Obituary: Waushara County, Wisconsin: Daniel W. BOOTH ************************************************************************ Submitted by Joan Benner, April 2008 © All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************************************ From the Plainfield Sun [Plainfield, Waushara Co., WI], Friday September 26, 1902, Page 1, apparently copied from the Hancock News Daniel W. BOOTH was born Sept. 18, 1827, in the state of New York, where he grew to manhood, and where in 1845, on June 18th, he was married to Mary E. COLMAN, who survives. In 1854 they came to Wisconsin and settled in Brandon, where they lived until 1861, when they moved to Silver Lake. They moved to Plainfield in 1863 and in the year following he went to the Civil War, was wounded and came home in 1865. From Plainfield they moved to Colburn, Adams County, Wisconsin, in 1867, where they lived until about eight years ago, when they returned to Plainfield. Last April they moved to Hancock, where they had built a new home in which they planned to spend the remainder of their days in comfort. It was this home that death entered and took there from the aged husband and father on Saturday, September 13, 1902. Mr. BOOTH had been a strong, healthy man and had always lived an active life until a few years ago, when his health began to fail. For the past few weeks he had been very low and his death was hourly expected. Deceased was the father of twelve children, six of whom are living. They are: Wm. BOOTH, of Colburn; C. A. BOOTH, of Plainfield; Albert and Elmer BOOTH, of Colburn; Mrs. Melissa HOLCOMB, of Hancock; and Andrew BOOTH, who lives in Idaho. He also leaves two brothers, Martin BOOTH of Hancock, and Sanford BOOTH, of Stevens Point. The funeral was held Saturday afternoon from the Congregational church in this village. A prayer was offered by Rev. Briggs, of Hancock, and the sermon was delivered by Rev. Bailey, the Baptist minister of Plainfield. The G. A. R. post of this village then took charge and conducted the remainder of the service according to the customs of that organization. Many old soldiers from the neighboring villages and surrounding country were present and assisted in the ceremony. Interment was made in the Colburn cemetery, near the old home of the deceased. --Hancock News