Biography of the Boos Family - Johnson County, Illinois

BOOS Family, Johnson County Illinois

From: The Portrait and Biographical Review of Johnson, Massac,
Pope and Hardin Counties, Illinois.
Chicago Biographical Publishing Company  1893
Transcribed by Cindy Pegg

George Otto Boos was born in Baden, Germany 12 May 1837.  He was the son of George John Boos 
and the grandson of George Boos also born in Baden, Germany. His grandparents lived all of 
their lives in Germany.  Only their son, George and his sister came to the United States. The 
sister was Mary who married  Mr. Smith and lived in Galena, IL up until the time of her husbands
death when she moved with her children to California. George John Boos traveled with his wife,
the former Catherine Steedley of Baden, and children from  Havre to New Orleans then up the river
to Louisville.  After the death of his wife, George moved to Golconda to live with his son, 
George Otto. Catherine and George had six children, Catherine, Fannie, Julia, Charles, George Otto
and Amelia.  George Otto Boos married in 1859 to Mary Margaret Plater of Pope County, IL. She 
was the daughter of Christian and Barbara Plater who were natives of Germany. George Otto and
Mary Margaret had ten children, Lizzie, George, Fanny, Charles, Annie, William, Ellis, Guy,
Effie and Ella. 

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