Person:Marion Boots (1)

Marion Boots, the senior member of the firm of Boots & Leach, was born in Randolph county, Indiana, on the 31st of August, 1849. He moved with his parents to St. Clair county, Missouri, in 1853, and in 1862 he removed to Guthrie county, and settled in Jackson township, where his parents still reside. Marion was married in Jackson township, on the 12th of January, 1871, to Miss Martha Burnham, a daughter of Abram E. and Lydia (Nelson) Burnham. They have five children--Lemuel, Charles E., Mary A., Clarence and William M. Mr. Boots followed the occupation of farming until 1880, when he was engaged in the mercantile business at Dale City, where he remained until the 1st of January, 1883, when he sold his stock to Louis Moore. He then came to Glendon, and purchased the general stock of M. J. Sanborn, and is now at the head of the firm of Boots & Leach.