1. John Baltes
Bougher b. Germany
Unknown
2.
John Booher
b. abt 1750 PA, Butler, Lancaster d. 12/10/1820 Sullivan Co., TN
Note 1
+ Barbara Barnett b. abt 1755 PA d. Washington Co.,
VA m. 1/30/1770 PA, Butler, Lancaster
3. Jacob b.
3/3/1777 PA, Butler, Lancaster d. 7/29/1845 Montgomery Co., IN bd. Darlington,
Montgomery Co., IN
+ Catherine Barnett b. 2/3/1779 PA, Butler, Lancaster d. abt 1809 Sullivan
Co., TN m. abt 1798 Sullivan Co., TN
4. William b. 4/8/1799 Sullivan Co., TN d. 6/28/1883 IN, Johnson, Franklin
+ Rhoda Hampton b. 4/7/1802 d. 11/20/1838 Montgomery Co., IN m. abt
1823 Sullivan Co., TN
5. Elzira b. 1824 TN
5. Eliza b. abt 1825 TN
+ Lydia Kenworthy Cox b. 5/27/1816 Montgomery Co., IN d. 4/13/1854
IN, Johnson, Franklin m. 4/30/1840 IN, Mont.
5. Rhoda K. b. 1841 Montgomery Co., IN
5. Martha C. b. 10/21/1843 Darlington, Montgomery Co., IN
5. Albert W. b. 4/4/1846 Darlington,
Montgomery Co., IN
5. Mary Catherine b.
abt 1848 Montgomery Co., IN
4. Mary b. abt 1801 Sullivan Co., TN d. abt 1829 Sullivan Co., TN
+ Michael Hampton b.10/2/1800 Sullivan Co.,TN d. 7/2/1854 Montgomery
Co., IN m. abt. 1820 Sullivan TN
5. Sarah Ann b. 1/3/1822 Sullivan Co., TN
5. Selina b. abt 1824 Sullivan Co., TN
5. Margaret Jane b. 12/20/1825 Sullivan Co., TN
5. Samuel b. 2/20/1828 Sullivan Co., TN
4. Elizabeth b. abt 1803 Sullivan Co., TN
4. Gardianus b. 5/11/805 Sullivan Co., TN d. 8/7/1877 IN, Montgomery,
Darlington
+ Mahala Hampton b. 10/13/1803 d. 11/23/1860 m. TN
5. Jacob b. 5/26/1827 TN
5. Mary b. 9/4/1828 TN
5. Catherine b. 1829 TN
5. John M. b. 5/30/1830 TN
5. William b. 1832 Indiana, Johnson, Franklin
5. Rhoda b. 9/28/1833 Indiana, Johnson, Franklin
5. Wade W. b. 1835 Indiana, Johnson, Franklin
5. Cyrus b. 1/1837 Indiana, Johnson, Franklin d. 7/6/1915 Darlington,
Montgomery, IN
+ Lucinda Avery b. 5/12/1838 Marion Co., IN d. 11/16/1914
Darlington, Mont., IN m. 9/9/1858 Clinton Co., IN
+ William McNicol b. abt 1834 Marion Co., IN m. 4/26/1857 Clinton Co., IN
(This is her first
husband)
6. Ella McNicol b. 1858 Clinton Co., IN
6. Andrew W. b. 1860 Montgomery Co., IN
6. Thomas Edward b. 5/15/1866 Montgomery Co., IN d. 6/27/1924 Los Angeles,
Pasadena, CA
+ Tamson Manker Naylor b. 7/2/1867 Mont. Co., IN d. 10/29/1954 CA
Orange, Santa Ana m. 9/21/1892 IN
7. Mack Naylor b. 4/29/1895 IN, Montgomery
7. Helen Maurine b. 2/23/1897 IN, Montgomery, Darlington
6. Effie M. b. 1870 Montgomery Co., IN
6. Fairy Fern b. 7/16/1883 Montgomery Co., IN
5. Samuel b. 1839 Indiana, Johnson, Franklin
5. Lydia b. 1842 Indiana, Johnson, Franklin
5. Ira b. 12/11/1843 Indian, Johnson, Franklin d. 7/19/1913 IN, Johnson,
Franklin
+ Fannie Avery b. 8/23/1843 Marion Co., IN d. 11/29/1940 Montgomery
Co., IN m. 4/26/1863 IN, Darlington
6. Della b. 1865 IN, Montgomery, Darlington
6. Aniel b. 5/22/1867 IN, Montgomery, Darlington
6. Bertha b. 1869 IN, Montgomery, Darlington
6. Eliza b. abt 1870 IN, Montgomery, Darlington
6. Golda b. abt 1877 IN, Montgomery, Darlington
5. Elihu G. b. 1845 Indiana, Johnson, Franklin
5. Ephraim b. 1847 Indian, Johnson, Franklin
+ Narcessa Boots b. 10/28/1811 Montgomery Co., IN d. 11/9/1870 m.
aft 1860 Montgomery Co., IN
4. John b. 2/5/1808 Sullivan Co., TN
+ Elizabeth Barnett PA b. 2/3/1777 d. 11/6/1843 m. abt 1809 Sullivan
Co., TN
4. Catherine b. abt 1810 Sullivan Co., TN
4. Jonathan b. abt. 1812 Sullivan Co., TN
4. Jacob b. abt 1814 Sullivan Co., TN
4. Ambrose b. abt 1816 Sullivan Co., TN
4. Lucinda b. 12/13/1818 Sullivan Co., TN
4. Benjamin F. b. 9/5/1821 Sullivan Co., TN Bristol
Note 2
see photo
+ Margaret Beeler d. 6/2/1888 m. 10/20/1842 Boone Co., TN
Note 3
5. Martha
5. Margaret E.
5. William J.
5. Albert L.
5. Benjamin C.
5. Sylvester C.
5. Vando L.
5. Adelaide Maleva b. 9/10/1857 In, Boone, Whitetown d. 12/22/1932
Note 4
see photo
+ Strange Nathaniel Cragun b. 7/24/1857 IN, Boone, Eagle
d. 5/1926 m. 9/10/1857 IN, Boone, Whitestown
Note 5
6. Opal b. 5/28/1885 Lebanon d. 10/31/1891
6. Ethel b. 5/28/1885 Lebanon d. 4/16/1897
6. Dwight b. 10/5/1891 IN, Boone, Lebanon d. 12/8/1871
5. Mark A.
5. Emma R.
5. Daniel B.
5. Minnie F.
4. Leander b. 12/22/1823 Sullivan Co., TN Bristol
3. William b. 1783
TN
3. Benjamin Wesley
b.1786 TN
3. John b.
6/24/1788 TN
3. Frederick b.
1790 TN
3. Henry b. 1792 TN
3. Isaac b. 1792 TN
3. Elizabeth b.
1/17/1797 Sullivan Co., TN
3. Jehu b. 1797
. . .Anna Catarina b. 12/28/1779
. . .Margareta Roth m. 1802
http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jcs_cowtown&id=I1453
if you check the cemetary records for Paperville Cemetary you will find David
Booher who was the son of Martin and Catharine was buried there in 1849 which
means he cannot be the father of George, Elias, Mary and the rest because their
father was on the 1850 census with them
Note 1
John made his last will in Washington County, Virginia November
26, 1820. He died before December 10, 1820, when his will was proven in court.
In his will he mentions "all my land in Sullivan County, Tennessee." He moved
from Sullivan County back to Washington County, Virginia March 17,1818.
Notice the Name change here. John went by Boogher where his descendants used
Booher. John's father from Germany went by Bucher.
Note 2
Early Life and Times of Boone County, Indiana
Published May 1877, republished 1974
BENJAMIN BOOHER.
The subject of this sketch is a German by lineage, but an American by birth,
education and life. His grandparents came from Germany to this country in the
latter part of the seventeenth century, and settled first in the western part
of Pennsylvania, and afterward in Virginia. Their son Jacob, the father of the
subject of this sketch, married Elizabeth Barnet in the early part of the
present century, and settled in Sullivan County, East Tennessee. Jacob Booher
was the father of twelve children, of which Benjamin, the subject of this
sketch, is next to the youngest. He is also one of the three surviving
children. Benjamin Booher was born in Sullivan County, East Tennessee
September 1,1821, and when he was thirteen years old his father moved, with
his family, to Montgomery County Indiana, and settled two miles east of the
present site of Darlington, where many of his descendants yet live, an honored
and well-to-do people .Much credit is due the Booher families for making the
country in that immediate vicinity what it now is- productive beautiful, and
possessing all the qualities of a good neighborhood.
Benjamin Booher received his education when there were not such facilities as
we now have. The school building that he attended was an open log cabin
without any floor but the earth. The benches were made of round logs split
once, with diverging pins in the ends for supports. The chimney occupied one
entire end of the house. The writing desk was a wide board laid on sloping
pins in a log on one side of the cabin. The pens used in writing were made
from the large feathers of geese and buzzards. The teacher and the methods of
teaching were as novel as the house. Such is a brief description of the school
that Mr. Booher attended. Although his education was limited, yet he so
improved it that with the good native talents with which he is blessed he is
fully qualified for the transactions of the ordinary business of life. He is a
good reader, and keeps himself well informed on the various subjects
pertaining to the interest of the common citizen. He is a
pioneer, and one of the leading citizens of Boone County. On the 20th day of
October, 1842, Mr. Booher was united in marriage to Miss Margaret Beeler,
whose
parents came from East Tennessee to Indiana only a few weeks before Mr. Booher
arrived. Mrs. Booher was born in East Tennessee, January 11, 1823. Her
grandparents on her father's side came from Switzerland; on her mother's side
from Ireland. Mrs. Booher's advantages for an education were similar to those
Mr. Booher, for they attended the same school. The result of their marriage is
twelve children, in the following order: Martha, Margaret E., William J.,
single and at home; Albert L., departed this life at the age of 4 months;
Benjamin C., married to Miss Martha J. White, November 4, 1870; after her
decease he was married to Miss
Clara M. Dooley, November 21, 1886. He resides near Zionsville, Indiana. He
was elected County Commissioner in November, 1884. Sylvester C., single,
resides in Kansas City. Vando L., married to Miss Elma O. Schooler, resides in
Perry Township, Boone County, Indiana. Ada, married to S. N. Cragun, resides
in Lebanon, Indiana. Mark A., married to Miss Elma F. Hoggins, resides in
Worth Township, Boone
County, Indiana. Emma R., single, at home. Daniel W.V., married to Miss L.
Elsie Barb, resides one mile east of Whitestown, Indiana. Minnie M., married
to Leander W. Tomlinson, resides one mile south of Whitestown, Indiana. Mr.
and Mrs. Booher are still living and enjoying good health. Mr. Booher is one
of the early pioneers of this country. He endured the hardships and privations
common to the early settlers of a country. When he and Mrs. Booher started out
to battle with the realities of life they
had but little of the necessaries to make life comfortable. Their culinary
department was not filled with such things as we find in a pantry of today.
They had one oven, one iron pot, three pewter plates, three knives and forks,
two cups and saucers and a few other things common among the pioneers of this
country. In the year 1845, Mr. Booher moved to where he now resides: one- half
mile south of Whitestown, Boone County, Indiana. This country was then, to a
great extent, a wilderness and much of it under water. Mr. Booher killed wild
ducks in a pond where Whitestown now stands. He purchased ninety acres of land
which, at the
time, was covered with a dense forest hitherto unmolested by the woodman's ax.
He could see nothing before him but a life of toil, but with that
determination that characterizes the successful man, he entered upon the
arduous task of felling timber,clearing land, rolling logs and cultivating the
soil, laboring from early
morn until dewy eve under the disadvantages incident to all the early
settlers.
Mr. Booher, by industry, perseverance, economy and good management,
accumulated a considerable amount of wealth He owns several farms, aggregating
several hundred acres of productive land. He ranks with the leading financial
men of the county. For his success in this particular he deserves much credit.
He was not a lazy loiterer, who expected a streak of good luck to come to him.
He knew that honest endeavor weaves the web of life, turns the wheel of
fortune, amasses wealth and keeps one permanently rich, Mr. Booher's
indomitable will and inflexible purpose, linked with courage to work for an
honest living, led to his financial success. Men who do not go out into the
great field of human exertion, but wait for success to come to them, are the
men who, for the most part, are at the bottom of dishonesty and corruption.
Lazy men hate the rich and always have hated them. They never emulate their
energy, industry and economy and hence deserve no help from them, Laziness has
cravings for vices which lead to untold misery.
Mr. Booher did, until late years, vote with the Democratic party. His first
vote for president was cast for James K. Polk. He is now in sympathy with the
National party. He became somewhat disgusted at the management and the
political machinery of the two leading parties, and like Shadrach, Meshach and
Abednego, he refuses to bow to the images they set up, or to dance to their
music. He protests against the despotism of American polities, and claims that
at conventions, at the ballot- box and everywhere, without hindrance and
without malediction, men shall vote as they think best, keeping in view the
common interest
of the people of the nation. He does his own reading and thinking, and votes
and acts accordingly. As a financier Mr. Booher has but few equals, as is
evidenced by his financial success and history. He never made a mistake in his
judgment as to his own financial affairs. His judgment in regard to the
finances of our great nation has not as yet been fully tested. He has a right
to his opinion and to the advocacy of it both by speech and ballot. In another
part of this work will be found a portrait of Mr. Booher.
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~jaheine/BenjaminBooher.html
Source: History of Boone County, Indiana, by Hon. L.M. Crist, 1914.
BENJAMIN BOOHER
Benjamin Booher, for years one of the wealthiest residents of Boone county,
and one of the most energetic and businesslike farmers of his township,
intelligent and self- made, descended from good old Pennsylvania German stock,
and was well worthy of a prominent place in any volume of biographical record.
His grandfather, John Booher, on coming from Germany to America, first located
in the Keystone state and there married a native of Germany, and to this union
were born the following named children: Jacob, Mary, William, Benjamin, John,
Frederick, Isaac, Henry and Elizabeth. All of them, imbued with the stamina of
their origin, grew to maturity, emigrated to the farming lands of Virginia and
Tennessee and reared families to add to the wealth of the nation through their
incessant toil. John Booher, the grandfather, finally found a home in Sullivan
county, Tennessee, in the early settlement of that section, but still retained
his farm in Washington county, Virginia. He was a slave owner and a well-to-do
planter of considerable influence in both states. His son, Jacob, the father
of Benjamin, our subject, was born in Pennsylvania on March 3, 1777, and when
a boy of twelve, in 1789, found himself a resident of Tennessee. He there
learned the blacksmith's trade, and there married Catherine Barnett, a
daughter of Nicholas and Barbara Barnett, and to this, his first marriage,
were born five children, named William, Mary, Elizabeth, Guardianas and John
M. This lady was called away in due course of time and Mr. Booher married her
sister, Elizabeth Barnett, and to this union were born seven children, viz:
Catherine, Jonathan, Jacob, Ambrose, Lucinda, Benjamin and Leander. December
8, 1834, Jacob Booher left Tennessee and came to Indiana and settled on one
hundred and sixty acres of entered land in Montgomery county, to which he
subsequently added by purchase two hundred and forty acres, but not
immediately adjoining his entered property. He became a man of much wealth and
influence and a representative citizen. He and his wife were faithful members
of the Lutheran church, and in politics he was a Jacksonian Democrat. He lived
to be sixty -eight years of age, and died July 29, 1845, on his farm in
Montgomery county, Indiana, mourned by all who knew him. Benjamin Booher, late
of Lebanon, Indiana. with whom this particular sketch has most to do, was born
on his father's farm in Sullivan county, Tennessee, September 5, 1821. He
received the education usually accorded in the common schools of his early
days, but was an apt scholar and quick to learn through self- application to
the books that came within his command. He was thirteen years of age when he
came to Indiana with his parents, and here he was invigorated both in body and
mind through the severe discipline of farm labor. He was married in Boone
county on October 20, 1842, to Margaret, daughter of William and Margaret
(Hughes) Beeler, and twelve children were born to this genial union. The order
of birth is: Martha, Margaret E., William J., Albert L., Benjamin C.,
Sylvester C., Vando L., Adelaide M., Mark A., Emma R., Daniel B. and Minnie F.
Benjamin Booher had been but three years married when he located in what is
now Whitestown, Boone county, where he bought ninety acres in the dense
wilderness. He cleared it of its heavy timber, and by hard work and thrift
increased his possessions to one thousand seven hundred acres, almost all of
which was in one body, and of this large property he gave to his children,
donating to each of them a comfortable sized farm. After the death of his
first wife, Mr. Booher married Mrs. Mary Smith, who had borne the maiden name
of Ross. He then moved to Lebanon, and here purchased his substantial and
elegant brick residence, retiring from the more active duties of business, but
still following his restless activity in giving his attention to the details
of some of the more important business of his life until a short time prior to
his death, which occurred on December 28, 1910. Mr. Booher was a man of
remarkable physical strength as well as intellectual superiority and force of
character, and it is stated that at the age of fifty- five years he could
easily spring over the back of a high horse. His stupendous labor in the field
and untiring industry have given full evidence of his physical endurance. He
was entirely self- made as to pecuniary affairs, but his position as an
intelligent citizen of high standing before his fellowmen has come through
nature alone. He took but little interest in politics, thinking for himself on
all matters pertaining to political economy and party affairs, but yet, on one
occasion withdrew from his personal business to become trustee of Worth
township as a self- imposed duty. He won his high position before his fellow
-citizens entirely through his personal exertions. Mr. Booher's mother,
Elizabeth Barnett, was born on February 3, 1779, a daughter of
Nicholas and Barbara Barnett; they were natives of Pennsylvania and later they
moved to West Virginia, where they remained until death. They were farmers and
very devoted Christian people and were the parents of the following named
children: George, Catherine, John, Adam, Jacob, Peter, Elizabeth, Mary,
Margaret, Sarah and Nicholas. The father of this family was a man of ordinary
means but much respected.
Note 3
Margaret's father, William Beeler was a descendant of
Valentine Beeler who immigrated to this country from Switzerland in the
1700's. His family came to Boone County by way of Virginia, Tennessee, and
Kentucky. The Boone County History reports that in 1832 a school house was
built on the farm of William Beeler at Eagle Township at about the same time
a log school house was built in the new town of Thorntown.
Three years after their marriage, Benjamin bought 90 acres in the dense
wilderness of Worth Township south of Whitestown. "He cleared it of its
heavy timber and by hard work and thrift increased his possessions to one
thousand seven hundred acres, almost all of which was in one body, and of
this large property he gave to his twelve children, donating to each of them
a comfortable size farm." It was said that as each of his children was born,
he acquired another one eighth section of land (80 acres) which eventually
became their patrimony.
Following the death of Margaret on June 2, 1888, he remarried choosing as
his bride Mrs. Mary (Ross) Smith. He then moved to Lebanon to a substantial
brick residence on East Main Street, which later became the site at the
Darnell Apartments, across from the Central Christian Church. In 1909, he
became the subject of an article appearing in the Indianapolis Sunday Star
featuring "Indiana's Three Most Remarkable Men ."' At age 87 he was said to
be the oldest man in Boone County. The article was accompanied by a
photograph showing Benjamin F. 35 feet up in a pear tree which he had
climbed on his Lebanon property. His favorite amusement was reported to be
"breaking colts to drive and the more fractious the animal, the greater his
delight."
He passed away one year later on December 28, 1910, and is buried at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Lebanon, beside his first wife Margaret and surrounded by
nine of his twelve children. Adelaide is buried beside her husband and their
twin daughters in the Cragun lot and Minnie, his youngest, is buried beside
her husband and three children in the Thomlinson lot. Daniel may be buried
at Mulberry, Indiana where he ultimately retired.
Information concerning the children of Benjamin F. and Margaret Booher comes
from various sources, primarily obituaries which had been placed in the S.
N. Cragun family Bible.
Note 4
Stricken with paralysis while at the home of her sister,
Emma. Was unable to be moved. Died 3 weeks later.
Note 5
Strange Nathanial Cragun
His Story
As was the custom of the time, most of Hiram's children became farmers
establishing their own farm families. However, his seventh child and fourth
son, Strange Nathaniel had another calling. His obituary published in the May
27,1926, edition of the Lebanon Reporter was printed as the front page lead
article. It revealed the following information about this prominent citizen of
Lebanon and Boone County.
He was born on the farm in Eagle Township July 24, 1857. He received his
preparatory education in the common schools. This was supplemented by a course
of three years at the Zionsville Academy and one term at Purdue University.
Following this, he became a teacher in Boone County at age seventeen. He began
teaching in 1874 at the district schools of Worth Township and then the graded
school at Zionsville for a total of four years. He then had charge of the
graded school of Reelsville, Putnam County, for one year.
In the spring of 1879, while on a visit to Purdue, he went before the Board of
Examiners of candidates for admission to the U.S. Military Academy at West
Point, New York and was selected from the thirty-one applicants from the 9th
Congressional District. He commenced studies at the academy in June, 1879,
having been admitted to the class of 1883. Two years later, because of
impaired vision, he was obliged to tender his resignation.
Returning to Boone County in 1881, he was appointed to the principalship of
the Whitestown graded schools for one year. He then entered a joint
principalship of the Zionsville school for one year. He then came to Lebanon
in 1883, and for four years was principal of the high school. In 1887 he was
elected county superintendent of schools, a position he held for four years.
He achieved the reputation of being an excellent disciplinarian both as a
teacher and as a superintendent being "strict, but impartial in his
examination of teachers and reduced the number of licenses nearly one half"
during his tenure.
On May 2,1891, he bought the Lebanon Patriot, the oldest newspaper in Boone
County. It was Republican in politics and published weekly in competition with
the Lebanon Pioneer, a weekly Democrat newspaper published by Ben McKee with
whom he waged friendly editorial war. He sold the Patriot in 1913 after twenty
two years but continued to do some news and editorial work on journals
throughout the state.
In 1916 he was commissioned a member of the State Tax Board by Governor Samuel
Ralston for a period of four years. During this time he rewrote the ammended
tax law for Indiana, a product which was later declared a model plan for
taxation.
In addition to his work as educator, publisher, and tax. authority, he: served
two terms as treasurer of the Lebanon School Board, was director for 25 years
of the First National Bank, organized the Citizens Loan and Trust Company in
1899 which he served as director until his death, was a 40 year member of
Lodge #45 Knights of Pythias, was a York and Scottish Rite Mason, was Past
Commander, Commandery #43 Knights Templar, was a member of: Lodge #9 F&AM,
Modern Woodmen of America, and Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church which he
served as trustee in addition to being active in the church and Sunday
Schools.
While not a subscriber to some of the dogmatic theologies of the church, he
was a firm believer in God and of the teachings of Jesus Christ. He frequently
quoted as an expression of his religious belief: Micah 6:8 and the words of
Johan A. Hadaller who held that: Christ's Sermon on the Mount (Matt 5-7) when
followed; His beautiful parable of the Good Samaritan (Lk 10: 30-37) when
practiced; and the two great commandments which he enunciated (Matt 22: 36-40)
would not only make a man great among men but, on the authority of Christ,
would make such a person quite pleasing and acceptable to God Himself.
His honors included appointment to the military staff of Governor W.T. Durbin
in May 1901 as Aide-de-camp with rank of Major.
On June 17, 1883, at the time he became principal of Lebanon High School, he
was united in matrimony with Adelaide Maleva Booher, daughter of Benjamin F.
and Margaret (Beeler) Booher, at Whitestown. To this felicitous union three
children were born:
Twins born May 28, 1885 - Opal, who died October 31,1891 at age 6 1/2, and
Ethel, who died April 16, 1897 at age 11 l/2, both victims of the effects of
scarlet fever.
Dwight Booher, born October 5,1891- Died Dec.8,1971, at age 80.
Two years after Dwight's birth, they built a substantial home at 404 West Main
Street in Lebanon. This home was situated on property where they had been
living since their marriage. The older home at the back of the lot was later
removed. Being one of the finer houses of the city, it was among those
featured in the Anniversary Edition of the Lebanon Pioneer dated March 28,
1895, on page 18. The residence in 1988 became the home of the Boone County
Historical Society by gift from their grandchildren.
In their later years they traveled extensively attending the 1900 Paris
Exposition while touring Europe. They lived for five months in Hawaii from
November 1920 through March 1921 traveling through the U.S. West on their
return during April 1921. They also wintered in Daytona Beach and Ft. Myers
Florida and summered in Bay View, Michigan where they were members of the Bay
View Society.
S. N. died May, 1926, and is buried in the family lot at Oak Hill Cemetery
Lebanon. Adelaide survived him by six years passing away on December 22, 1932,
at the home of her sister, Miss Emma Booher, on West Washington Street, where
she had been stricken three weeks before with paralysis while visiting and was
unable to be moved to her own home. She was seventy five years old when she
died
