Life History
21st Dec 1809 |
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23rd Jun 1847 |
Birth of daughter Mary M BUTLER in Giles County, Tennessee.2,1,3 |
May 1848 |
Birth of son John Stephen BUTLER in Giles County, Tennessee.2,3,7,8,9,10 |
14th Jun 1849 |
Birth of son Charles F BUTLER in Giles County, Tennessee.11,2,1 |
22nd Mar 1851 |
Birth of son William Anderson BUTLER in Giles County, Tennessee.2,1,12,5 |
about 1853 |
Birth of daughter Elizabeth Tillie BUTLER in Giles County, Tennessee.2,12,13 |
about 1855 |
Birth of daughter Tennessee Susan BUTLER in Giles County, Tennessee.13,2,12 |
15th Jan 1858 |
Birth of son Isaac Newton BUTLER in Giles County, Tennessee.13,12,2 |
13th Apr 1860 |
Birth of son Wilber F BUTLER in Giles County, Tennessee.1 |
about 1863 |
Birth of daughter Frances BUTLER in Giles County, Tennessee |
7th Mar 1863 |
Died in Giles County, Tennessee.1 |
after 7th Mar 1863 |
Buried in Butler Cemetery, Aspen Hill, Giles County, Tennessee.1 |
Other facts
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Married Edith Jeroma BILES |
Notes
- In 1850, John has married a woman named Edith J, whose maiden name I have not discovered (as of October 2008, when this entry was made). His widowed mother, Mary/Polly Hunt Butler, is the head of the household.
1850 Federal Census, Giles County, Tennessee, 20 August, District 2, page 615 (scan p 398), Hse/Fam #1
Polley Butler 79 F $20,000 Rel Estate b N Carolina [b abt 1771]
John I Butler 40 M Farmer $4000 Rel Estate b Giles Co TN [b abt 1810]
Edith J Butler 26 F b Alabama [appears to be John's wife, b abt 1824]
Mary M Butler 3 F b Giles Co TN [b abt 1847]
John S Butler 2 M b Giles Co TN [b abt 1848]
Charles F Butler 1 M b Giles Co TN [b abt 1849]
Additionally in the household was a Physician, who appears to be a boarder. This census did not report the relationships between the members of the household.
William L May 23 M Physician b N Carolina [b abt 1827]
1860 Federal Census, Giles County, Tennessee, 21 August, Page 130, House #944, Fam #927
John I Butler 50 M Farmer $5140 Real Estate $14175 Personal Estate b Tennessee [born abt 1810]
Edith J Butler 36 F b Alabama [born abt 1824]
Mary M Butler 13 F b Tenn [born abt 1847]
John S Butler 12 M b Tenn [born abt 1858]
Charles F Butler 10 M Tenn [born abt 1850]
William Butler 9 M b Tenn [born abt 1851]
Elizabeth T Butler 7 F b Tenn [born abt 1853]
Tennessee Butler 5 F b Tenn [born abt 1855]
Isaac N Butler 2 M b Tenn [born abt 1858]
Not Named Butler 1month M b Tenn [born abt July 1860]
James H Nelson 24 M Overseer $300 Personal Estate b Tenn [born abt 1836]
James D Thomas 23 M RR Engineer $300 Personal Estate b Tenn [born abt 1837]
Wilber F Foster 25 M RR Engineer b Massachusetts [born abt 1835]
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John Isaac Butler
Birth Dec. 21, 1809
Death Mar. 7, 1863 Tennessee
John Isaac Butler was the child of John Butler and Mary (Hunt) Butler. His father, John Butler brought his family to Giles County from Granville Co., N.C. and settled at Aspen Hill, which at that time was the area of Tarpley Shop southward across Richland Creek including the present community known as Aspen Hill. The area extended down Highway-31 to about Conway. John Isaac Butler was the first white child born in the area of Aspen Hill and is buried in the Butler Graveyard on a hill overlooking Richland Creek. John Isaac Butler was one of a number of children of his father, John Butler and his mother Mary Butler, and all of his siblings stayed in the area except for brother Thomas, who moved to Alabama and then to Mississippi. One of Thomas's children was George W. Butler and he fought in the Civil War.
Parents:
John Butler (1770 - 1837)
Mary Hunt Butler (1771 - 1851)
Spouse:
Edith J. Biles Butler (1824 - 1885)
Children:
Mary M. Butler Howard (1841 - 1905)
William Anderson Butler (1851 - 1916)
Wilber F. Butler (1860 - 1864)
Burial:
Butler (John J.) Cemetery, Giles County, Tennessee
Created by Jack77 Jun 10, 2011
-- Find A Grave Memorial # 71137299, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=71137299
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Sources
- 1. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
- 2. 1860 Federal Census, Giles County, Tennessee
- 21 August, Page 130, House #944, Fam #927
- 3. 1850 Federal Census, Giles County, Tennessee
- 20 August, District 2, page 615 (scan p 398), Hse/Fam #1
- 4. Genealogies Online, Now Defunt
- 5. Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958
- 6. Laurie Lee Myers, email correspondence with Orville Boyd Jenkins, March 2007
- 7. 1900 Federal Census, Giles County, Tennessee
- 1 June, Civil District 21, Enumeration District 36, page 1A, Hse/Fam #7
- 8. 1880 Federal Census, Giles County, Tennessee
- 14 June, Civil District 2, Enumeration District 100, page 27, Hse #220, Fam #221
- 9. 1910 Federal Census, Morgan County, Alabama
- 5 May, New Decatur Ward 2, District 166, Sheet 29B, 1813 7th Ave South, Hse #590, Fam #617
- 10. Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974
- 11. 1870 Federal Census, Giles County, Tennessee
- 25 June, PO Pulaski, p 28, Hse/Fam #3
- 12. 1870 Federal Census, Giles County, Tennessee
- 25 June, Civil District 2, PO Pulaski, p 28, Hse/Fam #3
- 13. 1880 Federal Census, Giles County, Tennessee
- 29 June, Aspen Hill, District 100, page 46, Hse #376, Fam #379