The Bucher/Booker Family, 1686-1990: Chapter III, Part 1

The Jacob Booker Family

(Son of John Phillip Bucher)

As mentioned in Chapter II, the heirs of Jacob Booker, “late of said county, deceased,” are listed in Deed Book K-10, page 423, Sullivan Co., Indiana. Although recorded on 5 May 1853, the deed states that “this indenture made this fourth day of February 1828.” We also know Jacob Booker was mentioned in the Western Sun on 10 January 1822, in a list of names of uncalled mail. Therefore, Jacob Booker, son of Philip Bucher and Molley Roy, died between January 10, 1822 and 4 February 1828. On the 1830 Census in Sullivan County, Elizabeth, widow of Jacob Booker, is listed living with her two youngest daughters, Levicy and Levina. Elizabeth’s age is “of 50 and under 60,” and her daughter’s ages are between “15 and 20.” Elizabeth Booker is not found on the 1840 Census. Here are the known children of Jacob Booker and his wife, Elizabeth Crist.

The John A. Booker and Elizabeth Trimble Family

John A. Booker married Elizabeth Trimble, daughter of James Trimble (1798-1830) and Sarah Hinton. Very little information has been found on John A. Booker’s family, but he is mentioned in 1822 in the Western Sun in the same uncalled mail list as his father. Before that he is listed on the 1820 Census of Sullivan Co. Indiana:

John Booker is not old enough to be the father of all these children. On the 1830 Census John Booker and Elizabeth are listed in Sullivan Co.,Indiana with one male under age 5, one male of 10 but under 15, one female under age 5, one female of 5 but under 10, one female of 10 but under 15. The 1840 Census of Knox County lists John A. Booker with one male of 10 but under 15, one male of 30 but under 40, one female of 10 but under 15, one female of 15 but under 20. John A. Booker is listed age between 40 but under 50, and Elizabeth between the ages of 30 and 40.

According to the records of Winnifred Markee Miles (donated to the Sullivan Co. Historical Society), her “Aunt Betsy” [Elizabeth Trimble Booker] was born around 1798. After John Booker’s death, Aunt Betsy remarried to John Osborn. Knox County marriage records show that Elizabeth Booker, widow of John Booker, married John Osborn 27 July 1848. I did not find John Osborn in Knox County on the 1850 Census, but I did find him and Elizabeth on the 1850 Census of Sullivan County. John Osborn is listed age 63, born in Kentucky, and Elizabeth is listed age 47, also born in Kentucky. This would mean her birth year to circa 1803, not 1798 as written by Mrs. Miles. Only Osborn children are listed.

 

The Sullivan County Historical Society Newsletter, Volume 6, No. 6, November Jacob Booker and Elizabeth Crist , Jefferson Co., KY c.1800 to Sullivan Co., IN c.1819:

There are some Bookers families who lived in Knox County throughout the 1800’s. Although some of them came from Ohio, I have not, as of this writing, been able to establish their relationship to our Booker family. According to Winnifred Markee, John A. Booker and Elizabeth Trimble had the following children:

One final note on the John A. Booker story. His widow, Elizabeth, was widowed again. After John Osborn’s death, she married Benson Jewell.

The James Baxter Booker and Elizabeth Davidson Family

Jacob and Elizabeth Booker’s third child was James Baxter Booker. James was a veteran of the war with Mexico, enlisting in Captain Briggs’ Company (Company H), 2nd Indiana Regiment, on 15 June 1846 at New Albany, Indiana. At the time of his enlistment, James listed his age as 43 years. He participated in the decisive campaign to take Buena Vista in the mountains beyond Saltillo in February 1847. His military records state he was also on detached duty as a hospital attendant at Saltillo on 23 February 1847. James B. Booker was discharged on 23 June 1847 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

James B. Booker married Elizabeth Davidson on 12 June 1821 in Sullivan County, Indiana. Elizabeth Davidson, born 1 October 1800 in Jessamine County, Kentucky, was the daughter of George Davidson. Dorothy P. [Booker] Kious of Murphreesboro, Tennessee has James B. Booker’s Bible. Listed in it are the following:

For descendants of James Baxter Booker and Elizabeth Davidson, see Chapter III – Part 2.

The Catherine M. Booker and John Ingle/Engle Family

Catherine M. (Maniard?) Booker, daughter of Jacob Booker and wife, Elizabeth, married John Ingle in Jefferson Co., Kentucky on 14 October 1819. The marriage was witnessed by James B. Booker and Henry Ingle. Catherine Booker Ingle, widow, is found on the 1840 Census of Sullivan Co., Indiana on page 125. She lists in her family two sons, one between the ages of 5 and 10, and the other between the ages of 10 and 15. She also lists one male between the ages of 40 and 50, one daughter between the ages 10 and 15, and herself between the ages of 30 and 40. The information on the children of Catharine M. Booker and John Ingle was given to me by Floy Louise Buckles Peterson of Peoria, Illinois, a descendant of James N. Ingle below.

The James Nelson Ingle Family

James Nelson Ingle married on 9 or 25 September 1852 to Elizabeth Shepherd in Sullivan Co., Indiana. Elizabeth was born 24 March 1825 in Porter, Indiana and died 18 February 1917 at Willow Springs, Missouri. According to Floy Buckles Peterson, James and Elizabeth had five children:

John Wesley Ingle

John Wesley Ingle and Nancy Ann Booker are found on the 1860 Census of Sullivan Co., Indiana, page 26, Haddon Twp., 13 June 1860. John and Nancy are listed with their eight children:

John W. Ingle and Nancy Booker are found in Moultrie Co., Illinois on the 1870 Census, town of Lovington, page 4, 31/39.

From the Sullivan Union Newspaper dated 26 August 1874: Death of John Ingle, Sr. – Evansville, Indiana August 22 — John Ingle, Sr., eighty-seven years of age, died at his residence, ten miles from this city, on Saturday. He was a prominent citizen, and was the father of John Ingle, for many years President of the E & C.R.R. Mr. Ingle has been postmaster at Ingle Station forty-five years, consecutively, having been appointed to the office by President Monroe. I do not know if this John Ingle is any relation to our Catharine M. Booker’s husband, but I felt I should include the above obituary for Ingle researchers.

 

According to Judy Pirtle of Sullivan County, Indiana, Susannah Booker, daughter of Jacob Booker and wife Elizabeth, married first to John Milam, circa 1822. After his death, Susannah supposedly married an Atherton. Susan Booker Milam, a widow, is listed on page 113 of the 1840 Census of Sullivan Co., Indiana. She lists one son 5 to 10 years; two sons 10 to 15 years; and lists her age 30 to 40 yrs.

Keziah Booker, next daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth, married Hiram A. Benefiel in Sullivan Co., Indiana circa 1822. Hiram Benefiel was the son of Colonel John Benefiel 1760-1835 and Rebecca Fitzjames 1762-1860, both buried in the Johnson Cemetery in Carlisle, Indiana. John was a Revolutionary Soldier, served from Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania; a Delegate from Knox Co., Indiana to the first State Constitutional Convention; a signer and framer of the Indiana State Constitution, and a member of the Indiana State Legislature in 1820. According to the following sources, Hiram and Keziah had eight children: Allumbaugh Family Book by Donna Allumbaugh of Tonasket, Washington; The Benefiel Families of Indiana and Their Descendants by Evelyn Benefiel Stout; and Mary Sirmay, descendant of Lavicy Benefiel.

John W. Benefiel

John W. Benefiel, son of Hiram and Keziah, married Elizabeth A. Maxwell (born about 1826) on 3 December 1848. Their children:

Robert R. Benefiel

Robert R. Benefiel, son of Hiram Benefiel and Keziah Booker, married Mary J. Ingram (born 1830) in Sullivan Co., Indiana on 13 February 1851. Their children:

Lavicy Benefiel

Lavicy Benefiel, daughter of Hiram Benefiel and Keziah Booker, married Edward Chauncy Hall (b. 1817), and had one child:

Hiram A. Benefiel

Hiram A. Benefiel, son of Hiram Benefiel and Keziah Booker, married 1 January 1857 to Sarah Mary Shawn/Sharon (1840-1875). Hiram remarried on 28 April 1881 to Martha Elizabeth (Alumbaugh) Lloyd (1850-1936). Hiram A. Benefiel had eight children by his first marriage:

Second marriage:

The William Jarrett Booker Family

William Jarrett Booker, son of Jacob and Elizabeth Booker, married Elizabeth, maiden name unknowned, sometime before 1830. On the 1830 Census of Sullivan Co., Indiana, William J. Booker is found on page 388, the same page his widowed mother, Elizabeth is on. William and wife are both listed between the ages of 20 and 30; he is also listed with one male child, under the age of five. On the 1840 Census of Sullivan County, William J. Booker’s family is listed on page 117, along with his cousin, Jacob Booker, son of David Booker and Theodosha Smith. By this time William J. Booker and his wife, Elizabeth, have three males, two under the age of five, and one between five and ten. In addition, they have four females, living with them, ages one under five, two between five and ten, and one ten to fifteen.

On 31 March 1870, Thursday in the Sullivan Democrat (Sullivan Co., IN), there appeared the following obituary: -Carlisle Items- Uncle William Booker, for many years a resident of Haddon, died in Carlisle on Sunday–his remains were interred in the old Hackett grave yard, on Monday. Thus, one by one, the old settlers are passing away.

 

Using the 1850 Census, and subsequent research, here is the family of William Jarrett Booker and his wife, Elizabeth:

Levinia Booker and Ruel Booker

Levinia Booker, eldest daughter of William J. Booker and wife, Elizabeth, married cousin, Ruel Booker, on 28 November 1853 in Sullivan Co., Indiana. Ruel was the son of Isaac Booker and Betsy Padgett (See Chapter VI for descendants).

Jacob Nelson Booker

Jacob Nelson Booker was married twice. First, he married his second cousin, Elizabeth Ann Booker, daughter of Phillip Booker (see Chapter VIII), on 8 November 1854 in Sullivan Co., Indiana. (Phillip – son of David and Theodosha Booker.) Most of the following information was given to me by Mildred Booker Smith of Orlando, Florida, a descendant of Phillip Booker. She found this information in a letter dated 7 February 1926 from Sarah (Booker) McCart (daughter of Elizabeth Booker and Jacob N. Booker) to Katherine (Booker) Greene, daughter of Perry R. Booker. Jacob’s wife, Elizabeth Ann Booker, died 12 September 1864 in Carlisle, Indiana, and was buried in the churchyard of the Missionary Baptist Church of Indian Prairie [No stone found]. Children of Jacob N. Booker and Elizabeth Ann Booker are as follows:

Jacob Nelson Booker remarried 17 February 1865 to Martha Ann Grizzle, widow of William A. Grizzle – killed in the Civil War. Martha’s maiden name was Taylor. She had a son, John W. Grizzle, from her previous marriage to William Grizzle. Based on the 1880 Census of Harrison Co., Missouri, and the 1900 Census of Montgomery Co., Kansas, Jacob and Martha Ann had three children:

On the 1895 Census of Kansas, Jacob N. Booker, and his wife, Martha Ann, are found living in McCune, Kansas. The only children listed is their eldest son, Charles, and his wife, Minnie, and their one grandson, Archie. The Kansas Census’ held between the Federal Census’ are very helpful in that they not only give the location on the family, but also give the previous state or territory the family had lived in. Jacob, Martha, and Charles are listed as having lived in Arkansas prior to moving to Kansas.

Charles J. Booker’s son, Archie, is listed as five months old, born in Kansas. On the 1900 Census of Cherryvale Township, Montgomery Co., Kansas, Jacob Nelson Booker and his wife, Martha, are listed living with their eldest son, Charles J. Booker and his wife, Minnie J. Martha Ann, Jacob’s wife, lists that she has had four children, only two living.

On the 1900 Census mentioned above, Charles J. Booker, railroad laborer, is listed with his wife, Minnie, married seven years, Minnie, born January 1868 in Minnesota, lists her father born in Ohio, and mother in Scotland. Minnie lists she has had three children, only one living. Clara E. Booker is listed, born October 1899, age seven months. On the 1910 Census Charles J. Booker and Minnie are listed with their four children as follows:

Sarah Jane (Booker) McCart further stated in her letter, “My half-brother’s wife [Minnie], Mrs. Charlie Booker, died on Declaration Day (which would have been 30 May 1925), and left four children.” I do not know at this time the dates of death of Jacob N. Booker and Martha Ann Taylor/Grizzle/Booker, but they are not listed on the 1910 Census of Kansas.

I found that Martha E. Booker, daughter of Jacob N. Booker and Martha Taylor/Grizzle/Booker, married 11 March 1891 to Dalma L. Headley of McCune, Crawford County, Kansas. In the 1943 obituary of Mary Delilah Grizzle Booker, Martha Booker Headley is mentioned as a sister living in Cherryvale, Kansas. (See Chapter VIII)

I found Dalma and Martha Headley on the 1900 Census living in the city of Cherryvale, Kansas.

Headley, D. L. born October 1865 in Ohio; Married Nine years; Father born in Ohio, and Mother born in Scotland; occupation day laborer

Headley, M. E. born November 1872 in Indiana; Father born in Indiana, and Mother born in Indiana; Married Nine years; gave birth to four children, four living.

On the 1910 Census of Cherryvale City, Kansas, dated 28 April 1910: Headley, D. S. age 44, b. Ohio, Father b. Ohio, Mother b. Scotland, Occupation Nietal drawer at Smelton

Headley, Lizzie, age 37, b. Indiana, Father b. Indiana, Mother b., Indiana, seven children, six living.

George W. Booker

George W. Booker, last son of William Jarrett Booker and wife, Elizabeth, was born 8 May 1841. George married Mary Jane Cox (born 18 February 1844) on 28 August 1865 in Sullivan County, Indiana. George and Mary had five children:

George W. Booker enlisted in the U.S. Army for three years during the Civil War on the 18th of January 1862. During the war George was a member of Company C, Fifty Ninth Regiment, Indiana Volunteers, Infantry. His military records state he was born in Carlisle, Sullivan Co., Indiana, twenty years of age, 5′ 10 and 1/2 inches high, light complexion, gray eyes, light hair, and occupation farmer. Private George W. Booker received a certificate of disability for discharge on the 13 of January 1863 at Jackson, Tennessee. He returned then to Carlisle, Indiana. George W. Booker died 7 December 1879 in Sullivan County, and was buried in Hackett Cemetery in Haddon Township. Mary Jane Cox Booker remarried to Wingrove Bennett and later after Wingrove’s death on December 18, 1910, received a pension based on George W. Booker’s military service. Mary J. Cox Booker Bennett died 26 May 1919.

Nancy Booker

Nancy Booker, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Booker, is believed to have married Lee Milam, son of Stephen Milam. But I have no proof. Found on the 1870 Census of Greene Co., Indiana, Stafford Twp., there is listed a widow, Nancy Milam, age 57, born in Kentucky. Perhaps this is Nancy, daughter of Jacob Booker. Living with this Nancy on the 1870 Census is a daughter, Mary S., age 15, born in Indiana, and a son, Abraham, age 9, also born in Indiana. Also, listed in Nancy’s household, is John T. Owen, age 30, and his wife, Mary Ann, age 26, born in Indiana. More research needs to be done on this family.

The Levicy Booker and James M. Gobin Family

Levicy Booker married James M. Gobin in 1834 in Sullivan Co., Indiana. She and James had three children:

The above information was given to me by Mrs. Donna Alumbaugh from her book, Allumbaugh – Alumbaugh Family, 1740 to 1981.

The Levina Booker and John R. Davidson Family

Levina Booker, last child of Jacob and Elizabeth Booker, was born sometime between 1814 and 1820. According to Knox County, Indiana marriage records, Levina Booker married John R. Davidson (brother of Elizabeth Davidson) on 27 August 1836. This marriage date does not fit with the 1850 Census, Haddon Twp., Dist. #106, 103/105. From Sullivan County Census’ and Records, John R. Davidson and Levina Booker’s children are as follows:

John R. Davidson, son of George Davidson, was born in Jessamine Co., Kentucky in November 1807 and died 16 September 1851 in Sullivan County, Indiana. He was buried in the Hackett Cemetery in Haddon Township. Levina was living in 1860 (see 1860 Census – Sullivan Co., Haddon Twp., page 32, line 33, household 226/226, post office Carlisle, dated 15 June 1860). Note that John R. Davidson was the brother of Elizabeth Davidson who married James Baxter Booker.

From Jane Wiley of Hebur Spring, Arkansas, I received the following information on the John R. Davidson and Levina Booker family, most of which can be found in Sullivan Co., Indiana probate records. The probate record is dated 26 February 1917. Mary, the oldest, child of John R. Davidson and Levina Booker, married a cousin, Daniel Davidson, Jr. on 13 January 1853 in Carlisle, Indiana.

 

The 1860 Census of Sullivan County, Haddon Twp., page 36, dated 18 June, shows them with the following children:

Listed on the same page as the Daniel Davidson family on the same census is Harvey S. Weller and his wife, Eliza Davidson, also daughter of John R. Davidson and Levina Booker. Harvey married Eliza in Carlisle on 22 July 1854. Their children were as follows:

Francis M. Davidson married twice. The name of his first wife was Mary W. ?, and from her he had the following children:

Francis M. Davidson married his second wife, Hester Jane Figg, in Carlisle, Indiana on 2 December 1874. From his second marriage, Francis and Hester had the following children:

The Bucher/Booker Family, 1686-1990 © 1990 Charles Lee Booker Jr.