John Henry Booher

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John Henry Booher

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Sycamore Fork of McElroy Creek, Center Point, Doddridge County, West Virginia, United States
Death: August 09, 1883 (20)
Sycamore Fork, Near Center Point, Doddridge, West Virginia, United States ( shot and killed by his 1st cousin)
Place of Burial: Center Point, Doddridge Co., WV, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of John Booher and Myrtle Malinda Booher (Swiger)
Brother of Infant Booher; Mary Jane Hustead; Manerva Booher; William Jefferson Booher; Malinda Bates and 2 others

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About John Henry Booher

John was shot and killed after school on Sycmore Fork near Center Point, WV. on August 9, 1883 at the age of 21 by his 1st cousin once removed, Aaron M. Swiger. The quarrel was over a girl.

His gravestone reads "son of John"



1870 Census lived in Doddridge County with his parents John and Myrtle Swiger Booher and siblings Mary Jane and William.

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John Henry Booher's Timeline

1863
May 8, 1863
Sycamore Fork of McElroy Creek, Center Point, Doddridge County, West Virginia, United States
1883
August 9, 1883
Age 20
Sycamore Fork, Near Center Point, Doddridge, West Virginia, United States
August 10, 1883
Age 20
Center Point Cemetery, Center Point, Doddridge Co., WV, United States