Edward is the son of Joseph Best and Catherine A. Brindle.
Edward married Ella Jane Wray on 10-27-1891 in Washington Co., Pennsylvania.
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Family records
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW6N-Z4Y : 14 January 2022), Joseph Best, Wilkins Township, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGSB-1FK : accessed 25 June 2022), Edward Best, Jefferson, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 104, sheet 1A, family 1, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1294; FHL microfilm 1,375,307.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCHK-8MM : accessed 25 June 2022), Edward E Best, Jefferson, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 641, sheet 1A, line 6, family 2, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1965; FHL microfilm 2,341,699.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQQ7-83G : 7 January 2021), Beryl Grine in household of Edward Best, Jefferson Township, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 2-253, sheet 10A, line 21, family 176, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3406.
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