1816 - 1892 (76 years)
Generation: 1
1. | BOOTH William G. (Billy) was born in 1816 in Bedford Co, TN; died on 16 Jun 1892 in Haywood County, TN. Other Events and Attributes:
- Census: 1850, Haywood County, TN
- Census: 1860, Haywood County, TN
- Census: 1870, Haywood County, TN
Notes:
from PAtricia Budda
Regardless, I do beleive that James Booth was the father of William G. "Billy" Booth.
Census:
In the census of 1850 in Haywood County, Billy Booth was 34 and his wife Eliza was 25.
Daughter Elizabeth was four and son James was two. Also living with the family was James
M. Todd who was a 25-year-old male from North Carolina.
Census:
By 1860 Billy's family had grown, as had the value of his land, now worth $2,400 and personal estate also valued at $2,400. He was 45 and his wife Eliza was 35. The children at home were Mary (age 13), James (age 12), Nancy (age 8), Margaret (age 7), William (age 3), and Cicero who was 11 months. Living on the farm just next door was the family of Leonard Decatur Cobb and his wife Photo credit: Betsy Sullivan Waddell and Eliza White Booth's son, James Bemberry Booth and family Booth's wife, Mary Elizabeth "Eliza" White, was the daughter
of Solomon White and Martha Hughs.
The Booth Family
http://www.haywoodcountyline.com/booth.html[3/15/2015 8:04:14 PM]
Mary Amanda Rooks Cobb. Leonard was the son of John Hardy Cobb and Harriett
Castellaw Cobb. Also living on the farm of the Cobbs is 74-year-old Elizabeth Outlaw who
had her own property valued at $400.
Also in 1860, Billy shows up in the slave schedule as being the owner of one slave, a 23-
year-old mulatto female.
Census:
In 1870, the Civil War was over and in the US Census, Billy was 54, Eliza was 46 and living at home then was James (21), Margaret (age 16), William L. (age 13), Albert (age 13), Ada P. (age 7), Alphonso (age 5) and my second great grandmother, Sara Evelena who was two-years-old.
The family lived just one farm away from the Henry Day Brantley Family and just two
farms from the home of Augustus and Zilpha Brantley.
From Patricia Budda
William married WHITE Elizabeth (Eliza)Haywood County, TN. Elizabeth (daughter of WHITE Solomon and HUGHES Martha) was born cal 1825; died on 9 Oct 1889. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 2
3. | BOOTH James Bemberry, Sr. (1.William1) was born in Sep 1848; died on 19 Sep 1918. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes:
Note:
James B. Booth and his oldest son Vernon built a store in the Jones Station community of Haywood County which is included in the drawing below. On the south side of
the store was a warehouse also owned by James in which church services were held.
James married CLARK Elizabeth Ellen on 16 Dec 1878 in Haywood County, TN. Elizabeth was born on 21 Jul 1852; died on 13 Oct 1879. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
James married Katie Lockhard on 9 Mar 1881 in Haywood County, TN. Katie was born on 26 Sep 1859; died on 17 Dec 1898. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
James married THOMAS Eldorado on 18 Apr 1901. Eldorado was born in Feb 1871; died in 1962. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 3
8. | BOOTH Vernon C. (3.James2, 1.William1) Notes:
Vernon was there the day Holly Grove Baptist Church was organized in Oct 1885 and was a member for 70 years. Additionally, he was a deacon for 44 years and taught the men's Bible class. He was one of the first rural mail carriers and delivered the mail 15 Dec 1903 until 28 Feb 1911. He was the postmaster at Jones from 26 Feb 1914 to 30 Sept, 1945.
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Generation: 4
21. | BOOTH Milton (16.Albert3, 7.Albert2, 1.William1) Notes:
Albert was the father of Milton Booth who still runs the family farm. It's on Milton's farm that my second great grandfather George D. Williams is buried.
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