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Catharine L. “Kate” <I>Shaffer</I> Best

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Catharine L. “Kate” Shaffer Best

Birth
Madisonburg, Centre County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
11 Jun 1861 (aged 46)
Monrovia, Atchison County, Kansas, USA
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Effingham, Atchison County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
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Catherine Best accompanied by her husband, John W. Best and seven children, crossed the country to find a new home in Kansas. Mr. Best had made a trip to Atchison County in the previous year and after carefully looking over the ground, made up his mind that the country had a great future, and he decided to move his family so as to make a permanent home in Kansas. The Best family arrived in Atchison in March of 1861 and at once moved to a farm in old Monrovia. In June of the same year, Catherine Best died, at the age of forty-six years. The following children were born to John W. and Catherine Best: Mary and Elvina, deceased, in Pennsylvania; Henry, living at Parr, Tex.; Lewis, Luther and Reuben, deceased; Mrs. Henrietta Lamberson of Argenty, Ark.; Michael, deceased and Aaron S. Best, Monrovia.
Catherine Best accompanied by her husband, John W. Best and seven children, crossed the country to find a new home in Kansas. Mr. Best had made a trip to Atchison County in the previous year and after carefully looking over the ground, made up his mind that the country had a great future, and he decided to move his family so as to make a permanent home in Kansas. The Best family arrived in Atchison in March of 1861 and at once moved to a farm in old Monrovia. In June of the same year, Catherine Best died, at the age of forty-six years. The following children were born to John W. and Catherine Best: Mary and Elvina, deceased, in Pennsylvania; Henry, living at Parr, Tex.; Lewis, Luther and Reuben, deceased; Mrs. Henrietta Lamberson of Argenty, Ark.; Michael, deceased and Aaron S. Best, Monrovia.

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