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William Lewis Booth

Birth
Geneseo, Livingston County, New York, USA
Death
24 Feb 1894 (aged 76)
Hillsboro, Hill County, Texas, USA
Burial
Hillsboro, Hill County, Texas, USA Add to Map
Plot
unknown - gravestone missing
Memorial ID
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William is the son of Isaac & Jane McElhaney Booth.
He was the brother of Charles Marcellus, Lucinda, Daniel Matthew I & II, LeGrand, and Jane Brintha.
He was a pioneer resident of Hill County arriving in 1853. He was a lawyer in Hillsboro, helped to lay out the town of Hillsboro, was county judge for a time, was called "Colonel" by the locals, although he would have been too old to fight in the civil war, he was a Texas volunteer serving on the homefront. He married Mary Ann McManus and they had 3 children, Charles Thomas, William LeGrand and Sarah Jane. Mary Ann died before moving to Texas. He then married Hannah Conn 5 Feb 1843 in Indiana. They had 6 children, Richard R., Frank, Elizabeth, Lucinda (Cinnie), Conn and Anna.
William is the son of Isaac & Jane McElhaney Booth.
He was the brother of Charles Marcellus, Lucinda, Daniel Matthew I & II, LeGrand, and Jane Brintha.
He was a pioneer resident of Hill County arriving in 1853. He was a lawyer in Hillsboro, helped to lay out the town of Hillsboro, was county judge for a time, was called "Colonel" by the locals, although he would have been too old to fight in the civil war, he was a Texas volunteer serving on the homefront. He married Mary Ann McManus and they had 3 children, Charles Thomas, William LeGrand and Sarah Jane. Mary Ann died before moving to Texas. He then married Hannah Conn 5 Feb 1843 in Indiana. They had 6 children, Richard R., Frank, Elizabeth, Lucinda (Cinnie), Conn and Anna.