William Ward Butler, 1852–1924?> (aged 71 years)
- Name
- William Ward /Butler/
- Nickname
- Billy
Birth
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Source: Headstone
Text: Supreme Woodman of the World |
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Death of a paternal grandfather
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Source: 1850 Census
Citation details: Shelby Co. AL Text: died after 1850 census. |
Marriage of a parent
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Source: Marriage License, Coosa Co. AL
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Death of a mother
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Birth of a half-brother
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Birth of a half-brother
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Source: Death Certificate
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Birth of a half-brother
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Source: 1900 census
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Birth of a half-brother
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Death of a paternal grandmother
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Source: 1860 census
Citation details: Fayette Co. AL Text: died after 1860 census |
Birth of a half-sister
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Marriage
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Citation details: 14 Text: Geo Harrell, M. G. |
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Occupation
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Death of a brother
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Birth of a daughter
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Death of a daughter
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Source: Headstone
Text: "Dau. of Rev. W. W. & M. E. Butler" |
Death of a wife
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Marriage
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Citation details: 14 Text: J. G. Burks, M. G. |
Marriage
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Source: Family Bible
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Birth of a daughter
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Death of a daughter
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Birth of a daughter
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Death of a daughter
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Source: Headstone
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Birth of a daughter
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Death of a half-brother
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Source: Headstone
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Birth of a daughter
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Death of a father
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Birth of a son
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Death of a daughter
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Death of a daughter
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Source: Headstone
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Census
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Death of a son
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Birth of a son
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Marriage of a son
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Citation details: 14 Text: J. B. Jones, J. P. |
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Death of a daughter
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Marriage of a son
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Text: Jan 1900 - May 1923, Copyright 2000 by Natalie Huntley(NHuntley@aol.com) |
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Residence
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Death of a half-brother
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Source: Headstone
Citation details: Ivey Cemetery Text: "1859-1918, Father" |
Death of a half-brother
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Source: Headstone
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Marriage of a son
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Burial of a son
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Burial of a father
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Death
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Burial
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father |
1813–1900
Birth: about 1813
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— probably Elbert Co. GA Death: between 1891 and 1900 — Decatur Co. TN |
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mother |
1815–1854
Birth: about 1815
45
— South Carolina Death: between 1852 and 1854 — Winston Co. MS |
elder brother |
1837–1900
Birth: about 1837
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— Alabama Death: between 1880 and 1900 |
4 years
elder brother |
1840–1916
Birth: September 3, 1840
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— Alabama Death: August 13, 1916 — Paragould, Greene Co. AR |
4 years
elder sister |
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3 years
elder brother |
1846–1907
Birth: June 1846
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— Alabama Death: before 1907 — St. Francis, Clay Co. AR |
4 years
elder sister |
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21 months
elder brother |
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2 years
himself |
1852–1924
Birth: October 8, 1852
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— Winston Co. MS Death: June 19, 1924 — District 6, Crockett Co. TN |
father |
1813–1900
Birth: about 1813
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— probably Elbert Co. GA Death: between 1891 and 1900 — Decatur Co. TN |
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stepmother |
1828–1910
Birth: September 1828
— Alabama Death: between 1900 and 1910 — Decatur Co. TN |
Marriage | Marriage — August 1, 1854 — Coosa Co. AL |
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1851–1936
Birth: February 11, 1851
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— Coosa Co. AL Death: April 15, 1936 — District 4, Decatur Co. TN |
4 years
half-brother |
1855–1920
Birth: July 2, 1855
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— Alabama Death: August 2, 1920 — Decatur Co. TN |
19 months
half-brother |
1857–1918
Birth: January 21, 1857
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— Walker Co. AL Death: April 19, 1918 — Decatur Co. TN |
3 years
half-brother |
1859–1889
Birth: December 23, 1859
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— Walker Co. AL Death: February 18, 1889 — Decatur Co. TN |
2 years
half-sister |
1862–1944
Birth: January 8, 1862
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— Tuscumbia, Franklin Co. AL (now Colbert Co. AL) Death: October 27, 1944 — Memphis, Shelby Co. TN |
himself |
1852–1924
Birth: October 8, 1852
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— Winston Co. MS Death: June 19, 1924 — District 6, Crockett Co. TN |
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wife |
1866–1936
Birth: October 13, 1866
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— Decatur Co. TN Death: February 19, 1936 — Crockett Co. TN |
Marriage | Marriage — November 2, 1882 — Decatur Co. TN |
Marriage | Marriage — November 15, 1882 — Dunbar, Decatur Co. TN |
2 years
daughter |
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20 months
son |
1886–1947
Birth: June 17, 1886
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— Scotts Hill, Henderson Co. TN Death: August 7, 1947 — Memphis, Shelby Co. TN |
2 years
daughter |
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17 months
daughter |
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15 months
son |
1891–1964
Birth: March 8, 1891
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— Scotts Hill, TN Death: July 24, 1964 |
2 years
son |
1893–1970
Birth: July 28, 1893
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— Tennessee Death: January 25, 1970 |
17 months
son |
1894–1924
Birth: December 25, 1894
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— Scotts Hill, Decatur Co. TN Death: June 6, 1924 — Bells, Crockett Co. TN |
4 years
son |
1898–1955
Birth: July 18, 1898
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— Tennessee Death: September 8, 1955 |
19 months
son |
1900–1900
Birth: January 30, 1900
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— Tennessee Death: August 20, 1900 |
3 years
son |
1902–1985
Birth: September 1, 1902
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— Scotts Hill, Henderson Co. TN Death: March 26, 1985 — Lexington, Henderson Co. TN |
3 years
daughter |
1906–1911
Birth: January 7, 1906
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39
Death: October 30, 1911 — Crockett Co. TN |
himself |
1852–1924
Birth: October 8, 1852
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— Winston Co. MS Death: June 19, 1924 — District 6, Crockett Co. TN |
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Marriage | Marriage — December 4, 1877 — Decatur Co. TN |
10 months
son |
1878–1945
Birth: September 17, 1878
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— Decatur Co. TN Death: November 30, 1945 — Lexington, Henderson Co. TN |
21 months
daughter |
Birth |
Source: Headstone
Text: Supreme Woodman of the World |
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Marriage |
Citation details: 14 Text: Geo Harrell, M. G. |
Marriage |
Citation details: 14 Text: J. G. Burks, M. G. |
Marriage |
Source: Family Bible
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Shared note
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William Ward Butler was born in 1852 in Winston Co. MS as the seventh child of James M. Butler and Sarah Crawford. Billy's Mother died shortly after his birth. In 1857, Billy moved with his father and step-mother Amanda Bishop to Walker Co. AL to live on a land patent purchased by her father. In 1861, Billy moved with the family to northern Alabama. By 1870, Billy had moved to Decatur Co. TN along with his parents and several siblings. Billy married Martha Stanfill in Decatur Co. TN in 1877. They had one surviving son, Elbert Eldest Butler and a daughter Alice who died shortly after birth and is buried at the Sardis Cemetery. E. E. Butler finished a scientific course at Scotts Hill College, and was one of the first rural mail carriers in Scotts Hill, TN. He later entered the grocery business in Lexington, TN and continued in this business for 25 years. Martha died shortly after Alice's birth in 1880 and is probably buried at the Sardis Cemetery in Henderson Co. TN. Billy married the orphan, Eliza Julita Edwards in 1882 in Decatur Co. TN. Billy and Eliza had eleven children - Sallie, William Festus, Mary Louise, Nora, Joseph Lewis, Robert L., John T., George Washington, James Ernest, Charles Paul and Thelma Inez. Sallie, Nora and James died young and are buried at the Scotts Hill Methodist Cemetery in Scotts Hill, Tennessee. Billy was a farmer and lay preacher/evangelist in the Scotts Hill area starting in the 1870's. He preached at the early Scotts Hill Methodist Church. He was admitted to the Lexington District of the Memphis Conference on trial in 1889 and discontinued from trial in 1891. He remained a lay preacher associated with the Scotts Hill mission and performed several marriages in Decatur Co. between 1890 and 1907. By 1910, Billy and Eliza had moved their family to Crockett Co. where Billy continued to work as a farmer and serve as a lay preacher for the Methodist Church. Their daughter Thelma died at age five in Crockett Co. in 1911 and was returned by a horse drawn hearse to be buried at the Scotts Hill Methodist Cemetery in Decatur Co. TN. From 1911 to 1914, Billy was assigned to the Gadsden Circuit of the Brownsville District of the Methodist Church. From 1915 to 1924, he was assigned to the Alamo Circuit of the Brownsville District. Billy had a sad ending to his life. Billy's son, John T., ended his life and two others in a tragic murder-suicide in 1924. Billy died within two weeks of this tragic episode and is buried at the Belleview Cemetery in Crockett Co. TN. Billy's many descendants include teachers, merchants, pubic servants and a variety of business people who were all productive and successful members of society. From The History of Scotts Hill, Tennessee, Gordon H. Turner, Sr., (Carter Printing Company, Southaven, Mississippi, 1977): Methodists erected a meeting house and began worship across the road from present Bethel Cemetery. It was called the Bethel Methodist Church and whether the church or the cemetery came first may never be known. The church dates from about 1843. The Bethel Methodist church was well organized and growing before the Civil War. After the war, more and more people were moving into the little town proper. About 1885 Bethel Methodists erected a frame meeting house on the site of the present building donated by Edd Austin and the congregation moved to meet and worship there. Other early Methodist membership names -- individuals or families -- before and since 1900, included: Tom and George Smith, Nat Huggins, Dr. W. B. Keeton, the Bagbys, Brights, Davidsons, Austins, McCollums, Waltons, Whites, Butlers and others. In 1943-44 a pretty concrete block building replaced the worn and leaning frame house. The Pastor, John P. Murphy, worked mightily also with his hands, assisted much by Dee McCollum, Jim S. Walton and others. Other well-known preachers and leaders through the years were: Billy Butler, O. H. Lafferty, and the Treadwells, Flatts, Gilliams, etc. Marriages performed by William W. Butler in Decatur Co. TN The archives of the Memphis Conference of the United Methodist Church indicate that William W. Butler was admitted to the Lexington District of the Memphis Conference on trial in 1889 and discontinued in 1891. In 1911, he was listed as a local preacher in the Memphis conference. Minutes of the Fiftieth Annual Session of the Memphis Conference of the M. E. Church, South 1889 Minutes of the Fifty-First Annual Session of the Memphis Conference of the M. E. Church, South 1890 Minutes of the Fifty-First Annual Session of the Memphis Conference of the M. E. Church, South 1891 DIRECTORY OF LOCAL PREACHERS. 1911 MEMPHIS CONFERENCE YEAR BOOK 1921 Funeral of Rev. W. W. Butler Compiled by Jerry Butler, source: Mary Butler Curry. |
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