Brief Life History of Elizabeth Ann
When Elizabeth Ann Best was born on 12 July 1823, in Sumner, Tennessee, United States, her father, Samuel Best, was 29 and her mother, Mary Ann "Polly" Rider, was 20. She married Giles Green Hudson on 10 November 1839, in Van Buren, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons. She lived in Illinois, United States in 1870 and Anchor, McLean, Illinois, United States in 1880. She died on 13 August 1898, in Saybrook, McLean, Illinois, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Saybrook, McLean, Illinois, United States.
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- Elizabeth A Hudson in household of Giles G Hudson, "United States Census, 1850"
- Elizabeth Ann C Bess, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
- Elizabeth Ann Best Hudson, "Find A Grave Index"
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1833
Historical Boundaries 1833: Van Buren created from Jackson and Lafayette counties 1849: Renamed Cass County
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English and northern Irish: nickname from Middle English best(e) (Old English betst) ‘best, finest (person)’.
English, northern Irish, and French: nickname from Middle English best(e), Old French beste ‘beast, animal’ (especially those used for food or work), applied either as a metonymic occupational name for someone who looked after beasts, such as a herdsman, or as a nickname for someone thought to resemble an animal. Compare English Bester 1.
English: from a Middle English adverbial expression of the Best, but the meaning is unknown.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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