Martin F. Boon

Locality: Otter Creek Township
Name: Martin F. Boon

farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. La Fayette; born in Pueblo Co., Ohio, 1817; moved to Boone Co., Ind., 1844, and to Buchanan Co., Iowa, 1853, and located in this county 1876. He married Ellen Wood 1846; she was born in Shelby Co., Ky., 1828; their children are Daniel M., born Aug. 29, 1847; Sarah E., Aug. 3, 1849; Huma Alice, Jan. 20, 1859. He is a Democrat. The Boon family in the United States sprung from three brothers who came here from Germany at a very early day, two of whom located in North Carolina and the other in Virginia; Col. Daniel Boon, of Kentucky, came of the Virginia brother, and one of the North Carolina brothers was great grandfather of the subject of this biography; hence the great hunter and he sprung from the same old German stock. Mr. Boon owns 166 acres of land, valued at $35 per acre.

Transcribed by: T. Stover - August 16, 2007
Source: "The History of Linn County, Iowa, Containing a History of the County, its Cities, Town, & a Biographical Directory of its Citizens, War Record of its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics ... History of the Northwest, History of Iowa, Map of Linn County, Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters", Chicago, IL, USA: Western Historical Company, 1878.