Abraham BOOHER

!SOURCES: 1. Harold G. Keisling, Cookeville, TN 2. Booher, Allen G. sr. MY OFTEN MISSPELLED NAME IS BOOHER, p. 151 3. Report of the adjutant General, State of KY - Civil War -edcom BIRTH: Source-1 for date MARRIAGE: !DEATH: Source-3 Vol. I p. 618 Co. G 6th KY Cav. killed in action in the Battle of Stones River BURIAL: !ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Source-4 Abraham Booher was killed during the Civil War at Battle of Stones River. Buried in an unmarked grave. His father, Peter Booher, Sr. and brother William were in the same unit and took his personal belongings when he died. The father was bothered to theday he died because his boy was in an unmarked grave. He made several trips to Murfreesboro after the war, but it was too no good. The story was told to Jennie Jones by her grandmother, Sibbie Hill Booher (wife of Joel C. Booher).

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