Booker, George William – Boothman, M. M
Booker, George William
lawyer, congressman, was born Dec. 5, 1821, in Patrick county, Va. He was justice of the peace, and then presiding justice of Henry county court, for ten years. He supported the government during the rebellion; and was elected to the house of delegates of Virginia in 1865. He was elected to the forty-first congress, in 1869, as a conservative; and was re-elected to the fortysecond congress. He died June 4, 1883, in Martinsville, Va.
Boomer, George Boardman
bridge builder, soldier, was born July 26, 1832, in Sutton, Mass. He settled at an early age at St. Louis, as a bridge builder, He laid out and partly built the town of Castle Rock on the Osage river. As colonel of 22d Missouri volunteers he was present at the surrender of Island No. 10, and, at the battle of Iuka, was distinguished, and severely wounded. He was killed in a charge on the fortifications of Vicksburg. He died May 22, 1863, in Vicksburg, Miss.
Boon, Ratliff
congressman, was born in 1781, in Franklin county, N. C.
He was a representative in congress from Indiana from 1825 to 1827, and again from 1829 to 1839. He died Nov. 20, 1844, in Louisiana.
Boone, Andrew R
lawyer, jurist, legislator, congressman, was born April 4, 1831, in Davidson county, Tenn. In 1854 he was elected a county judge for four years; and was re-elected, but resigned. In 1861 he was elected to the legislature, but resigned and returned home, where he remained until the close of the war; in 1868 he was elected judge of the first district of Kentucky, holding the position for six years; and was elected a representative from Te nessee to the forty-fourth and forty-fifth congresses.
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.
Boone, Enoch
was born in 1777, in Boonesborough, Ky. He was the first white male child born in Kentucky. Daniel Boone's wife, with her daughters, went to live with her husband in his palisaded fort in 1776; but after Boone's capture his family returned to North Carolina.
He died March 8, 1862.
Boone, Richard Ganse
educator, college president, author, was born Sept. 9, 1849, in Spiceland, Ind. He graduated from the Spiceland academy, and has attained success in educational work. He has been superintendent of schools of Frankfort, Ind.; professor of pedagogy in the Indiana university; and is now president of the state normal college of Ypsilanti, Mich. He is the author of Education in the United States; History of Education in Indiana; and other works.
Boone, William F
jurist, was born in Maryland. He resided in Pennsylvania; and was appointed an associate justice of the United States court for the territory of New Mexico.
Boone, William Jones
protestant episcopal bishop, was born in 1847, in Shanghai. He studied theology at the divinity school in Philadelphia. Having been appointed missionary bishop, he was consecrated in Shanghai, Oct. 28, 1884, by Bishop Williams, of Yedo, and Bishops Moule and Scott, English missionary bishops in China.
Boorman, James
merchant, was born in 1783, in England. He was one of the pioneers in the construction of the Hudson river railroad, and was for many years its president. He was also one of the founders of the Bank of Commerce.
The Institution for the Blind, the Protestant Half-Orphan asylum, the Southern Aid society, and the Union Theological seminary were among the recipients of his bounty. He died Jan. 24, 1866, in New York city.
Booth, Agnes
actress, was born in South Wales. She has attained a national prominence as a noted actress; and has played in all the most popular cities in the United States.
Booth, Alfred
business man, was born Feb. 14, 1828, in Glastonbury, England. He became a large dealer in oysters, and, as time wore on, opened stores and packing houses in different parts of Chicago. In 1880 Alfred E. and William V. Booth, sons, came into partnership with their father under the title of A. Booth and Sons, and the concern is now incorporated as The A. Booth Packing Co., capital, $1,000,000.
Booth, Ballington
soldier, Salvation army commander, was born in 1857, in England. He is the second son of General Booth, general of the Salvation army in England. Ballington took command of the training school for the army at Hackney, London, in 1880; established the work in Australia in 1884; and in America in 1886. Being commanded by the general to leave America and go to another field of labor, Ballington resigned his command and organized the Volunteer army.
Booth, Benjamin
merchant, author.
He made known his system of keeping accounts in a volume entitled A Complete System of Book-keeping by an Improved Method of Double Entry, containing also a New Method of stating Factorage Accounts, adapted particularly to the Trade of the British Colonies. It was written humorously, with fanciful entries, under the names of noted persons to illustrate the new method.
Booth, Edwin
actor, was born Nov. 13, 1833, in Bel Air, Md. He made his first regular appearance upon the stage at the Boston museum in 1849. Edwin Booth continued to act with his father for more than two years after the advent of the Boston museum. His father being ill, he suddenly and promptly took the place of the elder tragedian, and for the first time in his life enacted Richard III. This effort, remarkably successful for a comparative novice, was hailed as the indication of great talent and as the augury of a brilliant future.
He died June 7, 1893, in New York.
Booth, Edwin S
lawyer, legislator, was born March 24, 1865, in Keokuk, Iowa. He graduated from the Keokuk high school, and from the Keokuk college of law. He has attained prominence as an able lawyer of Butte, Mont., has been an attorney of Silver Bow county; and has served as a member of the fourth legislative assembly of Montana.
Booth, Emma Scarr
author, was born April 25, 1835, in England. She is the author of three volumes, entitled Karan Kringle's Journal; A Willful Heiress; and Poems. She has also composed numerous songs and instrumental pieces.
Booth, Henry Matthias
clergyman, author, was born Oct. 3, 1843, in New York city. He is an eminent presbyterian clergyman and the president of the Auburn Theological seminary of New York. He is the author of The Heavenly Vision and other Sermons; Sunrise, Noonday, and Sunset of the Day of Grace; and First Communion.
Booth, John Wilkes
actor, was born in 1838, in Bel Air, Md. He first appeared on the stage in St. Charles, Baltimore, and proved himself to be an actor of earnestness and promise. His last appearance was at Ford's theater, in Washington, which was attended by President Lincoln, who was assassinated by Booth the same night. He died April 26, 1865.
Booth, Junius Brutus
actor, was born May 1, 1796, in London, England.
He gained a triumph as a substitute for Edmund Kean in the character of Sir Giles Overreach, captivating an audience that was at first indignant at the young actor's presumption. He continued to play at Worthing, and found influential admirers, who prevailed upon the manager, Harris, to give him a trial as Richard III., at Covent garden, where he appeared in that character in 1817, and delighted the metropolitan audience. He died Nov. 3, 1852.
Booth, Mary A
microscopist, author, was born Sept. 9, 1843, in Longmeadow, Mass. She is the editor of Practical Microscopy of Springfield, Mass.; and the author of several works on that subject.
Booth, Mary Louise
journalist, author, was born April 19, 1831, in Yaphank, N. Y. She was the editor of Harper's Bazar from its establishment in 1867 to 1889. She made over thirty valuable translations from the French. A History of the City of New York was her only piece of original writing. She died March 5, 1889, in New York city.
Booth, Newton
merchant, lawyer, governor, United States senator, was born Dec. 25, 1825, in Salem, Ind. He graduated at the Asbury university in 1846; studied law in Terre Haute, and came to the bar in 1850. He was elected to the California state senate in 1863; and was elected governor of the state in 1871; elected a senator in congress from California, and served during 1875-81.
Booth, Walter
soldier, merchant, manufacturer, congressman, was born Dec. 8, 1791, in Woodbridge, Conn. For eighteen years he was president of the Meriden bank; was a member of the Connecticut general assembly and state senate; and in 1834 was associate judge of the county court. He was major-general of militia; and was elected a member of the thirty-first congress.
Boothman, M. M
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Oct. 16, 1846, in Williams county, Ohio. He was elected to the fiftieth and fifty-first congresses.