Alfred Best
Birth Date
On 1829 June 19 (Born)
Death Date
On 1905 June 27 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Pioneer
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Born in Toddington, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
1829 June 19
Mother
Diana Peart
Father
Richard Best
Baptized by James Brown
1849 (Age 19)
Traveled in
James W. Cummings Company
1851 July 1 – October 7 (Age 22)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
On 1851 July 1
Joined Company
Between 1851 September 30 – October 7
Company Arrived
Married
Margaret Oakley
1852 June 19 (Age 23)
Married
Mary Susanna Higgs
1865 March 25 (Age 35)
Married
Mary Eliza Conk
1866 October 3 (Age 37)
Married
Amanda J. Conk
1868 April 25 (Age 38)
Served in
British Mission
1880 August 23 – 1881 January 24 (Age 51)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
35th
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
W Woodruff
Set Apart By
Wilford Woodruff
Date Details
On 1880 August 23
Set Apart
On 1881 January 24
Released
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1905 June 27 (Age 76)
Media
Alfred Best (1829 - 1905) Profile
Sources
Person
1860 United States Census
1860 United States Census.
"Alfred Best is Dead," Salt Lake Herald
"Alfred Best is Dead," Salt Lake Herald, 28 June 1905.
"Alfred Best Passes Away," Deseret Evening News
"Alfred Best Passes Away," Deseret Evening News, 28 June 1905.
Mission
Alfred Best Mission to Great Britain by Richard Henstrom
Alfred Best Mission to Great Britain by Richard Henstrom.
Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, Vol. 1, Page 50, Line 2155.
Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, Vol. 2, Page 55, Line 2155.
Pioneer
"Alfred Best," In Biographical Information Relating to Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel database
"Alfred Best," In Biographical Information Relating to Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel database.
Transcript for "Alfred Best," In Biographical Information Relating to Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel database
Biographical Record of Salt Lake City and Vicinity (Chicago: National Historical Record Company, 1902), 315
Biographical Record of Salt Lake City and Vicinity (Chicago: National Historical Record Company, 1902), 315.
"Events of the Month," Improvement Era, 8
"Events of the Month," Improvement Era, 8, August.
Thirteenth Ward record of members, 1841-1890
Thirteenth Ward record of members, 1841-1890.