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Early
Reunion
Jemima Boone Zumwalt, seated, enjoys a family reunion with her children in Texas about
1870. Jemima was the Granddaughter of Daniel Boone. |
Every two years, Society members and friends of the Boone Family from across the
nation come together to celebrate our unique heritage. Join us for our next reunion in
2006.
2010
Kansas City
2008
Lexington, Kentucky
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FOR JUNE 2008 BOONE FAMILY REUNION
2006
Pennsylvania, a wonderful place for the Boone reunion!
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Our Boone Homestead, Birdsboro, PA (near Reading) |
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Hospitality room, sharing Boone family stories. |
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The Exeter Quaker Meetinghouse |
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Jill and Gene Ray were co-chairs of the 2006 reunion. Jim Lewars and staff (thanks, Marcia Houston) at the Boone Homestead provided the Boone family with a memorable visit to the home that was the birthplace of Daniel Boone.
We also visited the Amish country in Lancaster County and the Morgan Log House, the family home of Sarah Morgan wife of Squire Boone. The home was purchased by Sarah’s father, Edward Morgan in 1708. |
2004
Guided by plans of reunion committee chair-members Connie Holmes Larson and Gene
Ray, the Boone Family returned to the St. Louis area for a "homecoming." This
event centered on the Nathan Boone Home in nearby Defiance and Boonesfield Village, both
of which are properties of Lindenwood University.
Lindenwood University hosted our family with a reception and private tours of the
home and a viewing of the Price-Loyles Collection, consisting of 6 generations of Boone
Family artifacts. We were entertained with skits performed by re-enactors portraying
Nathan and Olive Boone, Daniel Boone, and John Filson. We visited the original graves of
Daniel and Rebecca Boone and the Daniel Boone Judgment Tree Park. The family enjoyed tours
of historic St. Louis and St. Charles, had lunch on the river boat "Tom Sawyer",
and dinner at the Bevo Mill.
2002
For 2002 it was "OREGON OR BUST!" for another Boone Family Reunion, this time
chaired by Arlene Curry Buschert, Janet Boone McGarrigle and Carolyn Boone Grenfell.
Oregon is such a beautiful state! In a little more than one hour from downtown Portland,
we visited a lodge and experienced the majesty of being high atop Mt. Hood. We viewed the
barren desert, the Pacific Ocean, old lighthouses, dense forests, and the breathtaking and
awesome Multnomah Falls. We learned about the struggles and successes of the some Boone
ancestors, friends and neighbors, who in 1843 went west on the Oregon Trail. We saw again
the strength and leadership of Boone men and women.
2000
The Boone Family found their way around Winston-Salem, North Carolina to celebrate the new
millennium with a reunion chaired by Barbara Gill and Gene Ray. A bus tour took us to the
Joppa Cemetery in Mocksville, Davie County. Here we stopped to pose for photos among the
graves of our Boone ancestors. Seeing a discount store and parking lot adjacent to this
picturesque spot made us all realize how important saving historical landmarks can be.
Speakers from Wake-Forest University and the State's Department of History told tales of
North Carolina legends, heroes, heroines and anti-heroes. The final night's banquet had us
tapping our toes to the tunes of two authentic Appalachian storytellers.
1998
Lexington, Kentucky was the site of our '98 Reunion chaired again by Gene Ray and Pete
Holst. The 92 attendees enjoyed four days of genealogical brainstorming, tours of area
historical sites, banquets, speakers, and a theatrical performance at Fort Harrod State
Park. Delegates to the reunion ratified the Society's by-laws in the ceremonial
Boonesborough Convention of 1998.
1996
With Gene Ray and Pete Holst leading the way as chairmen, we held our first "Boone
Family Reunion" in St. Louis, where Daniel Boone spent the final 20 years of his
life. It was a huge success! The attendees (our charter members) approved formalizing the
Society and making the reunion a regular event.
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