Stephen Best
b. circa 1848, d. March 1870
- Father: Ebenezer Best b. circa 1808
- Mother: Bathsheba (?) b. circa 1821, d. circa 1891
- Stephen Best was born circa 1848.
- Bathsheba (?) appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Lavaca County, Texas. Other members of the household included Stephen Best, Emily Best, John F. Best and Mary Margaret Wilkins.
- M. T. Dunham and Bathsheba (?) appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Hallettsville PO, Lavaca County, Texas, enumerated a few households from the Koonce family.. Other members of the household included Stephen Best, Emily Best and John F. Best.
- He married Winifred Pauline Koonce, daughter of John Philip Koonce and Harriet Newell Melton, circa 1867.
- Stephen Best died in March 1870 in Lavaca County, Texas, of pneumonia.
- His wife Winifred Pauline Koonce became a widow at his death.
- He was interred at Salem Cemetery, Ezzell, Lavaca County, Texas.
- Last Edited: 6 Mar 2014
Family: Winifred Pauline Koonce b. circa 8 June 1850, d. circa 21 July 1936
- Eben Best b. circa 1868
- Bathsheba Treatise Best b. February 1870, d. 23 March 1961