Martin S. Boots (Ii) [12136]

  General Notes:

“Descendants of Adam Boots” [LDS film#1033425] by Clyde S.
Boots, pp. 4, 99; Clyde S. Boots Memoir: on Eli Boots ‘he had a
younger brother, Martin, who enlisted in the Confederate Army
for 6 months, serving his time, and was discharged; he returned
home and a band of guerillas decided Eli Boots must die; a
delegation was ordered to get him & hang him — as soon as Martin
could get away he notifed his brother of the danger — 4
guerillas were nearer than he but by calling he attracted his
attention & got him away; they rode 20 miles to a Union Army
encampment, who returned, fought, some guerillas were wounded &
4 taken prisoner; he remained with the Union Army for a short
time, finally taking his family, parents & brother Martin to
Iowa, who later served the Union was captured, imprisoned and
exchanged’; “History of Saint Clair Co., MO”: ‘Martin S. Boots’
p. 1128: ‘to Mo in 1853, farmer, 1861, 6 months in Confederate
cavalry; July 1862-1865, 39th IA Infantry (8 months a
prisoner-of-war)’; ‘Martin Boots, Jr’ in 1850 census (p. 144a;
ll. 19-24): age 8; 1860 Saint Clair Co., MO census (Monegaw
township) p. 1019 (also p. 148) [ll. 17-20]: age 18, born IN;
1880 Saint Clair Co., MO (Monegaw township) census [E.D. 229;
Sh. 8-9; ll. 45-3] age 38, born in Indiana, parents in Virginia;
1900 Saint Clair Co., MO (Monegaw township) census [E.D. 146;
Sh. 9; ll. 82-86]: age 58; married 38 years; farmer; Appleton
City (MO) Cemetery record: ‘21 Jan 1841 — 30 Dec 1919’; Ruby
Shirk, citing Saint Clair Co., MO record indices: ‘Appleton City
Cemetery’; Gene Kathryn Johnson [Mjohnson@neto.com] to L.
Ellingham (subject: St. Clair County, MO, 1880 census [March 31,
2005]: [living adjacent Robert & Mary Dillman household, as well
as John & Margaret J Lewellen household, and quite near Daniel &
Elsie [Lewellen] Dillman household, and another, younger
Lewellen household]
‘Martin BOOTS, age 38, b. IN; occupation, farmer; parents b. VA
Sarah A. BOOTS, age 35, b. IN; father, b. VA, mother, b. ---
Mary BOOTS, dau, age 17, b. IA; parents, b. IN
Julia BOOTS, dau, age 13, b. MO; parents b. IN
Margret BOOTS, dau, age 11, b. MO; parents b. IN
Marion BOOTS, son, age 9, b. MO; parents b. IN
Olive BOOTS, dau, age 5, b. MO; parents b. IN
Samuel BOOTS, son, age 1, b. MO; parents b. IN
Susana BOOTS, mother, age 85, b. VA; parents b. VA
Lincoln ROW, [relation to head of household] other [male;
white], age 15, b. IN; occuation, laborer; parents b. IN’

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Religion: Lutheran.

Martin married Sarah Ann Lewellen [289] [MRIN: 4760] in 1861. (Sarah Ann Lewellen [289] was born on 14 Feb 1845 in , Randolph, Indiana, USA, died on 20 Jul 1930 in Appleton City, St. Clair, Missouri, USA and was buried in Appleton City, St. Clair, Missouri, USA.)