WILLIAM P. BOONE (Samuels; Samuels; Samuel4; George), born 12 Oct., 1813, in Boone Twp., Harrison County, Ind.; died 24 Jan., 1875, in Louisville, Ky
William P. Boone was educated at Corydon, then the capital of Indiana, until his seventeenth year, when he began studying law, at the same time teaching a district school in Boone township. His legal education was completed under the tutelage of Judge William A. Porter of Corydon, a leading lawyer of Indiana. He was admitted to the bar Oct. 16, 1836, and was taken into partnership with Judge Porter. He later located in Louisville, Ky., and began practice there in 1836 as a member of the law firm of Thomasson and Boone, which firm was dissolved when Mr. Thomasson was returned to Congress, and the firm of Boone and Clark continued the business. Subsequently William P. Boone and his relative Col. Charles D. Pennebaker formed a partnership and enjoyed a valuable practice until 1861, when both members were elected as Union candidates to the Legislature. In the Legislature both Mr. Boone and his partner were effective aids in securing Kentucky to the Union.
At that time Boone was a member of the Union Democratic State Central Committee, a member of the board of Aldermen of Louisville and the president of a large Union club. He originated and organized one of the first, if not the very first, Union military bodies in the state, called the Louisville Home Guards. As Colonel of this organization, Boone was one of the committee which met Lieut. Nelson in Cincinnati, and received the arms furnished to them secretly by the United States Government. He was elected colonel of the first Regiment formed out of this Home Guard. A little later Col. Boone recruited a regiment for the Union forces, called the Twenty-eighth Kentucky. On Nov. 6, 1861, this regiment was assigned to duty in the Army of the Ohio, the name of which was afterwards changed to Army of the Cumberland. From this time until he was disabled in June, 1864, Col. Boone, whether as regimental, post or brigade commander; of infantry, mounted infantry or cavalry; rendered service which was conspicuously meritorious and which was commended by his superior officers. He resigned June, 1864, on account of physical disability, and returned to his family and business affairs in Louisville.
Col. Boone was never an office seeker, yet served at the head of political organizations, as councilman, alderman, legislator, corporation council, and as member of the conventions of 1851 and 1870, which framed new charters for the city of Louisville. He was a man of fine presence, very tall and straight, with broad shoulders and soldierly bearing. He was an open, fearless and courteous gentleman who attracted the confidence and commanded the esteem of those with whom he came in contact. He was buried in Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Jan. 25, 1875. (a)
CHILDREN:-
+1795 John Rowan Boone, b. 1844.
1796 Samuel H. Boone, unm. Lives (1921) at Louisville, Ky. 1797 Annie M. Boone.
REFERENCE:-
(a) Compiled from a sketch in "History of the Ohio Falls Cities and their Counties,"
1882, Cleveland, Ohio, L. A. Williams and Co., p. 496c- 496e.
Married Elizabeth Harney, daughter of Dr. John Milton Harney and granddaughter of Judge John Rowan, distinguished lawyer and statesman, by whom she was reared.
Samuel H. Boone, unm. Lives (1921) at Louisville, Ky.
764. GRANDISON H. BOONE (Hiram' C.; Samuel6; Samuel4; George3), born 19 Feb., 1814.
Married Nancy Stevenson, daughter of Judge Stevenson, who went from Virginia to what is now Berry Co., Indiana.
CHILDREN:-
1798 Hannibal Boone, b. 15 Sept., 1840; d. 4 Sept., 1873. Unm. +1799 John Boone, b. 8 Oct., 1842.
1800 James R. Boone, b. 20 Sept., 1845; unm. Res. Brandon, Tex. +1801 Fannie S. Boone, b. 26 Oct., 1848.
1802 Clay Boone, b. 2 Nov., 1851; d. 8 Dec., 1870.
1803 Richard Boone, b. 10 Mar., 1854; d. 21 Aug., 1874, unm. 1804 Hiram C. Boone, b. 24 Jan., 1857; d. 13 Apr., 1859.
Hannibal Boone, b. 15 Sept., 1840; d. 4 Sept., 1873. Unm.
James R. Boone, b. 20 Sept., 1845; unm. Res. Brandon, Tex.
Richard Boone, b. 10 Mar., 1854; d. 21 Aug., 1874, unm.
764. RATLIFF R. BOONE (Hiram'; Samuel6; Samuel4; George3), born 5 Nov., 1816.
Married Sallie Frances.
They went to Missouri, and their descendants are living near Agency,
Mo.
CHILDREN:-
1805 Fanny Boone, m. Daniel Hunt.
1806 John Boone.
1807 Hiram Boone.
1808 Malvina Boone, m. Dr. Dowell.
1809 Victoria Boone.
1810 Susan J. Boone, m. H. Boone Ray (Frances' Boone; Hiram'; Samuel';
Samuel4; George3), No. 1813.
766 John Tipton Boone (named for Senator Tipton, noted in early Indiana history), b. 27 Mar., 1819.
764. JOHN TIPTON BOONE (Hiram'; Samuel6; Samuel4; George3), born 27 Mar., 1819.
Married Eliza Brazier of St. Louis.
He was named for Senator Tipton, noted in early Indiana history. He was lost on way overland to California in 1849, on the Santa Fe Trail.
CHILD:-
1811 Medora Boone, called "Dora," in. - Caldwell; was reared in the family of Col. Hiram C. Boone. She had seven or eight children.
Medora Boone, called "Dora," in. - Caldwell; was reared in the family of Col. Hiram C. Boone. She had seven or eight children.
Sarah Jane Boone, b. 22 Aug., 1822; m. Austin Hubbard Slaughter. (For his ancestry see "Slaughter Family History" in Virginia Historical Magazine.)
FRANCES ANN AMERICA BOONE (Hiram6; Samuels; Samuel4; Georges), born 4 July, 1827.
Married Dr. John W. Ray.
CHILDREN:-
+1812 John Ray.
1813 H. Boone Ray, in. Susan Boone (Ratliff'; Hiram'; Samuel'; Samuel4; George'), No. 1810.
Frances Ann America Boone, b. 4 July, 1827.
H. Boone Ray, in. Susan Boone (Ratliff'; Hiram'; Samuel'; Samuel4; George'), No. 1810.
Samuel Hairston Boone, b. 15 July, 1828; m. Mrs. Angie (Hatfield) Willett, a widow. He was a physician; was a surgeon in the Union Army.
Jades Monroe Boone, b. 12 May, 1832; m. Ellen Moore.
Junius Brutus Boone, b. 28 Mar., 1834; m. Belle Elder.