Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 6th ed., 1887,
Shelby Co.

JOHN C. BOOKER is a native of Shelby County, Ky., and was born in November,
1827.  His father, Samuel Booker, and mother, Nancy Ellis, daughter of
Charles Ellis, an early settler, located near what is now Dover's Meeting
house, in the northwest part of the county.  He was married in 1849 to Miss
Maria White, a native of the county, and a daughter of Andrew S. and
Matilda (Daniel) White.  Mrs. White is a daughter of Mosher Daniel, a
prominent Virginian for whom Danville, Ky., was named.  Andrew S. White was
a son of Col. White, who settled on the Booker farm in the latter part of
the last century.  Before the adoption of the new constitution Andrew
White represented Shelby County in the Lower House of the Legislature, and
was a member of the convention which formed and adopted the new
constitution of the State.  He was born in 1812, and was an enterprising
and public spirited man.  His death occurred in 1855, but his widow, who
was born in 1800, still lives and is now eighty-seven years of age.  Mr.
and Mrs. Booker have one child, Samuel White Booker, born in 1854.  He
resides with his father, and was married, February 27, 1878, to Miss
Nannie Belle Ried, of Spencer County.  The farm, one of the best in the
county, contains 500 acres.  Mr. J. C. Booker has been sadly afflicted with
paralysis for the last two years, which has greatly affected him.  (Since
the above sketch was prepared Mr. Booker has succumbed to his disorder, and
died May 6, 1887.)

Booker Ellis White Daniel Ried
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Spencer-KY VA

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