Life History
9th Mar 1871 |
|
23rd Jan 1886 |
Married Thomas Ethelbert BUTLER in Shelby County, Tennessee.5 |
7th Jul 1887 |
Birth of son George Edward BUTLER in Shelby County, Tennessee.6,7 |
25th Aug 1889 |
Birth of daughter Nora Lee BUTLER in Shelby County, Tennessee.10,2,8 |
about 1892 |
Birth of daughter Johnanna BUTLER in Shelby County, Tennessee.3 |
28th May 1894 |
Birth of son Thomas Ethelbert BUTLER in Marion, Crittenden, Arkansas.11,12,13,14,15 |
7th Feb 1925 |
Death of Thomas Ethelbert BUTLER in Shelby County, Tennessee.16 |
19th Oct 1929 |
Death of daughter Nora Lee BUTLER in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee.8,9 |
28th May 1946 |
Died in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee.1 Multiple Pulmonary Infarcts (?), Hypertensive Cardio-Vascular Disease, Myocardial Damage |
30th May 1946 |
Buried in Mullins Chapel, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee.1 |
Notes
- Evie Lena Brown
Birth 09 MAR 1871 in Memphis, Tennessee
Death May 28, 1946 in Memphis, Tennessee
Parents George Washington Brown b 1847
Mary A Arendale 1845 - 1904
Spouse 1 Thomas Ethelbert Butler 1852 - 1925
Spouse 2 John Wesley Stauffer 1887 - 1956
-- Burgess and Webster, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/11921239/person/-370314600?pgNum=1&ftm=1
Marriage Records, Shelby County, Tennessee
T E Butler and Miss Evalena [Evie Lena] Brown
Issued 22 Jan 1886
Bond of $1250 signed by T E Butler and G W Brown
Married Jan 23, 1886 by H J Turner, Minister of the Gospel
The genealogy reports a birth date one year later than the year reported in the 1900 census. That census is often a year off. Her death certifiacte reports no date of birth.
1900 Federal Census, Shelby County, Tennessee, 4 June, Civil District 16, Enumeration District 53, page 10A, Hse/Fam #34
Butler, Thomas Head W M Nov 1852 48 Married 14 years MS TN TN Farmer Rent
Butler, Evie Wife W M Mar 1870 30 Married 14 years 4 children/4 living TN MS MS Farm Laborer
Butler, George Son W M Aug 1888 12 Single TN TN TN At School
Butler, Nora Dau W F Aug 1889 11 Single TN TN TN At School
Butler, John A Dau [sic] W F Feb 1892 9 Single AR TN TN At School
Butler, Tom Son W M Mar 1895 5 Single AR TN TN
"Evie Lena Brown Butler marrying a Stauffer. He was her daughter-in-law's brother. Evie Lena married him after Thomas E. died. I think the Stauffer guy was younger than my great grandmother."
-- Janice Burgess Lipford, Ancestry Messaging, 23 September 2011
Tennessee Death Certificate
Certificate #13435
Evelyn Stauffer, Occupation Housewife
Birth date not reported, Place Tennessee
Death 28 May 1946 at John Gaston Hospital, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee
Cause of Death Multiple Pulmonary Infarcts (?), Hypertensive Cardio-Vascular Disease, Myocardial Damage
Father George Brown, born Tennessee
Mother Mary Arndale, born Tennessee
Husband John W Stauffer
Informant H G Miller
Burial 30 May 1946 in Mullins Chapel, Memphis, by Cosmopolitan Funeral Home, Memphis
Filed 5 June 1946
Sources
- 1. Tennessee Death Certificates
- Certificate #13435
- 2. 1900 Federal Census, Shelby County, Tennessee
- 4 June, Civil District 16, Enumeration District 53, page 10A, Hse/Fam #34
- 3. 1910 Federal Census, Shelby County, Tennessee
- 4 May, Civil District 16, Enumeration District 88, Page 10A, Hse/Fam #181
- 4. Ancestry Trees
- Burgess and Webster, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/11921239/person/-370314600?
- 5. Marriage Records, Shelby County, Tennessee
- 6. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
- 7. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
- 8. Tennessee Death Certificates
- #3338
- 9. Ancestry Messaging
- 10. 1920 Federal Census, Shelby County, Tennessee
- 13 January, District 65, page 6B, No Incorporated Place, Holmes Street, Hse #125, Fam #135
- 11. 1930 Federal Census, Marshall County, Mississippi
- 13 April, District 7, page 14B, Hse #268, Fam #278
- 12. Social Security Death Index
- 13. 1920 Federal Census, Shelby County, Tennessee
- 6 February, Civil District 9, Enumeration District 32, page 19A, Hse #422, Fam #437
- 14. 1910 Federal Census, Shelby County, Tennessee
- 4 May, Civilo District 16, Enumeration District 88, Page 10A, Hse/Fam #181
- 15. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
- 16. Tennessee Death Certificates
- Certificate #004513