ONE OF THE OLDEST RESIDENTS IN THE VALLEY ---
RESPECTED BY ALL
John Wesley Boor who has been ill for the past year or two, passed away Tuesday morning at 4:35 o'clock at his home on Fruitland Avenue. Mr. Boor was born January 7th, 1851 in Stanton, Clay County, Indiana, and was married to Miss Mary Elizabeth Slocum in Lincreek, Candem County, Missouri. To this union 11 children were born, five preceding the father in death. Mr. Boor and family came to the Payette Valley from Nebraska, in 1907 and won the love and respect of all who knew him. Two years ago he rented his farm about 3 and one half miles from Fruitland and purchased a smaller place on Fruitland Avenue near town. He was a member of the Christian church. He leaves besides his wife, his sons, James H., and George A. of Fruitland, and Chas E. of Ironside, and three daughters, Mrs. Chas. Lockner of Fruitland, Mrs. Eva Wilson of Boone, Nebr., and Mrs. L. E. Wells of Emmett, and 19 grandchildren, one, Corporal John Boor, the eldest , is at the front in France.
The funeral services were held in the Baptist church Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock. Rev. Knight of New Plymouth officiating. Burial was made at Payette.
The family have the heartfelt sympathy of the whole community.(Payette Enterprise, Thursday, June 13, 1918)(Transcribed by Cheryl Hanson)
ONE OF THE OLDEST RESIDENTS IN THE VALLEY ---
RESPECTED BY ALL
John Wesley Boor who has been ill for the past year or two, passed away Tuesday morning at 4:35 o'clock at his home on Fruitland Avenue. Mr. Boor was born January 7th, 1851 in Stanton, Clay County, Indiana, and was married to Miss Mary Elizabeth Slocum in Lincreek, Candem County, Missouri. To this union 11 children were born, five preceding the father in death. Mr. Boor and family came to the Payette Valley from Nebraska, in 1907 and won the love and respect of all who knew him. Two years ago he rented his farm about 3 and one half miles from Fruitland and purchased a smaller place on Fruitland Avenue near town. He was a member of the Christian church. He leaves besides his wife, his sons, James H., and George A. of Fruitland, and Chas E. of Ironside, and three daughters, Mrs. Chas. Lockner of Fruitland, Mrs. Eva Wilson of Boone, Nebr., and Mrs. L. E. Wells of Emmett, and 19 grandchildren, one, Corporal John Boor, the eldest , is at the front in France.
The funeral services were held in the Baptist church Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock. Rev. Knight of New Plymouth officiating. Burial was made at Payette.
The family have the heartfelt sympathy of the whole community.(Payette Enterprise, Thursday, June 13, 1918)(Transcribed by Cheryl Hanson)
Family Members
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PVT Benjamin Franklin Boor
1848–1864
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Sophia Boor
1849–1851
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Sarah Catherine Boor Smith
1853–1946
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Maria Jane Boor Newell
1855–1934
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Florence C. Boor Clark
1857–1920
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Laverna Boor Rush
1858–1959
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Mary Elizabeth Boor
1860–1865
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Abraham Lincoln Boor
1861–1865
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Amanda Belle Boor
1863–1865
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Ann Eliza Boor Yadon
1865–1958
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Charles Grant Boor
1867–1953
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