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With me the world has taken great liberties, and yet I have been but a common man." ....Daniel Boone |
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Welcome... Most of this website is offline at the present time Daniel & Rebecca Boone have many descendants living today. If you are one of them, you are welcome to submit your own Boone family lines to be added to the site. As one can imagine, there are also many, many descendants of Col. Boone's ten siblings as well. While this site will delve into those, the primary area of concentration will be on the direct descendants of Daniel and Rebecca at this time. I ask that you please send me any corrections or updates to any information you see here. If you have a Boone related website, let me know and I will be happy to add a link to it. Please use the menu tabs at the top to navigate through the site.
Print made from the only life portrait of Col. Daniel Boone known to exist. It was painted by artist, Chester Harding, at Marthasville, Missouri some months before Col. Boone's death. This print version belonged to Daniel's son, Nathan. I photographed it in October, 2007 at The Historic Boone Home. Photograph copyright ©2007, Margy Miles. Original print copyright ©1993, Lindenwood University. |
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How do I contribute my own Boone line to the site? Are there any Boone discussion lists that I can subscribe to? The only known portrait to be painted from life of Daniel Boone was done about 1819-20. It was painted by Chester Harding in the Flanders & Jemima (Boone) Callaway home at Marthasville, Missouri. Many versions of the portrait have been done by other artists but the original is without a doubt the most truthful and lifelike because Daniel sat right in front of the artist as he painted it. Harding was known for painting truthfully, without trying to cover signs of age. The original portrait was painted on a piece of oilcloth. After being displayed for many years, the portrait was put away in an attic for several more years. When Mr. Harding reclaimed it, it had suffered alot of damage from rodents, etc. He cut the head from the original oilcloth and glued it to a new canvas, then repainted the shoulders onto it. |
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