Military Records of John. H. Booth [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

John H. Booth was born December 22, 1839 at Rhinebeck, New York and married Angeline C. Fertile, daughter of Lewis Fertile and Julia De Rosa, in about 1862. They had seven children, but by the year 1910, only two of the children were still living. John died in 1919, and both he and his wife are buried in the Greenwood Cemetery. 

He fought as a private in the Great Civil War with Co. H, 11th Minnesota Infantry.  He enlisted August 29, 1864 and was discharged June 26, 1865.  His next of kin was registered as Alta B. Hartson (granddaughter) of 88 Delano St., San Francisco, California.  The information for his Veteran's Grave Registration was provided by H. H. Hartson and John Arends of Greenwood, Clark Co., Wisconsin.  He is buried in grave number 2, lot 4 of the "B" section in the Greenwood City Cemetery.

Clark County WI, Civil War History

11th Minnesota Infantry

The Minnesota 11^th Regiment was organized in August and September 1864 and the men were sent to Ft. Snelling near Minneapolis where they were trained. The original term of service was for three years.  John H. Booth enlisted August 29th.  On September 20^th the Regiment, now over 1,000 strong, marched to St. Paul and boarded steamboats for the trip south to La Crosse, Wisconsin. From there they were loaded into boxcars for the journey to Chicago where they were detained for a week while it was feared they would be diverted to fight in the Northwest Indian Expedition in the Dakotas. 

John served as the first sexton of the Greenwood Cemetery.

Source: History of the Greenwood Cemetery
From the History of Greenwood, Wisconsin - 1844-1993, page 71

Longwood Township Pioneers

Clark County, Wisconsin 

LeGAULT marriage 27 Dec 1915

Announcements were received here of the marriage of Harry Booth Palms and Miss Marcia Lucia  (Marchie) LeGault, at St. Paul, Minn., on Dec. 27th, 1915. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry LeGault of Longwood. She is a graduate of the Greenwood High School with the class of 1913. The groom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Palms and is a young man with a promising future. The groom left Sunday for St. Paul to make arrangements for a wedding trip to the Pacific coast, and was met there Monday by his bride and mother. The marriage was performed Monday afternoon and the trio left Tuesday for Long Beach, Calif., where W.H. Palms has been the past month.

Census Information

1870 U. S. Federal Census - Haverhill, Olmsted County, Minnesota
Name	Relation	Sex	Race	Age	Marital Status	Birth Place	Father Birth Place	Mother Birth Place	Occupation
Booth, John	head	m	w	30	m	New York			farmer
Booth, Angeline	wife	f	w	28	m	New York			keeps house
Booth, Frances	daughter	f	w	8	s	Minnesota
Booth, Nellie	daughter	f	w	6	s	Minnesota
Booth, Charles	son	m	w	3	s	Minnesota
Booth, ?	son	m	w	6 months	s	Minnesota

 

1880 U. S. Federal Census - Brookfield, Renville County, Minnesota
Name	Relation	Sex	Race	Age	Marital Status	Birth Place	Father Birth Place	Mother Birth Place	Occupation
Booth, John	head	m	w	40	m	New York	England	England	farmer
Booth, Angeline	wife	f	w	38	m	New York	France	France	keeps house
Booth, Francis	daughter	f	w	17	s	Minnesota	New York	New York
Booth, Nellie	daughter	f	w	15	s	Minnesota	New York	New York
Booth, Charles	son	m	w	13	s	Minnesota	New York	New York
Booth, Louis	son	m	w	10	s	Minnesota	New York	New York
Booth,Luella	daughter	f	w	4	s	Minnesota	New York	New York
Booth, Florence	daughter	f	w	1 month	s	Minnesota	New York	New York

 

1900 U. S. Federal Census - Eaton, Clark County, Wisconsin
Name	Relation	Sex	Race	Age	Marital Status	Birth Place	Father Birth Place	Mother Birth Place	Occupation
Palms, Will H.	head	m	w	35	m	Wisconsin	New York	Canada	carpenter
Palms, Nellie B.	wife	f	w	35	m	Minnesota	New York	New York
Palms, Harry B.	son	m	w	7	s	Wisconsin	Wisconsin	Minnesota
Booth, John H.	father in law	m	w	60	m	New York	England	England	laborer
Booth, Angeline C.	mother in law	f	w	58	m	New York	France	France
Brown, Alta M.	niece	f	w	12	s	Minnesota	Wisconsin	Minnesota

 

1910 U. S. Federal Census - Greenwood, Clark County, Wisconsin
Name	Relation	Sex	Race	Age	Marital Status	Birth Place	Father Birth Place	Mother Birth Place	Occupation
Booth, John	head	m	w	70	m	New York	England	England	cemetery sexton
Booth, Angie	wife	f	w	67	m	New York	Massachusetts	France