A. E. BOOTH

BOOTH

Posted By: Jake Tornholm (email)
Date: 4/21/2020 at 12:25:00

A. E. BOOTH, a druggist of Prescott, Iowa, was born in Canton township, Wayne county, Michigan, May 18, 1843, the son of Geo. W. and Helen Booth, of Scotch-English ancestry.

Our subject received his early education in the common schools of the country, and also in the graded schools of Plymouth, Michigan. He moved to Minnesota with his father’s family in the spring of 1864, where he was employed in various pursuits for several years, the latter portion of which he was in the employ of Larrabee & Kelly, druggists, Winona, Minnesota. In the winter of 1876 he came to Iowa, stopping first near Osceola, where he remained but a short time, and then went to Prescott, Adams county, and engaged in the drug business, in which he has been successful. He has held the office of school director and secretary for several years, and is now
serving his fourth term as township clerk; also, is treasurer of the town of Prescott. Socially he is a member of the Masonic order. Mr. Booth was married May 27, 1869, to Mary S. Handlen, who was born in Indiana, near La Fayette, April 28, 1852, the daughter of Hiram Handlen, a native of
La Fayette, Indiana. She received her early education in Thorntown, Indiana, under Professor Ridpath, the historian.