Please note that this monument is a cenotaph, not a gravestone.
She is listed on the cemetery records as "Mrs. Martha Booth," but she was the widow of Peter Booth, and had married a second time, to Levi Rumrill. But Rumrill also predeceased her by a number of years. Where Martha actually is buried is not known. After Rumrill's death, she came to Anamosa, Iowa, in June 1840, where several of her children were, and she reverted to the "Booth" name. It is believed that she was buried in Wilcox Cemetery near Fairview, Iowa -- where her son Edmund's first daughter -- who died at age 17 months -- was buried. But the location of the graves was lost. Thus the cenotaphs in the Anamosa cemetery with the rest of the family.
She is listed on the cemetery records as "Mrs. Martha Booth," but she was the widow of Peter Booth, and had married a second time, to Levi Rumrill. But Rumrill also predeceased her by a number of years. Where Martha actually is buried is not known. After Rumrill's death, she came to Anamosa, Iowa, in June 1840, where several of her children were, and she reverted to the "Booth" name. It is believed that she was buried in Wilcox Cemetery near Fairview, Iowa -- where her son Edmund's first daughter -- who died at age 17 months -- was buried. But the location of the graves was lost. Thus the cenotaphs in the Anamosa cemetery with the rest of the family.
Please note that this monument is a cenotaph, not a gravestone.
She is listed on the cemetery records as "Mrs. Martha Booth," but she was the widow of Peter Booth, and had married a second time, to Levi Rumrill. But Rumrill also predeceased her by a number of years. Where Martha actually is buried is not known. After Rumrill's death, she came to Anamosa, Iowa, in June 1840, where several of her children were, and she reverted to the "Booth" name. It is believed that she was buried in Wilcox Cemetery near Fairview, Iowa -- where her son Edmund's first daughter -- who died at age 17 months -- was buried. But the location of the graves was lost. Thus the cenotaphs in the Anamosa cemetery with the rest of the family.
She is listed on the cemetery records as "Mrs. Martha Booth," but she was the widow of Peter Booth, and had married a second time, to Levi Rumrill. But Rumrill also predeceased her by a number of years. Where Martha actually is buried is not known. After Rumrill's death, she came to Anamosa, Iowa, in June 1840, where several of her children were, and she reverted to the "Booth" name. It is believed that she was buried in Wilcox Cemetery near Fairview, Iowa -- where her son Edmund's first daughter -- who died at age 17 months -- was buried. But the location of the graves was lost. Thus the cenotaphs in the Anamosa cemetery with the rest of the family.
Inscription
Mrs. Martha Booth
Died June 28, 1854
Age 84 years
BOOTH
Gravesite Details
Cenotaph only
Family Members
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