Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Jacob Best and Sarah Preston




Husband Jacob Best 1

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1876
         Buried: 
       Marriage: 

   Other Spouse: Elizabeth Shale (      -      ) 1



Wife Sarah Preston 2

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 1876 - Missouri 2
         Buried:  - Valley Cemetery, Ligonier, Westmoreland Co, PA

   Other Spouse: John Shale (1791-1860) 2 - England


Children

General Notes: Husband - Jacob Best


He was the owner of a farm of two hundred acres in Cook township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. He was a Democrat, and a member of the Presbyterian church.


General Notes: Wife - Sarah Preston


After the death of her second husband, she made her home with her son William, in Missouri, and there she died.

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Sources


1 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 858.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 584.


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