Editing Newton Booth (section)

== Early life ==
Born to Hannah (née Pitts) of North Carolina<ref name="valcomnews-newton-booth-city-cemetery"/> and Beebe Booth<ref name="governors.library.ca.gov">[https://governors.library.ca.gov/11-booth.html Newton Booth Biography] at the [[California State Library]]</ref> of Connecticut, [[Quakers]],<ref name="valcomnews-newton-booth-city-cemetery"/> in [[Salem, Indiana]], he attended the common schools. In 1841, his parents Beebe and Hannah Booth moved from Salem to [[Terre Haute, Indiana]]. In 1846, he graduated from Asbury College (later renamed [[DePauw University]]), in nearby [[Greencastle, Indiana]].<ref name="nga.org">{{cite web |title=Newton Booth |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/newton-booth/ |website=[[National Governors Association]]|date=3 January 2011 }}</ref> Booth worked in his father's Terre Haute store, then studied law in the office of attorney William Dickson Griswold (1815–1896). He was admitted to the bar in 1849 and became a partner in Griswold's law firm.<ref name="valcomnews-newton-booth-city-cemetery">{{cite news |last1=Armstrong |first1=Lance |title=Former Gov. Newton Booth is among historic figures interred at city cemetery |url=https://www.valcomnews.com/former-gov-newton-booth-is-among-historic-figures-interred-at-city-cemetery-he-was-a-cousin-of-abraham-lincolns-assassin/ |access-date=9 February 2022 |work=Valley Community Newspapers |date=January 23, 2020 |location=[[Sacramento, California]]}}</ref>