Husband of (1) Mary "Polly" Lefwich BOONE and (2) Frances Rees Moore MARTIN Children (1): William Lefwich, Reuben Boone, Charles Wesley Jr., John Donelson, Walter Scott. (2) James Henry, Mary Fannie, Julia Ada, Hettie Moore, and Robert Alfred
Grew up in Belfast, Marshall Co., TN. Was a Methodist.
He was Engineer in trade and was an avid reader. Surveyed Old Tishamingo Co., Mississippi. Heavy contractor and builder of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad which finished in 1861. After the division of Tishomingo county he surveyed the towns of Booneville, Corinth, and Iuka.
Elected in 1861 and served in the state legislature for one term. Was the first postmaster of Rienzi, MS.
The entire family was intensily interested in agriculture and horticulture and family tradition holds that his son William, introduced the magnolia to the state of Mississippi.
Grew up in Belfast, Marshall Co., TN. Was a Methodist.
He was Engineer in trade and was an avid reader. Surveyed Old Tishamingo Co., Mississippi. Heavy contractor and builder of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad which finished in 1861. After the division of Tishomingo county he surveyed the towns of Booneville, Corinth, and Iuka.
Elected in 1861 and served in the state legislature for one term. Was the first postmaster of Rienzi, MS.
The entire family was intensily interested in agriculture and horticulture and family tradition holds that his son William, introduced the magnolia to the state of Mississippi.
Husband of (1) Mary "Polly" Lefwich BOONE and (2) Frances Rees Moore MARTIN Children (1): William Lefwich, Reuben Boone, Charles Wesley Jr., John Donelson, Walter Scott. (2) James Henry, Mary Fannie, Julia Ada, Hettie Moore, and Robert Alfred
Grew up in Belfast, Marshall Co., TN. Was a Methodist.
He was Engineer in trade and was an avid reader. Surveyed Old Tishamingo Co., Mississippi. Heavy contractor and builder of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad which finished in 1861. After the division of Tishomingo county he surveyed the towns of Booneville, Corinth, and Iuka.
Elected in 1861 and served in the state legislature for one term. Was the first postmaster of Rienzi, MS.
The entire family was intensily interested in agriculture and horticulture and family tradition holds that his son William, introduced the magnolia to the state of Mississippi.
Grew up in Belfast, Marshall Co., TN. Was a Methodist.
He was Engineer in trade and was an avid reader. Surveyed Old Tishamingo Co., Mississippi. Heavy contractor and builder of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad which finished in 1861. After the division of Tishomingo county he surveyed the towns of Booneville, Corinth, and Iuka.
Elected in 1861 and served in the state legislature for one term. Was the first postmaster of Rienzi, MS.
The entire family was intensily interested in agriculture and horticulture and family tradition holds that his son William, introduced the magnolia to the state of Mississippi.
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