Mary Jane Harper ¹

  General Notes:

!SOURCES:
1. Booher, Allen G. sr. MY OFTEN MISSPELLED NAME IS BOOHER
2. 1860 Montgomery Co IN census [see spouse]
3. 1870 Montgomery Co. IN census [see spouse]
4. 1880 Montgomery Co. IN census
5. USGenweb: Indiana: Montgomery Co. Marriages recorded between 1850-1888
6. Letter of Guardianship

!BIRTH: Source-2 for state and approximate date

!MARRIAGE: Source-2 p. 116 for date and place; Source-5 Bk 5 p. 77 for date [10 Sep] and place

DEATH:

BURIAL:

!ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Source-6 Order Bk 1, p. 259 Sylvanus Booher Heirs --
Comes now Mary J. Booher an applicant for Letters of Guardianship on the person and estate of William S. Booher, senior, heir of Sylvanus Booher deceased, and files an affidavit setting forth the probably value of said estate and the same reads as follows to wit: (insert) and the court being satisfied that said Mary J. Booher is a competent person approve her Guardian of said Heir and who before receiving letters executed and filed her bond. Took and subscribed the oath prescribed by law, and which said bond, oath and also the letters issued to the said Mary J. Booher were each and all duly recorded in records provided and kept for that purpose, and the same reads as follows, towit: (insert) [no date given but the previous article was dated May 19 1874]

!CENSUS:
1880 Source-4 Census Place: Darlington, Montgomery, Indiana
Source: FHL Film 1254300 National Archives Film T9-0300 Page 375A

May J. BOOHER Self 36 IN Occ: Kps Brdng Hs Fa: OH Mo: OH
Willard S. BOOHER Son 18 IN Occ: Huckster Fa: IN Mo: IN
George R. BOLSER Other 27 IN Occ: Painter Fa: IN Mo: OH
George H. GUNLLE Other 22 IN Occ: Butcher Fa: OH Mo: IN
J. K. P. THOMPON Other 35 IN Occ: Merchant Fa: OH Mo: OH

Mary married Sylvanus W. Booher, son of John Booher Jr. and Margareta Zimmerle, on 9 Sep 1857 in , Montgomery, IN. (Sylvanus W. Booher was born on 10 Feb 1835 in , , IN and died in 1874.)