Facts:   - death place: ottawa , ontario    - resting place: beechwood cemetery , ottawa    - death date: 8 december 1925    - spouse: rosalinda cook      - birth date: 5 april 1827    - name: john rudolphus booth    - image: john rudolphus booth.jpg    - birth place: waterloo , lower canada    - religion: presbyterian    - occupation: lumber king and railway baron   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of john rudolphus booth .
john rudolphus booth -lrb- april 5 , 1827 -- december 8 , 1925 -rrb- was a canadian lumber king and railroad baron .he controlled logging rights for large tracts of forest land in central ontario , and built the canada atlantic railway -lrb- from georgian bay via ottawa to vermont -rrb- to extract his logs and to export lumber and grain to the united states and europe .in 1892 , his lumber mill was the largest operation of its kind in the world .he was familiar with all aspects of his industry , and one observer noted :