Obit: Boon, James "Jim" (1873 - 1916)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon

Surnames: Boon, Hodges, Syth

----Sources: Greenwood Gleaner (Greenwood, Clark County, Wis.) 27 July 1916

Boon, Jim (4 Nov. 1845 - 23 July 1916)

Mr. James "Jim" Boon, an old resident of Clark County, died at his home at Christie Sunday, July 23, 1916, at the age of about seventy years. [He was born Nov. 4, 1845 in Ireland to Charles and Nancy Boon. Jim had married Louisa H. Hodges on April 2, 1873.] Deceased had been suffering for some years. He leaves to morn his death, his wife [Louisa], three sons [Leonard, Walter & Peter], and one daughter, the daughter being Mrs. [Mary Pearl] William Syth. [Proceeded in death by one daughter; Elizna at the age of 17 and two in infancy.] The funeral was held at Neillsville Wednesday.

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