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THE BUTLER Faiyfily L]V Aftie'.R.ICA THE BUTLER FAiyfILY l]V AftiE'.R.ICA COMPILED BY WILLIAM DAVID BUTLER of St. Louis, Mo. JOHN CROMWELL BUTLER late of Denver, Col, JOSEPH MAR.ION BUTLER of Chicago, Ill. Published by SHALLCROSS PRINTING CO. St. Louis, Mo. THIS Boox IB DEDICATED TO THE BUTLER FAMILY IN AMERICA INTRODUCTION TO BUTLER HISTORY. In the history of these l!niteJ States, there are a few fami­ lies that have shone witb rare brilliancy from Colonial times, through the Revolution, the \Var of 1812, the ::-.rexican \Var and the great Civil conflict, down to the present time. Those of supe­ rior eminence may ~asily be numbered on the fingers and those of real supremacy in historical America are not more than a 1,andftil. They stand side by side, none e1wious of the others but all proud to do and dare, and, if need be, die for the nation. Richest and best types of citizens have they been from the pioneer days of ol!r earliest forefathers, and their descendants have never had occasion to apologize for any of them or to conceal any fact connected with their careers. Resplenclant in the beg-inning, their nobility of bloocl has been carrieJ uow11\\·arci pure and unstainecl. °'.\l)t :.ill ui Lheir Jcscenuants ha\·e been distinguished as the world ~·ues-the ,·:i~t majority of them ha\·e been content \\·ith rno<lest lines-bnt :dl ha\c been goocl citizens and faithful Americans. Ami what more hc>l!Or than that can be a,P.rclecl to them? . Coor<lim.te with the _·\clamses, of ::-.r:i.ss::iclrnseth. 111c l .ccs. of Virginia, the Rooseyelts, oi :N'e\\' York. the Carrolls. of ).Iar:d::in,!. and the Bicldles. oi Pennsyh·211ia, st,rncl the Butlers of 1'e11nsyh·a­ nia. Each of these gre;i.t families has left brilliant marks a11cl bsting­ imprcssions on the history oi the nation. Some of them 11:l\·e furnished presidents: others, financiers and cliplornati~t:c:: ~till olh- 4 TUE BUTLER FA::l!ILY l:N" ,\::11ElaCA ers, generals and statesmen. \Vho shall judge between them, even if judgment were desired, and shall say that any one was greater than the others; that any one deserved a higher place in the :111nals uf :\111crica 1lia11 tlieir compeers? Certainly 11011c of the dcsccnd­ :111h ui Ilic illt1\trions palriots, each of \\'!10111 g·avc all lhat was in l1i111 of talent, power, rne11t.1lity, courage and ardor, will seek to pn!l clown any other for the sake of elevating- themselves a little more. \Ye, of the Butlers, with our grand Revolutiona1-y soldiers to look back to, are certainly not envious of the fellow-soldiers of theirs from Virginia. or the statesmen from I\fassachusetts or the financiers from New York and Pennsylvania. Each of our ances­ tors was needed to the foll in the founding of this unparallelled nation, :rnd, while we set forth the records of our ancestors, we will never seek to detract from the splendors of any of their contem­ poraries. \Vt·, tJt the Butler family, could trace our ancestry back to the tbys of \ Villiam the Conqueror and possibly earlier. \Ve may lay incontestable claim to close relationship with the proucl d11kes of Ormonck. of Ireland's best past. (See Burke's Peerage and Hall's Picturc,;qt1e Ireland). But it is not part of my purpose to seek to carry our Butler genealogy beyond the confines of the United States which no less than eight of our immediate ancestors aiJecl most brilliantly to establish. Our lineage in America is sufficiently bright to callSe t1s all ample content with what we have. Therefore, in these sncceeding pages we shall stri,·e to give to the Butlers only the best compilation, that our endeavors permit, of the records of the American Butlers of this family only, satisfied that this will pi·o,·e amply pleasurable reading for all of the family. It is wo:·tl1y of note that in the Revolutionary \Var there were eight Butlers of our immediate ancestry. In the \Var of 1812, there \,·ere sixteen Butlers of our immediate family in arms in c1cfcnse of ot1r nation. In the }Iexican \Var. many more Butlers were conspicnons for bra\'e deeds and shining heroism. In the THE Dl.TLER c.\:\llLY IX A:\IElUC.\ J Civil \Var, there was alrnost a regimeut of DL1tlc1·s :1rra11~·cd on both sides-each alike ardent Americans according to their li,-'.·l1ls. ~h:1y another Butler aided in framing· the la\\'s of 11:1tio11 :111d -,t:ttc. :,;till others sep:1r:1ll'd 1!1c.:111seh·es frolll their rclatiolls and became pioneers, assi.~ti 11g 111arkeclly in the develop111c11t of th.:: 11e\\'cr por­ tions of this grc:1t nation. Soldiers, stalesml'll, pionC'ers, profe,;­ sional men are i11clt1decl in the ranks of the Dullcrs. ,\11 lia\·e been of sterling- integ-rity :ind all h:1\'c bceu, tirst :ult] foremost, true Americans. "The blood of the Dutlers," as an old \\'Orkcr says. "is hot and hold but is al\\'ays trnc to the truth." Ancl this explain,; our race. of w:irriors-as braye and reproachless ::ts Dayarcl and as faithful TCl honor as Sir Philip Sidney. \Vashing-ton designate.! our rc..-olu­ tiona ry forbears "the gallant band of patriots" :111d history shows liow well they merited that title. The number of their descendants whose blood flowed warmly with patriotic martial zeal was so great that the old story about them well Lears repetition here. At a ban­ quet after the b:.ittle of ~cw Orleans, a British officer had the mischance to jostle an irascible Bntler in the ineYitable crush. "Do you mean to insult me?" asked the Entler with that significant expression that distinguishes the family as plainly as tlie horseshoe of the Reel Gauntlets. "No, sir," replied the Englishman. "but it is impossible to turn around here without treading on the toes of a Butler." This gracefully good-humored refere11ce to the numer­ ical preponderance of_ the soldier-family soon restored general good temper. The wondrously self-sacrificing patriotism of tlie early But- 1,2rs is well exploited in the follmYing letter written in r 78 r •,yhell the Indians became troublesome on the frontier: "\\'bile the fiye sons were absent from home in the service of the Country, the father took it into his bead to go also. The neighbors rernonstr:i.tect but his wife said: 'let him go; I can get along without him and l1avc something to feed the army into the bargain; and the Country 6 TIIE DUTLER F,\MILY IN AMERICA wants every man who can shoulder a musket.' " Is it any wonder that to these grand peopl~ Washington gave the toast, "The Butlers and their five sons?" Our first American ancestors were James ( r) and Thomas ( r) Butler. They were born on the Butler estates in the Parish of Coolkeny, Cou:1ty \Yick1ow, oi Dublin, the former in 1718 and the latter in 1720. Thomas came to America in 1748 with tlme of his sons and settled at Lancaster, Pa. James, so far as we know, clid not come to America but his son, \Villiam, came to this Country i11 1759 and joined his uncle Thomas. John and Thomas, other ~ons oi Ja:i~es, came to Pennsylvania about the same time that their brother William did. Richard, a full cousin, served as an ensign in the Indian war of I 764. Thomas removed to Carlisle, Pa., in T 7Go. :inc! there established a gun-shop. Eight of his children ,._·ere born in this Cot111try, and all bnt one, who died in infancy, grew up ardent Americans. Two daughters of James, Jane and Sarah. joined their 1-elatives in the New ·world and were married in later years. All of these worthy people acted well their parts in the days preceding the outbreak of the Revolution and imbibed in the free air of Pcnnsyl\'ania the principles that made them bravest oi the supporters of George \Vashington in the glorious days of old. James Butler ( 1), oldest of the brothers, was born on his fath­ er's estate in the Parish of Coolkeny, County \Vicklow, Ireland, in :718. He \\'as eJucated in Dublin and was married in 1739. His oldest son, Thumas ( 2), \\'as horn January 2, I 740, in Ireland, and cl:ed in Pennsyh·ania in 1832. His second son, \Villiam (2), _was born in July. 17-J.3, in Ireland, and died 1--Jarch 4, 1839, at Har­ monsburg. Cra\\'forcl Connty, Pa. The third son, John (2), was born in I 743, in Dublin, and <lied in \Villiams County, Ohio, of which he \\a~ 01:e of tl1e pioneers, in 1830. Jane Butler (2), the oldest daughter, was born in 17 47 in Dublin. She was married to William tfali:1.11 after she liad come to this Conn try, and dicc.1 about 1830. Sar:,h B:1tler (2), the youngest daughter, was born in 1749, THIS HOUSE IS STILL STANDING IN CARLISLE, PA. IS THE ONE IN WHICH THOMAS BUTLER ESTABLISHED UIS GUN SHOP IN 1760. THE BUTLER FAMILY I:N' A~1ERICA 9 but unfortunately all known records concerning her have been buried in oblivion. Thomas Butler (I), second of the brothers, was born on the Butler estates in the Parish of Coolkeny, Connty \Vicklow, Irebrnl, April 6, 1720. ]le was t:dm:atcd in Dublin and was 111arric<l Odo­ bcr 26, 1741, to Eleanor Parker, daughter of Anthony Parker, of Carey, County \Vexford, Irelancl.
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