Individual Details

Lewis Dent Booth, the oldest child of Robert and Mary Booth, was born 24 April 1840 in Chester District, South Carolina. In 1842 he moved with his family to Mississippi. On 27 March 1861, at the outbreak of the Civil War, Lewis enlisted in Company A, 9th Regiment of Mississippi Volunteers in the Confederate Army. He also served in the Corinth Rifles, 2nd Regiment, 4th Brigade. He continued to serve until the end of the war.

While in the service, in 1862, his father died at Corinth , and the family moved to Lowndes County, Mississippi. There Lewis met Frances Amanda Mayfield, daughter of John J. and Rachel Paulina (Dowdle) Mayfield, whom he married on 16 June 1867. Lewis was a farmer and landowner, but he was primarily a builder. He built roads, bridges, sawmills, gristmills, covered bridges and homes. He was an Elder in the Presbyterian Church, and a member of the Masons. He served on the Board of Supervisors of Monroe County, Mississippi, from 1890 until 1895. Lewis died 30 August 1907 at Greenwood Springs in Monroe County, Mississippi.

There were seven (7) children born of the marriage.

Birth	24 Apr 1840	Chester District, South Carolina
Marriage	16 Jun 1867	Lowndes Co., Mississippi - Frances Amanda Mayfield
Death	30 Aug 1907	Greenwood Springs, Monroe Co., Mississippi

Spouse	Frances Amanda Mayfield (1844 - )
Child	Lola Montez Booth (1867 - 1930)
Child	Laura Maud Booth (1869 - )
Child	Elizabeth Marion Booth (1872 - )
Child	John Robert Booth (1874 - 1932)
Child	Emma Louise Booth (1876 - )
Child	Alfred William Booth (1879 - 1942)
Child	Lucian Dent Booth (1882 - 1960)

Father	Robert Boothe (1815 - 1862)
Mother	Mary Kirkpatrick (1815 - 1907)
Sibling	Elizabeth F. Booth (1842 - 1915)
Sibling	Mary Jane Booth (1844 - 1925)
Sibling	Sarah Booth (1846 - 1875)
Sibling	George Booth (1848 - 1850)
Sibling	Amanda Lucy Booth (1851 - 1929)
Sibling	Jesse R Boothe (1854 - 1861)
Sibling	William Preston Booth (1857 - 1925)
Sibling	Jefferson Davis Booth (1861 - 1925)