Austin Mansfield Butler, 18571918 (aged 61 years)

Name
Austin Mansfield /Butler/
Birth
Birth
Source: 1900 census
Birth of a brother
Death of a paternal grandfather
Source: 1850 Census
Citation details: Shelby Co. AL
Text:

died after 1850 census.

Census
Death of a paternal grandmother
Source: 1860 census
Citation details: Fayette Co. AL
Text:

died after 1860 census

Birth of a sister
Marriage
Citation details: page 14
Text:

Thos Hay, M. G.

Birth of a son
Birth of a daughter
Death of a brother
Source: Headstone
Census
Death of a half-brother
between 1880 and 1900
Death of a half-sister
Death of a father
Birth of a son
Birth of a son
Birth of a daughter
Birth of a daughter
Census
Birth of a daughter
Death of a daughter
Birth of a daughter
Marriage of a daughter
Citation details: 44
Text:

W. R. Brasher, J. P.

Birth of a son
Death of a half-brother
Death of a mother
Birth of a daughter
Census
Birth of a daughter
Death of a daughter
Birth of a daughter
Death of a half-brother
Marriage of a daughter
Citation details: 8
Text:

J. E. James, M. G.

Marriage of a son
Citation details: 14
Text:

A. G. Barnes, M.G.

Burial of a father
Burial of a mother
Death
April 19, 1918 (aged 61 years)
Source: Headstone
Citation details: Ivey Cemetery
Text:

"1859-1918, Father"

Burial
Family with parents
father
Land Patent
18131900
Birth: about 1813 27 21 probably Elbert Co. GA
Death: between 1891 and 1900Decatur Co. TN
mother
Amanda Bishop Butler
18281910
Birth: September 1828Alabama
Death: between 1900 and 1910Decatur Co. TN
Marriage MarriageAugust 1, 1854Coosa Co. AL
-3 years
elder sister
18511936
Birth: February 11, 1851 38 22 Coosa Co. AL
Death: April 15, 1936District 4, Decatur Co. TN
4 years
elder brother
18551920
Birth: July 2, 1855 42 26 Alabama
Death: August 2, 1920Decatur Co. TN
19 months
himself
18571918
Birth: January 21, 1857 44 28 Walker Co. AL
Death: April 19, 1918Decatur Co. TN
3 years
younger brother
18591889
Birth: December 23, 1859 46 31 Walker Co. AL
Death: February 18, 1889Decatur Co. TN
2 years
younger sister
18621944
Birth: January 8, 1862 49 33 Tuscumbia, Franklin Co. AL (now Colbert Co. AL)
Death: October 27, 1944Memphis, Shelby Co. TN
Father’s family with Sarah Crawford
father
Land Patent
18131900
Birth: about 1813 27 21 probably Elbert Co. GA
Death: between 1891 and 1900Decatur Co. TN
father’s partner
18151854
Birth: about 1815 45 South Carolina
Death: between 1852 and 1854Winston Co. MS
half-brother
18371900
Birth: about 1837 24 22 Alabama
Death: between 1880 and 1900
4 years
half-brother
18401916
Birth: September 3, 1840 27 25 Alabama
Death: August 13, 1916Paragould, Greene Co. AR
4 years
half-sister
1844
Birth: about 1844 31 29 Alabama
3 years
half-brother
James M. "Jimmy" Butler (1846 - 1907)
18461907
Birth: June 1846 33 31 Alabama
Death: before 1907St. Francis, Clay Co. AR
4 years
half-sister
18491896
Birth: about 1849 36 34 Winston Co. MS
Death: before 1896
21 months
half-brother
1850
Birth: September 1850 37 35 Winston Co. MS
2 years
half-brother
18521924
Birth: October 8, 1852 39 37 Winston Co. MS
Death: June 19, 1924District 6, Crockett Co. TN
Family with Millie Alice Ivey
himself
18571918
Birth: January 21, 1857 44 28 Walker Co. AL
Death: April 19, 1918Decatur Co. TN
wife
18671947
Birth: September 20, 1867 36 28 Tennessee
Death: May 3, 1947Bonnie Keeton home, Decatur Co. TN
Marriage MarriageFebruary 4, 1883Decatur Co. TN
son
son
18851965
Birth: December 28, 1885 28 18 Decatur Co. TN
Death: November 4, 1965Decatur Co. TN
20 months
daughter
18871972
Birth: August 1887 30 19 Decatur Co. TN
Death: 1972Dyer Co. TN
5 years
son
18921968
Birth: July 26, 1892 35 24 Bath Springs, Decatur Co. TN
Death: August 29, 1968Jackson Madison County Hospital, Madison Co. TN
3 years
daughter
18951979
Birth: February 13, 1895 38 27 Decatur Co. TN
Death: February 26, 1979
3 years
daughter
18971902
Birth: October 1897 40 30
Death: about 1902
3 years
daughter
19001983
Birth: May 9, 1900 43 32 Decatur Co. TN
Death: May 23, 1983Hospital, Sikeston, MO
3 years
daughter
19031990
Birth: January 29, 1903 46 35 Decatur Co. TN
Death: April 1, 1990Memphis, TN
3 years
son
19051981
Birth: December 20, 1905 48 38 Decatur Co. TN
Death: May 22, 1981Decaturville, Decatur Co. TN
4 years
daughter
19091989
Birth: November 1, 1909 52 42 Decatur Co. TN
Death: March 29, 1989Decatur Co. TN
6 months
daughter
3 years
daughter
19132001
Birth: July 5, 1913 56 45 Bath Springs, Decatur Co. TN
Death: April 27, 2001Jackson-Madison County General Hospital, Jackson, Madison Co. TN
Birth
Birth
Source: 1900 census
Marriage
Citation details: page 14
Text:

Thos Hay, M. G.

Death
Source: Headstone
Citation details: Ivey Cemetery
Text:

"1859-1918, Father"

Shared note

Austin Butler was born in Walker Co. AL in 1858. He was born on land acquired through a land patent purchased by his father, James M. Butler. The family lived in Walker County a short time before moving on in 1861 to northern Alabama. Austin's youngest sister Virgie was born near Tuscumbia in 1862.

By 1870, the family had made its way to Decatur Co. TN. Austin's step sister, George Anna Bishop was married in Decatur County in 1871. Family tradition is that the family was on its way west to Arkansas and stopped along the way in Decatur County and decided to stay. In 1876, Austin, along with his brothers Columbus and Patrick, borrow money from Davy, Torbit & Co. of Point Pleasant to finance their cotton crop on rented land in Decatur County. Austin's oldest half brother, Thomas, is found living in Decatur County in the 1880 census. Austin's half brother, John Wesley and half sister, Sarah Emily, are found in southeast Missouri in 1880. Austin's half brother, James M. is found in Madison Co. TN in 1880. John, Sarah and James all later move to northeast Arkansas.

In 1883, Austin married Millie Alice Ivey, daughter of John Jasper Ivey and Mary Ellender Orr. The Ivey and Orr families were well established in Decatur County when the Butler family arrived around 1870. Austin and Millie did not own any land but were farmers in Decatur County and worked hard to provide for their 10 surviving children. The family lived at several different places in Decatur County. In the early 1900's, they lived on the Ed Renfroe Road near the Mt. Nebo Methodist Church. Austin worked for a while as a "mule skinner" at a mule powered cotton gin that was located near the Red House Inn and owned by W. H. Martin. Austin had the reputation of being able to tame any hard to handle mule by working them on the cotton gin. Local farmers would bring their mules to Austin for encouragement of a more productive disposition. In 1908, a large hail storm struck the area, destroying the roof of the Mt. Nebo Church. Family tradition has it that several roosting chickens were killed in the trees by this hail storm at the nearby Butler home.

Later, the family lived at the Lacy place near Campground Church and off Pritchard Lane between Utah Community and Decaturville. Pritchard Lane was flooded when Kentucky Lake was constructed on the Tennessee River. Austin died in 1918 at home off Pritchard Lane. Local newspapers record the winter of 1917-1918 as one of the coldest and having one of the heaviest snow falls of record. After his death, the family carried his body by mule and wagon to the Ivey Cemetery for burial. This was a long day's journey on the poor roads at that time. Alice continued to live in Decatur County until 1947 when she died leaving a legacy of 31 grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren and one great-great grandchild. Alice is buried beside Austin at the Ivey Cemetery.

Sources: William Carl Butler, Jr., Lela Butler Keeton, Margie Blount Smith, Carolyn Butler Flanagan, Betty Butler Maness, The History of Decatur County, Past and Present, Lillye Younger, 1977, Carter Publishing Company, Southhaven, Mississippi, page 96.