Booth, Thomas
Death
1888-07-25
(aged 61 years)
Mineral Point, Wisconsin
Cause of Death
Trauma due to fall
Birth
1827
Gravestone
Location
NE.14.1
Obituary
Fatal Fall. Between ten and eleven o'clock last night Thos. Booth, a saloon-keeper on Commerce street, accidentally fell down the stairway leading to rooms over his saloon, and broke a blood vessel, which resulted in death before twelve o'clock. Shortly after the fall he was found by Mr. Wm. Jeuck who carried him up stairs. He was under the influence of liquor at the time, and for a long while had displayed symptoms of an unbalanced mind. he was 61 years of age; an old settler, and previous to keeping saloon he farmed a little ways from this city. Mineral Point Tribune, July 26, 1888