Elmer Roscoe Booker

1874 - 1948  (73 years)

• Name	Elmer Roscoe Booker  [1]
  Birth	17 Sep 1874	Indiana, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	4 Jun 1880	Stafford Township, Greene, Indiana, USA   [1]
  Residence	9 Jun 1900	Haddon Township, Sullivan, Indiana, United States
  Residence	18 Apr 1910	Jefferson Township, Sullivan, Indiana, United States
  Residence	5 Jan 1920	Jefferson Township, Sullivan, Indiana, United States
  Residence	15 Apr 1930	Linton City, Greene, Indiana, United States
  Residence	15 Apr 1940	Linton City, Greene, Indiana, United States
  Death	7 Jun 1948	Greene County, Indiana, United States
  Burial	9 Jun 1948	Dugger, Sullivan, Indiana, United States
  Person ID	I21777	McKelleb
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2025

  
  

  Father	Lewis Marion Booker,   b. 1 Apr 1836, Indiana, USA d. 17 Feb 1920, Jefferson Township, Sullivan, Indiana, United States (Age 83 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary Elizabeth Allsman,   b. 1839, Indiana, USA
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage License	18 Mar 1857	Sullivan County, Indiana, USA   [2]
  Marriage	20 Mar 1857	Sullivan County, Indiana, USA   [2]
  Family ID	F6609	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Jessie Bell Cachorn,   b. 1876, Indiana, United States
  Marriage	6 Dec 1915	Sullivan County, Indiana, United States
  Family ID	F6484	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Nora O. Davidson,   b. 30 Jun 1872, Pleasantville, Sullivan, Indiana, United States d. 13 Jan 1914, Jefferson Township, Sullivan, Indiana, United States (Age 41 years)
  Marriage	28 Sep 1895	Sullivan County, Indiana, United States
  Children	1. Lou Booker,   b. 28 Sep 1901, Sullivan County, Indiana, United States  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Jessie Booker,   b. 17 Mar 1911, Indiana, United States d. 20 Nov 1932, Linton, Greene, Indiana, United States (Age 21 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Paul Booker,   b. 5 Jun 1900, Linton, Greene, Indiana, United States d. 1 Dec 1940, Miami Township, Montgomery, Ohio, United States (Age 40 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Marie Booker,   b. 27 Jun 1905, Sullivan County, Indiana, United States d. 23 Aug 1988, Linton, Greene, Indiana, United States (Age 83 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Audrey Booker,   b. 20 Nov 1907, Indiana, United States d. 1 Jan 1957, Linton, Greene, Indiana, United States (Age 49 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F6485	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 17 Sep 1874 - Indiana, USA Residence - 4 Jun 1880 - Stafford Township, Greene, Indiana, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Age Variation: Roscoe is listed as being born in 1875 in the 1880 Census. Note: Someone added a contribution to change his last name to Lewis. This is not a correct submission as it is clear on the census that his last name is booker. June 9, 1948 ELMER BOOKER DIES NEAR LINTON Elmer Roscoe Booker, age 73, died Monday morning at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Marie Beck of Linton, R. 2. Mr. Booker had been ill for five years. He was born in Sullivan County September 17, 1874. He was a member of the North Mission Church of Linton. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Marie Beck of Linton, R. 2, Mrs. Audrey Booker of Van Cover, Washington, and Mrs. Lou Shoptaw of Farmersburg; a sister, Mrs. Ona White of Sullivan and a half-brother of Bloomfield The body was taken to the Newkirk Funeral Home in Pleasantville. Funeral arrangements are pending.

  
  

• Sources

  [S234] 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Stafford, Greene, Indiana; Roll: T9_281; Page: 6; Enumeration District: 312; Dwelling #47, Family #47, Roscoe Booker; Line #14 (Reliability: 3). [S4] Indiana Marriages, 1811 - 2019, (Name: Family Search; Location: Salt Lake City, Utah; Date: 2024;), "Indiana, Marriages, 1811-2019", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XXFK-JVS : Sun Mar 10 15:56:08 UTC 2024), Entry for Lewis Booker and Mary Elizabeth Allsman, 18 Mar 1857.; Page #146, Entry #1 (Reliability: 4). https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XXFK-JVS?lang=en