Biography of H. A. Booth

	This biography is from "Memorial and biographical record; an illustrated
 	compendium of biography, containing a compendium of local biography,
	including biographical sketches of prominent old settlers and 
	representative citizens of South Dakota..." Published by G. A. Ogle & 
	Co., Chicago, 1898. Page 322. 

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H. A. BOOTH, cashier of the Moody County Bank, Flandreau. This bank was 
organized as a private bank in 1881, and was owned by Walter Hurlbut, F. 
E. Gooding and T. H. McCornell, cashier and resident partner. April 9, 
1891, the present owners took possession and reorganized it August 20, 
1891, and incorporated it as a state bank. Its officers then were Jesse 
A. Smith, president; B. Miller, vice-president; G. E. Pettigrew, 
cashier. The bank continued under these officers until July 3, T 894, 
when H. A. Booth was appointed cashier. They do a general banking 
business, with capital of twenty-five thousand dollars.

	Mr. H. A. Booth, the cashier, is a native of Candor, Tioga county, 
New York, and a son of Anson H. and Lucia M. (Hart) Booth, both natives 
of New York state. The father was a lumberman until the spring of T 87 
T, when he went out of the business. He was killed the following 
September on a train on the way to New York City with sheep. Mr. Booth 
was thirty-three years of age at the time of his death. Mrs. Booth now 
resides with her son in Flandreau, South Dakota. They were the parents 
of two children: Cora H., wife of Jesse A. Smith, and H. A.

	H. A. Booth, the subject of this sketch, was born April 20, 1868, 
and grew to manhood in Tioga county, New York. He was educated at 
Candor, and also at Cornell university, Ithaca, New York, from which he 
was a graduate in the class of 1892. In July of the same year he came to 
Flandreau and entered the Moody County Bank, with which he has since 
been connected.

	June 6, 1894, Mr. Booth was united in marriage to Miss Nellie Esty 
Henderson, also a native of Candor, New York, and a daughter of Jesse W. 
and Caroline (Baker) Henderson. She was born October 1, 1870, and was 
educated at Candor college, Aurora, New York. Mrs. Booth died June 2, 
1895, and was buried on the first anniversary of her marriage, leaving 
one son, Henry Anson, Jr. Mr. Booth attends religious services in the 
Methodist church, as did also his wife during her life. Our subject is a 
member of the Masonic fraternity, and holds memberships in the following

lodges: Blue lodge, chapter, commandery and Eastern Star, of Flandreau, 
and the consistory at Yankton. He is senior warden in the blue lodge, 
high priest in the chapter, captain-general in the commandery. He is 
also a member of the Delta Phi Society and has been treasurer of same. 
All matters pertaining to the business welfare of Flandreau have met 
with his earnest support, and he is always willing to lend a helping 
hand for the development of the resources of Moody county. He has built 
up an enviable reputation for integrity of character and uprightness in 
business methods, and is highly esteemed as an exemplary citizen. 
Politically he is independent.