This Page is dedicated to
Mary Julia Booth Tucker
Known lovingly to all as both
Mamie and Ba

Mamie was born on October 3, 1874 She died on July 21, 1954
She is burried at the Clanton City Cemetery in Clanton Alabama.
Her parents were Henry Booth born ABT 1853 in New York. Died on June 24, 1898 while inspecting work done at the Methodist Church in Birmingham and is buried in Selma Alabama
and
Georgia Anna Harrison born Aug. 14, 1856 in Selma Alabama. She died in October 6, 1934 in Jefferson Co. Alabama.
In the 1880 Federal Census The Family is listed as living in Selma
Household:
|
Name | Relation | Marital Status | Gender | Race | Age | Birthplace | Occupation | Father's Birthplace | Mother's Birthplace |
|
| Henry BOOTH |
Self | M | Male | W | 27 | NY | Carpenter | IRE | IRE |
| Georgia BOOTH |
Wife | M | Female | W | 23 | AL | | AL | AL |
| Mary BOOTH |
Dau | S | Female | W | 5 | AL | | NY | AL |
| Willis BOOTH |
Son | S | Male | W | 3 | AL | | NY | AL |
| Lucy SCOTT |
Other | S | Female | W | 16 | AL | Servant | AL | AL |
Source Information:
Census Place 5th Ward, Selma, Dallas, Alabama
Family History Library Film 1254012
According to this census Mamie had a brother. Willis, William James Booth according to his death certificate, Was born August 26, 1876. He died on Sept. 13, 1938 in Memphis, TN. He was a Lumber merchant.
He married Ada Clarice Nixon Feb. 6, 1903
Ada was born Sept. 15, 1888 in Jackson, MS. and died July 4, 1948. She burried Willis in Corinth, MS on her 50th birtday. She too is burried in Corinth, MS
I also found Henry's mother Julia Booth living next door in the same census
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Name | Relation | Marital Status | Gender | Race | Age | Birthplace | Occupation | Father's Birthplace | Mother's Birthplace |
|
|
Julia Booth | Self | W | Female | W | 40 | IRE | | IRE | IRE |
|
Either Julia fudged her age or gave birth to Henry at the age of 13
Henry's father was William Booth. He was a Journeyman Plasterer/Bricklayer. Both William & Julia/Judy Booth were born in Ireland. They immigrated to the Rochester N.Y. area before 1850. In 1850 William was living & working in Selma. Sometime after 1855 and before 1860 Julia joined him. By the 1880 census Julia was a widow.
I also found Georgia Ann's family in Dallas Co.
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Name | Relation | Marital Status | Gender | Race | Age | Birthplace | Occupation | Father's Birthplace | Mother's Birthplace |
|
| Mary A. HARRISON |
Self | W | Female | W | 53 | AL | Keeping House | GA | SC |
| James B. HARRISON |
Son | S | Male | W | 26 | AL | Carpenter | SC | AL |
| Edwin HULL |
SonL | M | Male | W | 29 | CANADA | Clerk | Scotland | Scotland |
| Mary O. HULL |
Dau | M | Female | W | 19 | AL | At home | SC | AL |
| Clifford HULL |
GSon | S | Male | W | 1 | AL | | CANADA | AL |
| William WARD | Other | S | Male | B | 10 | AL | Servant | AL | AL |
Source Information:
Census Place Valley Creek, Dallas, Alabama
Family History Library Film 1254010
Valley Creek is located between Plantersvile and Selma just off of hyw 22
Mary Ann Jones, Georgia Ann's mother, was born, ABT 1827, in Lowndesboro Ala between Selma and Montgomery on Hyw 80.
She died June 1925 in Birmingham Ala.
James Benjamin Harrison, Georgia Ann's father, was born in South Carolina about 1810 to 1813.
In 1838 he helped found the 'Selma Rangers', a local militia, serving as Orderly Sergeant and then Lieutenant.
He was elected to the Selma city Council in 1843 and 1844 and served as Dallas County Sheriff from 1861 to 1864. He was murdered in 1867 the case never being solved.
Below is a picture of Georgia Harrison Booth
Ba's Ma Boo
and her Ma -- Mary Ann Jones Harrison