Born in Blount County, Tennessee, USA
Daughter of Abraham Ridge
and Elizabeth Phebe (Johnston) Ridge
Sister of
David Huston Ridge
Wife of
James Madison Best
— married
19 May 1856 in Blount, Tennessee, USA
Descendants 
Mother of
Phoebe Jane (Best) Hill, Colonel John Best, Margaret Best, Landon C. Best, Sallie (Best) Ridge, Samuel Dave Best, Will Best, Lewis W. Best, James Walker Best and Amanda Ellen (Best) Jones
Died
at about age 68
in Blount County, Tennessee, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 17 May 2015
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Biography
Sources
- 1860
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8YS-2K9 : 12 December 2017), Phebe J Best in entry for James Best, 1860.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Susan by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Susan:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Susan by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Susan:
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~6.25%
~12.50%
Louise (Clayton) Ritchey 
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member elsieritchey
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~3.12%
Michele (Milligan) Smith :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A278665 [compare], Ancestry member Redbomchele41
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~3.12%
Michael Ellis :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Steven Godbehere :
23andMe, yourDNAportal STEf6c07280
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Rejected matches › Elizabeth A. Riggs (1836-)
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