Fred Albert Butler, 18981973 (aged 74 years)

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Fred Albert /Butler/
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Freddie /Butler/
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father
18671914
Birth: April 1867 20 26 Scotts Hill, Decatur Co. TN
Death: December 17, 1914Salem Township, Dunklin Co. MO
mother
18781902
Birth: March 1878 Arkansas
Death: about 1902
Marriage MarriageMay 25, 1891Bloomfield, Stoddard Co. MO
3 years
elder brother
18941972
Birth: July 11, 1894 27 16 Bernie, Stoddard Co. MO
Death: February 8, 1972
4 years
himself
18981973
Birth: June 17, 1898 31 20 St. Francis, Clay Co. AR
Death: January 31, 1973Mt. Vernon, Lawrence Co. MO
Father’s family with Flora Butler
father
18671914
Birth: April 1867 20 26 Scotts Hill, Decatur Co. TN
Death: December 17, 1914Salem Township, Dunklin Co. MO
father’s partner
1894
Birth: February 1894 22 16 Missouri
half-sibling
Father’s family with Cordelia Adair
father
18671914
Birth: April 1867 20 26 Scotts Hill, Decatur Co. TN
Death: December 17, 1914Salem Township, Dunklin Co. MO
stepmother
18651911
Birth: 1865Tennessee
Death: 1911
Marriage MarriageJune 28, 1903Byrds, Dunklin Co. MO
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father
18671914
Birth: April 1867 20 26 Scotts Hill, Decatur Co. TN
Death: December 17, 1914Salem Township, Dunklin Co. MO
stepmother
Marriage Marriageabout 1889
Family with Josie Almeda Carey
himself
18981973
Birth: June 17, 1898 31 20 St. Francis, Clay Co. AR
Death: January 31, 1973Mt. Vernon, Lawrence Co. MO
wife
19071995
Birth: February 20, 1907 Marmaduke, Greene Co. AR
Death: July 27, 1995Rosewood Health Care Center, Belleville, Illinois
Marriage MarriageNovember 17, 1923New Madrid, New Madrid Co. MO
4 years
son
1928
Birth: January 23, 1928 29 20 Mathews, New Madrid Co. MO
23 months
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2 years
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21 months
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2 years
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3 years
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1939
Birth: March 18, 1939 40 32 Mathews, New Madrid Co. MO
Family with Fannie Allen
himself
18981973
Birth: June 17, 1898 31 20 St. Francis, Clay Co. AR
Death: January 31, 1973Mt. Vernon, Lawrence Co. MO
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Shared note

Fred A. Butler Sr. was born at St. Francis, Arkansas on 17 June 1898. He was one of four children born to Noah A. Butler and Anne B. (Jones) Butler.

Josie A. (Carey) Butler was born at Marmaduke, Arkansas on 20 February 1907.
She was the second child of seven born to W.W. Cary and Nancy Meda
(Trantham) Cary. She lived in that area until her family moved to Senath, Mo. in the fall of 1919. It was here that she and Fred became acquainted.

Fred was living near Monette. Arkansas at this time. The Carey's lived in Senath a short time and then moved to Sikeston, Missouri in 1922. They moved in with Zelmer C. Butler for a brief period until they found their own place. Fred and Josie both had a Sikeston address when they married on 17 November 1923 at New Madrid, Missouri. Fred had been married previously to Fannie (Allen) Butler. One child (girl) was born to this union and she died at birth or in infancy.

Their first born child, Fred A. Jr, was born while they lived at a Matthews, Missouri mailing address. It was probably south of Sikeston near the Matthews, Missouri turnoff which is in New Madrid county. Their second born, Sherman E., was born at Sikeston, Missouri where they lived approximately one mile west of town and ran a small dairy farm in Scott county. Prior to
1932 they moved to RFD #3, Matthews, Missouri. Their remaining four sons were born here. Born at this address were Carol M., Jairl A., Bobby R., and Herschel L. Butler. This area is known as Big Ridge and is located approximately five miles southeast of Canalou, Missouri. There were other Butlers' living nearby, namely, Zelmer C. ( A brother), Jessie James (Jake), James Asberry (Ab or Asbury) and Leslie (Les). Jake, Ab and Les were cousins of Fred Sr.

They rented a farm at the Big Ridge location from the Whiffan Estate and the overseer was Herschel Tyre. Walter Bronson and Z. C. Butler also rented from the Whiffan Estate. Fred Sr. and Josie bought a forty acre farm one-half mile East of Dexter, Missouri (Highway 60) in 1942. They also rented additional property here from the McGaughey family. They sold this property in 1954 and bought a eighty acre farm five miles West of Bloomfield, Missouri on Highway J. They still had this farm when Fred Sr. died on 31 January 1973 at Mt. Vernon, Missouri. Josie Butler retained this farm until February 1990. She lived with Sherman and Jean Butler at Poplar Bluff, Missouri for a year or so prior to February, 1990. Herschel L. Butler became her guardian about this time and she moved to Belleville, Illinois. She lived at Rosewood Health Care Center in Belleville, Illinois until her death on 27 July, 1995.