Brief Life History of Silas
When Silas Best was born on 15 June 1827, in Aurora, Kane, Illinois, United States, his father, Adam Edward Best, was 22 and his mother, Elizabeth Campbell, was 24. He married Priscilla Elizabeth Mick on 28 February 1850, in Tippecanoe, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Tolono, Tolono Township, Champaign, Illinois, United States in 1880 and Tolono Township, Champaign, Illinois, United States in 1880. He died on 3 January 1892, in South Bend, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in South Bend, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States.
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- Silas Best, "United States Census, 1880"
- Silas Best, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- Silas Best, "Indiana Death Index, 1882-1920"
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1834
Historical Boundaries: 1834: Illinois, United States 1836: Kane, Illinois, United States [Spreads across Kane, DuPage, Will, and Kendall counties]
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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