Boone, Daniel
pioneer, hunter, was born Feb. 11, 1735, in Bucks county, Pa. His name is always associated with the settlement of Kentucky, whose wilds he was the first white man to penetrate. He was the son of Squire Boone, who came to America from England in 1717. His ruling passions were love of adventure and fondness for the hunt. In 1812 he received from the Kentucky legislature a grant of nearly one thousand acres. He died Sept. 26, 1820, in Missouri.