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Surnames: Boone,Bruner, Malcom
Classification: Biography
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William H. Boone, farmer, was born in Montgomery County, Ohio, December 2, 1847; son of
Isaac and Mary (Holderman) Boone, and is of German descent. His father was born in
Rockingham County, Virginia,in 1815, and his mother in Mongomery County, Ohio. In 1825,
the Boone family removed from Virginia to Montgomery County, Ohio, and there the
grandfather of our subject died. In 1858 the father of our subject removed from Mongomery
County to Miami County Ohio and still there resides. Our subject was raised on the farm
and attended the public schools of the neighborhood. He began for himself at eighteen
years of age, and came to Daviess County in 1883, and settled where he now lives,on what
was known as the Bruner farm. He has 110 acres of well-improved land one mile from
Washington. He was married in 1869, to Miss Frances V. Malcom,a native of Shelby County,
Ohio, born in 1849, daughter of Nathan and Deborah Malcom. They have four children, viz:
Maggie M., Mary B., Blanch!
e D., and Hazel E. He is a Republican and a most enterprising gentleman.
History of Knox and Daviess County Indiana
Goodspeed Publishing; Chicago;1886
Pages-752-753