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Sarah A. Best 1835–1914 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 31 May 1835

Birth Location: Butler, Pennsylvania, USA

Death Date: 25 May 1914

Death Location: Saltsburg, Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA

Father: Alexander Best

Mother: Susannah Sumney

Spouse(s): Archibald Ruffner

Children(s): Ella Ruffner, George Ruffner, Elizabeth Ruffner, Annice Ruffner

Sarah A. Best was born in 1835 in Butler, Pennsylvania, USA, the child of Alexander Best And Susannah Sumney. Sarah A. Best married Archibald Ruffner, and had children including Annice Inas Ruffner, Elizabeth Eliza Jane Ruffner, Ella May Ruffner, George Wilson Ruffner. Sarah A. Best passed away in 1914 in Saltsburg, Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Biography

  • Sarah A. Best was born in 1835 in Butler, Pennsylvania, USA, the child of Alexander Best And Susannah Sumney.
  • Sarah A. Best married Archibald Ruffner, and had children including Annice Inas Ruffner, Elizabeth Eliza Jane Ruffner, Ella May Ruffner, George Wilson Ruffner.
  • Sarah A. Best passed away in 1914 in Saltsburg, Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Alexander Best
1804–1868
Birth Location: Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, USA
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Susannah Sumney
1804–1869
Birth Location: Pennsylvania
SS

Spouses(s)

Archibald Ruffner
1829–1914
Birth Location: Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
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Children(s)

Ella Ruffner
1868–1961
Birth Location: Grant Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania
ER
George Ruffner
1878–1956
Birth Location: Grant Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania
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Elizabeth Ruffner
1856–1917
Birth Location: Grant Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania
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Annice Ruffner
1863–
Birth Location: Grant Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania
AR

Sarah Best's Ancestors

Self
Sarah Best
1835–1914
Birth Place: Butler, Pennsylvania, USA
Parents
Alexander Best
1804–1868
Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, USA
Susannah Sumney
1804–1869
Pennsylvania
Grandparents
nicholas best
1769–1845
Northampton County, Pennsylvania
Anna (Maria Catherina Everhart) Best
1770–1856
Lehigh, Northampton, Pennsylvania, USA
Great-Grandparents
Paul (Eberhart)
1727–1797
(Emma) (STATTLER)
1729–1797
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sarah Best's Descendants

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Sarah (A.) Best (31 May 1835–25 May 1914) m. Archibald Ruffner (06 February 1829–21 November 1914)
  1. 1. Ella (May) Ruffner 1868–1961
  2. 2. George (Wilson) Ruffner 1878–1956
  3. 3. Elizabeth ("Eliza "Jane) Ruffner 1856–1917 m. George (Washington) Brown 1852–
    1. 1. Sara (Mae) Miller 1890–1961 m. Harry (Ellis) Miller 1886–1959
      1. 1. Mildred (Maude) Miller 1914–1959
      2. 2. Byron (Earl) Miller 1908–1983
      3. 3. Albert (Monroe) Miller 1910–1997
      4. 4. Harry (William) Miller 1918–1972
    2. 2. Maude Brown 1878–1950
  4. 4. Annice (Inas) Ruffner 1863–

Sarah Best's Timeline

2 Records

1835
31 May 1835
Birth of Sarah A. Best in Butler, Pennsylvania, USA
Butler, Pennsylvania, USA
1914
25 May 1914
Age 79
Death of Sarah A. Best in Saltsburg, Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
Saltsburg, Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 31 May 1835
    Event Place: Butler, Pennsylvania, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 May 1914
    Event Place: Saltsburg, Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
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