Charles
M. Booth, operating one hundred and sixty acres of land on section 22,
Tilden township, was born in Marshall county, IA, February 9,
1877. He is a son of James R. and Anis (Gray) Booth, natives of
Illinois.
Charles
was reared at home and acquired his education in the public schools of
Cherokee County, having been but five years of age when his parents
moved to this part of Iowa. He remained at home until he was
twenty one years of age and then rented his father's farm for two
years. He has since been engaged in farming upon rented land and
operates today one hundred and sixty acres on section 22, Tilden
township. He has lived upon this property for eleven years
and has carried forward the work of its cultivation in an able
and progressive way. In addition to general farming he breeds
mules on an extensive scale and has made this branch of his activities
an important and profitable one.
In
January 1900, Mr. Booth married Miss Mabel McCoun, a daughter of John
Tipton and Cornelia (Wright) McCoun, the former a native of Steamboat
Rock, IA and the latter of Blackhawk county, this state. The
father came to Cherokee county in early life and located at Washta,
where he erected and constructed the first blacksmith shop. He is
now living retired in that town. Mr. and Mrs. Booth have become
the parents of four children: May, aged eleven, Frank, eight,
Evan, three; and Velma, one.
In
1900, Charles' Uncle Rufus Booth lived with him and Mable in Grand
Meadow Twp, Cherokee County, IA. In 1910, Charles was 33 yrs old
& farming near Marcus, IA.
Mr.
Booth is a member of the Unitarian church and gives his political
allegiance to the republican party. He neither seeks nor desires
public office, preferring to concentrate his energies upon his business
affairs, and in the conduct of farming interests he is meeting with
gratifying and well deserved success.
Source: Book of History of Cherokee County 1913
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