Bureau County IL Archives Biographies.....Booth, Aldlen
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Biography for Aldlen Booth, Bureau County, Illinois


Aldlen Booth, Fairfield, was born September 24, 1811 in Tompkins County, 
N. Y.  He is the son of William and Sally (Ashley) Booth, natives of 
Massachusetts, as was also Grandfather Joseph Booth, who died in 
Tompkins County, N. Y.  William Booth was a soldier in the war of 1812.  
He was a farmer and died in Cataraugus County N. Y. His widow, a native 
of Salem, Mass., survived him and drew his war pension.  She died in 
Whiteside County, Ill., aged ninety-two years.  She was the mother of 
seven children, viz.: Ashley, now a resident of Whiteside County; Phebe, 
deceased; Allen, our subject; William, deceased; Daniel, who remained in 
New York State; Lyman, of Adair County, Iowa; and George W., of Blue 
Earth, Minn.  All came West except Daniel.  Our subject was reared in 
New York State, where he was married to Eliza Whitmore, who died there.  
He was married in the same State a second time, December 1, 1836, to 
Mary A. Glazier, born July 21,1817, in Spencer, Worchester Co., Mass., 
daughter of Jonas and Sally (Goodnow) Glazier, natives of the same 
place.  The former was a Baptist minister and the latter was a sister of 
Lynan Goodnow, the well known ex-Mayor of Boston.  Mrs. Mary A. Booth is 
the mother of four children, viz.: Alden L., deceased, who was married 
to Emma A. Hogs; Mary E., deceased. former wife of Levi Hopkins, she was 
the mother of Millie A. and Matie E, Hopkins; Flora, deceased, had been 
married to James Bonker; Horace, who was born May 19, 1845.  The latter 
resides in Fairfield Township.  He has been married three times.  His 
first wife Sarah J. Hunter, deceased, was the mother of  Minnie A. 
Booth; his second wife, Josephine Sheldon, deceased, was the mother of 
Grace D. Booth.  His present wife is Lovina R. Bowdish.  Allen Booth 
came to Bureau County in 1855 and bought 120 acres of land.  He at one 
time owned 640 acres.  At present he has 266 acres.  He has taken a deep 
interest in educational matters and been one of the standbys in 
Fairfield Township. Politically he has been identified with the Democrat 
party.

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