Individual Details
Lucian Dent Booth
(26 Jun 1882 - 11 Feb 1960)
Lucien Booth was born 26 June 1882 in Lowndes County, Mississippi. He married on 22 September 1909 in New York City, Louisa Tomkins Middleton.
There were five (5) children born of the marriage.
Evening Star, Washington, D. C., Saturday, February 13, 1960, Page 9, Cols. 1 & 2: Col. Lucian D. Booth, Served Many Years in Ordnance. Col. Lucian D. Booth, 77, retired Army ordnance officer, died Thursday in a Roanoke (Va.) hospital after a long illness.
Col. Booth, who was graduated in 1907 from West Point, was stationed for several years before the outbreak of World War II in the Office of the Chief of Ordnance here. At the time of his first retirement in 1942, he was serving in the Ammunition Division of the Ordnance office. Called back to active duty almost immediately after his retirement, Col. Booth was assigned to the Radford (Va.) ordnance facility, then operated by the Hercules Powder Co., where he was commanding officer until his retirement in 1944.
After his graduation from West Point, Col. Booth was assigned to the Coast Artillery and afterward was an instructor at West Point. He transferred to the Ordnance Department and served thee until World War I, when he was sent to France, where he served as ordnance officer for the 30th Division of the American Expeditionary Forces. He later became ordnance officer for the First Army.
A resident of Roanoke for the past several years, Col. Booth had been active in politics there, and was a member of the Roanoke School Board. An avid historian, Col. Booth was prominent in Roanoke historical projects, and took an active part in ceremonies marking the founding of the city. He also took a deep interest in genealogy and had traced the Booth family tree back for many generations. His military decorations included the Purple Heart.
Col. Booth leaves his wife the former Miss Louise Middleton, of the home address, and five children, Col. Robert Booth of Atlanta, Ga., Col. Cornell D. Booth of Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., Mrs. James Kincannon of Roanoke, Mrs. Horace Britton of Pelham Manor, N. YU. and Mrs. James Morris of Camp Campbell, Ky. He is also survived by 12 grandchildren.
Services will be held in Roanoke at a time to be announced later. Burial will be at 10 a.m. Monday in Arlington Cemetery, with full military honors.
There were five (5) children born of the marriage.
Evening Star, Washington, D. C., Saturday, February 13, 1960, Page 9, Cols. 1 & 2: Col. Lucian D. Booth, Served Many Years in Ordnance. Col. Lucian D. Booth, 77, retired Army ordnance officer, died Thursday in a Roanoke (Va.) hospital after a long illness.
Col. Booth, who was graduated in 1907 from West Point, was stationed for several years before the outbreak of World War II in the Office of the Chief of Ordnance here. At the time of his first retirement in 1942, he was serving in the Ammunition Division of the Ordnance office. Called back to active duty almost immediately after his retirement, Col. Booth was assigned to the Radford (Va.) ordnance facility, then operated by the Hercules Powder Co., where he was commanding officer until his retirement in 1944.
After his graduation from West Point, Col. Booth was assigned to the Coast Artillery and afterward was an instructor at West Point. He transferred to the Ordnance Department and served thee until World War I, when he was sent to France, where he served as ordnance officer for the 30th Division of the American Expeditionary Forces. He later became ordnance officer for the First Army.
A resident of Roanoke for the past several years, Col. Booth had been active in politics there, and was a member of the Roanoke School Board. An avid historian, Col. Booth was prominent in Roanoke historical projects, and took an active part in ceremonies marking the founding of the city. He also took a deep interest in genealogy and had traced the Booth family tree back for many generations. His military decorations included the Purple Heart.
Col. Booth leaves his wife the former Miss Louise Middleton, of the home address, and five children, Col. Robert Booth of Atlanta, Ga., Col. Cornell D. Booth of Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., Mrs. James Kincannon of Roanoke, Mrs. Horace Britton of Pelham Manor, N. YU. and Mrs. James Morris of Camp Campbell, Ky. He is also survived by 12 grandchildren.
Services will be held in Roanoke at a time to be announced later. Burial will be at 10 a.m. Monday in Arlington Cemetery, with full military honors.
Events
| Birth | 26 Jun 1882 | Caledonia, Lowndes Co., Mississippi |  | ||
| Marriage | 22 Sep 1909 | New York, New York - Louisa Tomkins Middleton | | ||
| Death | 11 Feb 1960 | Roanoke Co., Virginia | | ||
| Burial | Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington Co., Virginia | |
Families
| Spouse | Louisa Tomkins Middleton (1887 - 1981) |
| Child | Robert Middleton Booth (1912 - 1970) |
| Child | Cornell Dent Booth (1914 - 2000) |
| Child | Catherine Tomkins Booth (1916 - 2002) |
| Child | Louisa Frances Booth (1925 - 2013) |
| Child | Leila Amanda Booth (1930 - 2013) |
| Father | Lewis Dent Booth (1840 - 1907) |
| Mother | Frances Amanda Mayfield (1844 - ) |
| Sibling | Lola Montez Booth (1867 - 1930) |
| Sibling | Laura Maud Booth (1869 - ) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Marion Booth (1872 - ) |
| Sibling | John Robert Booth (1874 - 1932) |
| Sibling | Emma Louise Booth (1876 - ) |
| Sibling | Alfred William Booth (1879 - 1942) |
Endnotes
4. A Kirkpatrick Genealogy; Melvin Kirkpatrick & David Hudson, 1995.