John Best, II

Book-Our Kin by Laban Milles Hoffman 1915- page 352

John Best's wife name was given to me as Katie Slinkard and his son, John married Katie Slinkard. I fear a mistake has been made here, and I hesitate to write Katie Slinkard as the wife of John Best, Sr. Jno Best Sr. as did the majority of the sons of our pioneer Best, moved to Southeast Missouri, and there are very many Best descendants in all the section. Near Bessville, in Bolinger County, I found a grandson of John Best still living. Though an old man with good mind and memory, and though he was albe to give me much valued information, yet the Best family have so scattered he had lost trace of many of them.