Childhood

Thomas Monroe Boon was born May 5, 1851 at Austin, Travis Co., Texas where his father was working as a contractor. As a young boy, in the Republic of Texas, he must have moved around quite a bit. By 1860, his parents had settled in the Bowie County, Texas area and were farmers - raising cotton.

Reams Family

Sally Reams was born March 1868 in Texas. Presently, I do not know her parent's names. She married first a Mr. Kerby before 1893 and had two sons, Jack Kerby born March 1868 and Curtis Kerby born December 1895. Sally died about 1905 probably in Antelope Springs, Texas during or shortly after the birth of her daughter, Fanny. On the 1910 Wilbarger Co., Texas census, Sally's two sons by Kerby are listed with Tom Boon.

• Bowie Co., Texas Census, page 15a, #148-153
  --Listed as Thos, age 8, with his parents

  Boone          K A             	40 M	farmer	$400	$685	GA
  Boone          Mary E        	28 F	lady			GA
  Boone          Wm      	        13 M				GA
  Boone          Thos   		 8 M				TX
  Boone          Franklin    	 5 M				TX
  Boone          Francis        	 3 F				TX
  Boone          S H          	10/12 M				TX
  

• 1870 Kauffman Co., Texas (enumerated July 13, 1870), page 30, #173-183
  --Thomas is age 19, unmarried, and listed with his widowed mother
  

  Mary BOONE 	  39 Ga.
  Thomas 		  19 Tx. at home
  Ben F. 		  16  Tx.
  Fannie 		  13  Tx.
  Sam H. 		  11 Tx.
  Mary E. 	   7 Ark.
  Asa MARSHALL	  34 male, white  laborer, Ga.
  

• 1880 Throckmorton Co., TX precinct 1, page 290A lines 22-22
  --Thomas is living with his brother, Benjamin who has recently married.
  

  Benj. F.  BOONE	    25       farmer	TX
  Mary E.		    18 wife		MO
  Thomas 		    28 bro.		TX
  

• 1898, March 27, Tom Boon married Mrs. Sally Kerby
  

• 1900 Hardeman Co.Tx. 19 June 1900 Ed#31 sheet #10, #162-168
  

  
  Thomas BOON	head	 May,1851  49, farmer owns,R/W  Tx.Ga.Ga
  Sallie 		wife,	 Mar.1868  32  keeps house R/W  TX.Tx.Tx.
  Jack  		stepson  Dec.1893   6  at home  	Tx.Ind.Tx
  Curtis  	stepson  Dec.1895   4  at home  	Tx.Ind.Tx.
  Marion A. 	son  	 Dec.1899   1 at home  		Tx.Tx.Tx.
  Mary E.  	mother   Mar.1831  69              R/W  GA.Ga.Ga.
  

• 1905, Hardeman or Wilbarger Co., Texas
  -- Sally died during or shortly after birth of daughter, Fanny

• 1910 Wilbarger Co., TX, Town of Vernon, Ed 236, pg 14B, pct 1, #224-236, (enumerated April 25, 1910)

  Tom BOON 	  head 	     59,wd. farmer 		TXGAGA
  Roy		  son 	     11 			TXTXTX
  Willie 		  son	      9 			TXTXTX
  Joe 		  son,	      7 			TxTXTX
  Fanny 		  dau.	      5 			TXTXTX
  Jack KIRBY 	  step-son   16 farm laborer  		TXTXTX
  Curtis KIRBY 	  step-son   15  			TXTXTX
  Charly UNDERWOOD  roomer 	farm laborer		TXTXTX 
  

• 1914, January, Wilbarger Co., Texas
  --Tom died and was buried at East View Cemetery, Vernon, Wilbarger Co., TX

1. Marion A. Boon

   
   

   --b. December 1899 Hardeman Co., Texas
   --d. between 19 June 1900 - 25 April 1910 Hardeman or Wilbarger Co., Texas
   

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2. Roy Boon

   
   

   --b. abt 1900 probably Hardeman Co., Texas
   --age 11 on 1910 Wilbarger Co., Texas census with father
   --Nothing else is known about him

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3. Willie Boon

   
   

   --b. abt 1901 probably Hardeman Co., Texas
   --age 9 on 1910 Wilbarger Co., Texas census with father
   --Nothing else is known about him

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4. Joe Boon

   
   

   --b. abt 1903 Hardeman or Wilbarger Co., Texas
   --age 7 on 1910 Wilbarger Co., Texas census with father
   --Nothing else is known about him

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5. Fanny Boon

   
   

   --b. about 1905 Rayland, Hardeman Co., Texas
   --named after her aunt, Fanny (Boon) Mears
   --raised by a Mrs. Pool in Vernon, Wilbarger Co. Texas
   

   We actually know very little about Fanny. It is unknown whether she married or when/where she died.

   On the 1910 Wilbarger Co., Texas census, town of Vernon, Fanny is listed as age 5 with her widowed father and with some siblings and step siblings. She is also listed with an Eugenia Pool, a widow, agt 50 who is shown with a daughter, Lucille, age 15, and a son, Samuel McElwee, age 26. Relationship of Fanny to Mrs. Pool is shown as granddaughter - though I believe this to be in error.

   Fanny's mother died about the time of her birth and her father died when she was 8 or 9. This picture was given to me by my grandmother, Minnie Leamer Mears back in the late 1960's. It must have been taken about the time her father died.

If you have any old pictures, stories, documents for any of the children or grandchildren of William Augustus Boon Sr. which you wold like to contribute for your ancestor's page in their memory, I would be more than happy to add!

Warmest gratitude and my appreciation to any who have contibuted any information, pictures, etc. for Tom's family.

Boon Gedcom