Ilsley Boone

The Reverend Ilsley /ˈɛlzliː/ Silias Boone, known to relatives and friends as "Uncle Danny", was born in 1879 in Brooklyn, New York and died in 1968 in Whitehouse, Ohio. He was a charismatic speaker, a powerful organizer, and was the founding father of the The American Sunbathing Association (ASA), later reorganized as the American Association for Nude Recreation (AANR).

His father was Silas Ilsley Boone (1846-1900), who was the older brother to his future father-in-law Christopher Columbus Boone (1863-1926). His mother was Agnes Ferris Turnbull Eldridge (1849-1940). Little is known of Boone's early life, other than he lived in Brooklyn with his two brothers and two sisters. In Rhode Island 1904, he graduated from Brown University, and married Alice M Barragar. They soon moved to Newton, Massachusetts where he obtained a divinity degree from Newton Theological Institute. Originally ordained as a Baptist, in 1921 Boone became pastor of the Ponds Reformed Church (Dutch Reformed) in Oakland, New Jersey. In the mid-1920's he developed the concept of visual education under contract with the New York City Public School System. With the onset of the Great Depression, the city canceled Boon's contract, but his interest in education continued, serving with the Oakland Public School system. Also, in the mid-20's, he divorced his first wife, and married his paternal first cousin, Ella Murray "Mae" Boone. They had three children, Bradford Ilsley Boone, Nancy Adeline Boone, and Berton Maxfield Boone. In 1931, he became interested in naturism, and traveled to Germany to visit Freilichtpark (Free-Light Park), near Hamburg. This was the world's first naturist resort, which had opened nearly three decades earlier. During this period, he also became a member of both the New York and Royal Microscopy Societies.

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