Best, George 1a 2a

Birth Name Best, George
Gender male
Age at Death 87 years, 7 months

Narrative

He came to Daviess County from LaRue County in the 1880's with hismother. For reasons that remain unclear, George spent much of hisyouth with a Spencer family and a Walters family in LaRue County.According to an old insurance policy, George's father died when Georgewas only 11 years old, but his mother lived until George was 26 yearsold. Perhaps Elizabeth, unable to support three children, moved inwith those families after her husband's death.

George often proudly referred to his LaFollette relatives who hadmoved to Wisconsin and became very prominent in politics. TheLaFollette family generated two Wisconsin governors, a state AttorneyGeneral, and at least two U.S. Senators, one of which was aPresidential candidate on the Progressive Party ticket in 1924.

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 1864      
Death 1951-08-00      

Age: 87y

Occupation     farmer  

Families

Family of Best, George and Fulkerson, Sarah Francis
Married Wife Fulkerson, Sarah Francis ( * 1869 + 1940-06-00 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage 1886-11-03 Rockport, Indiana Religious Marriage  
Event Note

In the mid 1880's, when she was a young teen, Sarah took a fancy to aboy named George Best, who worked for her father. Her fatherdisapprovedd, but they continued to see one another secretly. Thestory goes that George would leave love letters and messages in astump on the Fulkerson farm, and that they would signal each other --she with a dinner bell and he with his hat tipped to one side -- if anote was waiting for the other. Mr. Fulkerson, apparently upset thatthe romance was continuing, fired the Best kid, who promptly ran offto Rockport with his daughter, where they were married.

  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Best, Cartha Ellen1889-02-221972-07-27
Best, Margaret Elizabeth1892-04-251979-08-16
Best, Walter Timothy1894-01-191991-09-10
Best, Johnny19001900
Best, Clemmy
Best, Amos
Best, Florence
Best, Dugan1967
Best, Hal
Best, Homer
Best, Les
Best, Mary

Source References

  1. Oral family history Oral History
      • Page: resource via Rodney Berry.
  2. Kevin Hammond: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:972535&id=I8026 Hammond / Anderson Families
      • Source text:

        # ID: I8026
        # Name: John FULKERSON
        # Given Name: John
        # Surname: Fulkerson
        # Sex: M
        # Note: John and Margaret had 11 children. He served in the AmericanRevolutionary War and died in 1835. 1
        # Birth: 1754 in Somerset, New Jersey
        # Death: 1835

        Father: Folkert FULKERSON b: 1727 c: 1727 in New Brunswick, (Middlesex Co.), New Jersey
        Mother: Margaret BOGERT

        Marriage 1 Margaret BRUNER

        * Married:

        Children

        1. Has Children James D. FULKERSON b: 1805 in Ohio

         

        Sources:

        1. Abbrev: Oral History
        Title: Oral family history
        Page: resource via Rodney Berry.
        Quality: 1

      • Citation:

        kevin@hammondfinancial.net