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- According to "Biographical Souvenirs of Texas,"."William T. Booth, M.D., ...is a son of John S. and Martha (Nowlin) Booth, and was bornin Bedford County, Tennessee, January 3, 1850....His father bein g anative of VA and his mother a native of TN. He is the seventh of tenchildren, and was reared mainly in Texas having come to this state atthe age of seven. He was educated in the schools of Paris , Lamarcounty, finishing the literary course at the Un of KY, at Lexington.He read medicine with Dr. T.D. Wooten, then of Paris, attendedlectures at the Medical University of Lexington.., graduating i nMarch, 1875, and inApril following, located to thepractice of medicinein Honey Grove, Fannin County,..where he has since resided, and hasbeen engaged exclusively in the practice of his profession. H e is..oneof the most successful and highly respected men of the area. ...Hemarried in October 1876, Cornelia, the daughter of Leonard Harrall, adescendant of an old Texas family, which numbers amon g its memberssome of the best citizens of Lamar and adjoining counties." Note atbottom of page says mother's maiden name is Nowell.
His brothers, Dr. Tom and Dr. Will practiced medicine in Sherman andDenison, TX;
Dr. J.B. (T0be) died in Waco, TX;.Gabriel and Bud lived in TarrantCounty, west of Ft. Worth.
Book has been transcribed and copied on Fannin Co., TX Rootsweb site.
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