John B. Booth

BOOTH

Posted By: Dorothy Gosse (email)
Date: 3/9/2002 at 23:49:14

Booth, John B., miller, Sections 30 and 31 (Auburn township); PO Eden; born in Fairfield Co., Conn. in 1832; came West in 1852, and spent one year at Ft. Des Moines and returned; in 1854, again visited this place and engaged in a saw-mill, purchasing half interest, and continued for two years, when he went to Nebraska and worked at his trade, being a mason; and in 1860, he went to Denver, Colorado, purchasing half interest in a quartz lead; remained for one year and went to Virginia City, Nev., where he kept hotel and engaged in prospecting and mining; came to this county in 1872 and settled on his present place, purchasing the mill he now operates; he also owns 37 acres of land, valued at $40 per acre.

Page 750, "1878 History of Fayette County, Iowa"