 1836 - 1923 (86 years)
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| Name |
BOOTH Henry Clay [1] |
| Birth |
16 Aug 1836 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
9 Apr 1923 |
Crockett County, TN  |
| Burial |
Crockett County, TN |
| Notes |
- Birth: Aug. 16, 1836 Death: Apr. 9, 1923
Co-founder of West Tennessee Christian College, editor of the Christian at Work and Gospel Preacher listed in Gospel Preachers Who Blazed the Trail by C.R. Nichol, 1911.
H.C. Booth was born in West Tennessee, August 16, 1836, son of S. S. Booth. He became a Christian in 1858 and since that date has contended for the faith publicly and privately. Most of his preaching was done in West Tennessee and North Mississippi before he came to Texas, but he has done a deal of work in Northeast Texas. Eternity alone will reveal the amount of good done by those who have faithfully preached the Gospel, --Gospel Preachers Who Blazed the Trail
His father was Stephen S. Booth (1809-1878) and is buried in the Alamo, Crockett County, TN Cemetery.
Booth published an article entitled "Growth of the Word" in the Gospel Advocate, July 23, 1896, p. 478 and "The Church of God at Commerce, Texas, Gospel Advocate, Nov. 21, 1901, p. 739.
Evangelist H. C. Booth, who asked for the privilege of preaching at the pro-organ Commerce church in 1896 in order to denounce instrumental music, was denied permission on the basis that he was "anti-progressive."--History of the Churches of Christ in Texas, p. 248.
"I am talking to you today about Freed-Hardeman College with which, as student and teacher, I have had a direct connection for more than fifty years. This is the oldest school among the churches of Christ that has continued to the present. It, with its predecessors, began in September 1884 under the management of brethren J. B. Inman, R. P. Meeks, and H. C. Booth. From the beginning, the teaching of the Bible has been made prominent. --E. Claude Gardner quoting a 1944 statement by N. B. Hardeman, Gospel Advocate, August 8, 1974, p. 501.
Hundreds of gospel papers have started, but only a few remain. The Gospel Advocate dates back to 1855, and it is stronger than at any time in its glorious history. Two preachers, J.B. Inman and H.C. Booth are credited with starting a religious paper and a school. The paper, The Christian at Work launched in 1883 ceased, but the school they built in 1884, West Tennessee Christian College at Henderson, Tenn., served well for many years. This college is in the ancestry of Freed-Hardeman College, and N. B. Hardeman dated the beginning of the present institution as 1884 which would make it the oldest Christian school among us.--E. Claude Gardner, "BCG," Gospel Advocate, Oct. 16, 1975, p. 662.
His wife may be Fannie O. Avery <http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=68980613>.
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| Person ID |
I12331 |
Booth Family |
| Last Modified |
20 Mar 2015 |
| Father |
BOOTH Stephen S., Jr., b. 31 Oct 1809, Bedford County, Tennessee d. 21 Jan 1878, Crockett County, TN (Age 68 years) |
| Mother |
GATES Mineva J., b. 20 Dec 1819, North Carolina, USA d. 5/2/1/1880, Crockett County, TN |
| Family ID |
F4113 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Sources |
- [S1228] Patricia Ann Budd-Elberts, Patricia Ann Budd-Elberts (Reliability: 3).
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