Life History

Notes

• 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, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=181382654

Sources

• 1. 1880 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
  • 6 June, District 2, page 23, Hse #155, Fam #164
• 2. Gravestones of Mt Pleasant Cemetery
• 3. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 4. RootsWeb Trees