Henry Booth and Unknown

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Husband Henry Booth ^{1 2 3 4}

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           Born: 1809 - Yorkshire, England 2
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           Died: 1872 - Cooperstown, Jackson Twp, Venango Co, PA 5
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         Father: James Booth (      -      ) 5
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   Other Spouse: Mary Ann Berlin (1816-1911) 1 3 4

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Wife Unknown

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           Born:  - England
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Children

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1 M W. J. Booth ⁴

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General Notes: Husband - Henry Booth

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His education was obtained at night schools, and necessarily limited. In 1826 he immigrated to America, first locating at Philadelphia, where he remained for some time, but, on the breaking out of the cholera, he went to the country, finally drifting to Lycoming county, where he became associated with --- Rich, a manufacturer of woolen goods. About the year 1839 he came to Cooperstown, as a member of the firm of Rich, Booth & Hillier, and was in active business until his death. [HVC 1890, 1072]

He came from England at the age of eighteen, and entered a woolen mill near Williamsport, Pennsylvania, owned by a Mr. Rich. In 1836 Mr. Rich joined Joseph Hillier and Henry Booth, under the name of Rich, Booth & Hillier, in the development of a waterpower at Cooperstown, Venango County, on Lake creek, building a woolen mill which did a highly successful business in the manufacture of yarn, cloth, blankets, flannel, etc. A gristmill was added to the plant in 1845, and the original partnership continued through a prosperous existence of thirty years, when Mr. Rich sold his interest to the others, Booth & Hillier carrying on the business until the former's demise. Mr. Booth had invested in farm lands in this section, acquiring about five hundred acres, in two tracts, and when he died it was necessary for his son-in-law, Mr. Byers, to assume charge of these properties. Mr. Booth built the house on his farm in 1866, burning the brick there. Though he always refused official honors he was a leading Republican of his vicinity for years. [CAB, 693]

When his first wife died she left two children.

1 A. J. Davis, History of Clarion County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., 1887), Pg 648.

2 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1072.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 929.

4 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 693.

5 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1071.