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.
The Final Days of John Wilkes Booth. After 12 days, the search for John Wilkes Booth and his accomplice David Herold ends on April 26, 1865. Introduction. Despite his success as an actor on the national stage, John Wilkes Booth will forever be known as the man who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln. Booth, a native of Maryland, was a fierce Confederate sympathizer during the Civil War.