Amulek (Booth) Boothe (1836 - 1915)

Born 26 May 1836 in Ohio, United States

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Died 27 Aug 1915 at age 79 in Hamilton, Harrison, Missouri, United States

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Biography

Amulek Booth(e) was born May 26, 1836 in Geauga County, Ohio, which then included the LDS (Mormon) community of Kirtland.^[1][2]He was the son of early converts Lorenzo Booth and Parthenia Works, and moved with them from Kirtland to Missouri to Nauvoo, Illinois.

After the murder of Joseph Smith, preparations were made to abandon Nauvoo and seek a new home in the West. The Booths began the 255-mile trek across Iowa to the Grand Encampment, the staging ground for the final journey to Utah. Somewhere along the way, Amulek’s father Lorenzo died.^[3][4] His mother Parthenia was living at the Encampment with three of her children in September 1850,^[5] but was almost certainly dead by the time the younger two departed, separately, for Utah in 1852 and 1853.^[6][7]

Amulek chose to remain in Iowa with his sister Angeline and brother-in-law Adam Dennis.^[8] By 1860, the three had moved south to Harrison County, Missouri.^[9] This was just across the state line from Decatur County, Iowa, where relatives and old friends were living in a newly-established RLDS (Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints) community. There, on April 26, 1863, Amulek was baptized into the RLDS church.^{[10] [11]}

The following year, he enlisted as a private in Co. E, 43rd Regiment of Missouri Infantry of the Union Army.^[12] Amulek enlisted on August 18, 1864, and fifty-eight days later, on October 15, saw action for the first and last time at the Battle of Glasgow (Missouri). It was a Confederate victory, and 400 Union soldiers were forced to surrender. Confederate Col. Jeff Thompson paroled them, and they were allowed to return home. Amulek soon received orders to report for duty to a military hospital in St. Joseph, where he worked as a cook for the last six months of the war.^[13]

In September, 1865, he married Maryann Gilliland^[14][15] They spent the rest of their lives in Harrison County, farming and rearing a family of seven children.^{[16][17][18][19]} Amulek died on August 27, 1915.^[1][20] His wife Mary followed just a few days later, on September 1.^[21]

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1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-19, Missouri Digital Heritage, indexed images, (https://tinyurl.com/yay6f29s), Amulek Boothe, b 26 May 1836 in Ohio; father Lorenzo D. Boothe, mother Parthena Works; d. 27 August 1915, in Hamilton Twp, Harrison Co., Missouri.
2. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21362586/amulek-boothe Find-a-Grave memorial #21362586] Highland Cemetery, Eagleville, Harrison County, Missouri, USA.
3. ↑ Vitale, Gary, Letters to Mollie from her Mormon Past 1860-1912 (Mill Creek Press, Springfield, Illinois, 2003), p. 19, Timeline: "January 2, 1847...Lorenzo Dow Booth(e) drowns while crossing the frozen Des Moines River in Iowa."
4. ↑ Find-A-Grave memorial #131255995 Burial location unknown.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ4J-ZBG : 12 April 2016), Bathenia Booth, Pottawattamie county, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States; citing family 475, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
6. ↑ Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel: John Tidwell Company (1852) (https://history.lds.org/overlandtravel/companies/14/john-tidwell-company-1852), Identifies Hyrum Ebenezer Booth, age 10, as a member of the company.
7. ↑ Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel: Daniel A. Miller/John W. Cooley Company (1853) (https://history.lds.org/overlandtravel/companies/205/daniel-a-miller-john-w-cooley-company-1853). Identifies Mosiah Works Booth, age 15, and his stepmother Jane Hawley Booth, as members of the company.
8. ↑ Ancestry.com. Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925, data base with images, (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?ti=0&indiv=try&db=iastatecen&h=4590851) Iowa County, Iowa, 1851 State Census. Listed together are Adam Dennis, 23; Angaline, 20; Annet O (?), 2; Francis M., 1; and Ammuleck Booth, 15.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHZX-V5Q : 26 July 2017), Amelie Booth, 1860.
10. ↑ Vitale, Gary, Letters to Mollie from her Mormon Past 1860-1912 (Mill Creek Press, Springfield, Illinois, 2003), p. 73. On April 29, 1863, Amulek Boothe writes to his cousin Mollie Works,"I was out to Davis [City, Iowa] last Sabbath...after meeting I was baptized by Mr. [William] Blair."
11. ↑ Ancestry.com. Early Members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints [database on-line], Amulek Booth in Early Reorganization Minutes, 1852-1871, Book A, p. 612 (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?ti=0&indiv=try&db=ldsvitalrlds&h=2362); citing Black, Harvey B. Early Members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. 6 vols. Provo, UT: Infobases, 1996. Private donor.
12. ↑ "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F9TB-RQQ : 4 December 2014), Amulek Booth, Private, Company E, 43rd Regiment, Missouri Infantry, Union; citing NARA microfilm publication M390 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 5; FHL microfilm 881,540.
13. ↑ Vitale, Gary, Letters to Mollie from her Mormon Past 1860-1912 (Mill Creek Press, Springfield, Illinois, 2003), pp. 143-144, 155.
14. ↑ Ellsberry, Elizabeth Prather. Marriage Records of Harrison County, Missouri A-D, p. 8. Chillicothe, MO, USA: Elizabeth Prather Ellsberry, c1965. Manuscript photocopy with digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/487196/?offset=0#page=9&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q=), image 9 of 56, Amelick Boothe and Mary Jane Dilliand, 2 Sept 1865.
15. ↑ Vitale, Gary, Letters to Mollie from her Mormon Past 1860-1912 (Mill Creek Press, Springfield, Illinois, 2003), p. 182. On January 7, 1866, Amulek Boothe writes to his cousin Mollie Works, "I was married the seventh day of September. Her name was Maryann Gillen [Gilliland]."
16. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M467-PHS : 12 April 2016), Amulek Boothe, Missouri, United States; citing p. 46, family 312, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,277.
17. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6X3-Z1N : 7 September 2017), Amelek Booth, Hamilton, Harrison, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district ED 290, sheet 24A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0688; FHL microfilm 1,254,688.
18. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3CG-3R8 : accessed 19 November 2017), Amulek Boothe, Hamilton township, Harrison, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 102, sheet 10A, family 181, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,857.
19. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2TR-Q4K : accessed 19 November 2017), Amulek Boothe, Hamilton, Harrison, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 103, sheet 7B, family 118, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 778; FHL microfilm 1,374,791.
20. ↑ Find-a-Grave memorial #21362586 Highland Cemetery, Eagleville, Harrison County, Missouri, USA.
21. ↑ Find-a-Grave memorial #21362587 Highland Cemetery, Eagleville, Harrison County, Missouri, USA.