Class of 1918. Flora Bond. She received a BYH Normal Certificate in 1918. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 104.

Class of 1916. Taylor Bond. He received a BYH Normal Certificate in 1916. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 9, page 130. ~ ~ ~ ~ Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1921. Taylor Bond. He received an AB Degree in Education in 1921. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 9, page 130. ~ ~ ~ ~ Taylor Bond was born on October 24, 1893 in Heber, Utah. His parents were William Henry Bond and Alice Taylor Bond. Taylor married Abbie Eulula Hatch on August 17, 1922 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Taylor Bond died on November 24, 1925 in Salt Lake City, Utah at the age of 32.

Class of 1913. Eva Bonner. Graduated from Brigham Young High School, in the Normal Department. Source 1: 1913 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section, pages 63-81. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1913. Eva Bonner. She received a BYH Normal Diploma in 1913. Source 2: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 7, page 326.

Class of 1932. Anne Bonnett [Ann]. Graduated from Brigham Young High School on Thursday, June 2, 1932. Source: The Evening Herald, Provo, Utah, Wednesday, June 1, 1932. ~ ~ ~ ~ Ann Bonnett [BYH Class of 1932], married Charles E. Oaks on May 18, 1934. Their children included: Robert Oaks [BYH Class of 1954] (married Gloria Mae Unger [also BYH Class of 1954]); Richard Oaks [BYH Class of 1960] (married Kathy); Beverly Ann Oaks [BYH Class of 1964] (married Del) Jensen; and Bonnie Oaks (married Ty) Ripple. ~ ~ ~ ~ HER OBITUARY: Ann Bonnett Oaks, 94, passed away Thursday, May 24, 2007, in her home. She was born February 18, 1913, in Provo, Utah to George E. Bonnett and Harriett Laycock Bonnett. She attended B.Y. Training School, and graduated from B.Y. High School in 1932. She then graduated from Brigham Young University. She married Charles E. Oaks on May 18, 1934. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. They lived in Provo together for 68 years. Mother was a mom, a homemaker and an outstanding cook. Later in life she worked in the school lunch program and at the BYU Bookstore. She loved being with her family and found great satisfaction serving them. She was proud of her four children, her 14 grandchildren and her 27 great- grandchildren and their spouses. She loved working in the yard, cultivating her beautiful roses. She lived a full, rich life in good health. Ann is survived by her two daughters, Beverly Ann Jensen and Bonnie (Ty) Ripple, two sons, Robert (Gloria) and Richard (Kathy), her grandchildren and a sister, Lorna Bonnett Vider [BYH Class of 1940]. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, three brothers, and a grandson. Funeral services were held Wednesday, May 30, 2007, in the Provo Peak 4th Ward Chapel, 965 North Locust Lane, Provo. Interment, Orem City Cemetery. [Provo Daily Herald, May 27, 2007.]

Class of 1949. Charles Bonnett. He graduated from BYH on May 26, 1949. Source: 1949 BYH Graduation Exercises Program. ~ ~ ~ ~ He married Renee. ~ ~ ~ ~ HIS OBITUARY: Charles LaMar Bonnett, age 80, of Springville (formerly of Orem) joined his sweetheart on November 30, 2010 surrounded by his family. He was born August 6, 1930 in Provo, Utah to Stanley Fitzgerald and Myrta Eleanor Wootton Bonnett. After graduating from Brigham Young High he was drafted into the military where he served during the Korean War. Not long after his return he met and married his eternal companion and the love of his life Renee Lerwill Bonnett on November 12, 1953 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple. He worked for his father at the Bonnett Coal Company and was later hired at United States Steel (Geneva) where he worked for 34 years. He retired at the age of 55 and was able to spend time with his wife and family enjoying golf, fishing and spending time at their cabin in Midway. He was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Charles is survived by his 4 children: Mike (Joyce) Bonnett of Pleasant Grove, Vicky Bonnett of Springville, Leslie (Sam) Giles of Springville, Laura (Bob) Willis of Lindon; 11 grandchildren; 9 great-grandchildren; brother, John S. (Wanda) Bonnett of Provo; and several nieces and nephews whom he loved dearly. He was preceded in death by his wife, mother, father and brother, Lowell Bonnett. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Monday, December 6, 2010 at the Hobble Creek 7th Ward Chapel, 1965 E. Canyon Road, Springville, Utah. Friends may call at the Berg Mortuary of Provo, 185 East Center Street, Sunday evening from 6-8, and at the church Monday morning from 10-10:45 prior to services. Interment will be in the Provo Cemetery. ~ ~ ~ ~ HIS WIFE'S OBITUARY: Renee Lerwill Bonnett, age 75, of Springville (formerly of Orem) passed away peacefully at her home Tuesday, June 15, 2010 surrounded by her family. She put up a good battle for many years enduring to the very end. She was born August 25, 1934 in Provo, Utah, to Lee Marcus and Merlene Stevenson Lerwill. She married her sweetheart, Charles LaMar Bonnett [BYH Class of 1949], November 12, 1953 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Sorry mom but we had to tell the truth). Their marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple. After graduating from Provo High School in 1952, she worked for Mountain Bell Phone Company as an Operator. Renee had the privilege of staying home and raising her four children. Once they were all in school she went to work as a lunch lady at Cherry Hill Elementary School where her children attended school. In 1982 she retired to tend her grandchildren. To her, there was no better place to be than with her grandkids. She was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, where she held various callings mostly with the Young Women. Renee adored her family. She was the happiest when she had her family with her at their cabin in Midway or just hanging out on her bed talking about everything or nothing. Renee is survived by her husband, and children Michael (Joyce) Bonnett, Pleasant Grove; Vicky Bonnett, Springville; Leslie (Sam) Giles, Springville; Laura (Bob) Willis, Lindon; 11 grandchildren, 8 1/2 great-grandchildren; sister Annette (Gerald) Larsen, Orem; Linda (Robert) Johnson, Salt Lake City; several nieces and nephews whom she loved dearly. She was preceded in death by her mother and father; and her sisters, JoAnn Wengreen and Pauline Johnson. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Thursday, June 24, 2010 at the Hobble Creek 7th Ward Chapel, 1965 E Canyon Rd., Springville. A viewing will be held on Wednesday evening from 6-8 p.m. at the Berg Mortuary of Provo, 185 E. Center Street, and at the church Thursday morning from 10:00 - 10:45 prior to the funeral service. Interment, Provo City Cemetery. Condolences may be sent to the family from www.bergmortuary.com [Provo Daily Herald, Sunday, June 20, 2010]

Class of 1961. Janice Bonnett. Poetry Festival, Pep Booster Vice President, JV Cheerleader, Girls State, F.H.A. President, Home Economics Service Award, Home Economics Achievement Award, Dramatics, Forensics, Assembly Committee, Y'ld Cat Newspaper Advertising Manager, Hi-Stepper President, Honor Roll, Mathematics Achievement Award, Physical Education Service Award, BYU Scholarship, Seminary Graduate. [Name listed in 1961 Wildcat Yearbook as Bonnett and Bonnet -- Bonnett appears to be correct.] ~ ~ ~ ~ BYU BS Elementary Education 1964. BYU Hawaii 1983. Married Richard C. Pearson. Janice and Richard served a mission in the New York, NY Mission beginning in 2006. Alternate email: pearrich@isu.edu @2011

Class of 1964. Senior Class Social Chair. Wildcat Yearbook Editor, Dramatics, Seminary Graduate, Pep Club, F.H.A., Thespians President, Honor Society, Girls State Alternate. BYU BA English 1969. BYU Idaho General Studies - Education 1995. Married Wayne Baker.

Class of 1940. Lorna Bonnett. Opera. Girls' Athletic Association, President. German Club, Vice President. She married ______ Vider. ~ ~ ~ ~ She was born February 18, 1913, in Provo, Utah to George E. Bonnett and Harriett Laycock Bonnett. She attended B.Y. Training School, and graduated from B.Y. High School in 1940. Her sister, Ann Bonnett Oaks, graduated from BYH in the Class of 1932.

NOT Class of 1939 (Her name does not appear in any senior class in BYH Wildcat yearbooks). Mildred Jean (Jimmy) Bonnett Kasteler passed away Tuesday, February 11, 1997. After only an 18-day separation, she is together forever with her faithful companion, Howdy Kasteler, in time to celebrate Valentine's Day, special because of their engagement and his birthday. Mildred (Jimmy), was born September 26, 1921 to Emma Jean Ewell and Harvey Glenn Bonnett in Provo, Utah. She graduated from Brigham Young High School in 1939, attended Brigham Young University (2 years) affiliated with Nautilus social unit and Phi Chi Theta (honorary Business sorority). She accepted a civil service appointment in the Department of Agriculture under Ezra Taft Benson in Washington, D.C. While residing there, she met Howdy Kasteler. They were married by David O. McKay in the Salt Lake Temple, April 16, 1943. Simple things brought joy to her, such as the pet cats she had throughout her life, her homemade batches of fudge, peanut brittle or divinity. She always had a passion for fine jewelry and new shoes. Summer days were looked forward to for working in her flower garden or relaxing in the sunshine while getting her annual tan. She possessed many talents including playing the piano, spelling even the toughest words correctly, writing poetry and knitting fabulous sweaters by hand. Jimmy was an accomplished seamstress and created beautifully sewn outfits for herself and her children. She had opportunities to share her talents as an active member of the LDS church. Jimmy mastered the lost art of shorthand which served her well in her professional life. She was the secretary at Emerson Elementary (1964-86). Former teachers fondly remember how fun she was to be around and how she kept the entire school running smoothly. Jimmy will always be remembered for her sweet spirit that touched so many lives. Most of all she adored being a Grandma and being involved in the lives of those she loved. She is survived by sons, Paul H. (Sherrie) Kasteler; Jon E. Kasteler; daughters, Karol Jean (Scott C.) Miller; Kalita (Tom) Ford; 12 grandchildren: Heidi (Eric) Swapp; Cameron, Taylor, Kristy, Katie, Walker, Lindsay, Thayne, Konni, Kylee, Pace and Lincoln. Preceded in death by her husband, Howdy, and a grandson, Quinn Morgan Kasteler. Funeral services were held Monday, February 17, 1997 in Salt Lake City. Interment, Provo City Cemetery. [Published in the Deseret News, Saturday, February 15, 1997.]

Class of 1913. Muriel Bonnett. Graduated from Brigham Young High School in 1913. Name on list, but no photo. Source 1: 1913 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section, pages 63-81. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1913. Muriel Bonnett. She received a BYH Normal Diploma in 1913. Source 2: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 5, page 285. ~ ~ ~ ~ Muriel C. Bonnett was born on January 10, 1893 in Provo, Utah. Her parents were David J. Bonnett and Francis A. Cluff. She married Ernest Oliver Halverson, born on April 1, 1892 in "Dover, Sp, Ut" (sic). They married on October 10, 1914. His parents were Oliver Henry Halverson and Josephine Alveda Erickson. Muriel died on January 4, 1961.

Class of 1921. Orvel (or Orvil) Bonnett. Source: 1921 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section. ~ ~ ~ ~ Orvil (Orvel) Fitzgerald Bonnett was born March 26, 1901 in Provo, Utah. His parents were John Albert Bonnett and Delia Fitzgerald. He died on September 9, 1981 in Provo, Utah. ~ ~ ~ ~ Note: He is buried in the Provo City Cemetery - notes say "Orvel John Bonnett".

Class of 1931. Russell Bonnett. Graduated from Brigham Young High School on Thursday, May 28, 1931. Source: The Evening Herald, Provo, Utah, Tuesday, May 26, 1931. ~ ~ ~ ~ George Russell Bonnett was born on April 30, 1911 in Provo, Utah. His parents were George Eric Bonnett & Harriett Kazia (Hattie) Laycock Bonnett (married June 14, 1909). G. Russell Bonnett was a veteran of World War II. He died on February 23, 1973 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Interment, Provo City Cemetery.

Class of 1959. Elizabeth Boot. Her Dutch nickname is "Bep". Seminary Achievement Award, Bookkeeping Certificate. She married Melvin Long (brother of Randy Long) of Pleasant Grove, Utah. They have four daughters and many grandchildren. One of their grandsons is on the University of Utah football team. ~ ~ ~ ~ The Boot family emigrated to the US in 1956. Two brothers and two sisters in the Boot family are alumni of BYH. Both Elizabeth Boot and Anneke Boot graduated in the BYH Class of 1959, but Elizabeth is two years older. Nicholaas Boot is in the BYH Class of 1965, and Robert Boot is a member of the BYH Class of 1969. @2006.

Class of 1959. Johanna Boot. "Anneke" is her Dutch nickname. Hollywood Beauty Scholarship, Seminary Achievement Certificate. She married Randall E. (Randy) Long (brother of Melvin Long) of Pleasant Grove, Utah, and they have two sons. ~ ~ ~ ~ The Boot family emigrated to the US in 1956. Two brothers and two sisters in the Boot family are alumni of BYH. Both Elizabeth Boot and Johanna Anneke Boot graduated in the BYH Class of 1959, but Johanna is two years younger. Nicholaas Boot is in the BYH Class of 1965, and Robert Boot is a member of the BYH Class of 1969. @2006

Class of 1965. Nick Boot. Chorus. He married Joyce [Della Joyce], and they have nine children. [Nicolaas spelling is correct.] ~ ~ ~ ~ The Boot family emigrated from the Netherlands to the US in 1956. Two brothers and two sisters in the Boot family are alumni of BYH. Both Elizabeth "Bep" Boot and Johanna "Anneke" Boot graduated in the BYH Class of 1959, but Elizabeth is two years older. Nicholaas Boot is in the BYH Class of 1965, and Robert Boot is a member of the BYH Class of 1969. @2010

Class of 1969. Robert Boot. Robert married Lorna Kyle. They have six children, and 13 grandchildren. ~ ~ ~ ~ The Boot family emigrated from the Netherlands to the US in 1956. Two brothers and two sisters in the Boot family are alumni of BYH. Both Elizabeth "Bep" Boot and Johanna "Anneke" Boot graduated in the BYH Class of 1959, but Elizabeth is two years older. Nicholaas Boot is in the BYH Class of 1965, and Robert Boot is a member of the BYH Class of 1969. ~ ~ ~ ~ "As for me, we have been in Georgia for 10 years now, we moved here from San Diego. I went on a mission to Holland, where I was born, and my oldest son went there too. Our second son went to Spokane on his mission and our youngest son leaves November 29, 2006 for Argentina. All of our kids have gone to BYU-Idaho, the two youngest sons are there now. I am in commercial real estate; I have been in this field for 30 years. I invest all over the US, buying and renovating properties for my portfolio. In the early 1990s I authored a book on real estate financing and development and was on a speaking tour throughout the US giving seminars. I'm trying to settle down so my wife and I can go on a mission soon." @2006

BY Academy High School Class of 1886. Alfred Lewis Booth. Awarded Teacher's Certificate, and Special Certificate in Physiology & Hygiene. He is listed on the Commencement Exercises program of May 21, 1886 as "Head Janitor" [as Alfred Q. Booth]. This position was usually held by a faculty member who hired students to be janitors. Source: The (Provo) Daily Enquirer, May 25, 1886. ~ ~ ~ ~ Faculty & Staff. Logic, Mathematics and History teacher and Registrar, 1887-1889. ~ ~ ~ ~ President of the Alumni Association. ~ ~ ~ ~ Born June 17, 1864, in Alpine, Utah. His parents were Richard Thornton Booth and Elsie Edge Booth. Alfred Booth married three times: He first married Marie Olsen, who was born on October 22, 1872 in Loten, Hedmark, Norway. She died on April 16, 1892. He second married Maria "May" Ashworth of Beaver, Utah on May 12, 1900 in Salt Lake City, Utah. They had five children, including: Alfred Lewis Booth, Jr., born 1901; Editha Booth, born 1903; Leona Booth, born 1905; Herbert Booth, born 1907; and William Booth, born 1908. Maria "May" Ashworth Booth died on October 10, 1913. Third marriage: Edith Young, on June 23, 1915, in Salt Lake City, Utah. They had one son and three daughters: Thornton Y. Booth; Virginia Booth (Wendell Allred); Margary Booth (Donald Neville); and Phyllis Booth (Carlos A. Phillips). Alfred died on June 3, 1947, in Provo, Utah. Interment, Provo, Utah. ~ ~ ~ ~ Alfred had his first ride on a railroad when he went to Provo to attend BYA in 1879. The school was occupying the remodeled Lewis Building on Center Street. He saw the building enlarged in 1882, and was a student when the building burned to the ground on a cold winter night in 1884. He helped to move books and furniture to the old ZCMI building near the railroad tracks. By 1886 Alfred graduated with a Normal [Teaching] Certificate. He taught trigonometry, surveying, rhetoric and logic. For the year 1889-91 he was Registrar at BYA, and in 1898-99 he was president of the Alumni Association. He surveyed much of Provo. In 1893 he passed the bar examination and was admitted to the bar in Provo, and became one of Utah's most celebrated attorneys. Source 2: Brief profile in The Sons of Brigham by T. Earl Pardoe, 1969, pp. 3-6.

Class of 1912. DeLilah Booth, of Provo, Utah. Graduated from Brigham Young High School in 1912. Source 1: 1912 BYU Mizpah, BYH section, photos and names on pp. 1 - 62, 105. ~ ~ ~ ~ Delilah Booth [Adams] received three diplomas in 1912: a BYH Normal Diploma, a BYH Commercial Diploma, and a High School Diploma. Source 2: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 3, page 25. ~ ~ ~ ~ DeLilah Maria Booth was born on January 7, 1890 in Pleasant Grove, Utah. Her parents were John Edge Booth and Delia Ina Winters Booth. She married Samuel Conrad Adams on January 10, 1917 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She died on April 11, 1973 in Provo, Utah. Interment, Provo, Utah.

Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1929. Edgar E. Booth. He received a BS Degree in Physics in 1929. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 398.

Circa Class of 1922 ~ Honorary. Editha Booth. HER OBITUARY: Editha Booth, 88-year-old Provo resident, died Monday, April 1, 1991, in Provo. She was born March 12, 1903, Provo, a daughter of Alfred Lewis Booth [BYA High School Class of 1886] and May [Maria] Ashworth Booth. She attended the BYU Training School, attended school in California, and later attended Brigham Young University. She was raised by a loving stepmother, Edith Young Booth. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, serving in the Relief Society, Primary, MIA and as a ward librarian. She had served a mission to the Northern States 1925-27. She had worked as librarian at the Provo City Library for over 30 years until her retirement in 1968. She was a member of the Yesharah Returned Lady Missionaries, the Nelke Club and Daughters of Utah Pioneers. After her retirement she spent 1 1/2 years in Bolton, England, and took short trips to the Continent and British Isles. She returned home via Persia and Japan, circling the world. She did considerable genealogy work and temple work while in England. Survivors include a sister, Mrs. Lowell (Leona) White, Provo; a half-brother, Thornton Y. Booth, Logan; three half-sisters, Mrs. Wendell (Virginia) Allred, Provo; Mrs. Donald (Margary) Neville, Kaysville; Mrs. Carlos A. (Phyllis) Phillips, Provo; numerous nieces and nephews, to whom she was like a third grandmother. Services were held Friday, April 5, 1991, in Provo. Burial: Provo City Cemetery. [Published in the Deseret News, Wednesday, April 3, 1991.] [She did not marry.]

Class of 1960. Eldean R. (Dean) Booth. Football, Basketball, Track, Chorus. BYU 1965. His parents: Elton Richard Booth and Wilma Lenore Clapp Booth. ~ ~ ~ ~ 2007 Linn County [Oregon] Veterans of the Year: Eldean Booth of Albany served in the Army Reserve from 1963 to 1969, achieving the rank of E-6 staff sergeant. Born in McMinnville in 1941, Booth grew up in Powell Butte and graduated from Brigham Young High School in Provo, Utah in 1960, before attending Brigham Young University for 1 1/2 years. Returning to Prineville, Booth went to work for the Forest Service. He moved to Albany in 1964 and took a job as a machinist at Wah Chang, where he worked for more than three decades, retiring as the lead man in the aerospace machine shop. Booth has been a member of the American Legion since 1994 and is the treasurer of the Linn County Veterans Memorial Association. He has taken a top role in the construction of the new veterans memorial at Timber-Linn Park. [DemocratHerald.com, November 9, 2007] ~ ~ ~ ~ Address updated @Jan2010

Classes of 1914 and 1915. Elsie Booth. Graduated in 1914 from Brigham Young High School, Academic Department. Source: 1914 BYU Banyan, BYH section, pp. 84-89. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1915. Elsie Booth. She received a BYH Normal Certificate in 1915. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 6, page 161. ~ ~ ~ ~ Elsie Vernessa Booth was born on April 12, 1894 in Provo, Utah. Her parents were John Edge Booth and Delia [DeLila] Ina Winters Booth. She married Isaac Elmer Brockbank on September 1, 1916 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She died on June 4, 1978 in Provo, Utah. Interment, Spanish Fork City Cemetery, Utah.

Class of 1954. Gordon D. Booth. French Club, Photography Club, Radio Physics Club Vice President, Debate, Childrens Theater, Spanish Club, Thespians. BYU BS Statistics 1963. @2010 ~ ~ ~ ~ HIS OBITUARY: Gordon Dixon Booth, age 78, of South Ogden, Utah, passed away peacefully at his home, surrounded by family, on January 13, 2015, of causes incident to dementia and age. Gordon was born on February 16, 1936, to Albert Warren and Vesta Dixon Booth in Provo, Utah. He grew up in Vallejo, California, and Provo, Utah, and attended Brigham Young Elementary, High, and University. He graduated from BYH in the Class of 1954, and from BYU in 1963. At BYU, Gordon met his lifelong and eternal companion, June Phoebe Erskine. After honorably serving an LDS Mexican Mission, Gordon and June were married and sealed in the Salt Lake LDS Temple on June 25, 1959. Together, they began their family in Provo, Utah, moving to Austin, Texas, and Idaho Falls, Idaho, before settling in Ames, Iowa, where he received a Ph.D. in Statistics and served as an LDS bishop. Gordon worked as a statistician for the USDA for 16 years before moving his family one last time to South Ogden, Utah, where he worked for the US Forest Service. After retiring, Gordon served a four-year church service mission as a data analyst. Later, Gordon and his beloved wife served as missionaries to the Polynesian Cultural Center in Laie, Hawaii. He also shared his love for family history through many classes and conferences. His parents preceded him in death. He is survived by his wife, June, of South Ogden, Utah; brother Gary (Carrie) of Orem, Utah; son David (Leslie) of Maple Grove, Minnesota; daughter Catherine (Terry) Roueche of Bountiful, Utah; son Stephen (Deidrien) of South Ogden, Utah; daughter Cynthia of South Ogden, Utah; son Michael (Sandra) of South Ogden, Utah; daughter Christianne (Randall) Jefferies of South Ogden, Utah; 26 grandchildren; and 7 great-grandchildren (and two on the way). Funeral services will be held on Saturday, January 17, 2015, at 10 am at the LDS chapel, 4955 Adams Avenue in South Ogden, Utah. A viewing will be held prior to the funeral services from 9-9:45 am or Friday evening from 6-8 pm at the chapel. A graveside service will be held at the Provo City Cemetery at 2:30 pm. In lieu of flowers, Gordon would like donations to go to the LDS Perpetual Education Fund in his honor. Condolences may be shared at SereniCare.com [Deseret News, January 15, 2015] Source

BY Academy High School, Class of 1880? BYU Graduate, Class of 1904. John Edge Booth. One of the first members of the Brigham Young Academy Faculty & Staff. Teacher of Mathematics, Bookkeeping & Law, 1876-1877, 1884-1913. ~ ~ ~ ~ Brigham Young University Graduate, Class of 1904. John Edge Booth. He received the Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Degree at the 1904 Commencement, Spring of 1904. Source: 1904 Commencement Program, BYU Special Collections, UA 1008, Box 1, Folder 2. ~ ~ ~ ~ Judge John Edge Booth. Born June 29, 1847, Bedford Leigh, Lancashire, England. First married Maria Josephine Harvey, October 11, 1873. They had four children; she died after fourth. Second married Hannah Billings, 1876, no children. Third married Delia I. Winters, and they had four children. John E. Booth served as Mayor of Provo, Utah, from 1890 to 1891. John died March 28, 1920. In 1871 he craved a deeper insight into mathematics, so he moved to Provo, teaching and studying in the Timpanogos University, a branch of the University of Deseret with Warren H. Dusenberry. He studied law at night under John B. Milner and in 1875 [One year before the founding of BYA] was admitted to the Utah bar. He was appointed city attorney for Provo in 1875 and was a city counselor from 1876-1882. Judge Booth took great pride in the fact that he was a prime mover in getting the Academy in Provo, and was most happy when Karl G. Maeser assigned him the chair of mathematics at the new Brigham Young Academy. He taught civil government and law at the Academy for many years without pay (1886-1920). Some of the best legal minds of the state got their inspiration and start from Judge John E. Booth. [Brief profile in The Sons of Brigham by T. Earl Pardoe, 1969, pp. 7-10.]

BY Academy High School Class of 1889, Collegiate Class of 1896. Joseph Wilford Booth. Joseph Booth received a Certificate: Elocution. Source: Utah Enquirer, May 28, 1889.~ ~ ~ ~ BY Academy Collegiate Class of 1896. J. W. Booth of Alpine, Utah. Graduated May 1896 with Bachelor of Pedagogy (B.Pd.). Source 1: Deseret News, May 30, 1896. Source 2: Graduation Program 1896. Source 3: Students Record of Class Standings of B. Y. Academy, Book 1, page 3. ~ ~ ~ ~ Joseph Wilford Booth was born on August 14, 1866 in Alpine, Utah. His parents were Richard Thornton Booth and Elsie Edge Booth. He married twice: First, to Mary Rebecca Moyle on May 28, 1891 in Logan, Utah. Second, to Edith Young [Nora Effie Young] on June 23, 1915. He died on September 5, 1928 in Alleppo, Syria, Turkey, at the age of about 62. Interment, Alpine, Utah. [One record says he married Rose Harvey of Pleasant Grove, Utah -- would have been his third marriage.] ~ ~ ~ ~ Joseph Wilford Booth was born in Alpine, Utah, on August 14, 1866, the ninth of ten children in his family. His parents, Richard Thornton and Elsie Edge Booth, joined the Church in England and emigrated to Utah, settling in Alpine in 1858 when the Saints were moving south to avoid the imminent invasion of Johnston’s Army. Though living in a rough, frontier environment, and without benefit of formal schooling themselves, Richard and Elsie emphasized the importance of education with their children. Father Booth is reported to have said that his children “shall always have books even if they had to go without shoes or other necessities.” The children, though heavily engaged in farm labor and other jobs to help meet family needs, were all literate and learned to relish the life of the mind. Booth’s early journals reflect a fascinating mix of the drudgery of manual labor, characteristic of life in late 19th century rural Utah, and his delight in more cerebral interests. He was a “cowboy poet” if ever there was one, a rustic intellectual with an endlessly eager mind who wrote a prodigious number of poems and songs and newspaper articles, gave many public speeches, read voraciously, played chess, engaged in rough-and-tumble politics, and often out of curiosity attended Catholic and Protestant church services. During the long summer evenings while tending animals high in the Wasatch mountains, he studied the stars, organized debates on current issues, and devised number games and math problems to challenge his mind. Two entries from his journal reflect this interplay of rugged frontiersmanship and relentless inquisitiveness. July 22, 1889, after shearing sheep all day: “At night we had a debate in the tent. Subject: Resolved the Negro has more cause of complaint than the Indian. There were four on a side. The result was 7 to 6 in favor of the affirmative. I was on the losing side.” Nov. 14, 1890. On the way home, “had a horse race with an Indian . . . and at night made a lot of bullets for my rifle. And a few hours were spent in the study of astronomy & theology.” On October 15, 1887, at the age of 21, Booth began attending Brigham Young Academy in Provo. He loved his studies, once writing that the education offered at B.Y.A. was “more precious than Rubies”. His instructors included Abraham O. Smoot, Karl G. Maeser, and the brilliant young English scientist, James E. Talmage who later married May Booth, Wilford’s younger sister. The journals during this period reveal his enthusiasm for learning but also his painful awareness of being a farm boy lacking polish who often doubted whether he belonged there and wondered if he could succeed. Majoring in Pedagogy, he was a diligent, eager student who made many friends, developing along the way a reputation as an orator and comedian. He was selected by his classmates to give the “class humor” speech at graduation ceremonies for BYA. Booth graduated in with a Bachelor of Pedagogy (B. Pd.) in 1896, nine years after he initially enrolled as a freshman. Booth’s delayed graduation can be explained by a phenomenon that continues even today to stretch time to graduation beyond the desired four-years: marriage. At the time he started attending BYA, Joseph was courting Miss Mary Rebecca Moyle, also from Alpine. Reba, as she was often called, was born in Alpine, Utah, on June 28, 1869. Her parents — pioneers who crossed the plains — were Henry Moyle and Mary Moss Moyle. She graduated from high school in Alpine, marrying Wilford in the Logan temple on May 28, 1890. After their marriage, the Booths lived in various places, including Pleasant View, Castle Rock, and Montpelier, Idaho. After moving back to Alpine, they built a new home and Wilford taught school and operated a general store. While Wilford was serving his first mission in the Middle East, they rented out their Alpine home and Reba lived with her relatives. She continued taking classes when possible at BYA, earning her Kindergarten teaching certificate in 1899 and teaching school in Alpine and Provo. These experiences teaching in school and church helped prepare her for leadership and teaching roles in the Turkish-Armenian missions, when she single- handedly established Primary and Relief Society organizations. ~ ~ ~ ~ In the late afternoon heat of August 3, 1898, an “immense crowd” of family and friends gathered to the meeting house block in Alpine, Utah, to honor a young LDS missionary, Joseph Wilford Booth, leaving the next day for his mission to Turkey. Together they picnicked, listened to speeches, sang songs, and engaged in “spirited” dancing. Handshaking, farewells, and kisses were abundant, and the customary collection to support a young elder’s mission yielded the hefty sum of $150. Booth’s subsequent travels took him across two continents and two oceans to Constantinople, the capital of the Ottoman Empire, and from there around Asia Minor to Aleppo, Syria. Booth had no idea that this bustling city, an ancient center of Middle Eastern trade and culture, would become a second home to him and, thirty years later, his final resting place. He eventually served three missions in the Middle East totaling seventeen years, during which he five times made the arduous trip across North America, the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, the Mediterranean, and Asia Minor; preached the restored gospel across the length and breadth of the Ottoman Empire, traveling by foot, horse, donkey, carriage, boat, car, train, and even bicycle; saved the lives of many Armenian church members after World War I; and meticulously wrote his observations in journals that would prove to be a rich repository of information about LDS church history and Middle Eastern social history in the late 19th and early 20th century. His journey from Alpine to Aleppo turned out to be physical, spiritual, and historical in nature, a watershed event that changed the course of his life, shaped the future of the Armenian members with whom he labored, and, long after his death, acted as a catalyst in establishing the Church and his alma mater, Brigham Young University, in the Middle East. ~ ~ ~ ~ Joseph Wilford Booth served for seventeen years during his three missions to the Middle East: from 1898-1902 as a proselyting elder, and from 1903-1909 and 1921-1928 as president. His wife, Reba Booth, served for ten years (1903-1909 and 1924-1928) with her husband while he was presiding over the mission and was the only sister missionary during that time. The Booths’ mission experiences following World War I are particularly noteworthy. In 1921, three years after the end of the war, Booth approached the First Presidency about providing help for the members in Turkey who had been sending letters pleading for assistance. In response, President Heber J. Grant called Booth as president of the newly named Armenian Mission and gave him the charge “to go to Turkey to carry help to the Saints there”. When President Booth arrived in the Middle East in November 1921, he found the mission in total disarray and ravaged by war: the number of church members was depleted by death, emigration, and deportation, and those who remained were scattered, lonely, and suffering from disease and starvation. One of the Armenian saints, a young man named Reuben Ouzounian, states in his autobiography that “all the Aintab Branch presidency lost their lives, as did a great many of the members.” He adds that “at times, the people had to eat the leaves of trees” to survive. Rather than pursuing normal ecclesiastical and missionary activities, then, Booth focused his efforts on dealing with problems of disease, poverty, illiteracy, and unemployment among church members. In December 1921, because of continued threats against Armenians and the dangers posed by the Turkish civil war, Booth petitioned General De Lamothe of France (which controlled Syria and parts of southern Turkey in the post-war mandate period) to evacuate LDS church members from Aintab, Turkey to Aleppo, Syria where they could be given proper care and safekeeping. The general was reluctant at first to approve Booth’s request and set a precedent that would “stir up strife” with other groups, but he finally relented. Booth noted in his journal: “I have prayed almost night and day for the Lord to open the way for us to rescue the Saints, and they in Aintab have fasted for 8 days so they write, and I surely felt to thank God for his answer to my prayers when the General at last said, ‘We will grant you permission to bring the 50.’” President Booth next turned his energies to the logistical challenges of transporting the members (including small children and women in poor health) and their household goods over sixty miles of wintry muddy roads to Aleppo. As preparations for departure neared completion, Booth began to have some second thoughts about the wisdom of this move, but these doubts quickly passed: “No persuasion could change the desire of the Saints to get out of the country in which they had seen so much suffering and bloodshed.” Booth then returned to Aleppo to prepare for the arrival of the Saints from Aintab, and to his great satisfaction was able to rent eight rooms with a communal kitchen and outdoor bathrooms in a building called Khan Jebria. On Friday evening, December 16, the train of 10 wagons and 57 people arrived in Aleppo after a grueling four-day journey from Aintab. Of the safe arrival of the little convoy he later wrote with satisfaction and gratitude: All was confusion in mud and rain, but we finally settled down for the night. I am now thankful to the Lord for his mercy unto us. He has guided and controlled affairs for us in answer to our fastings and prayers in such a marvelous manner that I am truly anxious to manifest my gratitude and heartfelt thanks and praise unto Him who has led the little flock out of the danger of death and destruction which seems to be hanging over the city of once proud now almost ruined Aintab. This exodus from Aintab was subsequently viewed by the Armenian Saints as a miraculous event in Church history – a “manifestation of God’s power and goodness” as Booth said – and was commemorated each year on December 16 in programs featuring original plays, poems, songs, essays, and stories written by the Armenian members. Booth’s final journal entry, dated December 3, 1928, reflects the energy, industry, and selflessness that had characterized his life of 62 years. It reads: “Was busy all day with checking, packing, and shipping the rugs.” Just below, written in Sister Booth’s hand, is this touching note: “My dear husband, Joseph Wilford Booth, passed away Dec. 5, 1928, at Aleppo, Syria.” President Booth was buried in Aleppo next to one of his own missionaries, Elder Emil Huber, whose funeral he had supervised twenty years earlier. Booth’s own words, written in tribute to the four LDS missionaries who had died in the Middle East, apply now to him and make a fitting epitaph: "We do not complain that they are here, neither do I think their loved ones at home feel that any slight has been intended. It seems more like the ruling of a wise Providence to allow their bodies to rest here under the dew and the sod, 'that their monuments might perpetuate their work in bearing witness of the truth.' . . . Each one has gained a good name, better than precious ointment. Each died in honor and in the harness of the priesthood, and surely the rest of each will be a glorious one." ~ ~ Alice Louise Reynolds Lecture, BYU, April 3, 2002: “From Alpine to Aleppo: The Booth Journals as Chronicle and Catalyst of LDS Growth in the Middle East” By James A. Toronto with David P. Charles, Laura R. Ostler, and Joshua W. Gubler.