Lafayette BOORN, s/o Calvin - b. 1824 Otsego Co. NY, d. Louisa Co. IA 1915
I am not related, but thought I would pass along what I had on Lafayette BOORN. It seems the transcriptionists have had a hard time with his uncommon name, so I've listed him as currently indexed on the Ancestry.com site. I've passed corrections on to them, so hopefully they will make life a little easier for others soon.
1850 - La Fayette BOORN (living with father Calvin in Otsego County, New York)
1860 - Lafayette BROWN (actually appears to be written BROON) in Wapello, Louisa Co. IA
1870 - "Lapyett BOOM" Columbus City, Louisa Co IA
1880 - Lafayette BOVEN in Columbus City, Louisa Co IA
1900 - "Layfyett" BOORN in Columbus City, Louisa Co IA
1910 - Lafayette BOEM in Wapello Twp, Louisa Co IA
1920 - Son Lewellen/Lewis G. listed as "BOBAN" with a "correction" of "BOBEN", even though it was clearly BOORN, in Wapello.
The Louisa County website has additional information on Lafayette, and his wife Emma Rice Boorn -
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ialcgs/http://www.rootsweb.com/~ialcgs/
Name: Boorne or Boorn, Lafayette
Sex: M
Born: 1824
Died or Buried: 1915
Age: 91
Buried: Wapello (township = Wapello)
County/State: Louisa, IA
Military Service: none
Book: LCC ©1990 - page W-31
Notes: b. 3 Sept 1824
d. 23 May 1915
Name: Boorne or Boorn, Emma (Rice)
Sex: F
Born: 1830
Died or Buried: 1910
Age: 80
Buried: Wapello (township = Wapello)
County/State: Louisa, IA
Military Service: none
Book: LCC ©1990 - page W-31
Notes: b. 10 May 1830
d. 21 Feb 1910