Notes for Lottie BUTLER


In 1900, the birth date reported in the census is November 1892, which differs
from the date of 7 December 1892 reported by David Lee.

1900 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 13 June, Prairie Township,
District 7, page 9B, Hse #156, Fam #160
Butler, Lottie  Dau W F Nov 1892  7 AR AR AL

1910 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 15 April, Prairie Township,
District 13, page 1A, Hse/Fam #4
Butler, Bennie J  Head M W 39 Married 19 yrs AR AL AL Farm Laborer
Butler, Ida  Wife F W 38 Married 19 yrs AR MS AL
Butler, Lottie  Dau F W 17 AR AR AR

1920 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 5 February, District 16, page
7B, Hse #131, Fam #138
Butler, John B Head Owns M W 49 AR AL AR Farmer
Butler, Ida Wife F W 47 AR MS AL
Butler, Lottie Daughter F W 26 Single Arkansas Arkansas Arkansas

Gravestones of Mt Pleasant Cemetery
Price
Charlie M 1882-1847
Lottie Butler 1892-1984
Mt Pleasant Cemetery, Ethel, Arkansas County, Arkansas
Photo by Edith McSwain Jenkins, 13 May
2017
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Notes for Louise Marie BUTLER


1940 Federal Census, New Orleans Parish, Louisiana, 24 April, New Orleans,
District 36-455, page 1B, Hse #525, Rents $8
Butler, Reid Sr  Head M W 43 Grade H-4 b Tennessee Same Place in 1935 No Occup
Rptd
Butler, Willa Wife F W 33 Grade C-2 b Louisiana Same Place in 1935
Butler, Louise Dau F W 3 Grade 0 b Louisiana

"Hi Orville the Laurie Butler you have listed as Willa's child is my Aunt
Susie, whose real name was Louise Butler born 3 November, 1936. She is still
living and in a "Retirement Home" in Lafayette, LA close to her second eldest
son Lynn Wood"s Home. Virgina Butler was born 8 June, 1939 and is always
called Pumpkin a name her Dad gave her was she  was small. She is living in
Virginia near her surviving Daughter Sharon. Her younger daughter Lisa was
killed by a Hit and Run Driver many years ago."
--  Reid Butler III, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 31 January 2013

Louise never liked her name, according to her nephew.  She went by Susie. 
Reid Butler III told me the story about that.

"According to my Aunt Susie who I talk to about 1 or 2x's a month and her son
Lynn about the same, the name Susie came because when her boyfriend, now late
husband, Winston H Wood b1931-d1985 [and Susie] were courting, the Song "Susie
Q" was playing on the Radio.  He knowing she disliked her Name Louise (which
means Battle Maiden) began calling her Susie Q and Susie for short and the
name stuck with the family."
--  Reid A Butler III, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 2 February 2013

In some genealogies Louise is reported with the middle initial M.

"I know the initial is M. "
--  Reid A Butler III, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 2 February 2013

Her marriage record has her middle name as Marie.

New Orleans, Louisiana, Marriage Records Index, 1831-1964
Louise Marie Butler
Winston Holmes Wood
Marriage Nov 1952 New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA

"My Aunt Louise (Susie) Butler Wood passed from this world to be with the Lord
Thursday of this week [18 January 2018], if you have her on your tree.  She
died in Lafayette Assisted Living facility.  While she passed in Lafayette,
her ashes will be interred here in the New Orleans area with her husband
Winston Wood.  Of my dad's generation there is only one left, Virginia Butler
Tribou,  Pumpkin as she is known by the family, currently living in North
Carolina."
--  Reid Butler, Facebook Messaging to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 20 January 2018

"Orville Boyd Jenkins, my dad's siblings were his older sister Annette Frank
Butler Baudier, the the brother just below my dad William Ross Butler, Dan
Benjamin Barnard Butler, Louise Butler also known as Susie, Virginia Butler
known as pumpkin, and then Marshall Archibald Butler.  Just a quick mention
about my aunt Annette's middle name Frank.  It was her aunt Annie's middle
name as well.  Her aunt's, my great-aunt's, name was Anna Frank Butler Scott. 
She was the sister that took care of my grandfather Reid Butler Sr after his
mother had passed.  I have no idea where the name Frank came from."
--  Reid Butler III, Facebook comments in answer to queries by Orville Boyd
Jenkins, 17 July 2018
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Notes for Lucetta Elizabeth BUTLER


1900 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 16 June, Prairie Township,
District 7, Page 11, Hse #192, Fam #195
Butler, William M Head W M Jan 1870  30 Married 3 years AR VA MS Owns
Butler, Ada L Wife W F Jun 1878  21 Married 3 years 2 children/2 living AR  NC
NC
Butler, Lucy Dau W F Oct 1897  2  AR AR AR
Butler, Bernard Son W M Mar 1900  2mos AR AR AR
Butler, William H Father W M May 1834  66 Widowed VA VA VA

1910 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 20 April, Prairie Township,
District 18, Page 3A, Hse/Fam #35
Butler, Morgan  Head  W M  40  Married 13 yrs AR VA MS
Butler, Ada R  Wife  W F  31  Married 13 yrs AR NC NC
Butler, Lucy  Wife  W F  12  AR AR AR

1920 Census, Arkansas, Arkansas County, District 16, page 7A, Prairie
Township, Ethel and Chute Rd, Hse #120, Fam #124
Butler, William M  Head M W 40 AR MS MS Farmer
Butler, Ada L  Wife F W 42 AR NC NC
Butler, Lucy E  Dau F W 22 Single AR AR
AR
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Notes for Mabel BUTLER


1910 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 15 April, Prairie Township,
District 13, page 1A, Hse/Fam #4
Butler, Bennie J  Head M W 39 Married 19 yrs AR AL AL Farm Laborer
Butler, Ida  Wife F W 38 Married 19 yrs AR MS AL
Butler, Mabel  Dau F W 4 AR AR AR

1920 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 5 February, District 16, page
7B, Hse #131, Fam #138
Butler, John B Head Owns M W 49 AR AL AR Farmer
Butler, Ida Wife F W 47 AR MS AL
Butler, Mabel  Dau F W 13 AR AR AR Farm Laborer

Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
Mabel Butler
Age 23, Birth Year abt 1907
Residence Dewitt, Arkansas, Arkansas
Spouse Fred L Light
Spouse's Age 23
Spouse's Residence Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas
Marriage 6 Feb 1930 Ouachita County
Marriage License Date 25 Jan 1930

U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2
Mabel Light
Birth 4 May 1906
N Ash St, Little Rock, AR, 72205

Saline County Death Records
Butler, Mabel
Born 4 May 1906 Prairie Twp., Ethel, Arkansas Co., Arkansas
Died 9 Jan 2002
Buried Pinecrest Cemetery, Alexander, Saline Co., Arkansas
Father John Benjamin Butler
Mother Ida Knowlton
Spouse Fred Light
--  Death Records 1997-2006, Saline Co AR,
http://files.usgwarchives.net/ar/saline/obits/1997death.txt

U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Mabel Light
Born 4 May 1906
Died 9 Jan 2002
Last Residence Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas72205
SSN 429-58-3667 issued Arkansas (Before
1951)
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Notes for Malissa Edward BUTLER


1910 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 18 April, Prairie Township,
District 15, page 2A, Hse/Fam #22
Knowlton, Oregon  Head M W 28 AR MS AL Farmer
Knowlton, Malissa E  Wife F W 23 AR AL AL
Knowlton, Marie  Dau F W 5 AR AR AR
Knowlton, Oregon Jr  Son M W 3 AR AR AR
Knowlton, Rodger B Son M W 1 AR AR AR

The 1930 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, reports her middle initial
as E.  The E stands for Edward, which was her mother's middle name.  There is
some indication that her full name is Malissa Edward Davidson Butler, but this
may be a confusion withher mother's maiden name.

The 1910 and 1930 census I have report the name Malissa E Knowlton (wife of
Robert Oregon Knowlton, Sr).  All other censuses have only the name Malissa. 
No name beginning with L is documented in any other available source.

1920 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 27 January, Prairie Township,
District 16, page 4A, Ethel-St Charles Rd, Hse #65, Fam #67
Knowlton, Oregon  Head Owns M W 37 AR MS AL Farmer [b abt 1883]
Knowlton, Malissa Wife F W 33 AR MS MS [b abt 1887]
Knowlton, Marie Dau F W 15 AR AR AR [b abt 1904]
Knowlton, Oregon Jr Son M W 12 AR AR AR [b abt 1907]
Knowlton, Roger B Son M W 10 AR AR AR [b abt 1909]
Knowlton, Bonnie E Son M W 7 AR AR AR [b abt 1912]
Knowlton, Malissa L Dau F W 6 AR AR AR [b abt 1913]
Knowlton, Charlotte V Dau F W 3yrs8mos AR AR AR [b abt April 1916]

1930 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 18 April, Prairie Township,
District 25, Page 6A, Ethel and Point Rd, Hse #107, Fam #108
Knowlton, Oregon Head Owns M W 47 first married as age 21 AR MS AL Farmer
Knowlton, Malissa E Wife F W 43 First married at age 18 AR MS AL
Knowlton, Marie T  Dau F W 25 AR AR AR Teacher, Public School
Knowlton, Bonnie E Son F W 18 AR AR AR Farm Laborer
Knowlton, Louise  Dau F W 16 AR AR AR
Knowlton, Charlotte V  Dau F W 13 AR AR AR

In the 1940 census, Oregon is enumerated under the nickname Bud.

1940 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 19 April, Ethel, District
1-26, page 10A, Oak Flat School and Church Rd, Hse #152, Rents $500
Knowlton, Bud Head M W 58 Grade 4 b Arkansas same place in 1935 Farmer
Knowlton, Malissa Wife F W 52 Grade 8 b Arkansas same place in 1935
Housekeeper
Knowlton, Bonnie Son M W 28 Single Grade HS-1 b Arkansas same place in 1935
Farmer

U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Malissa Knowlton
Born 13 May 1886
Died Sep 1969
Last Residence Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas 72048
SSN 432-76-7724 issued Arkansas -
1958-1959
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Notes for Marshall Archibald BUTLER


"[Cousin Rhett's dad was Marshall Archibald Butler the youngest of my dad's
siblings, who was the tallest of my dad's family at six foot three.  Rhett was
born November 11th 1971. My uncle's wife and Rhett's mother was Janet Bartley. 
His closest relatives are his aunt and uncle George Bartley and his sister
Joann Wisdom.  I don't know if they'll actually post anything in the
obituaries but they have elected to not have any services other than at the
gravesite. ... My cousin Rhett will be interred with my parents and my oldest
grandchild in the Butler grave in that cemetery as well."
--  Reid Butler III, Facebook comments in answer to queries by Orville Boyd
Jenkins, 17 July 2018

"Orville Boyd Jenkins, my dad's siblings were his older sister Annette Frank
Butler Baudier, the the brother just below my dad William Ross Butler, Dan
Benjamin Barnard Butler, Louise Butler also known as Susie, Virginia Butler
known as pumpkin, and then Marshall Archibald Butler.  Just a quick mention
about my aunt Annette's middle name Frank.  It was her aunt Annie's middle
name as well.  Her aunt's, my great-aunt's, name was Anna Frank Butler Scott. 
She was the sister that took care of my grandfather Reid Butler Sr after his
mother had passed.  I have no idea where the name Frank came from."
--  Reid Butler III, Facebook comments in answer to queries by Orville Boyd
Jenkins, 17 July 2018
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Notes for Martha A BUTLER


Birth Date:
Martha A Butler, Aug 19, 18 [only 3 numbers here, an erasure and incomplete
overwrite]
Most of the birth dates in this list have been changed or obliterated.
--  Family BIble entry, scan courtesy of Jack Dodson, 28 August 2011

In the 1880 census, the name of this child is faded and is transcribed by
Ancestry as Wirtner.  However, the general configuration of the name is very
similar to the name in the 1900 census that is clearly Martha.  I think the
mark interpreted by Ancestry as an R is the left leg of initial A, matching
the name in family sources, Martha A Butler.

The 1880 census reports the month of birth, which agrees with the month
reported in the 1900 census.  But there is a discrepancy on the year.  In 1900
birth year is reported as 1880 (which would have been after the 1880 census,
when she was already reported as 10 months old).  In 1900 Martha is
consistently reported to be 19 years old.  This is a common discrepancy in
1900 census birth dates.  Lacking any other information about a daughter named
Wirtner, I am considering that these two entries refer to Martha A.

1880 Federal Census, Coahoma County, Mississippi, 11 June, Beat 3, District
99, page 14, Hse #88, Fam #99
Buttler, Geo W  W M  40 Farmer AL TN AL
Buttler, Sallie A W F 32 Wife Keeping House MS VA MS
Buttler, Martha A  W F 10 months born Aug 1879  Dau Single MS AL MS

1900 Federal Census, Coahoma County, Mississippi, 20 June, Beat 3, District
23, page 14B, Hse/Fam #307
Butler, George W Head W M Dec 1889  60 Widowed 7 children/7 living AL TN AL
Farmer Owns
Butler, Martha Dau W F Aug 1880 19 Single MS AL AL
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Notes for Mary Brown BUTLER


1870 Federal Census, Coahoma County, Mississippi, 30 June, PO Friar's Point, p
28, Hse #250, Fam #252
Butler, Geo W 30 M W Farmer $No Real Estate Value Rptd $300 Personal Estate b
Alabama [b abt 1840]
Butler, Sallie 22 F W  Keeping House b Mississippi [born abt 1848]
Butler, Baby 4mos [sic] F W b Mississippi born October [sic] [b abt 1869]

The first named child in every later census is Mary B Butler.  The report of
her age here in 1870 does not match the reported birth in October (1869).  If
this baby was 4 months old she was born in January if they used the proper
census date of 1 June.  If they went by the actual date on this page, 30 June,
it might have been February.  Several sources suggest March was the month, but
this would not work out to 4 months.  Further uncertainties arise when later
family sources record the year as 1871, including the grave.

The family knows of no other child born before Mary who might be referred to
in this 1870 census record.  So we know the date of 1871 is too late.  Mary
was born a few months before June 1870.  Family sources report her full name
as Mary Brown Butler.  The birth dte on her grave headstone is 1 March 1870.

1880 Federal Census, Coahoma County, Mississippi, 11 June, Beat 3, District
99, page 14, Hse #88, Fam #99
Buttler, Geo W  W M  40 Farmer AL TN AL
Buttler, Sallie A W F 32 Wife Keeping House MS VA MS
Buttler, Mary B  W F 9 Dau Single School MS AL MS

1900 Federal Census, Coahoma County, Mississippi, 20 June, Beat 3, District
23, page 14B, Hse/Fam #307
Butler, George W Head W M Dec 1889  60 Widowed 7 children/7 living AL TN AL
Farmer Owns
Butler, Mary Dau W M Mch 1871  29 Single MS AL AL

Family memory was so strong on the late birth date for Mary that her grave
reports she was born 1 March 1871.  We know this is wrong because she was
already in the household in June 1870, enumerated in the June 1870 census as
"Baby Butler."  Jack Dodson, Butler researcher, reports that the family Bible
also records the late date for her birth, not once but three times.

Mary Brown Butler
Birth  Mar. 1, 1870
Death  Mar. 28, 1943
Parents:
George Washington Butler (1839 - 1907)
Sallie A Brown Butler (1848 - 1903)
Burial:
Jonestown Cemetery, Coahoma County, Mississippi
Created by: Jack77 Mar 07, 2011
--  Find A Grave Memorial# 66625738,
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=66625738
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Notes for Mary M BUTLER


1850 Federal Census, Giles County, Tennessee, 20 August, District 2, page 615
(scan p 398), Hse/Fam #1
Polley Butler 79 F $20,000 Rel Estate b N Carolina [b abt 1771]
John I Butler 40 M Farmer $4000 Rel Estate b Giles Co TN [b abt 1810]
Edith J Butler 26 F b Alabama [appears to be John's wife, b abt 1824]
Mary M Butler 3 F b Giles Co TN [b abt 1847]

Mary M. Butler Howard
Birth  Jun. 23, 1841
Death  Jul. 4, 1905
Wife of N. I. Howard
Parents:
John Isaac Butler (1809 - 1863)
Edith J. Biles Butler (1824 - 1885)
Spouse:
N. I. Howard (1840 - 1912)
Burial:
Butler (John J.) Cemetery, Giles County, Tennessee
Created by: Jack77 Jun 12, 2011
--  Find A Grave Memorial# 71240444,
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=71240444

1860 Federal Census, Giles County, Tennessee, 21 August, Page 130, House #944,
Fam #927
John I Butler 50 M Farmer $5140 Real Estate $14175 Personal Estate b Tennessee
[born abt 1810]
Edith J Butler 36 F  b Alabama [born abt 1824]
Mary M Butler 13 F b Tenn [born abt
1847]
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Notes for Mary Pomfret BUTLER


Three One World Tree sources give three different dates for the birth of Mary
Pomfret Butler:  1795, 1801 and 1803.  The normal cutoff date used in
genealogy for childbearing years is age 50.  The last two birth dates are past
the 50-year mark.  For this reason I am using the year 1795.  No source offers
any further explanation related to the years of  birth.
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Notes for Mary Suffrone BUTLER


Her grave has her nickname as her primary name.  She was Mary Suffrone.  Mollie
was a common nickname for Mary.

Mary Suffrone "Mollie " Butler Bunyard
Birth Sep 5, 1865 Arkansas County, Arkansas
Death Jul 10, 1942, Arkansas County, Arkansas
She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Butler and the wife of Jeff D
Bunyard.
Parents:
John Benjamin Butler (1829 - 1887)
Malissa Edward Davidson Butler (1846 - 1904)
Spouse Jeff D Bunyard (1861 - 1934)
Siblings:
Elnora Butler McKay (1868 - 1953)
John B Butler (1870 - 1936)
George Washington Butler (1872 - 1888)
Thomas Ethelbert Butler (1875 - 1877)
Milus Marion Butler (1877 - 1894)
Matthew Oliver Butler (1879 - 1963)
Annie Davidson Butler (1882 - 1898)
Burial Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Arkansas County, Arkansas
Created by Andrea Maloney Nov 08, 2008
--  Find A Grave Memorial #31238954,
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=31238954
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Notes for Matthew BUTLER


Gravestones of Mt Pleasant Cemetery
Mathew son of M O & Fairlee Butler
Dec 10, 1910
Nov 9 (?), 1916
Mt Pleasant Cemetery, Ethel, Arkansas County, Arkansas
Photo by Orville Boyd Jenkins 13 May
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Notes for Matthew Oliver BUTLER


Libby Beliew first reported to me that Matt's middle name was Oliver:
"I believe it probably stood for “Oliver”. My ggg-grandparents, the
previously mentioned Thomas Jefferson and Sallie Amanda Wakefield Davidson,
had a son named Matthew Oliver Davidson (b. 1873). I believe that Thomas J.
Davidson and Malissa E. Davidson Butler were cousins, though I’m not sure
exactly how.  I assume that Matthew O Butler was either named for Matthew
Oliver Davidson or they were both named after the same person (who was
apparently important to the Davidson family)."

I later found the WWI and WWII registrations, which confirm that Matthew's
middle name is Oliver.  We also see an exact birth date, which differs from
the date reported in the 1900 census:  Dec 1879.  Note also that the name on
both draft registrations is spelled with two Ts: Matthew.

WWI Draft Registration, 1942
Matthew Oliver Butler
Residence Ethel, Arkansas County, Arkansas
Birth 22 Dec 1879 [no location reported on this form]
Occupation Farming, self-employed
wife (nearest relative) Fairlee Butler
Eyes Grey, Hair Black
registration 12 Sept 1918 Stuttgart, Arkansas, Arkansas
Signed Matthew Oliver Butler

WWII Draft Registration, 1942
Matthew Oliver Butler
Birth 22 Dec 1880, Ethel, Arkansas County, Arkansas
Residence Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas
wife (nearest relative) Fairlee Butler
signed M O Butler

The birth date on the two registrations differ.  The year of birth is
transcribed by Ancestry.com as 1878 for the WWI registration, but in fact the
last number is smudged, and perhaps was partially overwritten, and could very
well meant 1879.  For WWI it was definitely 1880.

This is probably a sign that he was uncertain, like so many other families of
that time.  Exact dates were not always a priority.  The gravestone reports
simply the year 1880.  But census reports below make it more likely he was
actually born in December 1879.  The Social Security Death Index supports the
1880 birth date.

Social Security Death Index
Mat Butler
Born 22 Dec 1880, Died Feb 1963
No Residence address reported
SSN 432-70-6039 issued Arkansas (1956)

No residence information was provided in the SSDI.  I assume it was still
Ethel.

The census reports support a birth date in December 1879.  The 1910 census
reports Matt's age as 30 for the April census.  If correct, this would place
his birth in 1879.  This date is consistent with the 1880 census report that
in June 1880 he was 5 months old (born December 1879).

1880 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 16 June, Prairie Township,
District 2, page 23, Hse #155, Fam #164
Benj Butler   W M 52    TN SC VA Farmer
M E Butler  W F  Wife 34  AL TN  MS Housekeeping
Mat [Mathew O] Butler  W M  5Mos  Son AR TN AL

1900 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 14 June, Prairie Township,
District 7, page 10A, Hse #160, Fam #164
Butler Malissa Head W F Nov 1846  53 Widow AL TN MS Farmer
Butler Mathew Son W M Dec 1879  20 Single AR TN MS Farm Laborer
Butler Malissa Dau W F May 1886  14 Single AR TN MS Farm Laborer

In 1910, Matthew has been married just a short time to Fairlee Tichenor.  The
enumerator does not record how long they have been married.  Their first son
Matthew was born in December 1910.

1910 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 21 April, Prairie Township,
District 13, page 3B, Hse/Fam #46
Butler, Matt Head M W 30 AR AL AL Farmer Owns Farm [b abt 1880]
Butler, Fairlee  Wife F W 20 AR IN KY [b abt 1890]

1920 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 31 January, District 16, Sheet
5B, Prairie Township, LaGrue Springs & Ethel Rd, Hse #99, Fam #102
Butler, Mathew O  Head  Owns Farm  M W 40  AR AL MS Farmer
Butler, Fairlee T  Wife  F W 29  AR Indiana Kentucky
Butler, Rosebud Dau  F W 7 AR AR AR
Butler, Kirb B  Son W 6 AR AR AR
Tichnor, Mollie  Mother-in-Law F W 61 Widow MO US MO

1930 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 16 April, District 25, Sheet
5A, Prairie Township, Ethel & Point Rd, Hse #90, Fam #91
Butler, Mathew O  Head  M W 49  Married at 29  AR AL USA Farmer  Owns Farm
Butler, Fairlee Wife  F W 40  Married at 20  AR Indiana Kentucky
Butler, Rosebud Dau  F W 17 Single AR AR AR
Butler, Kirb B [Kirby B]  Son  F W 16 Single AR AR AR
Butler, Benjamin C  Son  F W 7 Single AR AR AR

1940 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 5 April, Ethel, District 1-26,
page 2A, Hwy 17, Hse #27, Owns Farm, $800 value
Butler, Matt O Head M W 44 Grade 8 b Arkansas same house in 1935 Farmer
Butler, Fairlee Wife F W 48 Grade 8 b Arkansas same house in 1935 Housekeeper
Butler, Calvin Son M W 17 Single Grade HS-1 b Arkansas same house in 1935 Farm
Laborer
Butler, Bennie Nephew M W 22 Single Grade HS-1 b Arkansas same house in 1935
County Laborer
Cohns, Luke Lodger M Neg 39 Divorced Grade 4 b Arkansas same house in 1935
Farm Laborer
Filer, Celo Lodger F Neg 23 Grade 7 b Arkansas same house in 1935 Cook,
Private Home

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Hello, Thank you for your email.  Matthew O. Butler was my great grandfather. 
I did not know him, but I did know Fairlee Tichenor, my great grandmother. 
They actually had four children:  Matthew, Kirby B., Rosebud (who married and
became Rosebud Nicholson), and Benjamin Calvin.  Matthew died as a baby or
small child.  Rosebud, my favorite great aunt, died a couple of years ago at
around 93 years.  Benjamin Calvin died in 1985.  He either killed himself or
was murdered.  Kirby B. was my grandfather; he died of a stroke or a heart
attack in 1975.  Kirby Bonner Butler, Sr. (my grandfather) had 3 children:
Kirby Bonner Butler, Jr. (my dad), Pamela Butler, and Greg Butler.  My maiden
name is Laurie Lee Butler.  I have a twin sister and two brothers.
--  Laurie Lee Butler Myers, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 20 March 2007

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Matthew Oliver Butler
Birth Dec 22, 1879 Ethel, Arkansas County, Arkansas, USA
Death Feb 1963 Ethel, Arkansas County, Arkansas, USA
Matthew was the son of John Benjamin Butler (1829-1887) and Malissa Edward
Davidson (1846-1904)
All three are buried in Mt Pleasant Cemetery.
Spouse Fairlee Tichenor Butler (1890 - 1976)
Son Mathew Butler (1910 - 1916)
Siblings:
Mollie S Butler Bunyard (1865 - 1942)
Elnora Butler McKay (1868 - 1953)
John B Butler (1870 - 1936)
George Washington Butler (1872 - 1888)
Thomas Ethelbert Butler (1875 - 1877)
Milus Marion Butler (1877 - 1894)
Annie Davidson Butler (1882 - 1898)
Burial Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Arkansas County, Arkansas, USA
Created by Orville Jenkins Jul 15, 2017
--  Find A Grave Memorial #181385161,
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=181385161
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Notes for Memucan Hunt BUTLER


Tennessee, Early Tax List Records, 1783-1895
Memucan Butler
1836
Residence Giles, Tennessee

Seeal genealogies hav detaile dinformatoni abotu Memucan's wicees and
children, without any documentation, but it appears to be from famly
information, given the detail.  I present here the information from the
Ward-Walling Family tree.  Note that according to this information, Memucan
was about 29 years old when he married for the first time.

Memucan Hunt Butler
Birth 1812 in Aspen Hill, Giles, Tennessee
Death 1 March 1898 in  Giles, Tennessee
Parents:
John Ira Butler 1770 - 1837
Mary "Polly" Hunt 1771 - 1857
Marriage to Eleanor H. Minerva Harwell 1841 Giles County, Aspen Hill,
Tennessee
Her Children:
William R. Butler 1842 -
Mary A. Butler 1844 -
Thomas Epperson Butler 1847 -
Nancy A. Butler 1849 -
Sarah Eleanor Butler 1852 -
Memucan Hunt Butler Jr. 1854 - 1923
Marriage to Lucy Ann Merietta Burton 25 Dec 1862 Giles County, Tennessee
Her Children:
William Burton Butler1864 - 1930
Alice Joanna Butler1864 - 1949
Mary Travis Butler1866 - 1954
Ada Lee Butler1868 - 1897
Lucy (Lela) Price Butler1874 -
John Ira Butler1876 - 1962
Lucius Jerome Butler1878 - 1960
Pearl Lucy Butler
--  Ward-Walling Family,
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/18863931/person/731912302?ssrc=&ml_rpos=9&ftm=1
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Notes for Mildred BUTLER


Mildred's birth date reported in the 1900 census was December 1895, and she is
reported as 5 years old.  The birth date on her gravestone differs, reading 19
February 1896.

1910 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 15 April, Prairie Township,
District 13, page 1A, Hse/Fam #4
Butler, Bennie J  Head M W 39 Married 19 yrs AR AL AL Farm Laborer
Butler, Ida  Wife F W 38 Married 19 yrs AR MS AL
Butler, Mildred  Dau F W 14 AR AR AR

U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Mildred Cochran
Born 19 Feb 1896
Died Feb 1978
Last Residence De Witt, Arkansas, Arkansas 72042
SSN 432-78-8095 issued Arkansas (1960)

Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
Mildred Butler
Age 23, Birth Year abt 1896 Residence Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas
Spouse's Name Hal Cochran
Spouse's Age 27
Spouse's Residence Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas
Marriage 26 Jun 1919 Arkansas County
Marriage License Date 25 Jun 1919

Mildred Butler Cochran
Birth Feb 19, 1896
Death Feb 15, 1978
Spouse Joseph Hal Cochran (1891 - 1957)
Burial Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Arkansas County, Arkansas
Created by Dale Houghton Jun 25, 2012
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Notes for Milus Marion BUTLER


The name is spelled variously in Davidson and Butler sources and censuses, as
Melius, Milius, Milas, etc.  The 1880 census which we site spells the name
Melus.

Both these names, Milus and Marion, occur in Butler families from Carolina to
California.  The strong Butler stream in migration from north to south and
west seem to be all related.

I have attempted to fill out all the connections in this genealogy, whose
primary focus is on other families to whom the Butlers are related.  But there
are signs of connection in that migration band from east to west.

1880 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 16 June, District 2, page 23,
Hse #155, Fam #164
Benj Butler   W M 52    TN SC VA Farmer
M E Butler  W F  Wife 34  AL TN  MS Housekeeping
Melus [Milus] Butler  W M 4  Son  AR TN AL

Gravestones of Mt Pleasant Cemetery
Milus Marion Butler
Sept 22, 1877
Mar ??, 1894
Mt Pleasant Cemetery, Ethel, Arkansas County, Arkansas
Photo by Orville Boyd Jenkins 13 May 2017

Milus Marion Butler
Birth Sep 22, 1877 Ethel, Arkansas County, Arkansas, USA
Death Mar 1894 Arkansas County, Arkansas, USA
Milus was the son of John Benjamin Butler (1829-1887) and Melissa Edward
Davidson (1846-1904)
Siblings:
Mollie S. Butler Bunyard (1865 - 1942)
Elnora Butler McKay (1868 - 1953)
John B. Butler (1870 - 1936)
George Washington Butler (1872 - 1888)
Thomas Ethelbert Butler (1875 - 1877)
Matthew Oliver Butler (1879 - 1963)
Annie Davidson Butler (1882 - 1898)
Burial Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Arkansas County, Arkansas
Created by Orville Jenkins Jul 15, 2017
--  Find A Grave Memorial #181382654,
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