An obituary published in the Shelbyville Democrat on February 24, 1916 for Mrs. E. A. Boone, stated that she had died at the St. Mary's Hospital in Decatur, Saturday [February 19, 1916]. Mrs. Alice Boone was born January 29, 1855 in Todd's Point Township, Shelby County, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Foster. On September 10, 1872, she married E. A. Boone of Shelbyville and they had resided in Shelbyville since their marriage. She was a member of the Methodist Church. Surviving were her husband and three sons. The sons were C. F. Boone, a grocer of Decatur, Dr. H. W. Boone, a dentist of Champaign, and Homer Boone of Des Moines, Iowa. Also surviving were one brother and four sisters, E. G. Foster, cashier of the Tower Hill bank, Mrs. John Garman of Decatur, Mrs. Ida Smith of Hoyt, Kansas, Mrs. Joseph Deadman of Bethany and Mrs. C. C. Snapp of Findlay. Funeral services were held in the family home and burial was in Glenwood Cemetery.

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Alice Dora Foster was the daughter of Joseph & Mary Dobson Foster. She married Edward Boone, 10 Sep 1872, Shelby County, Illinois.

Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940
Name Edward A Boone
Sex Male
Spouse's Name Alice D Foster
Spouse's Sex Female
Marriage Date 10 Sep 1872
Marriage Place Shelby, Illinois, United States

Illinois, U.S., Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947
Name: Mrs Alice Dora Boone
[Mrs Alice Dora Foster]
Birth Date: 29 Jan 1855
Birth Place: Illinois
Death Date: 19 Feb 1916
Death Place: Decatur, Macon, Illinois
Burial Date: 21 Feb 1916
Burial Place: Shelbyville, Ill
Death Age: 61
Occupation: Housewife
Race: White
Marital Status: M
Gender: Female
Residence: Shelbyville, Illinois
Father Name: Joseph Foster
Father Birth Place: England
Mother Name: Mary Dobsen
Mother Birth Place: England
FHL Film Number: 1530824