Mrs. Joanna Boone, p. 831

MRS. JOANNA BOONE is a daughter of Samuel K. Weirich, now a resident of Washington Borough, and the widow of James M. Boone, to whom she was united in marriage April 23, 1863.

James M. Boone (deceased) was born March 29, 1829 in Washington county, Penn., a son of James M. and Margaret (Miller) Boone, who were of Irish descent. He passed his youth on the farm, where he received a good education. He inherited and also acquired habits of sobriety and industry, to which much of his success in life was due. After his marriage to Miss Weirich, he lived in Canton township, Washington county, until 1871, when he removed to the place in Buffalo township, which is situated on the line of the B. & O. R. R., Chartiers Station. Mr. And Mrs. Boone had the following children: Mattie, Edwin, Susie, Anna, Emma (wife of David Moore) and Maggie (who is married to Robert W. Davis, of Canton township, Washington county, son of Dr. R. W. Davis). The unmarried children are living on the home farm with their mother. James M. Boone was esteemed by all who knew him, being a devout Christian man, benevolent, almost to a fault. He believed that an abundance of worldly goods is intrusted to some men by the Creator for the purpose of doing good, and that "he that giveth to the poor, lendeth to the Lord" - a Bible precept to which he strictly adhered. The trust of a companion saying: "Cast thy bread upon the waters, and after many days it shall return to thee," was forcibly illustrated in the life of Mr. Boone. He had an abundance of property which was acquired by industry and enterprise, and the advancement of the Master's cause was ever uppermost in his mind. His earnest efforts in the church will long be remembered. Some men are practically dead even while existing, and others, though their "tenement of clay" has crumbled to its primitive dust, yet live in the lives and hearts of others, exerting a powerful influence for good. We do not exaggerate the simple truth when we affirm that James M. Boone was a good example of the latter class, and none can estimate the good inculcated by his life on both the present and future of Washington county. He passed away December 23, 1891, after a protracted illness of three months.

Text taken from page 831 of:
Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893).

Transcribed February 1997 by Bobbi Steele of Indianapolis, IN as part of the Beers Project.
Published February 1997 on the Washington County, PA pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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