Fountain County IN Archives Biographies.....Booe, Lawson H. 1833 - 
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Author: H. W. Beckwith (1881)

   Lawson H. Booe, farmer, Newtown, son of Philip and Jemima (Clinton) Booe, was
born April 10, 1833. His father was born in South Carolina and his mother in the
old North State; from the latter they emigrated to Fayette county, Indiana;
living there a few years, in 1827 they came to this county and settled on
Scott's prairie, in Jackson township. In this place the subject of this notice
was born. His father died in April 1874, aged seventy-four years. He was married
November 5, 1857, to Isabel J. Hestler, who died August 26, 1863, leaving one
child, Ida Jane, who was born October 11, 1858, and is the wife of Silas
Vickery. On January 7, 1869, he was married to the widow of James Campbell,
formerly Matilda Justus, who was born September 30, 1840. Her two children,
Sarah Olive and John J. Campbell, were born respectively November 16, 1859, and
February 24, 1862. By her last marriage she has one child, named Ellora, born
August 16, 1874. Mr. and Mrs. Booe are both members of the Christian church, and
he has belonged to the Masonic fraternity sixteen years. His political views are
democratic.

Additional Comments:
Richland Township

Extracted from:

HISTORY OF FOUNTAIN COUNTY,

TOGETHER WITH
HISTORIC NOTES ON THE WABASH VALLEY,

GLEANED FROM EARLY AUTHORS, OLD MAPS AND MANUSCRIPTS
PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE, AND OTHER AUTHENTIC, THOUGH, FOR THE MOST
PART, OUT-OF-THE-WAY SOURCES.

BY H. W. BECKWITH,
OF THE DANVILLE BAR; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETIES OF
WISCONSIN AND CHICAGO.

WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

CHICAGO: H. H. HILL AND N. IDDINGS, PUBLISHERS.
1881.

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