Don Alonzo Booher ¹

   Other names for Don were Donald Alonzo Booher and Don Alonzo Brooker.²

  General Notes:

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Don Alonzo's Y-DNA most closely matches on 35 out of 37 markers with the line of Jacob Bougher/Bucher of Bucks Co. PA, indicating they were related by a common male in the 1700's. See the website above for links to study their trees.

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  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1820 in , Hardin, KY. ³ In 1820 in Little York, Hardin County [today this is in Meade County], Jacob Booher is listed in the census with this household:
Males (born)
Under 10 (1811-1820) = 3 sons (Benjamin, Don Alonzo, Isaac)
26-44 (1776-1794) = 1 father Jacob
Females (born)
16-25 (1795-1804) = 1 wife Jane.

2. Census in 1850 in , Pope, AR. ¹ Alonzo Booher, 34, was living with wife Elizabeth A., 27; James W., 7; Mary I., 5; and Eliza E., 3. The two youngest children were born in Arkansas, and the others in Kentucky.

3. Census in 1860 in Clark Twp., Pope County, AR. ² Don Alonzo Brooker is listed as age 45 living with wife Elizabeth A., 37; Jas W., 17; Mary I., 15; Eliza E., 12; John T., 10; Nimrod A., 8; Henry R., 4; and Martha A., 3. Everyone was born in Arkansas except Kentucky for the parents and Jas.

Don married Elizabeth A. Shoptaw, daughter of James Shoptaw and Catherine, in , Meade Co. KY. (Elizabeth A. Shoptaw was born about 1823 in , , KY ¹.)