Greenbrier County, West Virginia         Biography of WILLIAM A. BOONE.

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History of Greenbrier County 
J. R. Cole 
Lewisburg, WV 1917 
p. 89-91

WILLIAM A. BOONE.

William A. Boone, sheriff of Greenbrier county, is a descendant of John 
Boone, of whom Daniel Boone, of international fame, was a half-uncle. 
Originally the Boones, or de Boones, as the name was then spelled, were 
French Huguenots.  When driven out of France, some of them went to Scotland, 
some settled in Wales and England, and some went to Ireland. Daniel Boone was 
of English descent, John Boone, before mentioned, went to Kentucky with 
Daniel, but, not liking the country, returned to Virginia, finally locating 
in Irish Corner, of this county.
John Boone had a son, Henry, who was born in 1800. Henry was the father of 
George Washington Boone, who was the father of the present sheriff of 
Greenbrier county.
The children of Henry, named in order, were: George W., Alexander, William 
H., Catherine, Della, Sallie A., Martha, Hen-derson and Lewis A., a soldier 
in the Confederate army, who was shot through the neck. Madison served for a 
short time on the Federal side. George, the father of William A., died in 
1889, over sixty years of age.  He was a successful farmer, as his father was 
before him.
George Boone married Elizabeth Robinson. and from this union came Ruth J., J 
H., Sarah A., William A., R. L., Nannie S., Margaret A., Verna and Della. 
Ruth married R. A. Price, Margaret married J. C. Watkins, Della married J. L. 
Watkins, Verna married J. W. McDowell, now of Monoe county.
William A. Boone was horn August 28, 1855. He married Ida Carruth, a most 
estimable lady, born in Kansas. She was the daughter of Edwin H. Carruth, an 
Indian agent in the employ of the Covemment in Indian Territory, and Mary 
Price, a missionary in charge of the Creek and Cherokee tribes. E. H. Carruth 
received his commission from Abraham Lincoln. The daughter was born in 
Oklahoma in 1865
The children born of this union were Mayme C., wife of W. H. Level, now of 
Fayette county; Fred, who died at the age of seventeen years; a daughter who 
died in infancy; Grace, the wife of E. S. Lauhonn, now of Catlettsburg, KY.; 
Charles Edwin; Kate E., wife of Dr. E. S. Hamilton, now of Fayette county; 
Gratton, who died at the age of two years, and Vivian, now in school.
Charles Edwin Boone was born October 7, 1888. He completed his work in 
school by one term in the normal college at Huntington, after which he took a 
business course in Richmond, leaving that institution in 1907. After this he 
remained two years in the postoffice at White Sulphur Springs, then for four 
years he was bookkeeper and teller in the First National Bank at Ronceverte. 
On January 1, 1913, he came to Lewisburg as deputy sheriff, which position he 
now holds.
On August 26, 1914, Mr. Boone was married to Miss Lucy Withrow McClung.  She 
is the daughter of Thomas W. and Elizabeth Estill McClung, of Lewisburg.
Mr. Boone is fraternally connected with several lodges. As a Mason, he is a 
member of Shryock Lodge, No.47; Odel Squier Long Lodge of Perfection, No.3; 
Scottish Rite and Ronceverte Royal Arch Chapter, No.21; Greenbrier  
Commandery, No.15; Beni Kedem Temple, Charleston, W. Va.
Mr. and Mrs. Boone worship with the Presbyterians in the Old Stone Church.
The Boones have been farmers from the time of their first settlement in the 
county. With but one or two exceptions, they have affiliated with the 
Republican party, and the election of Wilham A. Boone, in 1912, to the 
office of sheriff bespeaks the high standing of this staunch Republican in a 
county overwhelmingly Democratic.