When Martha Jane Best was born on 2 February 1848, in Washington, Kentucky, United States, her father, Samuel Taylor Best, was 36 and her mother, Elizabeth Paddock, was 25. She married William John Roberts on 19 March 1867, in Springfield, Washington, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Magisterial District 3, Washington, Kentucky, United States in 1900 and Perryville, Hart, Kentucky, United States in 1910. She died on 11 September 1924, in Mercer, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Rose Hill, Mercer, Kentucky, United States.
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According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.
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.
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