GATES Mineva J.

Family/Spouse: BOOTH Stephen S., Jr.. Stephen (son of BOOTH Stephen S., Sr. and GUTHRIE Penelope) was born on 31 Oct 1809 in Bedford County, Tennessee; died on 21 Jan 1878 in Crockett County, TN; was buried in Crockett County, TN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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 .

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Obituary of Cooke, Elizabeth P.
Mrs. Elizabeth P. Cooke, daughter of S. S. and Minerva J. Booth, was born on February 10, 1838, and died on October 3, 1920, aged eighty-two years, seven months, and twenty-three days. She married G. B. Cooke, January 25, 1854. To them were born four boys and three girls, all living but one. She leaves forty-nine grandchildren and thirty-one great-grandchildren to mourn the loss of mother and grandmother. She became a member of the body of Christ in early life and lived a consistent member until death.
(Information submitted by H. C. Booth.)

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Obituary of Cooke, Elizabeth P.
Mrs. Elizabeth P. Cooke, daughter of S. S. and Minerva J. Booth, was born on February 10, 1838, and died on October 3, 1920, aged eighty-two years, seven months, and twenty-three days. She married G. B. Cooke, January 25, 1854. To them were born four boys and three girls, all living but one. She leaves forty-nine grandchildren and thirty-one great-grandchildren to mourn the loss of mother and grandmother. She became a member of the body of Christ in early life and lived a consistent member until death.
(Information submitted by H. C. Booth.)

Family/Spouse: COOKE Green Berry. Green was born on 15 Aug 1834 in Rutherford, TN; died on 5 Dec 1911 in Crockett County, TN; was buried in Crockett County, TN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: BOOTH Cynthia Tatum. Cynthia was born on 25 Sep 1843; died on 29 Sep 1909; was buried in Alamo, San Antonio, TX. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: CASTLEMAN George W. George was born on 5 Sep 1838; died on 6 Nov 1924; was buried in Nov 1924 in Crockett County, TN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]