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.
Gradually opinion on William Booth's activities changed. He was made a freeman of London, granted a honorary degree from Oxford University and in 1902 was invited to attend the coronation of Edward VII. When William Booth died in 1912, his eldest son, William Bramwell Booth, became the leader of the Salvation Army.The narrative text on this website is copyright. This means that any school which copies the site for local use onto a school cache is in breach of copyright.n 1852 Booth met Catherine Mumford. Catherine shared William's commitment to social reform but disagreed with his views on women. On one occasion she objected to William describing women as the weaker sex. William was also opposed to the idea of women preachers.