He was the son of John Boole and Magdalene Jane (Ackerman) Boole, and he had a brother Francis John Ackerman Boole who ran unsuccessfully for Mayor of New York City.[1] William married Eunice Goodwin around 1843. He ran in the New York state election, 1882 on the Prohibition Party ticket for Lieutenant Governor of New York.[2] He declined a nomination in 1883.[2] He married Ella Alexander on July 3, 1883.[1]
^ abc"William H. Boole". New York Times. February 25, 1896. Retrieved 2011-05-03. William H. Boole. The Rev. William H. Boole, D.D., a prominent clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal Church and widely known as a temperance lecturer and evangelist, died at 1 o'clock yesterday morning at his Home, Prohibition Park, Staten Island. Dr. Boole, who was sixty-eight years old, had been slightly indisposed for a week, but was preparing to fill several engagements to lecture this week. ...
^ ab"Boole Declines". New York Times. October 3, 1883. Retrieved 2011-05-03. At the meeting of the Kings County Prohibition Alliance last evening, at No. 111 Fultonstreet, Brooklyn, a letter was received from the Rev. William H. Boole, the candidate of the ... William H. Boole, the candidate of the Alliance [said he was] declining the nomination. Mr. Boole stated he had prayerfully considered the nomination, ...
