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Charles Davis Booth

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Charles Davis Booth

Birth
Stockton, San Joaquin County, California, USA
Death
5 Dec 1942 (aged 72)
Harlan, Shelby County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Harlan, Shelby County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
Plot
Addition:2 Lot:52 Plot:5
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Husband of Edith Belle (Pickard) Booth
(married 1895)
Father of adopted daughter Estella May Booth

NOTE: He has the honor of selling the first automobile sold in Shelby County, Iowa

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CHAS. D. BOOTH
Senator from the eighteenth district, comprising Cass and Shelby counties, was born in Stockton, California, January 2, 1870. In 1871 the family moved from California to a farm two miles east of Harlan, Shelby county, Iowa, where they lived until 1881, at which time they moved to Harlan. He graduated from the Harlan high school in 1888, and afterward finished one year's work at the Iowa State college at Ames. Following this he assisted his father in the farm machinery business in Harlan, and when of age was made partner in the business. He still holds a substantial interest in the business, which is continued under the name of the Booth Motor Company. Although living in Harlan he operates four hundred acres of land which is well stocked. Has served as township clerk of Harlan township, and city councilman of Harlan, and ten years in the Harlan volunteer fire department, two years of which he was chief. Has been president of the Harlan Commercial Club, the Kiwanis Club, and the Masonic Temple Association. Has served as presiding officer of all the Masonic bodies up to and including the Commandery. Was director in the Shelby County Farmers Mutual Telephone Company for fifteen years. County chairman of three successful war drives. Married October 31, 1895 to Edith Pickard of Harlan, and they now have one daughter, Estella May, who is attending high school. Has been a consistent republican in politics, county chairman from 1920 to 1926. Elected to state senate in 1926, served eight years.
Husband of Edith Belle (Pickard) Booth
(married 1895)
Father of adopted daughter Estella May Booth

NOTE: He has the honor of selling the first automobile sold in Shelby County, Iowa

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CHAS. D. BOOTH
Senator from the eighteenth district, comprising Cass and Shelby counties, was born in Stockton, California, January 2, 1870. In 1871 the family moved from California to a farm two miles east of Harlan, Shelby county, Iowa, where they lived until 1881, at which time they moved to Harlan. He graduated from the Harlan high school in 1888, and afterward finished one year's work at the Iowa State college at Ames. Following this he assisted his father in the farm machinery business in Harlan, and when of age was made partner in the business. He still holds a substantial interest in the business, which is continued under the name of the Booth Motor Company. Although living in Harlan he operates four hundred acres of land which is well stocked. Has served as township clerk of Harlan township, and city councilman of Harlan, and ten years in the Harlan volunteer fire department, two years of which he was chief. Has been president of the Harlan Commercial Club, the Kiwanis Club, and the Masonic Temple Association. Has served as presiding officer of all the Masonic bodies up to and including the Commandery. Was director in the Shelby County Farmers Mutual Telephone Company for fifteen years. County chairman of three successful war drives. Married October 31, 1895 to Edith Pickard of Harlan, and they now have one daughter, Estella May, who is attending high school. Has been a consistent republican in politics, county chairman from 1920 to 1926. Elected to state senate in 1926, served eight years.


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