William Benson Booher
- Born: 16 Jan 1854, Orbisonia, Huntingdon, PA 1 2
- Marriage (1): Louisa Ehrke on 18 Jan 1884 in , , IA
- Died: 27 Aug 1923, Sioux City, Woodbury, IA at age 69
Noted events in his life were:
1. Moved: 1864, , Johnson, IA. 1
2. Book: History of the counties of Woodbury and Plymouth, Iowa, 1891. 1
W. B. Booher was born in Huntingdon county, Pa., January 16, 1854, and in 1864 came with his mother to Johnson county, Iowa, where his mother died in 1878, and where he received a common-school education, after which, with his brothers and sisters, he went to Shelby county, where he farmed for himself until 1878. He then spent three years working at the carpenter's trade, and in 1882 came to Danbury and went into the implement business; six months later he added furniture to his stock, and again, in 1887, hardware and buggies. His parents were Samuel and Elizabeth (Snyder) Booher, both Americans; his grandfather was Samuel, and grandmother, Hannah Booher. His father died in the Civil war. He had seven children, of whom W. B. Booher was the eldest. Our subject was married in 1885 to Louisa, daughter of John Ehrke, and they have one child, Edith. In his religious views he is in sympathy with the Methodist Episcopal church, in politics, is a republican, and a member of the town council.
3. Census in 1900 in Liston Twp., Woodbury, IA. 2 [Indexed as Wilbert Booher but handwriting is hard to read. This is William.]
William Booher, grain dealer, 46, born Jan 1854, was married for 15 years to wife Louisa, 36, Sep 1863. She had birthed one child by 1900: Edith, 12, Dec 1887. Edith was born in Iowa, while Louisa and her parents were born in Germany, and she immigrated in 1872. William and his parents were born in Pennsylvania.
William married Louisa Ehrke, daughter of John Ehrke and Unknown, on 18 Jan 1884 in , , IA. (Louisa Ehrke was born in Sep 1863 in , , , DEU 2.)
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