Elias Booher ¹

   Another name for Elias was Eli Booher.

   FamilySearch ID: L4YB-6W6.

  General Notes:

!SOURCES:
1. Booher, Allen G. sr. MY OFTEN MISPELLED NAME IS BOOHER
2. 1840 Sullivan Co. TN census
3. Martin Booher will and litigation

!ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Source-1 p. 128 listed as child; Source-3 Elias was not named as a child of Reedy Creek John

!CENSUS:
1840 Source-2 p. 127
Booher, Elias
male 20-30 [1810-1820]
female 20-30 [1810-1820]

Note. Appears to be newly married
!SOURCES:
1. Booher, Allen G. sr. MY OFTEN MISSPELLED NAME IS BOOHER
2. 1850 Scott Co. VA census
3. 1860 Sullivan Co. TN census
4. Civil War Confederate Pension Records
5. 1870 Sullivan Co. TN census
6. Martin Booher will and litigation
7. 1880 Hawkins Co. TN census

!BIRTH: Estimate from Sources-2 and 3; same sources for place

!MARRIAGE: Source-1 p. 125 for name

DEATH:

BURIAL:

!ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Source-4 # S3938, 63rd Infantry, Sullivan; Source-6 listed as a Reedy Creek John survivor [cannot find this family in 1880]

!CENSUS:
1850 Source-2 p. 371 #285-285 image 43
Booher, Eli 30 farmer TN
Mahala 28 "
Lydia E. 10 "
Olly 5
Mary A. 2
Samuel M. 2

!1860 Source-3 p. 50 #614-614 Dist 6 Morell's Mill P.O.
Booher, Eli 45 farmer /300 TN
Mahala 44 hk "
Alley (f) 16 "
Sam 14
Catherine 10
William S. 8
Mathew 3

!1870 Source-5 p. 427 #35-35 Mill Point P. O.
Booher, Eli 35 farmer 300/250 TN
Mahala 40 hk "
Ellen 20 " "
O. E. 19
Catherine 16
William 14
Martha 11

!1880 Source-7 Census Place: District 3, Hawkins, Tennessee
Source: FHL Film 1255261 National Archives Film T9-1261 Page 307C

Eli BOVAER Self 67 TN Occ: Farmer Fa: PA Mo: TN
Mahala BOVAER Wife 64 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN blind
Martha BOVAER Dau 22 TN Occ: kpng hs Fa: TN Mo: TN
Christopher BOVAER Nephew 2 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1850 in Western District, Scott, VA. ² Three Booher households are close neighbors in the 1850 census:

Maryann Booher, 58, was living with son Samuel, farmer, 28; Julia, 21; William, farmer, 22; and John A., farmer, 17. Maryann's real estate was worth $520, and $280 each for Samuel, William, and John A. Everyone was born in Virginia except Julia in Tennessee.

On the next page is Eli Booher, farmer, 30, with wife Mahala, 28; Lydia E. 10; daughter Olly, 5; Margaret A., 2; and Samuel M., 2. Eli, Mahala and Lydia were born in Tennessee, the others in Virginia. Since Eli has not real estate value, he is likely farming the land of one of his neighbors: Carey Cox, 50, and his wife Mary; or Lawrence Snapp, 44, and his wife Eliza J. One might be his father-in-law?

Near Eli is Adam Booher, farmer, 26, with wife Elizabeth, 22; Mary J., 2; and Eliza A., 7 months. Elizabeth was born in the Tennessee, the others in Virginia. Adam's real estate is worth $600.

Elias married Mahalia, daughter of Martin Booher Jr. and Ollie Ellen Wassum. (Mahalia was born about 1819 in , , TN.)