From the Files of Marguerite Cook Clark: Alice Corinne Stewart Boone

These three photos of Alice Corinne Stewart were found in the files of Marguerite Cook Clark. Marguerite Cook Clark's mother, Mary Marguerite "Maggie" Martin Cook, labeled these photos. Maggie and Corinne were both born in 1887 and were first cousins. 

Alice Corinne was the daughter of Sarah Catherine Watts and Elastus Stewart. She was a granddaughter of Catharine Amanda Bryan Watts, sister to my great-grandfather, Terrell Bryan and Marguerite Cook Clark's great-grandfather, Joseph Bryan.  Catharine Amanda, Terrell, and Joseph are all children of Reddick Bryan and Elizabeth Regan. 

There was little documented information about Alice Corinne in trees at Ancestry and FamilySearch. However, I am persistent and after three nights of searching found a very sad story. 

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Alice Corinne was born in September 1887 in Louisiana. She was living in Bienville Parish in 1900 with her parents and siblings. It is said that she married Augustus Chapman Boone on September 22, 1907. This date is not confirmed by documentation. No amount of persistence has helped to locate her and her husband in the 1910 census; however, records do show that the couple was living in Louisiana when their son, Augustus Chapman Boone Jr., was born in 1912.  In 1916, they left Louisiana for Marion County, Texas. By 1920, Alice Corinne, along with her husband and son, were living in Mineola, Wood County, Texas. 

Newspapers.com
The Bienville Democrat
Arcadia, Louisiana 05 May 1921

In May of 1921, Alice Corinne, Augustus, their son, and infant babies (twins) visited Mr. and Mrs. George R. Boone in Bienville Parish. It appears that they may have stayed in Louisiana as on July 18, 1921, Alice Corinne died in a sanitarium in Shreveport after an appendectomy.  It was reported that her twin babies died after nursing as they became infected as well. Her burial place is unknown. 

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Sources

Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census. Year: 1900; Census Place: Police Jury Ward 1, Bienville, Louisiana; Page: 13; Enumeration District: 0001; FHL microfilm: 1240558

Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census. Year: 1920; Census Place: Mineola, Wood, Texas; Roll: T625_1860; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 147.

Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index for Augustus Boone Jr. Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File

Family photographs and documents from the collection of Marguerite Cook Clark. Accessed April 28, 2014, September 14, 2014, and November 9 to 11, 2016. Used with permission.

Newspapers.com. Alice Corinne Stewart Boone death on July 18, 1921 - babies died on July 19 and July 20. The Bienville Democrat. Arcadia, Louisiana 21 Jul 1921, Thu  •  Page 5.    https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42434512/alice_corinne_stewart_boone_death_on/

Newspapers.com. Mr. and Mrs. A C Boone and children of Mineola. The Bienville Democrat Arcadia, Louisiana 05 May 1921, Thu  •  Page 4.
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42432760/mr_and_mrs_a_c_boone_and_children_of/