Charles Octavius Boothe (13 June 1845 – 27 February 1924) was an African American Baptist preacher and educator.

He encountered Christianity at a young age, witnessing white and African Americans worshipping together in a local Baptist church.

However, he only converted to Christianity after the end of the Civil War, baptized in 1866 and ordained a minister in 1868.

[1] Boothe was strongly concerned with the "uplift" of African Americans, attempting to offer basic literacy and religious and moral education.

"[3] Eventually retiring from his work in the 1900s, Boothe died on February 27, 1924, in Springfield, Ohio.