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      MELVIN G. BEST,
  
  [p. 752] justice of the peace and prominent citizen of Little Beaver
  Township, residing on his valuable farm of eighty-seven and one-half
  acres, was born July 23, 1859, at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and is a son
  of Charles L. and Dorothy (Fisher) Best.
  
  The father of Judge Best was born in Germany and was twelve years old
  when he accompanied his parents to America. The Best family settled at
  Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, where Charles L. Best ran a butcher shop for
  many years. He now lives retired at Enon Valley. He was married in
  Pittsburg to Dorothy Fisher and they had seven children born to them,
  namely: Melvin George; Emma, who married C. M. Burns; Griselda, who
  married J. I. Martin; Rose, who married J. C. Martin; Carl; Anna; and
  Norman, who died young.
  
  Melvin G. Best was fifteen years old when his parents moved to Enon
  Valley and he gave some assistance to his father, who conducted a meat
  market there. Later he returned to Pittsburg and in that city learned
  the house and sign painting business which he subsequently followed for
  twelve years. In 1896 he returned to Enon and purchased his present farm
  from J. H. Russell. Here he carries on general farming and dairying and
  owns a fine herd of Holstein cattle. He has greatly improved the place
  and erected all the buildings now standing.
  
  On September 5, 1888, Mr. Best was married to Winnie Staude, who was
  born at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and they have one son, Harry, a student
  at Geneva College. In politics, he is a Republican and he is serving in
  his second term as justice of the peace. He is a member of Enon Lodge,
  Knights of Maccabees.
  
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  20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and
  Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing
  Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
  
  Updated: 13 Dec 2001