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Collection: Books and Periodicals > Nevada County Historical Society Bulletins

Volume 074-4 - October 2020 (6 pages)

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NCHS Bulletin October 2020 world wars—as a US Army captain (pictured) in World War I and a US Navy captain in WWII. Military service took him to France and to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Captain Elbridge J. Best, M. D.: mss705_1_scrapbook, Courtesy of the UCSF Archives and Special Collections. : ae . Dr. Elbridge “Jack” Best (1887-1986) served as a medical officer in two or more than the remotest possibility of a university education. University extension courses reached Cornwall in the 1930s and a university education wasn’t available until late in the 20" century. The Bests’ cousins who remained in Cornwall may have led fulfilling lives, but lives mostly confined to the fields and clay pits their ancestors had known". Yet for all that William and Betsy Best and their descendants gained from venturing across the seas, they lost something precious—a homeland. Like Abraham and Sarah in scriptures, they sojourned and dwelled in tents. Then, in Nevada County, they found a home. Their extended family, including cousins named Quick, Richards, Pascoe and Berryman, lived in the same Grass Valley neighborhood. They baked pasties and made scalded cream. They worshipped with other “over ‘ome” families in the Methodist Church and heard the Cornish carols at Christmas. Nevada County Loyalties This restoration of home in a faraway place has assured the Best family’s loyalty to Nevada County for over 140 years. Dr. Jack Best, when he retired from medicine, returned to live in Cedar Ridge and lies with his ancestors in a Grass Valley cemetery. His son Alan, 98, is a lifetime member of the Nevada County Historical Society who regularly attended Society events. William and Betsy Best’s great grandchildren—with surnames including Best, Mason, Gribi, Hancock and Lauritson—have their own Nevada County memories. Last year, to help preserve their family’s stories, and the stories of thousands of other families, the Best family trust made an impactful contribution to the Nevada County Historical Society. In Nevada County, the Best name endures. EE Muriel Best Lauritson (born 1896), pictured c. 1909. Later, she and her husband, Jim Lauritson, owned two Central California grocery stores. She was active in the Santa Barbara’s Women’s Club and a life member of the Grass Valley Parlor of the Native Daughters of the Golden West. Courtesy Searls Historical Library.