This is my direct ancestor.
The following appears in the History of Whiteside County, IL:
"William Booth, Sr., a native of Virginia, settled with his family in Newton township in March, 1839. He drove through from Indiana the preceding winter. After leaving Virginia he remained a year in Ohio, and four years in Indiana; but the ague troubled his family so much he fled from it, thus leaving the Hoosier State and locating in the Rock River Valley. Mr. Booth settled on section nine, he being the first settler in that part of the present town of Newton. Mr. Booth was born in Randolph County, Va., Mary 4, 1783, and died upon his homestead in Newton, Dec. 7, 1854. He was married in April 1802. His wife was born Oct. 11, 1786, and died Oct. 1875. A very large number of children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren are left to revere the memory of Mr. & Mrs. Booth. Children: John, now a resident of Ohio; Malinda, wife of Samuel Emmons of Tampico Twp.; Houston, a resident of Virginia; Hart, a resident of Indiana; Elijah, killed at Memphis; Jane M., wife of S. J. Thompson of Missouri; Nancy A., wife of Asa F. R. Emmons of Rock Falls; Stepehn C., now in California; Isaac, a resident of Indiana; Edward D., a farmer in Newton; Wm. S., a farmer in Albany Twp.; James H., a farmer in Newton; Lucinda, Daniel and Deborah, deceased." (William Booth's lineage through his father Daniel Booth and his grandfather James Booth has been documented through Daughters of the American Revolution). William Booth was a soldier in the War of 1812.
"Major W. Booth likewise served with the American army in that war. He married Deborah Hart, and they had fifteen children. She was a daughter of Edward Hart, who was a son of John Hart, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence."
Source: History of Whiteside County by William Davis
This is my direct ancestor.
The following appears in the History of Whiteside County, IL:
"William Booth, Sr., a native of Virginia, settled with his family in Newton township in March, 1839. He drove through from Indiana the preceding winter. After leaving Virginia he remained a year in Ohio, and four years in Indiana; but the ague troubled his family so much he fled from it, thus leaving the Hoosier State and locating in the Rock River Valley. Mr. Booth settled on section nine, he being the first settler in that part of the present town of Newton. Mr. Booth was born in Randolph County, Va., Mary 4, 1783, and died upon his homestead in Newton, Dec. 7, 1854. He was married in April 1802. His wife was born Oct. 11, 1786, and died Oct. 1875. A very large number of children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren are left to revere the memory of Mr. & Mrs. Booth. Children: John, now a resident of Ohio; Malinda, wife of Samuel Emmons of Tampico Twp.; Houston, a resident of Virginia; Hart, a resident of Indiana; Elijah, killed at Memphis; Jane M., wife of S. J. Thompson of Missouri; Nancy A., wife of Asa F. R. Emmons of Rock Falls; Stepehn C., now in California; Isaac, a resident of Indiana; Edward D., a farmer in Newton; Wm. S., a farmer in Albany Twp.; James H., a farmer in Newton; Lucinda, Daniel and Deborah, deceased." (William Booth's lineage through his father Daniel Booth and his grandfather James Booth has been documented through Daughters of the American Revolution). William Booth was a soldier in the War of 1812.
"Major W. Booth likewise served with the American army in that war. He married Deborah Hart, and they had fifteen children. She was a daughter of Edward Hart, who was a son of John Hart, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence."
Source: History of Whiteside County by William Davis
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