John Odell Boots [10192]
- Born: About 1809, , Ross, Ohio, USA
- Marriage: Catherine Conner [15719] on 23 Oct 1836 in , Grant, Indiana, USA
- Died: 12 Dec 1851, Somerset, Wabash, Indiana, USA at age 42
 General Notes:
“Descendants of Adam Boots (1733-1803)” [LDS film #1036425] by
Clyde S. Boots, p. 596; “Descendants of Hans Adam Stieffel” by
Sherrin Winn Rooney [2001]: died ‘in Somerset, IN’ [Wabash Co.]
(12 Dec 1851); marriage records from Grant Co., IN Bk. C, p. 23;
6 children [3 sons, 3 dau.: 2 sons, Wm. & Caleb Sanford “go
west”]; Marion, IN Library Genealogical Records; local news
columnist W. H. McGrew, “Heavilin Family Records Trace Early
History of The Community” [n.d.]; 1850 Miami Co., IN census
(page 193A; lines 6-14): age 41; farmer; real estate value
$1000; born in Indiana; affidavit by Martin Boots, son of
William Boots and grandson of Martin A. Boots, made in 1913
(quoted variously, inter al. by Rose D. Marsh, columnist for a
Marion newspaper [n.d.]: “John O. Boots and wife Catherine —
both deceased and left surviving them sons and a daughter
to-wit.: Mary Boots married Joshua Prettyman; William and
Sanford Boots emigrated to the West and no address or if
living”; “Descendants of John Odel Boots” by Judi Stucky [2000
A.D.]: ‘probate Feb 1855, Miami Co., IN’; ‘corrections’ [J.
Stucky: 2-XII-2000]: ‘will probated Feb 1851 in Miami Co.;
Somerset is in Wabash Co., IN (the original death venue
proposed)’
Noted events in his life were:
1. Occupation: farmer.
2. Religion: ?Methodist Episcopal.
John married Catherine Conner [15719] [MRIN: 4662], daughter of Lewis Conner Jr. [25272] and Margaret McClaren [25419], on 23 Oct 1836 in , Grant, Indiana, USA. (Catherine Conner [15719] was born on 9 Jul 1821 in Wayne Co., IN, died on 14 Jul 1895 in Knox, , Indiana, USA and was buried in Crown Hill Cemetery, Knox, Indiana.)
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