1. | BOOTH John Beverly was born on 28 Jun 1898 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; died on 23 Jan 1967; was buried in Hopewell, VA. 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]
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