Population: 228; Area: 0.35 sq. miles . Land Area: 0.34 sq. miles; Water Area: 0.01 sq. miles; Population Density: 651.42 people per sq. mile; Elevation: 2,286.42 ft; Time Zone: Mountain Standard Time (GMT -7) Daylight Savings: Yes
William Booth. William Booth (April 10, 1829 â August 20,1912) was the founder and first General (1878-1912) of The Salvation Army. Originally a Methodist lay preacher, William Booth saw tremendous need not being fulfilled by mainstream churches in Victorian England.n his honor, Vachel Lindsay wrote the poem General William Booth Enters Heaven, and Charles Ives, who had been Booth's neighbor, set it to music. William Booth was succeeded by his son, Bramwell Booth, who became the second General of the Salvation Army, serving from 1912 to 1929.
Booth was tracked down by Union soldiers and was shot and killed by Sergeant Boston Corbett on April 26, 1865. Booth apparently believed that killing Lincoln would radically change U.S. policy toward the South. Vice President Andrew Johnson and Secretary of State William H. Seward were targeted in the same plot.