Genealogy database - Joseph W. Butler (Lenzen)
Connie Lenzen <clenzen@oregonvos.net>, "Harvey Family," 28 December 2001. (Ancestry World Tree database <harveyfam>). Internet <awtc.ancestry.com>.
Note: The information below is still available (22 July 2009) by following the links, but the source should now be cited as follows: Unknown author, database <harveyfam>, undated (accessed 22 July 2009), Internet <awtc.ancestry.com>.
ID: I277 Name: Peter BUTLER Sex: M Birth: 9 MAR 1789 in Pulaski County, Kentucky Death: 24 JUN 1856 in Monmouth, Polk, Oregon Note: Censuses: 1840 US Census, pop. sch., Warren County, Illinois, page 175. Peter Butler Males: 5-10; 1 10-15; 1 15-20; 1 20-30; 3 50-60; 1 Females: 10-15; 1 15-20; 1 50-60; 1 1850 US Census, pop. sch., Warren County, Illinois, sheet 16A (stamped), page 30, dwelling 207, family 207. NATF M432, roll 131 Butler, Peter, 61, farmer, $12450 value of real estate, born Ky Rachel, 62, born Ky James W, 23, school teacher, Ky Elisabeth, 21, Ky Isaac, 18, farmer, Illinois [Ground family not copied here] Birth, marriage, and death dates from Peter Butler Bible, loose leaf records copied from Bible records in possession of the Misses Margaret and Alice Butler, Monmouth, Oregon, daughters of Ira F.M. Butler. Records submitted by Neva Welton Johnston (Mrs. William Butler Johnston), 1645 South Liberty Street, Salem, Oregon, Chemeketa Chapter DAR, to the Oregon State DAR Genealogical Records Committee and published January 1938. Copy located at the Oregon Historical Society Library, Portland, Oregon. Genealogical Material in Oregon Donation Land Claims Volume II (Portland, OR: Genealogical Forum of Oregon, 1959), 72 No. 3906 Butler, Peter, Polk Co; b 1789, Mercer Co, Ky; Arr. Ore. 5 Aug 1853; SC 24 June 1855; m Rachel 25 July 1811, Barren Co, Ky. 18 June 1857 John S. Kays gave aff. Peter Butler d abt 24 June 1856. Aug 2 (no year give) notation states North half to widow - land sold to Edward Ground. Aff: Harvey Steeprow, John S. Kays, Zedekiah Davis. Father: John BUTLER b: 1760 in Virginia Marriage 1 Rachel MURPHY b: 12 APR 1788 in Tennessee Married: 25 JUL 1811 in Barren County, Kentucky Children 1. Ira Francis Marion BUTLER b: 20 MAY 1812 in Barren County, Kentucky 2. William Cook BUTLER b: 2 OCT 1814 3. Eliza Ann BUTLER b: 2 DEC 1816 in Kentucky or Illinois 4. John Murphy BUTLER b: 30 OCT 1818 5. Joseph W. BUTLER b: 26 DEC 1819 6. Margaret BUTLER b: 4 FEB 1822 7. Elijah Davidson BUTLER b: 16 APR 1824 8. James Whitman BUTLER b: 2 OCT 1826 in Warren County, Illinois 9. Elizabeth Hannah BUTLER b: 9 APR 1829 10. Isaac M. BUTLER b: 2 DEC 1831 in Warren County, Illinois ID: I306 Name: William Cook BUTLER Sex: M Birth: 2 OCT 1814 Residence: 1874 Jasper County, Missouri Note: Birth date from [Peter Butler Bible, cited in Peter Butler entry, above] Father: Peter BUTLER b: 9 MAR 1789 in Pulaski County, Kentucky Mother: Rachel MURPHY b: 12 APR 1788 in Tennessee Marriage 1 Rebecca Elaine LUCAS Married: 4 JUL 1834 in Warren County, Illinois Note: Warren County, Illinois Marriages A: 31. FHL #1377920. Children [no additional data in children's records, links not included] 1. Draper BUTLER 2. Katherine BUTLER 3. Alice BUTLER 4. John BUTLER 5. Victoria BUTLER 6. Viola BUTLER 7. Will BUTLER ID: I307 Name: Joseph W. BUTLER Sex: M Birth: 26 DEC 1819 Note: Birth date from [Peter Butler Bible, cited in Peter Butler entry, above] Father: Peter BUTLER b: 9 MAR 1789 in Pulaski County, Kentucky Mother: Rachel MURPHY b: 12 APR 1788 in Tennessee
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