Christina Valentine Cross ^{1 2}

  General Notes:

!SOURCES:
1. Booher, Allen G. sr. MY OFTEN MISSPELLED NAME IS BOOHER
2. International Genealogical Index
3. Ancestry.com: Online Family Tree: Erica Christensen - gedcom
4. 1870 Scott Co. VA census [see spouse]
5. 1880 Washington Co. VA census [see spouse]
6. 1900 Howell Co. MO census [see spouse]
7. 1910 Howell Co. MO census [see spouse]
8. 1920 Howell Co. MO census [see Elbert J.]

!BIRTH: Source-1 p. 137 for date

!MARRIAGE: Source-1 pp. 120, 137 for name; Source-2 for date and place [incorrect]; IGI list from Helen Wood has 1868; Source-3 for date and place by Wm. Hancher

!DEATH:Source-1 p. 137 has 1936

BURIAL:

!ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Source-1 p. 120 name given as Valentine

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  Death Notes:

A newspaper article in possession of Joy Dressel, Christina's descendant, states Christina was born on Jan. 19, 1835 and lived to be 101 years and 12 days.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1920 in Willow Springs, Howell, MO. ³ Two Booher households were neighbors in 1920.

William C. Booher, farmer, 28, single, was living with Cora E., mother, 47, single. They and their parents were born in Virginia.

Albert E. J. Booher, farmer, 40, single, was living with his sister, Nancy L. Higgins, 35, widowed, and her children: Virgil J. Higgins, 17; Richard Higgins, 11; Amos M. Higgins, 3. Also in the home is Albert's mother, Christina, 75, widowed. Christina, Albert, and Nancy and their parents were born in Virginia. The father of the Higgin's children was born in "United States."

Christina married George James Booher, son of Adam Booher and Elizabeth Shaffer, on 24 May 1868 in , Sullivan, TN. (George James Booher was born on 9 Aug 1852 in Bristol, Bristol, VA,⁴ died on 9 Aug 1916 in Willow Springs, Howell, MO and was buried in Sargent Twp.: Freedom Church Cemetery, Texas, MO.)

Christina next married George W. Booher on 25 May 1868 in , Sullivan, TN.¹ (George W. Booher was born on 9 Aug 1854 in Bristol, Bristol, VA,^{1 5} died on 9 Aug 1916 in Willow Springs, Howell, MO ⁵ and was buried on 10 Aug 1916 in Sargent Twp.: Freedom Church Cemetery, Texas, MO ⁵.). The cause of his death was cancer of esophagus.