BOOTH Thaddeus Floyd

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 168
• Residence: Thaddeus Floyd Booth Home
• Census: 1880, Guilford, Surry, Virginia

Notes:

Lived in Savage, Va

(Medical):Squamish cell

Residence:
No longer standing, was just North of Snow Hill by a mile or so

Census:
1880 United States Federal Census
about Thadious F. Booth
Name:Thadious F. Booth          
Home in 1880:Guilford, Surry, Virginia          
Age:25          
Estimated Birth Year:abt 1855          
Birthplace:Virginia          
Relation to Head of Household:Son          
Father's Name:B... B. Booth          
Father's birthplace:Virginia          
Mother's Name:Eliza B. Booth          
Mother's birthplace:Virginia          
Neighbors:View others on page          
Occupation:Farmer          
Marital Status:Single          
Race:White          
Gender:Male     
Household Members:NameAge               
B... B. Booth 46               
Eliza B. Booth 46               
Thadious F. Booth 25               
Mariah L. Booth 18               
Sallie Booth 16               
Lealia J. Booth 13               
Edmonia Booth 11               
Annie L. Booth 9               
Samuel P. Booth 6               

Buried:
Hopewell Funeral Parlors, Hopewell, VA

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 1202

Family/Spouse: FAIRFIELD Mina. Mina was born in 1896; died in 1985; was buried in Merchants Hope, Prince George, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Nickname: Buddy
• Occupation: Hopewell, VA; Worked For a Company In Hopewell
• Reference Number: 1203

Family/Spouse: BAILEY Annie. Annie and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt. Name: Annabelle
• Nickname: Anna Bella
• Name: Anna Bella BOOTH
• Reference Number: 1204
• Baptism: 10 Sep 1905, Carsley, Surry County, VA (Carsley Methodist Church)

Notes:

Tombstone (Newville Church, Newville, Va) show 2 Jan1887 (b) and 30 Mar 1985 (died). This corresponds with her parents data.

Family/Spouse: HITE Willie. Willie and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Annie married BAIRD William Benjamin, Jr. on 15 Aug 1917. William (son of BAIRD William Benjamin, Sr. and SMITH Dora Frances) was born on 29 Oct 1887; died on 13 May 1962; was buried in Prince George County, VA (Newville Methodist Church). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 1206
• Alt. Death: 1989

Notes:

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Family/Spouse: ELLIS Claude Harold. Claude (son of ELLIS William Bolling and COX Emma Jane) was born on 4 Mar 1884 in Brandon, Prince George County, VA; died in Feb 1972 in Spring Grove, Surry County, Va. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Moonshiner. Made and sold it.
• Alt. Birth: 31 Jan 1892, Surry County, VA (Snow Hill Plantation)
• Census: 1900, Guilford, Surry, Virginia
• Military: 1917-1918, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; WW-I Draft Registration
• Census: 1930, Guilford, Surry, Virginia

Notes:

FRANCIS A. BOOTHE: Well, I didn't know what he called himself, because he also had a girl, he also had a girlfriend, I presume she was his girlfriend, right across the road from him, where he lived.

He married a girl named Ruth, who as a Rogers, whose last name was Rogers before she married, and I understand she, her family owned a lot of land. TIM: Right. We've got a big cemetery back there with the Boothes. You've got pictures of that on the CD also. Gene Harris: I've got no idea where that is. I'd love to see it. FRANCIS A. BOOTHE: This is in Savage, around Savage. Ruth Rogers on the low plane, and she was a cute brunette with blue eyes, and she had -- Gene Harris: Now, Ruth Rogers: Who was she? She was the one that married Thaddeus Clyde Boothe? FRANCIS A. BOOTHE: Right. And so he sort of became friends with the postmaster that lived across the, right in front of their home, and, and he got mixed up with, when the time of the Depression, and they did do some moonshining or whatever you call it, I guess, because he seemed to have more money than anybody else around. FRANCIS A. BOOTHE: And, and the interesting thing that happened was that he did not, Thaddeus was, I know, from being an alcoholic, the Greyhound Bus ran off of the bridge up there between Petersburg Pike and Hopewell -- TIM DOWNEY: You see, this, Mother, this needs to be recorded here. FRANCIS A. BOOTHE: -- and, and -- TIM: -- he jumped in the water to save him. FRANCIS A. BOOTHE: And Mary, the youngest -- Gene Harris: Mary, Mary Louise Boothe? FRANCIS A. BOOTHE: -- right. Lived close by and Uncle Clyde, so I was told, Aunt Lin told me, went out to help. It's probably about as far as from here across the street, and jumped in the cold water. And -- TIM: The Greyhound bus left the road and went over into the -- FRANCIS A. BOOTHE: Yeah. And he -- TIM: -- the river. FRANCIS A. BOOTHE: -- got, he died of pneumonia. TIM: He caught pneumonia saving the passengers -- FRANCIS A. BOOTHE: From cold water. So he didn't die, evidently, as an alcoholic, he died from that.


RANCIS A. BOOTHE: Aunt Lillian, when we get down to her, she's the most interesting to me. I asked her when I went to stay with her, she was in her, lived to be 94, I said, Which one of these was the nicest of the seven boys? And she said, Clyde, but just think about it. He, he wasn't on the job all the time. So he could, when my grandmother wanted some help, all she had to do was call Clyde and Clyde came running and -- TIM: Right. He wasn't in the field for 12 hours a day --


From a 2005 interview with Frances Adelle Booth

Census:
1900 United States Federal Census
about Thadeus C Booth
Name:Thadeus C Booth          
Home in 1900:Guildford, Surry, Virginia [Guilford, Surry, Virginia]          
Age:9          
Birth Date:Jan 1891          
Birthplace:Virginia          
Race:White          
Gender:Male          
Relationship to Head of House:Son          
Father's Name:Thadeus F Booth          
Father's Birthplace:Virginia          
Mother's Name:Mary L Booth          
Mother's Birthplace:Virginia          
Marital Status:Single          

Military:
World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
about Thaddeas Clyde Booth
Name:Thaddeas Clyde Booth          
County:Surry          
State:Virginia          
Birthplace:Virginia;United States of America          
Birth Date:31 Jan 1891          
Race:Caucasian (White)          
FHL Roll Number:1991280          
DraftBoard:0          
Age: Occupation: Nearest Relative: Height/Build: Color of Eyes/Hair: Signature:          

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 1208
• Residence: Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States

Notes:

Gene Harris: -- Percy Jackson, would be your father. FRANCIS A. BOOTH: Oh. Daddy, Daddy was a merchant -- Gene Harris: That's Percy Jackson? FRANCIS A. BOOTH: -- right. And my mother was a postmaster. They had postmaster and the store together. Gene Harris: Now, what was the store? FRANCIS A. BOOTH: Savage. Gene Harris: Was there a name on it? Did the store have a name. FRANCIS A. BOOTH: Well, my grandmother's brother, Barrett, had a big old country store like, big old country store, and there was a Savage across, there's an intersection there. So it was a big Savage store there, but Waverly(phonetic). Not Waverly, Barrett, my grandmother's brother, had the post office there. I don't remember in the store, but he retired. So when he retired, my mother took the service and passed it and became postmaster there. So my father started out with a little old garage and then he moved his warehouse up to the big store that had a big floor to it. TIM: Is there a sign on it that says, Boothe General Store, or -- FRANCIS A. BOOTH: Not then. After that my father bought that piece of land, and, and built his own store. And that's when he had his sign, P.J. Booth, what do you call it -- TIM: General store? FRANCIS A. BOOTH: -- pay as you go, you know. There were a lot of blacks that weren't paying. They ________________ in good with him. TIM: Credit wasn't -- FRANCIS A. BOOTH: So the post office was moved there, too. And, and besides that, Dad was quite a, a good businessman, because he drove a school bus for 25 years. I said, when he came to live with us, Why did you, why did you drive a school bus from Save to Berrysville(phonetic) which is about 10 miles on a horse during the wintertime when the snow sometimes was 2 feet deep, deep? And he said, To save money. Keep from paying gas. And then rode back. That's how he started out. So he drove a school bus then. And then when they switched schools, he drove one of the first school buses that was a chassis, had a chassis -- TIM: Chassis with a body built on it -- FRANCIS A. BOOTH: -- with a body built on the side, where you just roll up the curtains and so forth. And then when the first school buses that looks like the buses today, was when my mother died, that was 1929. I rode in that school bus, a new school bus. I know that. TIM: And he also drove a dump truck or something, too -- FRANCIS A. BOOTH: And anyway, he, he was paid about $100 a month for driving the school bus. And then in the summertime he had two dump trucks. I don't know whether he rented them or how, how it was, but that was when they were fixing the roads. And so he had two, two dump trucks with people working, driving, while he was in the store. So he had three things going at one time.

Okay. Let's go to Percy Jackson BOOTH, who was born June 6, 1893. He was born in Surry County, Virginia, and he died on March 3rd 1983, and he's buried in Claremont, Virginia, at St. Anne's Church. He was married November 10th, 1930. And, let's see. His first wife was Myrtle -- TIM: Martha Myrtle Clemons. Gene Harris: -- Martha Myrtle Clemons, who was born 1900. TIM: Prince George County. Gene Harris: And they were married, it looks like, April 23rd, 1918. FRANCIS A. BOOTH: Prince George County, and they were married in, in my grandfather's home. Gene Harris: Okay. FRANCIS A. BOOTH: I sat in the living room after they restored it. Gene Harris: So they were married -- FRANCIS A. BOOTH: -- it was a pretty place they were married. Gene Harris: They were married at the Thaddeus Floyd farmhouse? FRANCIS A. BOOTH: Married at my mother's, the J.W. Clements. Gene Harris: Oh, the Clements farmhouse? Okay. She apparently died the 23rd of January, 1929? FRANCIS A. BOOTH: Right. SPEAKER 4: I thought that Daddy died in 1984? TIM: It was '83. MR. DOWNEY: '83. FRANCIS A. BOOTH: '83? That's what he said. Gene Harris: Okay. Now, let's see. The second wife was Martha V. McCoy, M-C-C-O-Y. She was born September 11th, 1909, in Surry County, Virginia. Her father was Isaac -- FRANCIS A. BOOTH: Oh, wait a minute. Gene Harris: -- Alva McCoy. I-S-A-A-C, Alva, A-L-V-A, McCoy, was her father. And her mother's name was Elva, E-L-V-A, Jane McCoppin, M-C-C-O-P-P-I-N. FRANCIS A. BOOTH: I don't know whether that's correct or not, but I think that Martha was the one that wrote that. Gene Harris: Okay. FRANCIS A. BOOTH: Because I didn't do that. TIM: It looks like your handwriting, Mother. FRANCIS A. BOOTH: Well, that, that is not my handwriting. TIM: It's not? It could be hers, then. FRANCIS A. BOOTH: It's hers. I put something extra in there and squeezed it in, that's probably mine. But somebody else wrote that. Gene Harris: They had, let's see. Percy Jackson had three children: Francis A. BOOTH, Percy Jackson BOOTH, Jr., and Bonnie Beryl BOOTH. FRANCIS A. BOOTH: Beryl is another ______________ BOOTH family. Gene Harris: Okay. Now, were all three, which, which wife were these children by? TIM: This one by the Clemons, that's mother. Gene Harris: Okay. So Francis, you're mother, you're Francis A. BOOTH? And your mother was Myrtle Clements? FRANCIS A. BOOTH: Right. Gene Harris: C-L-E-M-E-N-T-S? The other two children, Percy Jackson BOOTH, Jr., and Bonnie Beryl BOOTH, were by Martha V. McCoy? Francis A. BOOTH was born when? FRANCIS A. BOOTH: December 6, 1919. Gene Harris: December 6, 1919? FRANCIS A. BOOTH: Yes.

Gene Harris: Addendum: This is information on Francis's father, who, now this was. TIM: Percy Jackson BOOTH. Gene Harris: Okay. FRANCIS A. BOOTH: My father, when my father and mother got married, my mother had relatives in Hampton, Virginia, and they came to, my father and mother came to Hampton, Virginia, and they rode the streetcar from Hampton to Newport News for a year, and they had a little boy born, but died the same day it was born. My grandmother said it was probably the cord or something like that, but after that my father moved back to the country. I don't know why, but he always loved the country. And so he moved to Surry County and that's where I was born.

Family/Spouse: MCCOY Martha. Martha (daughter of MCCOY Isaac and MCCOPPIN Elva Jane) was born on 11 Sep 1909 in Burrowsville, Prince George, VA; died on 27 Mar 1979; was buried in Claremont, VA (St. Anne's Cemetary). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Percy married CLEMENTS Martha Myrtle on 10 Nov 1918 in Prince George County, VA (Home Of J, W, Clements Farmhouse). Martha (daughter of CLEMENTS James William, Sr. and BURROW Mary Florence) was born on 9 Feb 1899 in Prince George County, VA; died on 23 Jan 1929. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Note: No children
• Occupation: Richmond, Virginia, USA; Lawyer the city
• Reference Number: 1207

Notes:

Gene Harris: Okay. How about Oscar Hudson BOOTH? FRANCIS A. BOOTH: Oscar Hudson was a, a big achiever. He, he did not like planting potatoes. Aunt Lin told the story where they would all get out and my grandfather would say, Plant the potatoes with the eyes up, and he was looking up at the sky, whether that's a joke or not. So he was a typical city boy. And he went to, I think he went to Newport News, came to Newport News first, and then got a job, and then every time he'd, and then he would go to school at night. And then he'd get another job, and then he'd go to school at night until he became a lawyer for the city of Richmond. Gene Harris: Oscar Hudson BOOTH was a lawyer for the city of Richmond? FRANCIS A. BOOTH: Yes. TIM: Uh-huh. FRANCIS A. BOOTH: By his, going to school.

Interview with Frances A. Booth - 2005

Oscar married POWELL RuthUnknown. Ruth and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 1209
• Census: 1910, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States
• Census: 1920, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States

Notes:

FRANCIS A. BOOTH: John Beverly BOOTH was in world war -- TIM: He was a World War I soldier. Yeah. This is a very interacting story. Tell it. FRANCIS A. BOOTH: I don't know if I can tell that story or not, because it's sort of a sad story.

Gene Harris: This is all John Beverly BOOTH? FRANCIS A. BOOTH: Yeah. TIM: That's right. FRANCIS A. BOOTH: He was, he was, I think it's somewhat of a dirty blonde, like, and we, we, he had a girlfriend when he left. And when he came back, his girlfriend, like a lot of stories, his girlfriend was married. And he, he, the one thing that the war left him with was bad feet because of -- TIM: Trench foot. FRANCIS A. BOOTH: -- being in the trenches over in England, I believe it was, in deep water.

And once in a, so Uncle Clyde, the brother, had a little house there. And Johnny lived in it for a while. And then he started to drinking a little. I remember he came over to my house when my grandmother came to live with us after my mother died, and he was drinking a little bit. And my grandmother said, You go right back to your house and don't come back to see me until you get okay. Gene Harris: That was his mother, Mary Louise Barrett?

FRANCIS A. BOOTH: Yeah. So, so he wasn't a bad guy. And then later someone, I don't know, it was Gary maybe, who said he saw a picture of a base- -- he was good at ba- -- softball or baseball, I guess it was, and it had John's name, John -- Gene Harris: He played for -- FRANCIS A. BOOTH: -- BOOTH in Surry County. TIM: -- a local baseball team in Smithfield that he played some baseball for. Gene Harris: We're still discussing John BOOTH? TIM: Right. FRANCIS A. BOOTH: Uh-huh.

TIM: He was a, he was a bachelor. He never married the girl that he -- He went to the service and went to World War I, went to France. When he came back, however long he was there, she had met someone else and married. And he never married, he never dated or married again, did he? He never dated anybody -- FRANCIS A. BOOTH: I don't know, but my grandmother said that the reason that he did the, the drinking was because of, of the, what they gave him, drug, I guess, what do you call it -- TIM: For his feet? FRANCIS A. BOOTH: -- for his feet. Yeah. TIM: Uh-huh. FRANCIS A. BOOTH: It started like that.

Census:
United States Census, 1910 for Johnie B Booth
Name: Johnie B Booth
Birthplace: Virginia
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Residence: Guilford, Surry, Virginia
Marital Status: Single
Race : White
Gender: Male
Immigration Year:
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Family Number: 213
Page Number: 13
Household Gender Age
Parent Thadeous L Booth M 56y
Parent Mary L Booth F 46y
Magnus F Booth M 27y
Annie B Booth F 23y
Bessie B Booth F 21y
Clyde Booth M 19y
Percy J Booth M 17y
Oscar H Booth M 15y
Johnie B Booth M 12y
Regmale A Booth M 9y
Lillian B Booth F 7y
Mary L Booth F 1y 6m

Census:
United States Census, 1920 for John B Booth
Name: John B Booth
Residence: , Surry, Virginia
Estimated Birth Year: 1899
Age: 21
Birthplace: Virginia
Relationship to Head of Household: Brother
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Film Number: 1821916
Digital Folder Number: 4390828
Image Number: 00408
Sheet Number: 5
Household Gender Age
Thadeous T Booth M 28y
Ruth R Booth F 20y
Aubrey Booth M 3y10m
Lucille Booth F 1y9m
John B Booth M 21y

Died:
U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006
about John B Booth Name: John B Booth
Service Info.: PFC US ARMY WORLD WAR I
Birth Date: 28 Jun 1898
Death Date: 23 Jan 1967
Service Start Date: 7 Apr 1917
Interment Date: 26 Jan 1967
Cemetery: City Point National Cemetery
Cemetery Address: 10th Avenue and Davis Street Hopewell, VA 23860
Buried At: Section E Site 4853

Social Security Death Index
about John Booth Name: John Booth
SSN: 231-05-2447
Last Residence: 23890 Waverly, Sussex, Virginia, United States of America
Born: 29 Jun 1898
Died: Jan 1967
State (Year) SSN issued: Virginia (Before 1951

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Illness: Stomach problems for years, poss cancer
• Occupation: Hopewell, VA; Policeman
• Reference Number: 1210

Notes:

Gene Harris: Okay. Now, what do you remember about Reginal A. BOOTH? FRANCIS A. BOOTH: He was a, he was, he was probably the largest built, but he was not overly fat. He was just built like a football player. Gene Harris: Stocky build? FRANCIS A. BOOTH: Yes. And, and he was good looking. And he was a policeman.

FRANCIS A. BOOTH: I think, I think he lived to be 94. And I think that that, Daddy was 89 or, he lacked but so many months of being 90, so I included him.

FRANCIS A. BOOTH: I know that he lived to, to be, I know that he lived, died, I think, with stomach problems. Probably cancer. He had it at a young age, and I know that he was sick for while there, for, like, five or 10 years and we used to go and see him.

Family/Spouse: FULCHER Thelma. Thelma and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Note: There is a WV/Tenn family of Booths related to the Booths and the Sykes families
• Reference Number: 1211

Notes:

Gene Harris: Okay. And let's go to the next one, which is Lillian R. BOOTH. Do you remember what Lillian's middle in- -- middle name was? FRANCIS A. BOOTH: Barrett. Gene Harris: Okay. So it's Lillian B. BOOTH? FRANCIS A. BOOTH: Yes. Lillian Barrett BOOTH. Gene Harris: Okay. And she was born was 21 25 May, 1903? FRANCIS A. BOOTH: Uh-huh. Gene Harris: What do you remember of her?

FRANCIS A. BOOTH: Well, Aunt, Aunt Lillian, Aunt Lillian taught school. She taught in a one-room school. Gene Harris: Which school was that? FRANCIS A. BOOTH: One-room school down at -- Gene Harris: Was that Otterdam School? FRANCIS A. BOOTH: -- located at Otter Dam Wall (phonetic). Gene Harris: Okay. So that was the old Otterdam school, then? FRANCIS A. BOOTH: Yeah. Gene Harris: Old white, white clapboard building? FRANCIS A. BOOTH: Yes. And she drove old Billy, the horse, and her buggy to the school and back again. And she taught a small amount of children between one, first grade and seventh. And each summer she would go to summer school with the money she made teaching school in the winter until she got two years of college, and then later she went, you were required to have four years, so she went to school and got her degree in that.

And that's, I knew she was an achiever. There are so many stories about her. Because she, she got into a law course where most of them were guys. And she told me that two of them walked in, and they all started at these two girls in the law course. And, and then when the, they took the exams and so forth, they all were wondering what they were going to get, but only a few of them passed, and she was one of them. And, and she was, she was....

FRANCIS A. BOOTH: She, she was a crackerjack teacher. She taught school for 40 years. And she told me before she died that she enjoyed every minute of it. I could not believe that, but that's what she said.2 SOUR S236

Family/Spouse: BOOTH A. Rex. A. was born in Tennessee; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Education: Farmville, VA (Longwood College)
• Note: Had one child - NFI
• Reference Number: 1212

Notes:

Gene Harris: Wow. How about Mary Louise BOOTH, who was born September 15th, 1908? Mary FRANCIS A. BOOTH: Mary Louise was the youngest one. And I think that, that she must have acted like she was. (Laughter.) Anyway, she's the only one in the family that had a chance to go to college that the parents paid for, see? And so Mary went at Longwood one year, and then she met Lloyd. And Aunt Lin told me this story. She met Lloyd, fell in love with him. And, and married, eloped to North Carolina and got married. And, and she, I think she regretted it later. And so there was a lot of jealousy sort of between Aunt Lillian and, and Mary. And she, she was a flirt. She looked the part. Gene Harris: Okay. Let's go -- FRANCIS A. BOOTH: She has a daughter that's still living. Gene Harris: What's her daughter's name? FRANCIS A. BOOTH: Nancy -- TIM: Wills. FRANCIS A. BOOTH: -- Scott Wills. Gene Harris: Anyone know where she lives? TIM: Yeah. We have a mailing address. FRANCIS A. BOOTH: Yeah. I have her address. She's probably the youngest of the cou- -- the children. TIM: We sent her this information. Gene Harris: Okay. We need to get her. You can send her something about the --TIM: Okay.2 SOUR S236

Family/Spouse: SCOTT Lloyd. Lloyd and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married BOOTH (--LNU--) Lloyd --LNU--North Carolina (Eloped To). Lloyd and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1940, Brandon, Prince George County, VA

Notes:

Census:
1940 United States Federal Census
about John L Horne
Name:John L Horne          
Age:38          
Estimated Birth Year:abt 1902          
Gender:Male          
Race:White          
Birthplace:Virginia          
Marital Status:Single          
Relation to Head of House:Lodger          
Home in 1940:Brandon, Prince George, Virginia          
Map of Home in 1940:View Map          
Street:Route 611          
Inferred Residence in 1935:Brandon, Prince George, Virginia          
Residence in 1935:Same House          
Sheet Number:9A          
Occupation:Laborer          
Attended School or College:No          
Highest Grade Completed:Elementary school, 2nd grade          
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census:55          
Class of Worker:Wage or salary worker in private work          
Weeks Worked in 1939:50          
Income:300          
Income Other Sources:No          
Neighbors:View others on page          
Household Members:NameAge               
Wilson B Booth 26               
Annie C Boath 51               
John L Horne 38               

Family/Spouse: HARVILLE Francis B.. Francis was born on 30 Oct 1916; died on 30 Sep 1985; was buried in Prince George County, VA (Salem United Methodist Church Graveyard). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jeanne married COLLIER Arthur Carroll on 1 Feb 1952. Arthur (son of COLLIER Robert and WEST Ocie) was born on 31 Oct 1927; died on 2 Apr 1988; was buried in Waverly, Sussex County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: FAISON --FNU--. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: HATCH Horace. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Organizations: Mason
• Census: 1930, Claremont, Surry County, VA
• Military Service: 8 Jan 1943; US Army (Pvt.) WW-II

Notes:

Census:
1930 United States Federal Census
about Orbrey C Boothe
Name: Orbrey C Boothe
Home in 1930: Claremont, Surry, Virginia
Age: 14
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1916
Relation to Head of House: Son
Father's Name: Thadius C Boothe
Mother's Name: Lillian R Boothe
Race: White
Occupation:
Education:
Military Service:
Rent/home value:
Age at first marriage:
Parents' birthplace: View image
Household Members: Name Age
Thadius C Boothe 39
Lillian R Boothe 33
Orbrey C Boothe 14
Lillian L Boothe 12
Thadius F Boothe 2 10/12

Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Claremont, Surry, Virginia; Roll: 2462; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 6; Image: 674.0.

Military Service:
U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
about Orbrey C Boothe
Name: Orbrey C Boothe          
Birth Year: 1916          
Race: White, Citizen (White)          
Nativity State or Country: Virginia          
State of Residence: Virginia          
County or City:S urry          
         
Enlistment Date: 8 Jan 1943          
Enlistment State: Virginia          
Enlistment City: Richmond          
Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA          
Grade: Private          
Grade Code: Private          
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law          
Component:Selectees (Enlisted Men)          
Source:Civil Life          

Died:
Social Security Death Index
about Orbrey C. Boothe
Name:Orbrey C. Boothe          
SSN:          
Last Residence:23899 Claremont, Surry, Virginia, United States of America          
Born:22 Feb 1916          
Died:28 May 1996          
State (Year) SSN issued:Virginia (Before 1951)          

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Spring Grove, Surry County, Va; Claremont Methodist Church

Lillian married GWALTNEY Charles Marks on 20 Dec 1947. Charles (son of GWALTNEY Charles Cox and DURPHEY Emma Lou) was born on 4 Sep 1918; died on 1 Oct 1998; was buried on 3 Oct 1998 in Waverly, Sussex County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Address: Address:
  Percy Jackson BOOTH Jr.
• Nickname: "Jackie"
• Name: Jackie
• Occupation: Construction Equipment Operator
• Phone: 804-834-2751

Notes:

The other two children, Percy Jackson BOOTH, Jr., and Bonnie Beryl BOOTH, were by Martha V. McCoy? Francis A. BOOTH was born when? FRANCIS A. BOOTH: December 6, 1919. Gene Harris: December 6, 1919? FRANCIS A. BOOTH: Yes. Gene Harris: Okay. Percy Jackson BOOTH, Jr. Do you remember when he was born? I know it was 1933, but do you remember what month and day? FRANCIS A. BOOTH: Jackie? TIM: Yeah. FRANCIS A. BOOTH: July the, wait a 15 minute. July 27th. Gene Harris: Okay. July 27, 1933. Okay. And how about Bonnie Beryl BOOTH?

Still alive as of 1-10-2020 ... gene He cleaned out the graveyard at Snow Hill last year!

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Smithsonian

Notes:

And how about Bonnie Beryl BOOTH?

FRANCIS A. BOOTH: Bonnie is -- Gene Harris: -- she was born in '43. FRANCIS A. BOOTH: -- 10 years younger than Jackie. And her birthday is September the, wait a minute now. September 1st. Gene Harris: Okay. So Bonnie Beryl, B-E-R-Y-L, BOOTH was born September the -- FRANCIS A. BOOTH: 1st. Gene Harris: -- 1st, 1943, and all three children were born in Surry County? Now, we're going to drop down -- FRANCIS A. BOOTH: And we don't know where she is. TIM: We haven't heard from her in years. FRANCIS A. BOOTH: She doesn't have anything to do with us. Gene Harris: Oh, she doesn't? TIM: That's the one that worked for the Smithsonian. FRANCIS A. BOOTH: It's always --

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 1416
• Baptism: Abt 1929, Burrowsville, Prince George, VA; Baptism at Brandon Episcopal Church
• Education: 1936, Dendron, Surry County VA; Dendron HS Graduation
• Education: 1940, Harrisonburg, Harrisonburg (city), Virginia, USA; JMU ( James Madison University) College Graduation
• Retired: 1982, Newport News, VA; Retired rom the Newport News School System
• Occupation: 1940-2006, Numerous Places; School Teacher
• Religion: 2006, Newport News, VA; Warwick United Church of Christ
• Funeral: 6 Nov 2006, Newport News, VA; Memorial Service

Notes:

Gene Harris: Okay. Now, let's get back to you, Francis. What were your hobbies? FRANCIS A. BOOTH: What were my hobbies? TIM: Your hobbies. FRANCIS A. BOOTH: Only that, probably music and dancing. And I don't think I had any hobbies. Gene Harris: Okay. Now that we've had our cake, we're going to go back to recording. Now, Francis, can you tell me a little bit: What was your favorite book? FRANCIS A. BOOTH: When I was in school? Gene Harris: No. Later on in life, what was your favorite book? FRANCIS A. BOOTH: I can tell you my favorite movie is Gone With the Wind. Gene Harris: Okay. Gone With the Wind was a good one. I've seen that a couple times. FRANCIS A. BOOTH: And Sound of Music. Gene Harris: Oh, that was beautiful. FRANCIS A. BOOTH: Yeah.

FRANCIS A. BOOTH: I was baptized in the Episcopal, Brandon Episcopal Church in Burrowsville, Virginia. Gene Harris: Brandon Episcopal Church in Burrowsville, B-U-R-R-O-W-S-V-I-L-L-E, Virginia? FRANCIS A. BOOTH: Uh-huh. Gene Harris: And do you remember when that was, approximately? FRANCIS A. BOOTH: Mother died in 1929. That was her last, one of the last wishes that she had, that my father and I join church. So it had to be somewhere close after she died in '29.

Gene Harris: Okay. And you, where did you go to school? FRANCIS A. BOOTH: I went to school in Savage, Virginia, until they moved the school to Denburn(phonetic) Dendron High School, and then I went to school in Denburn High School, and then I went to JMU.

Gene Harris: Very good. And what, what did you do for a career. FRANCIS A. BOOTH: Teacher. I was a teacher because you didn't have a lot of choice. At Madison there were only a thousand girls there at that time. And, and you could be a nurse and take a two-year nursing course, or be a stenographer and take a two-year-course. I used to take Home EC and maybe go into some, some other food, food jobs or something like that. And, but it was basically an educational school supported by the state.

Education:
She attended Jeb Stuart Elementary school in Savage, Va, and Dendron H.S. in Dendron, Va., where she was president of the student Body, on the basketball team and the debate team.

Education:
BS in Elementary Education.

Occupation:
Gloucester School System, Va., Rockville Virginia School System and Newport News Virginia School System, where she taught at Parkview, Lee Hall, Sedgefield and Saunders Elementary School.

Religion:
unk to 2006

Funeral:
2 pm at the Warwick United Church, Rev. Michael O. Christensen officating.
Peninsula Funeral Home, Newport News, Va handling arrangements.

Died:
Died at Mary Immaculate Hospital after a 2 month illness. Died from a high fever/Infection following surgery

Frances married DOWNEY James Snead on 17 Dec 1948 in Newport News, VA (Hilton Village, St. Andrew's Episcopal Church). James (son of DOWNEY James Snead and DOWNEY Collette --LNU--) was born on 13 Mar 1915 in Philippines; died on 20 Jun 2011. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died in infancy

Other Events and Attributes:

• Employment: Attorney

Family/Spouse: STOKES Donald. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: US Army

Notes:

Died:
Social Security Death Index
about Orbrey C. Boothe
Name: Orbrey C. Boothe          
SSN:          
Born: 15 Dec 1948          
Died: 13 Sep 2004          
State (Year) SSN issued: Virginia          

Family/Spouse: BOOTH Deborah -- Unknown --. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married SEWARD Gail Savedge on 14 Jan 1975. Gail was born on 9 Dec 1953. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Brenda married WHEELER David Everett on 5 Sep 1973. David was born on 8 Aug 1947. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Dennis married ROWLAND Anita Lucille on 12 Sep 1976. Anita was born on 31 Mar 1958. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Timothy married DARDEN Michele Leigh on 6 Jun 1998 in Smithfield, Isle of Wight, VA (Smithfield Bapt Ch). Michele was born on 21 Feb 1973 in Newport News, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Timothy married AVIS Lynne Allison on 27 May 1978. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: US Army
• Nickname: Mel

Notes:

Military:
Career soldier

Family/Spouse: DOWNEY Grace --?--. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married GRETCHEN Mary on 16 Apr 1971, and was divorced. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Smithfield, Isle of Wight, VA

Family/Spouse: DOWNEY Angie --?--. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gary married CUNDIFF Giesela Ann on 17 May 1979. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Newport News, VA

Notes:

Residence:
Lives near Newport News

Gloria married PAIT Clifton Wayne on 9 Feb 1974. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]