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John Booze

Believed to be written by Frank Doyle

John Booze will walk this earth no more,
He lived to be almost five score,
He milked cows and tilled the land,
He was always ready with a helping hand.

He plowed the sod and planted corn,
It was here that most of his family was born,
He raised his pigs, when they got fat,
He hauled them to old North Platte.

He had to take what they would give,
It wasn't much, they had to live,
He bought the things he needed most,
The biggest bill was wire and post.

He built his house and set out trees,
Planted the garden to potatoes and peas,
He and his wife, they laid thier plans,
And built the house that now still stands.

The children left home one by one,
At first they thought it would be fun,
But when the last one finally left,
They were lonely and berift.

The wife finally passed away,
The father left the home to stay,
He traveled, to enjoy life,
And finally married another wife.

They lived several happy years,
But now this wife is left in tears,
Old John is gone to a better land,
So bear your grief as best you can.
They are gone and there is no use to make a fuss,
For they are better off, then the rest of us.

Andy and Lizzie Booze

by Opal James

Andy and Lizzie Coty Booze were married in Fremont, Nebraska, and came later to McPherson County. Lizzie was born in Illinois and Andy is thought to have come from Indiana. They were the parents of ten children.
Emma L. Booze, who was born on March 6, 1885, at Fremont, Nebraska, and died in 1980. She married James McCallister on April 30, 1901, at Oberlin, Kansas. He was born on January 26, 1878, in Butler County, Nebraska, and died on August 13, 1954 at Grants Pass, Oregon.
Harvey Booze was born May 4, 1886, at Tryon, Nebraska, date of death unknown. He never married.
Kora (Babe) Booze was born on June 5, 1887, at Fremont, Nebraska, and died December 31, 1948 at Kearney, Nebraska. On January 19, 1908 at Tryon, Nebraska, she married Frank M. Koons, whose date of death was April 17, 1947, at Kearney, Nebraska.
Lizzetta (Etta) Booze was born on June 30, 1888, at Tryon, Nebraska, and died on May 21, 1975 at Grants Pass, Oregon. On January 3, 1909, she married Ed James, whose birthdate was June 28, 1879, at Fairbury, Nebraska. His death occurred in 1976.
Minnie Booze was born on December 13, 1890 and died in February, 1981, at Mentor, Minnesota. She married William Grover on June 9, 1909, at Tryon, Nebraska. He was born on March 10, 1887, and died on August 23, 1964 at Red Lake Falls, Minnesota.
Maude G. Booze was born on August 26, 1892, at Tryon, Nebraska, and died January 30, 1983, at Mitchell, Nebraska. She married George Robert Wade on April 15, 1910. He was born on April 26, 1888, and died on September 18, 1965, at North Platte.
Andrew (Bud) Booze was born on March 25, 1894, at Tryon, Nebraska, and died on December 17, 1951, at Lebanon, Oregon. He was married to Tween VanAmen.
Florence Booze's birthdate is unknown, but she died on October 19, 1915, at Tryon, Nebraska and had never married.
William Wallace (Willie) Booze was born on March 24, 1900, at Tryon, Nebraska. His first marriage was to Florence Hudson; the second to Anna Mary Holfeld in 1932 at North Platte, Nebraska. She was born on July 28, 1910, at Ravenna, Nebraska and died on July 17, 1966, at Grants Pass, Oregon. His next marriage was to Leona Stripling on November 1969 at Reno, Nevada. She was born on April 23, 1910 at Bend, Oregon.