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Subject: Re: [ADVANRES] William H. Bestor
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 19:44:09 -0500
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Sorry--I accidently hit send without typing a reply, so there is a
unintended message.

We think Corwin Bestor in Portage County in 1850 may fit into the mix, but
have no idea how he is related. He'd be a perfect brother for William, but
there's no William in that family.

There is an Almanza Bester in Bainbridge, Geauga County, Ohio in 1840 with
some young children, perfect family for William H. to have been born into in
1841, but we cannot find him later. Almanza seems to be a masculine name.

Evidently this isn't going to be an easy nut to crack, but all suggestions
are appreciated.

Lila


----- Original Message -----
From: "Michele" <>
To: <>
Sent: 09 July, 2008 2:46 PM
Subject: Re: [ADVANRES] William H. Bestor


> Beston, Vestor, Veston, Fester, Foster, Boston, Hestor, Hester, Heston,
> Hesten, Easter, Baseter, Bister, and the list could go on from there.
> This is a really tough one. Didn't you say that he had a son named
> Corwin? There was an earlier Corwin Bester in Mantua, Portage Co., Ohio
> in the 1850 census. Maybe that could lead somewhere. That Corwin was
> born in 1843.
>
> wrote:
>> Can anyone think of how my William H. Bestor could be misindexed, so that
>> he cannot be located as a child in his parents' family in 1850 or 1860,
>> or in the 1880 census?
>>
>> Here is what I know about him:
>>
>> Stated as father of Barbara Mae Bestor on her 1890 marriage to Murdock
>> McKenzie in Colfax County, Nebraska.
>> England stated as father's birthplace by Mae McKenzie, 1900 census,
>> Colfax County, Nebraska.
>>
>> Have not found in 1850 or 1860 censuses, not for lack of trying.
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> CIVIL WAR:
>>
>> DESCRIPTIVE AND HISTORICAL REGISTER OF ENLISTED SOLDIERS OF THE ARMY.
>> Ancestry.com; time frame 1798-1914.
>>
>> William H. Bestor, born Bainbridge, Ohio; age 20; Blacksmith; enlisted 1
>> August 1861 at Cleveland for 5 years; Eyes gray, hair light, complexion
>> ruddy, height 5 feet [illegible] inches; 6th Regiment, Company B; FUTURE
>> HISTORY Discharge 1 August 64 [math doesn't work] at expiration of
>> service. Remarks: "At in this field A Private" [?]
>>
>> William H. Bester 38 Ohio Infantry Union Company B Soldier's Rank_In Pvt.
>> Soldier's Rank_Out Pvt. Alternate Name William H./Bestor Notes Film
>> Number M552 roll 8.
>>
>> http://www.footnote.com/searchdocuments.php?query=bestor&collection=27436&submit=Search#27900741:
>>
>> Publication Number: T289Publication
>>
>> Title: Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between
>> 1861 and 1900.
>>
>> Publisher: NARA
>>
>> State: [Blank]
>>
>> Arm Of Service: Cavalry
>>
>> Regiment: 6 Company: B
>>
>> Name: Bestor, William H.
>>
>> Date: 15-NOV-1892
>>
>> State/arm Of Service: [Null]
>>
>> Company/regiment: [Null]
>>
>> Roll Number: 700
>>
>> Collection Title: Civil War Pensions
>>
>> 1890 Veteran's Census of Michigan, Bay City, Bay County, Supervisor's
>> District 5, Enumeration District 244; William H. Bestor, Private Company
>> B, 6 U.S. Cavalry, Enlisted 1861, discharged 1865, served 5 years. Post
>> office address Bay City; no disability listed; served 5 years regular
>> Army (this last in remarks).
>>
>> Sons of Union Veterans Website, www.suvcwdb.org, William H. Bester, birth
>> 28 Sep 1841, death 12 Mar 1899 age 58, Private Co. B, 6th U.S. Cavalry,
>> enlisted 1 August 1861 discharged 12 July 1865. Buried Ohio Soldier's &
>> Sailors' Home Cemetery, Columbus Avenue, Sandusky, Perkins Twp., Erie
>> County, Ohio, Lot 5, Section G, Grave 13, with military headstone.
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> On the LDS International Genealogical Index: Marriage, William H. Bestor
>> and Barbara "Nichols" (Niggli), 29 July 1865, Lake County, Ohio. He had
>> been discharged from the U.S. Army 12 July 1865. Lake County marriage
>> film does not give further information except that they were married by
>> S. B. Webster, GM. (?) A Silas B. Webster was a Baptist minister on the
>> 1850 and 1860 Lake County censuses. He was in Plainsville in 1860.
>>
>> Family found in Cuyahoga County Ohio in 1870 before Barbara's birth:
>> William Bester 24 born Ohio, *boilermaker*, literate, parents of foreign
>> birth.
>>
>> Barbara 22 born Prussia, literate [really born Switzerland]
>>
>> Erwin 3 born Ohio
>>
>> Erwin must be the "Corvin Bester" age 12 and a servant in the Jacob
>> Custer family in Colfax County, Nebraska, 1880."Corbin" was still in
>> Colfax County living in the John Riley family on the 1885 Nebraska State
>> Census.
>>
>> Cannot find any of this family except Erwin/Corvin/Corbin etc. in
>> 1880--Corvin in Colfax County, Nebraska.
>>
>> On the LDS International Genealogical Index: Marriage, William H. Bestor,
>> age 34 [1846 birth], born Ohio, and Anna M. Fitz Henry, 18 June 1880, Bay
>> County, Michigan. Actual marriage record gives marriage date of 18 June
>> 1879.
>>
>> This marriage seems to indicate that Barbara (Niggli) Bestor had died
>> before 1879. The children must have been sent to relatives. Were Mrs.
>> Jacob Custer and Mrs. John Riley some relation to either the Bestor or
>> Niggli families? Daughter "May" (Mae) was with Barbara's sister Caroline
>> Niggli Patterson in Iowa county, Iowa in 1880 and 1885.
>>
>> 1890-1891 Bay County, Michigan Directory, Bay City: Bestor, Wm. H.
>> *boilermaker*, res 113 Fraser, Bay City.
>>
>> Application for pension on 15 Nov 1892 seems to indicate that his health
>> had failed by then. See Civil War data, above.
>>
>> See Civil War data above for death and burial information.
>>
>> Conclusion: Occupation Boilermaker seems to make the tie that Barbara's
>> husband was the man who was later in Bay City, Michigan. The Bay City
>> 1890 veteran's census ties this William to the soldier serving from and
>> dying in Ohio, because the company, regiment etc. are a match.
>>
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