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Mr. Booker came to Greenfield Illinois in 1835 with his family from Kentucky. He taught school for three months, but in that time satisfied his aspirations in that direction, and in the spring of 1836, with the proceeds of his winter's work, supplemented with an amount which he borrowed, making his capital $1,000, he invested in general merchandising, and started out with ambition to become a millionaire. He by no honorable means untried to accomplish his purpose and for seventeen years his best energies were given in this direction, but on the 24th of February 1853, death called him hence. He left to his family a snug little fortune of $60,000.
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Mr. Booker came to Greenfield Illinois in 1835 with his family from Kentucky. He taught school for three months, but in that time satisfied his aspirations in that direction, and in the spring of 1836, with the proceeds of his winter's work, supplemented with an amount which he borrowed, making his capital $1,000, he invested in general merchandising, and started out with ambition to become a millionaire. He by no honorable means untried to accomplish his purpose and for seventeen years his best energies were given in this direction, but on the 24th of February 1853, death called him hence. He left to his family a snug little fortune of $60,000.
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Martha Virginia Booker Woolfolk DeWitt
1831–1905
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Benjamin Franklin Booker
1832–1899
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Harriet Eliza Booker Tunnell
1836–1856
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Lucy Jane Booker Kinkead
1838–1929
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Richard Bird Booker
1842–1906
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Mary E Booker
1845–1850
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Edward L Booker
1847–1847
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Mariah Louise "Rollie" Booker Dunlap
1847–1877
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Ada A Booker Worden
1852 – unknown
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