SUMMIT COUNTY OHIO - BIO: BOOTH, George Walter (published 1925)
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HISTORY OF OHIO - The American Historical Society, Inc., 1925
Volume III, page 389

        GEORGE WALTER BOOTH since 1909 has been an Akron attorney, with his
talent and resources largely devoted to corporation civil practice. His
offices are in the Second National Bank Building. Mr. Booth is also know,
for the variety of his outside interests. He was president in 1923 and vice
president in 1924 of the Akron Philosophical Society.
        He was born in Akron, May 15, 1885, son of Frank H. and Lillian
(Bert) Booth, his father a native of Connecticut and his mother of
Pennsylvania. His father for many years was connected with the Goodrich
Company of Akron.
        George W. Booth attended grammar and high schools at Akron, had two
years of experience as a reporter on the Akron City papers and one year of
journalistic work in Cleveland. His higher education was acquired in
Buchtel Academy and Buchtel College, and in 1909 he graduated Bachelor of
Laws from Western Reserve University at Cleveland. He was for a time
librarian of the Summit County Law Library and a court bailiff. Since his
admission to the bar in 1909 he has concentrated his attention upon civil
and corporation law, and has been counsel for a number of organizations,
including the Peoples Savings and Trust Company.
        Mr. Booth is a member of Summit County, Ohio State and American Bar
associations, and during the World war was volunteer assistant to the Draft
Board and identified with the Red Cross and War Chest work. He is an expert
rifleman, has been a member of the Akron Rifle Club, is a member of the
Board of Editors of the American Rifleman, and a contributor to several
rifle and sporting magazines. He is author of a volume, "Springer Spaniel
Dogs." He was the first secretary of the Portage Path Canoe Club, is a
member of the City University clubs, the Benevolent and Protective Order of
Elks, the Zeta-Alpha-Epsilon and Theta Lambda-Phi fraternities. In 1910 he
married Miss Ruth A. Slabaugh, by which marriage there was a daughter,
Betty Virginia. On January 1, 1920, he married Ruth L. Fouser, of Akron, by
which marriage he has two daughters, Eleanor and Joan.


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