Melvin George Best and Winnie Staude

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Husband Melvin George Best ¹

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           Born: 23 Jul 1859 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 1
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         Father: Charles L. Best (      -      ) 1 2
         Mother: Dorothy Fisher (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 5 Sep 1888 3

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Wife Winnie Staude ³

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           Born:  - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA
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Children

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1 M Harry Best ³

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General Notes: Husband - Melvin George Best

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He was fifteen years old when his parents moved to Enon Valley, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, and he gave some assistance to his father, who conducted a meat market there. Later he returned to Pittsburgh and in that city learned the house and sign painting business which he subsequently followed for twelve years. In 1896 he returned to Enon and purchased a farm from J. H. Russell. There he carried on general farming and dairying and owned a fine herd of Holstein cattle. He greatly improved the place and erected all new buildings.
In politics, he was a Republican and he served multiple terms as justice of the peace. He was a member of Enon Lodge, Knights of Maccabees.

1 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 752.

2 —, Book of Biographies, Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899), Pg 128.

3 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 753.