When James Booker was born on 26 April 1814, in Jefferson, Kentucky, United States, his father, David Booker, was 49 and his mother, Theodosia, Theodotia Smith, was 41. He married Christena Ready on 27 January 1833, in Sullivan, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Illinois, United States in 1870 and Long Creek, Macon, Illinois, United States for about 10 years. He died on 18 January 1887, in Long Creek Township, Macon, Illinois, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Florey Cemetery, Long Creek, Macon, Illinois, United States.
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Illinois is the 21st state.
The western part of Kentucky purchased by Andrew Jackson from the Chickasaw Indians in 1818. It became known as the Jackson Purchase. This included land that wasn't originally part of Kentucky when it became a state.
By 1829 Venus, Illinois had grown sufficiently and in 1832 was one of the contenders for the new county seat. However, the honor was awarded to a nearby city, Carthage. In 1834 the name Venus was changed to Commerce because the settlers felt that the new name better suited their plans. But during late 1839, arriving members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints bought the small town of Commerce and in April 1840 it was renamed Nauvoo by Joseph Smith Jr., who led the Latter-Day Saints to Nauvoo to escape persecution in Missouri. The name Nauvoo is derived from the traditional Hebrew language. It is notable that by 1844 Nauvoo's population had swollen to around 12,000 residents, rivaling the size of Chicago at the time. After the Latter-Day Saints left the population settled down toward 2,000 people.
English: occupational name from Middle English bokere, bouker ‘learned man, scholar; scribe’ (Old English bōcere, an agent derivative of bōc ‘book’).
English: variant of Bowker .
Americanized form of German Bucher .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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