Sedgwick-Sumner County KS Archives Biographies.....Booth, Winfield M. 1857 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ks/ksfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com March 19, 2007, 11:24 am Author: O. H. Bentley (1910) Winfield M. Booth, farmer, of Salem township, Sedgwick county, Kansas, was born in Sullivan county, Indiana, on December 28, 1857. His parents were John G. and Susanna (Nelson) Booth, both natives of Indiana. John G. Booth brought his family from Indiana to Salem township, Sedgwick county, Kansas, in a wagon in 1872, and bought a claim of 160 acres of land in section 16. His wife died in 1879 and her husband survived her until 1906. The elder Booth's last five years were spent in Wilson county, Kansas. Winfield M. Booth was about fourteen years old when he came with his parents to Kansas, and he lived at home until about twenty-five years old. On February 6, 1884, Mr. Booth married Miss Laura B. Parker, who was born in Butler county, Ohio, on November 12, 1863, a daughter of William and Eliza (Myers) Parker. Mrs. Booth's father was born in New York and her mother was born in Butler county, Ohio, on January 15, 1834. The Parker family moved from Illinois to Kansas in 1878, where the father died on December 26, 1899. Mr. and Mrs. Booth have nine children, viz.: Villa M., William P., Bertha M., Hallie M., Elida S., Nellie E., Marie G., Leroy M. and Archi N. After leaving home Mr. Booth was for about two years in the mercantile business in Zyba, Sumner county, Kansas, after which he returned to his farm, on which he has since continued to live. This farm he bought in 1888. Mr. Booth was township trustee for about ten years. In politics he is a Democrat. Additional Comments: Extracted from History of Wichita and Sedgwick County: past and present, including an account of the cities, towns and villages of the county Editor in chief: O. H. Bentley Chicago: C.F. Cooper & Co. (1910) File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ks/sedgwick/bios/booth232gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ksfiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb