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3. Sue Bunch Boone (Blann) -- Born July 8, 1925 in Nashville, TN., the youngest child of Marvin and Stella Cathey Boone. Married Troy Blann on May 5, 1944 in Nashville, Tennessee. Died .Sept.24,2007 in Nashville. Her siblings were: Oliver Boone. (1905-1982} ; married Tina Ives; one son--Robert or Bobby--2nd wife--Hazel), was vice-president of Kellogs Cereal); Hazel Denny (1907-1996; married Buford Biles, then W. O. Denny, who had a daughter, Francis; Hazel worked for the Health Dept).; Margaret Moore (1910-1998?; married Bob Moore-one daughter, "Little" Hazel and one son, Bobby Jr.); Marvin Aaron Boone (1913-1987; married four times--Helen was mother of only son, "Boonie", other wives were: Dolly, Nellie, Marie and Grace--he was a professional entertainer and a chef, after retiring from show business); Doris Johnson (1919-2005; married Russell Hall--one son, Jim, then remarried Henry Johnson--Doris was a beautician); Edith Galloway (b.1915; married Rev. Claude Galloway--two sons: Bill and Jack). Sue played piano, sowed and became a L.P.N. (nurse) in the 1960's and worked at various Nursing Homes until she retired. Her parents were Marvin Boone and Stella Cathey. She is buried at Spring Hill Cemetery in Nashville. 4.
John Marvin Boone --Born Feb. 17, 1884 (or 1885?) in Erin, TN (Houston
Co.) Died Dec. 31, 1961 in Nashville, Tennessee. Married Stella Cathey
(1886-1971) in 1903, in Erin. A miller by trade, Marvin took over his
father’s mill in Erin until it closed. He then moved his family first to
Guthrie, KY. for a year, then on to Nashville in the early 1920's where he worked for Riverside Mills (12 years)
and at H. G. Hill Co. (25 years) where he was mill foreman. He played
mandolin in his early life, and had some artistic ability and loved to
garden (he raised large elephant ears also sketched hunting dogs, etc.). After
Marvin was converted at a Nazarene camp meeting, the family attended the Nazarene
Church, though Marvin’s mother’s family was Cumberland Presbyterian. His six
siblings were: Robert Boone (1874-1931), Fanny Blake (b.1876), Sidney
Boone (b.1879), Mary Elizabeth (Lizzy) Metcalfe (1881-1970), Hetty
Lorraine Pullen and Morris Blake Boone. (Robert and Sidney Boone both
served as mayors of Erin, TN in the early 1900's.) J. M. (Marvin)
Boone had two sons and five daughters (listed above). His parents were
Jack Daniel Boone and Kate Graham. He is buried at Spring Hill Cemetery in
Nashville.
7. John Etheldred Boone--John or Jonathan Etheldred ("Dred") Boone was born in 1776 probably in North Carolina and died in Houston Co, TN sometime after 1850. Etheldred married Mary Holley (or Holly) and traveled from North Carolina in a wagon caravan to Stewart (now Houston) County in 1804 and settled on Well’s Creek near Erin, TN. A farmer, trapper and explorer, Etheldred had eight children, several sisters (not listed) and either two or three brothers: Daniel (not the famed pioneer), Joseph, and probably Byrd or Bird (called "Buddy"). Mary Holley’s parents are not known. There are a number of early records which assert that Etheldred (sometimes pronounced in Houston County as "Ethan-eldred", and also sometimes spelled Ethelred) was a nephew of Daniel Boone, the famous pioneer. This was also the supposition used by Margaret R. Schneider in her book, Etheldred Boone and his Descendants, which posits Daniel Boone's brother, Jonathan, as a possible father of Etheldred, thus tentatively linking him to the line of George Boon I of Exeter, England. However recent 2006 DNA studies done by Bobby Boone, a direct male descendent of Etheldred, have shown that Etheldred Boon's Y-DNA strand does not match the Y-DNA from the male heirs of Daniel Boone. Daniel Boone's line belongs to haplogroup R1b, while Etheldred's line belongs to haplogroup I, a lineage which hails from northwestern Europe and is associated with Viking populations. By means of comparative DNA matches, we have not yet identified the name of Etheldred's ancestors; however, several other DNA matches to Etheldred's line reveal that he is chromosonally related to some of the Boones in the neighboring counties of Southhampton, VA and Northampton and Hertford Counties in NC., including Matthias Boon, a contemporary of Etheldred who was born in 1786 in Southhampton, VA and moved to Madison Co. TN, where he died in 1835. Matthias's siblings are thought to be: Allen, Nicolas (d.1806) and Edy (Research by Boone researcher, Norman Flythe, postulates, due to proximity, that Matthias's father was John Boon (b.ca.1749) of Hertford Co. NC. and that John's brother was Nicholas Boon (b.ca.1750) also of Hertford Co. NC, although this has not been proven). Other early Boons who match Etheldred's DNA are Boling Boon (b.1801 in Northampton, NC, who is likely the son of William Boone (1755-1806) and Susannah Jenkins (1776-1806), William being the son of Joseph Boon (1730-1794) and Savory), Benjamin Boon (b. 1820 in S.C), and Nicolas Boon (b.1806 in Hertford Co. NC). Boone researcher, Norman Flythes postulated that Nicolas (b.1806) was the son of Allen Boon, mentioned above, although this has not been proven. Nicholas's children were: James, Thomas, Bartholomew, Byrd, Susanna and Rebecca. Nicholas' son, Byrd Boone, who married Nancy Edwards, is not the same as Byrd (or Bird) Boon of Stewart Co. TN, who married Hannah (Costons?) and whom Margaret Schneider believed was Etheldred's brother. Nicholas' son, Byrd, was born and died in NC, and he is most likely the Byrd Boon who appears on the Hertford Co. census in 1810. There is apparently a third Bird Boon, who appears in New Hanover Co., NC. from 1820 to 1840. Byrd Boon of Stewart Co, appears in only in the 1840 and 1850 Stewart Co. TN censuses--appearing in the 1850 census (age 60) with his wife Hannah, and children (listed below). Further DNA studies are ongoing which will hopefully reveal more about the relationship between those who share this DNA line. Our earliest confirmed Boone ancestor, Etheldred Boone (perhaps John or Jonathan Etheldred Boone) was born in North Carolina, according to the 1850 Stewart Co., TN census, the last census in which he appears. He is the father of Richard Byrd Boone, father of Jack Daniel Boone, father of John Marvin Boone. Besides the names of his children and their descendants, very little is known for sure about Etheldred’s life or ancestry. The historian Goodspeed states that Etheldred was a famous pioneer who came from NC to Stewart Co. around 1804, that Etheldred was related to Daniel Boone and had several sisters and brothers. Another tradition reports that he married a Miss Holly, thought to be Mary Holly. Tradition, as well as census birth records of his children, indicate that Etheldred went back and forth to NC several times. If he went by the name John or Jonathan on some census records, it would be difficult to identify him, since there were so many John Boons moving from county to county in NC, TN, VA & KY during his early life. Land records show that Etheldred had built a home in Wells Creek, Stewart Co. TN by 1824. Etheldred first appears in the 1830 Stewart Co. census, then is apparently listed as Eldridg Boon in the 1840 census (age 60-70, wife 50-60), and finally in 1850 as Ethedriel Boon (age 74) along with daughter Elizabeth (age 33). Though not proven, it has been suggested (in the book, Etheldred Boone and his Descendants, by Margaret R. Schneider) that Etheldred had two or three brothers, Bird Boon (born 1790 in NC, died in Stewart Co. TN), Joseph and Daniel. The names of the children of Etheldred and his putative brother, Bird are as follows:
(John) Etheldred Boone
Bird Boone (Etheldred’s brother?) According to the naming conventions of the British Isles, the first son is usually named after the paternal grandfather, the second after the maternal grandfather and the third after the father. Etheldred’s third son is indeed named after him (his fourth being named John), while his first son is named William. Bird Boon’s second son is named William, and the first Daniel, so either of them may be candidates for the name of Etheldred’s father. (Possibly, Richard Bird Boon may be named after a maternal grandfather named Richard Holly and his uncle Bird. Or Richard could be Etheldred's father's name.) As both Etheldred and Bird have daughters named Elizabeth, perhaps this is the name of their common mother. There is another Etheldred Boone who appears in the 1830 Southampton, VA census at the same time as Etheldred of Stewart Co. appears in the TN census. Whether this 1830 VA Etheldred (40-50 on census, thus born between 1780-90) is the same as the person listed as Dred Boon in the 1840 and 1850 Southampton, VA. censuses (and shown by the census to be a black servant) has not been determined. There is also a Southampton City tax record showing a single, white Etheldred Boon living there between 1806 & 1811, and a 1807 court record of Southampton, VA, which seems to indicate that an Etheldred Boon had previously lived there but no longer did. His identity is unconfirmed, but he must be either the Etheldred who appears on the 1830 Southampton, VA census or our Etheldred who moved to TN after this time. Early Boons in Tennessee who might possibly be related to Etheldred include a William Boon (1799 & 1811 Davidson Co. tax list), a Daniel Boon who appears on the Warren Co. tax list in 1812, (another?) Daniel who dies in Madison Co. TN. around 1843. Madison Co. tax lists from around 1830 also show a William and Thomas Boon in that county. There is also a Richard Boon in Robertson Co. TN ca.1810 (or 1814), who is likely the son of John Boon (d.1795) of Northampton Co. NC. Most interesting is a Nathan Boon who appears on the 1810 tax list and 1814 court records for Stewart Co, then disappears. LDS records a 1808 marriage in Sumner Co. TN between a Nathan Boon and Betsey Thorn. A Nathan Boone--possibly Nathan of Stewart Co--also appears in the 1800 Northampton Co., NC. census (between 16-26 years old); his mother is Elizabeth Sherrod Boon. Further Boone/Bohun Ancestry: The Boone family, in one of its many lines, dates back to the time of the Norman Conquests in the tenth century and the name is likely of Norman origin. The Boones of NC, TN & KY are mostly of Scotch-Irish descent. The name "Boon" is thought to be anglicized from the French word bon, meaning "good" or is a place name meaning one from Bohun in the Northwest corner of France. The haplogroup I has been found also to be related to some Boones presently in Ireland. While this web site formerly featured some of the line of Daniel Boone, the Morgan line, and the Bohun line back to Humphrey de Bohun, companion of William the Conqueror, these have now been removed since there is no evidence to suggest that these lines are directly related to the line of Etheldred Boon. For those who are interested in these lines, I have retained the related charts in the Family Tree section.
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5.
John Daniel Boone -- The father of Marvin Boone, J.D. (Jack) Boone
was born Oct.8, 1844 and died Jan.15, 1913 in Erin, TN (Houston Co.). He
married Mary Catherine (Kate) Graham (May 13, 1853- Jan. 17, 1920) in the
early 1870's and they had seven children (listed above). J. D. Boone
had one sister, Emily Caroline