BOOTH, James H. (1841-1902)

BOOTH

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Date: 5/30/2021 at 16:15:33

James H. Booth
(February 19, 1841 – August 24, 1902)

J. H. Booth, a farmer of section 12, Garfield township, Ida County, was born in Coshocton County, Ohio, in 1841, a son of Jeremiah and Jane (Hendersay) Booth, natives also of Ohio. The father, a farmer by occupation, moved to Cass County, Indiana, in 1849, and in 1855 to Rice County, Minnesota, where he cleared a farm. In 1857 he came to Iowa, in 1881 returned to Dodge County, Minnesota; and in 1889 came to Battle Creek, Iowa. His death occurred in January, 1892, and the mother still resides in Battle Creek. They were the parents of nine children: H. B., of Buchanan county, Iowa; J. H., our subject; William, who enlisted, in 1861, in Company H, Fourteenth Iowa Infantry, for three years, was wounded at Shiloh, and died in the field hospital near Corinth, in 1862, aged nineteen years; Isaac, of St. Paul, Minnesota; Hannah M., wife of George W. Spetzer, of Battle Creek; Sarah, wife of Frank North, of Kansas; Nancy J.; George, deceased when young; and Mary, deceased. H. B., the eldest child, enlisted in Buchanan County, Iowa, in August, 1862, in Company H, Twenty-seventh Iowa Infantry, was mustered into service at Dubuque, and took part in the battle of Pleasant Hill. He served principally in Missouri, Mississippi and Alabama, also in the Tennessee campaign, and after three years of service was mustered out at Clinton, Iowa. He now resides in Buchanan County, Iowa.
J. H. Booth, the subject of this sketch, was reared in Coshocton County, Ohio, until ten years of age, then in Cass County, Indiana, thence to Rice County, Minnesota, spending his school days in Ohio, Indiana, Minnesota and Iowa. He came to Buchanan County, Iowa, in 1857, and he has since been engaged at farm labor. In that county, in 1861, he enlisted in Company H, Fourteenth Iowa Infantry, for three years, or during the war; was mustered into service at Davenport, and took part in the battles of Shiloh and Fort Donelson. Mr. Booth was discharged in 1862, on account of ill health, returned to Buchanan County,, and December 29, 1862, re-enlisted in Company H, Twenty-seventh Iowa Infantry, for three years, or during the war. He participated in the campaign at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, where he received a gunshot wound, and was confined in the hospital at Memphis. At Montgomery, Alabama, in 1865, he was honorably discharged, and returned to Buchanan County. He was there engaged in farming until July, 1880, when he purchased eighty acres of land on section 12, Garfield Township, Ida county, Iowa. He has since improved the place, erected a good residence, 20 x 26 feet, with an L, 14 x 14 feet, has a fine grove and orchard of two and a half acres, and has added to his original purchase until he now owns 160 acres. Mr. Booth is engaged in general farming and stock-raising.
In Buchanan County, in October, 1868, he was united in marriage with Miss Christiana Peyton, a native of Muscatine County, Iowa, and a daughter of Philip Peyton, a native of this State, where he died in 1873. The mother of Mrs. Booth died when she was a child. To this union have been born three children: George W., Marion W. and Nancy J. Mr. and Mrs. Booth are members of the Christian Church of Battle Creek. Mr. Booth votes with the Republican party, although he takes no active part in politics, and has served as Road Supervisor and a member of the School Board. He is one of the early pioneers of Garfield Township, and has witnessed nearly its entire development.
Source: Biographical History of Crawford, Ida, and Sac Counties, Iowa, 1893, p.499