CHAPTER XXIX.
SOME FORMER RESIDENTS OF SHELBY COUNTY AND THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS. (CONT'D)
LIEUT. RICHARD BOOTH.
Lieut. Richard Booth is a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Booth, and grandson of N. Booth. Lieutenant Booth, after graduation from the Harlan high school, was appointed to the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, and passed his examinations successfully for admission to this institution. He made a splendid record for himself as a student in the academy and is now an officer in the United States navy.
Transcribed by Cheryl Siebrass, October, 2023 from the Past and Present of Shelby County, Iowa, by Edward S. White, P.A., LL. B.,Volume 1, Indianapolis: B. F. Bowen & Co., 1915, pg. 564.
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