Background
Boone was born in Shanghai, son of and namesake of William Jones Boone.
Boone was born in Shanghai, son of and namesake of William Jones Boone.
He studied at Princeton University and attended Virginia Theological Seminary prior to his ordination to the diaconate in St. Petersburg, Virginia in 1868.
He was consecrated Bishop of Shanghai on 28 October 1884. Channing Moore Williams
Charles Perry Scott
George Evans Moule.