1870 census - W. C. Butler

1870 U.S. census, Jasper County, Missouri, Mineral Township, page 8 (stamped 130 back), dwelling 60, family 64 (W. C. Butler); National Archives microfilm M593, roll 783.

See approximate location on map.
Ancestry.com - 1870 United States Federal Census (subscription)
HeritageQuest Online - Census Image (library subscription)

5th July 1870.

• Butler Wm. C., 55, M[ale], W[hite], Miller, Kentucky, [citizen]
•       Rebecca E., 51, F[emale], W, Keeping house, 3000 [real estate], 500 [personal estate], Kentucky
•       Alice, 24, F, W, at home, Illinois
•       William H., 21, M, W, at home, Illinois, [school]
•       Draper, 19, M, W, at home, Illinois, [school]
•       George, 17, M, W, at home, Illinois, [school]
•       Viola, 13, F, W, at home, Illinois, [school]

1840 census - Marion Township, Newton County, Missouri

1840 U.S. census, Newton County, Marion Township, pages 255 through 259 (stamped); National Archives microfilm M704, roll 227.

Ancestry.com - 1840 United States Federal Census (subscription) Includes the following households: p. 255 James Hornback Abm Onstot Joseph Bolen John Mann Willis Mills Wm Laxon p. 256 G. J. Indicot Peter Roberson Cavin Roberson Prudence Butler p. 257 Clisby Roberson Washington Roberson Beverly Roberson David Onstot [un-numbered - 258] Nancy Bowlen [Bowlin?] p. 259

1865 census - Joseph Butler

1865 Kansas census, Lyon County, Kansas, Americus Township, page 4 and 5 [pages out of order], dwelling 23, family 23 (A. V. Saunders, Joseph Butler, L. N. Yeager, H. P. Smith, W. C. Butler). Internet <www.ancestry.com>. Ancestry.com - Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1915 (paid subscription) (p. 4) Ancestry.com - Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1915 (paid subscription) (p. 5) See approximate location on map.

Note: All of the following families are listed in dwelling #23; however, since the next dwelling is #26 (skipping #24 and #25), these have been grouped in one likely arrangement.

2nd August 1865.

• A V Saunders, 56, M[ale], Farmer, 500 [real estate], 600 [personal estate], N Y, M[arried]
• Pulina Saunders, 53, F[emale], Housework, [N Y], M
• A L Saunders, 29, M, Farming, [N Y], S[ingle]
• W H Saunders, 25, M, [Farming], [N Y], S
• H D Saunders, 23, M, [Farming], [N Y], S
• R A Saunders, 19, F, School Teacher, [N Y], S
• H M Saunders, 16, F, [School Teacher], Wisconsin, S, [school]
• A A Saunders, 10, M, [Wisconsin], S, [school]

• Joseph Butler, 45, M[ale], Farmer, 1,500 [personal estate], Ky, S[ingle]
• I F M Butler, 18, M, 11 [Regiment], F [Company], Ill, S
• Emaline Butler, 16, F[emale], Housework, Iowa, S, [school]
• Adaline Butler, 9, F, [Iowa], S, [school]
• Belle Butler, 6, F, Kansas, S
• R F Butler, 3, F, Iowa, S
• L N Seeger, 35, M, Farmer, 800, 600, Ohio, S
• H P Smith, 30, M, [Farmer], 1,700 [personal], Mass, M
• Manervy Smith, 23, F, Housework, Ill, M
• F M Smith, 6, M, Iowa, S
• Alice Smith, 3, M [sic], [Iowa], S

• W. C. Butler, 50, M, Farmer, 1,500 [real], 1000 [personal], Ky, M
• R E Butler, 46, F, Housework, [Ky], M
• V L Butler, 24, F, [Housework], Ill, S, [school]
• John L Butler, 22, M, 11 [Regiment], E [Company], Farmer, [Ill], S
• S A Butler, 18, F, Housework, [Ill], S, [school]
• W H Butler, 17, F, [Housework], [Ill], S, [school]
• D C Butler, 14, M, [Ill], S, [school]
• G E Butler, 12, M, [Ill], S, [school]
• Viola Butler, 8, F, [Ill], S, [school]

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

Follow up: Contact as soon as I get the Butler stuff organized.

Biography - John L. Butler

William G. Cutler, ed., History of the State of Kansas (Chicago: A. T. Andreas, 1883). Transcribed by Jann Frank and John Stewart for Kansas Collection Books. [Link]

See location of Lyon County on map.

Lyon County - Americus - Biographical Sketches.

JOHN L. BUTLER was born in Warren County, Ill., March 12, 1843. He received a common school education in Illinois, where he resided, with the exception of three years spent in Bowling Green, Ky., until he came to Kansas, in July, 1859, with his father, who located in located in Lyon County, and entered a claim of 160 acres on the Kaw reservation, on Allen Creek, three miles from Americus. John L. remained with his father until September, 1863, when he enlisted as a private in Company E, Eleventh Regiment Kansas Cavalry. He participated in all the engagements in which his command took part, from that time until he was mustered out in September, 1865. He then returned to Americus and engaged in stock raising and dealing, which business he continued until 1871, when he purchased a farm of 160 acres, situated on the Neosho River, six miles northwest of Americus. He then devoted his attention to farming beside stock raising and dealing. In 1878 he sold his farm and purchased another of 120 acres, on Cahola Creek, in Lyon County. In March, 1879, he discontinued farming and stock operations, and formed a partnership with Mr. W. H. Anderson, under the firm name of Anderson & Butler, who do a general real estate, insurance and loan business, at Americus. Mr. Butler was Township Trustee in 1878-79-80, and a Justice of the Peace in 1880-81-82. He was elected to the office of County Commissioner in the fall of 1882, for a term of three years. He is a member of Americus Lodge, No. 109, A., F. & A. M., and master of the Lodge; is a member of Americus Lodge, No. 28, A. O. U. W. He married Miss Mary E. Swim, of Americus, November 1, 1870, by which marriage he has four children - George S., Ethel, Mabel and John W.