Henry Clark Boothe

Henry Clark Boothe was born March 14, 1879 in Texas (probably Erath County) and died May 31, 1956, Lubbock, Texas.  He married Mattie Ellen Walker, March 21, 1901, in the Chickasaw Nation (now Stephens County, Oklahoma), Indian Territory (pre-statehood).  She was the daughter of Porter Crittenden Walker and Editha Viola Moore.  Henry Clark and Mattie Ellen were both listed as living in Marlow, Oklahoma, at the time of their marriage.

In Cimarron County, Oklahoma

Henry Clark Boothe worked for the railroad during the earlier years of his marriage and the 1910 census found him and his young family over in Cimarron County, Oklahoma (ED 106, page 1, household 13):

Booth, Henry C., head, mw, 30, married once for 9 years, born Texas, both parents born Tennessee

Mattie, wife, fw, 23, four children with three still living, born Nebraska, parents born US.

Harvy C., son, mw, 8, born Oklahoma

John, son, mw, 5, born Oklahoma

Edith V., daughter, fw, age [blurred], born Oklahoma

Roy E., brother, mw, age 16, born Texas, born parents born Tennessee

In Blaine County, Oklahoma

By the 1920 census, this family was in Blaine county, Oklahoma (ED 22, page 6a, household 99):

Booth, Henry C., head, mw, 41, born Texas, both parents born Tennessee

Mattie, wife, fw, 35, born Tennessee [sic], both parents born Tennessee

Carl, son, mw, 18, born Oklahoma

John, son, mw, 15, born Oklahoma

Edith, daughter, fw, 11, born Oklahoma

Jackson, son, mw, 5, born Oklahoma

Walker, son, mw, 3, born Oklahoma

Erwin, son, mw, 2 months, born Oklahoma

To Arkansas and back to Oklahoma and Texas

By the 1920's, this family of Boothes were living in McCloud (Pottawatomie County), Oklahoma.  Along with his brother-in-law, Nugent Irons, Henry Clark moved to Arkansas (Salem, Fulton County) for a few years.  Then, after moving back to Oklahoma, he and Mattie moved to Lubbock, Texas.

Both Henry Clark Boothe and Mattie Ellen Walker Boothe are buried in Tech Memorial Park in Lubbock, Texas.

Children of Henry Clark Boothe and Mattie Ellen Walker Boothe:

These are their children as much as I know the information:

1. Harvey Carl Boothe, born March 12, 1902, Meers, Oklahoma;  he died March 6, 1986, Bowie, Montague County, Texas.  He married Cora Belle Corn, December 1, 1926, Arapaho, Custer County, Oklahoma.  These are my parents.
2. John Porter Boothe, born August 14, 1904, Hastings, Oklahoma; died May 17, 1988, Foss Lake, Canute County, Oklahoma.  He was married to Lena Roof in 1935.  John worked for Western, Oklahoma, State Hospital as a custodian; Lena was a nurse.  She had a daughter by a previous marriage (Betty) and she and John had a son, Lewis.
3. Buster Boothe, born September 14, 1906; died about 1908-09 of diphtheria.
4. Edith Viola, born October 13, 1908, Weatherford, Oklahoma.  She married Floyd R. Arnold, August 28, 1928, Salem, Arkansas.  She currently lives in Salem, Arkansas.
5. Jackson Doyle Boothe, born September 4, 1911, Cordell, Oklahoma; died May 18, 1985, Brownwood, Texas.  He married Anna Lou Ellis in 1938.  He is buried in Erath Garden, Stephenville, Erath County, Texas.
6. Walker Rex Boothe, born December 28, 1913, Lindsay, Garvin County, Oklahoma.  He married Joanna Lee and they are living in Sherman, Texas.
7. Wayne Norris Boothe, born July 28, 1917, Weatherford, Oklahoma. He is living in Ennis, Texas.  
8. Erwin Arevine Boothe, born December 2, 1919, Bear Creek, Custer County, Oklahoma; died July 16, 1999, Purdy, Missouri.  He is buried in Muncie Cemetery, outside of Wheaton, Missouri. He married Jewel Frances Hopper.
9. Creed Clovis Boothe, born June 6, 1922, Bear Creek, Custer County, Oklahoma; died 1943 in the Battle of Coral Sea (WW II), aboard his ship.
10. Dorman Delphine Boothe, born May 28, 1927, Salem, Fulton County, Arkansas.  He married Wilma Jean ("Tommie") Hightower, and they live in Dallas, Texas.