCES:
    1. 1830 Census Perry, Mo. (FHL# 977.8694 V2i)
    2. 1840   "      "     "  (FHL# 977.8694 x2p)
    3. 1850   "      "     "  (FHL# 977.8694 x2p)
    4. Perry, Mo. Marriage Record (FHL# 977.8694 V25p)
    5. Perry, Mo. Church Record (FHL# 977.8694/P1 K2m)
    6. "     "    "      "    (FHL# 977.8694/P1 K2b)
    7. "     "    "      "    (FHL# 977.8694/P1 K2f)
    8. Ancestral File
    9. 1997 Ordinance Index
    10. Marriage Records, Cape Girardeau Co., MD; Original Marriage Book, p. 21 (FHL#925661)
    11. Cemeteries of Madison County, Missouri, and Surrounding Counties, Vol. 2, pp. 94-95 &101 (FHL#977.891,V3m, V.2)

NAME:
    Bess also known as Best

OCCUPATION:
    Farmer
Mary WHETSTONE
Birth:
Abt 1800
of Bedford, Pennsylvania
Death:
Aft 1840/50
Whitewater, Perry, Missouri
Children
Marriage
1
Adaline BESS
Birth:
Abt 1819
Perry, Missouri
Death:
William POTTER 
Marr:
27 Feb 1840
Perry, Missouri 
2
Elizabeth BESS
Birth:
12 May 1820
Whitewater, Perry, Missouri
Death:
Gidion S. D. SHAW 
Marr:
4 Nov 1838
Perry, Missouri 
3
Margaret BESS
Birth:
1821
of Whitewater, Perry, Missouri
Death:
Richard Anderson MURRAY 
Marr:
21 Jul 1840
Perry, Missouri 
4
Ellen BESS
Birth:
1823
of Missouri
Death:
 
Marr:
 
5
Sarah BESS
Birth:
Abt 1828
Perry, Missouri
Death:
William J. MURRAY 
Marr:
19 Aug 1842
Perry, Missouri 
6
Catharine BESS
Birth:
Abt 1831
Perry, Missouri
Death:
George ELDER 
Marr:
27 Dec 1849
Perry, Missouri 
7
Mary Ann BESS
Birth:
24 May 1832
Perry, Colorado
Death:
5 Aug 1912
Perry, Colorado
William David COUNTS 
Marr:
Abt 1849
of Perry, Missouri 
8
Susan BESS
Birth:
1835
Perry, Missouri
Death:
Frances HICKMAN 
Marr:
9 Mar 1854
Perry, Missouri 
9
Louisa BESS
Birth:
5 Dec 1838
Perry, Missouri
Death:
William B. COMBS 
Marr:
6 Dec 1855
Perry, Missouri 
10
Henry E. BESS
Birth:
1842
of Perry, Missouri
Death:
 
Marr:
 
11
Isaac J. BESS
Birth:
1844/46
Perry, Missouri
Death:
Sarah Louisa WHITE 
Marr:
Abt 1868
of Perry, Missouri 
Notes:
                   SOURCES:
    1. Cemeteries of Madison County, Missouri, and Surrounding Counties, Vol. 2, p. 94 (FHL#977.891, V3m, V.2)
    2. 1870 Federal Census, Perry County, Missouri, p. 75 (FHL#977.8694, X2p)
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Joshua Best - Mary Whetstone

Joshua Best was born at Catawaba River, Lincoln, North Carolina 1799/1800. His parents were Peter Best and Elizabeth Forney.

He married Mary Whetstone 28 Oct 1819 at Cape Girardeau, Missouri . Mary Whetstone was born at of Bedford, Pennsylvania Abt 1800 daughter of David Whetstone and Mrs. David Whetstone .

They were the parents of 11 children:
Adaline Bess born Abt 1819.
Elizabeth Bess born 12 May 1820.
Margaret Bess born 1821.
Ellen Bess born 1823.
Sarah Bess born Abt 1828.
Catharine Bess born Abt 1831.
Mary Ann Bess born 24 May 1832.
Susan Bess born 1835.
Louisa Bess born 5 Dec 1838.
Henry E. Bess born 1842.
Isaac J. Bess born 1844/46.

Joshua Best died 26 Jan 1875/76 at (wp), Perry, Missouri .

Mary Whetstone died Aft 1840/50 at Whitewater, Perry, Missouri .