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Author: S. J. Clarke (Publisher, 1922)

WILLIAM I. BOOE.
    Commercial enterprise finds a substantial representative in William I. Booe,
who is conducting a store at Des Arc and by reason of his close application,
thoroughness and enterprise has gained a substantial measure of success in the
conduct of his business affairs. He is a native son of Prairie county, his birth
having occurred in the extreme western part of Union township in 1881. His
parents were L. Q. and Martha Jane (Melton) Booe, both of whom were born in the
vicinity of Holly Springs. Mississippi. The former was a son of Colonel I. D.
Booe, who took up his abode in Arkansas in pioneer times. The grandfather was a
Confederate veteran, and on removing to this state settled in Lonoke county,
near Walters Chapel, where both he and his wife spent their remaining days. He
was a prominent figure in connection with the public life of the community and
represented his district in the state legislature. The grandfather of William I.
Booe, in the maternal line, was William Melton, who lived near Bucks Landing,
Arkansas. He and his wife died on the same day. L. Q. Booe had one brother.
William, who became a Confederate soldier in the Civil war and lost his life in
battle. To L. Q and Martha Jane (Melton) Booe were born ten children: William
I., Hosea, Dorsey, Grace, Edna, Bessie, Lois, Jewell, Thomas J. and Emma, and of
this family Thomas J. served in the war with Germany.

    William I. Booe pursued his education in the public schools of Prairie
county, completing a course in the Cabot high school, after which he taught for
three years. He also studied in a commercial college and thus received thorough
training in preparation for life's practical and responsible duties. Starting
out in the commercial world, he became a clerk in a mercantile establishment at
Des Arc and later occupied the position of bookkeeper with the well-known Hayley
Berne & Company, which firm had been established in 1876 and was incorporated in
1902, its incorporators being: H. S. Hayley, president; W. H. Hayley, vice
president; Howard Beine, secretary, and G. W. Edmondson, treasurer. Mr. Booe
became an active factor in the conduct and management of the store, was elected
to the position of secretary on the resignation of Howard Beine, and acquired
stock in the business at that time. Later Mr. Edmondson sold his interest to H.
S. Hayley and Mr. Booe, and in March, 1919, the latter purchased the interest of
Mr. Hayley and is now sole owner of the business, which is one of the oldest
established mercantile enterprises of the city. A progressive policy has always
been maintained, and an excellent line of goods has been carried. Mr. Booe and
his associates in the business have ever recognized the fact that satisfied
customers are the best advertisement and, therefore, every effort has been put
forth to please their patrons. An extensive and well-selected line of goods is
carried, and the thorough reliability of the house has also contributed to the
growing success of the business.

    Mr. Booe was united in marriage to Miss Ola Hazen, a daughter of William and
Alice (Stephenson) Hazen of Des Arc. The children of this marriage are two
daughters: Mildred and Marjory Jane. Mr. Booe has always been keenly interested
in matters of public importance and during the World war served as chairman for
the Red Cross in the northern part of Prairie county. He had previously filled
the office of deputy county treasurer for four years, and at all time he is
loyal to every cause which he deems of value to the community. For four years he
was a member of the school hoard in Des Arc and has also served on the county
board of education, the cause of public instruction finding in him a stalwart
champion. He has acted as secretary of the Bible class in the Methodist
Episcopal church since the age of sixteen years and has long been a loyal and
consistent member of the church, in which he is serving as steward. Fraternally
he is a Consistory Mason and member of the Mystic Shrine. His life has ever been
the expression of high ideals, of noble purposes and of honorable business
methods, and throughout Des Arc and this section of the state he commands the
confidence and good will of all who know him.


Additional Comments:
Citation:
Centennial History of Arkansas
Volume II
Chicago-Little Rock: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1922


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