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Richard H. BOOTH

Mount Pleasant - Sioux Falls Cemetery
Minnehaha County,
South Dakota

Birth: Sep. 20, 1826
Death: Sep. 9, 1907

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BOOTH, RICHARD H., was born at Poughkeepsie, New York, September 20, 1826. His father was the proprietor of a cloth factory and had the latest and most approved machinery known at that date. At the age of seventeen the subject of this sketch was apprenticed to learn the carpenter's trade, and when he attained his majority commenced business for himself as contractor and builder. In 1847 he removed to New York City. On December 17, 1848, he was married to Miss Sarah C. Boulette, and celebrated his golden wedding in Sioux Falls December 17, 1898. He spent the summer of 1852 in Minnesota. In 1855 he moved from New York to Milwaukee, Wis., where he remained eight months, and then removed to
St. Paul, Minn. In April, 1861, he took up a farm in Goodhue county, Minn. where he engaged in farming and worked at his trade until 1870 when he removed to this county, arriving in Sioux Falls the 11th day of July of that year. He took up as a homestead the northwest quarter of section twenty-four, in Sioux Falls township, but has always been a resident of the city, and engaged as a contractor and builder. He built the first church in the county - the Episcopal Church at Sioux Falls. He built the Cataract hotel, the VanEps block, the Deaf Mute school buildings, and other public buildings, besides some of the finest residences in the city. He was one of the directors of the South Dakota penitentiary at the time it was built, holding that position four years, and has been building inspector of the city of Sioux Falls several years. Mr. Booth during his long residence in the city has been a very active man, and while not aspiring for political positions has nevertheless been an influential and respected citizen.

History of Minnehaha County South Dakota
D.R. Bailey 1899 Page 461

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Submitted: 11/26/09 • Approved: 12/7/15 • Last Updated: 12/10/15 • R32652-G0-S3

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