Life History

Notes

• 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

Sources

• 1. 1900 Federal Census, Coahoma County, Mississippi
  • 20 June, Beat 3, District 23, page 14B, Hse/Fam #307
• 2. 1880 Federal Census, Coahoma County, Mississippi
  • 11 June, Beat 3, District 99, page 14, Hse #88, Fam #99