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4.2.1 / 4.0.7 "FER fam Cn, z °/ Al, vo AA PRET EIRS ' BIOGRAPHY - 125 J fon C.E.S. BOOTH. (*(ealin Eun Tect. By Allan R. Davis The Booth Family were United Empire Loyalists 0) | settled at Mill Haven, in the Township of Ernesttown, in the County of Lennox and Addington. Benjamin Booth, of the ; second generation, raised a ! family there of 12 children, =: of which John Kirby Booth, | born March 15th, 1821, was the second son. An older brother was Philip D., and and these two formed a part- nership in the lumber and flour milling business at , Odessa, in the same township. Other brothers were Joshua, | Donald B. and James, who was killed in the American Civil War. The sisters were: \ Mrs. Parker Timmerman, | - Odessa; Mrs. Scouten, Mrs. '@ | Baldwin, Elizabeth Ann and _ | Harriet. -- John Kirby Booth married Miss Emina Blagg, an English lady visiting in Canada, and they settled at Odessa, where all their family were born. The eldest was Donald Frederick, "who is still living, in Australia. Next is Mrs. Starr Rockwell, residing in Rochester, N.Y. Charles Edward Stuart, the Surveyor, and the subject of this memorial sketch, was the second son. Following him was George R. and Beatrice k Ethel, now Mrs. (Dr.) Douglas Storms, of Hamilton, Ont. Helen Alexandra, Mrs. (Rev.) G. L. Freebern, Albion, Nebraska, is the youngest member of the family. The mother died in Sydenham, April 23rd, 1892; and the father, living with his daughter in Nebraska, was 91 when he passed away. rles Edward Stuart Booth was born on the 28th of May, 1855. He attended the public school at Odessa. In 1873 the family moved to Sydenham, Ont., where the milling business was continued by his father and uncle, and Charles Edward had the advantages of the High School. He 'was later wp rap or) I ? Fs "ee v3 17m ere ------