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Booth, family prominent in the Salvation Army Salvation Army, Protestant denomination and international nonsectarian Christian organization for evangelical and philanthropic work.
Organization and BeliefsThe Salvation Army has established branches in 100 countries throughout the world. ..... Click the link for more information. , founded by William Booth Booth, William, 1829–1912, English religious leader, founder and first general of the Salvation Army , b. Nottingham. Originally a local preacher for the Wesleyan Methodists, he went (1849) to London and entered (1852) the ministry of the Methodist New ..... Click the link for more information. . His wife, Catherine Mumford Booth, 1829–90, whom he married in 1855, played a leading part in the foundation and development of the Salvation Army, devoting herself particularly to its work among women and children. Their eldest son, Bramwell Booth, 1856–1929, succeeded his father in 1912 as general of the Salvation Army. Another son, Ballington Booth, 1859–1940, was commander (1885–87) of the Army in Australia and then commander (1887–96) in the United States, where his wife, Maud Charlesworth Ballington Booth, 1865–1948, shared his labors; in 1896 they withdrew from the Salvation Army and founded the Volunteers of America Volunteers of America, national nondenominational organization providing a wide variety of human services as part of a Christian ministry of service. Founded (1896) by Ballington and Maud Booth (see Booth , family) after their withdrawal from the Salvation Army, the Emma Moss Booth-Tucker, 1860–1903, was in charge (1880–88) of the international training homes of the Salvation Army. She and her husband, Frederick St. George de Latour Booth-Tucker, 1853–1929, who had resigned from the India civil service to join the Salvation Army, jointly commanded the Army in the United States from 1896 until her death in 1903. See also Booth, Evangeline Cory Booth, Evangeline Cory, 1865–1950, general of the Salvation Army , b. England; daughter of William Booth . At the age of 17, she began evangelistic preaching. Booth 1. Edwin Thomas, son of Junius Brutus Booth. 1833--93, US actor 2. John Wilkes, son of Junius Brutus Booth. 1838--65, US actor; assassin of Abraham Lincoln 3. Junius Brutus . 1796--1852, US actor, born in England 4. William. 1829--1912, British religious leader; founder and first general of the Salvation Army (1878) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The story of the 12-day hunt for John Wilkes Booth and his co-conspirators is told with meticulous attention to detail without losing the thrill and excitement of the events leading up to the fateful night and those that followed. ``It cheapens the crimes and names of some of our greatest three-name assassins like John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald,'' said John Lennon's murderer, Mark David Chapman. It is the premise of Soul Journey From Lincoln To Lindbergh by Richard Salva (an author, minister, and for more than thirty years a dedicated student of yoga who studied under Paramhansa Yogananda) that Abraham Lincoln was, in a former life, a Himalayan yogi of advanced spiritual attainment, and that after his assassination at the hands of John Wilkes Booth, was reincarnated as Charles Lindbergh. |
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