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Surnames: Booker/Hinkle/Nicholson
Classification: Query
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William Alonzo Booker b Feb 21 1864 Washington County, Ind. d March 15, 1920 Olney, Ill at
Olney Sanitarium parents William Prestly Booker and Paulina Nicholson. He married 11 Sept
1885 Daviess Co Ind Lydia Ann Hinkle they had these children Nellie, Della, Effie, Claude,
Vivian Beatrice also known as Sallie, and unnamed male child that died at birth.
Obit posted in the Odon Journal March 19, 1920
Alonzo Booker, one of Steele township's best known and most influential citizens
passed away at the Olney Sanitarium at Olney, Ill last Monday morning. Mr Booker was taken
to the hospital about three weeks ago and underwent an operation from which he never
recovered. His wife is also critically ill at Olney. Besides the widow he leaves three
children and three brothers. Mr Booker was 48 years of age and was a member of the
Christian church also a member of the Indpendent Order of Odd Fellows. The body was
brought back to Plainville where the funeral services were held from the Christian church
Wednesday with Rev. C. H. Buchanan of this city in charge. Burial was made in the cemetery
at that place.