Thompson Christopher Butler, 18601942 (aged 82 years)

Thompson Christopher Butler (1860 - 1942)
Name
Thompson Christopher /Butler/
Birth
Residence
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
Birth of a brother
Birth of a sister
Birth of a brother
Census
Marriage
Citation details: 14
Text:

J. J. Lancaster

Census
Death of a sister
Death of a brother
between 1880 and 1900
Source: 1900 census
Text:

Agnes lists that she is the mother of 10 children with 5 currently living.

Death of a sister
between 1880 and 1900
Source: 1900 census
Text:

Agnes lists that she is the Mother of 10 children with 5 of them living.

Birth of a son
Birth of a son
Birth of a son
Birth of a son
Birth of a son
Birth of a daughter
Birth of a son
Census
Birth of a son
Death of a wife
Source: Headstone
Death of a mother
Source: Headstone
Text:

Wife of P. H. Butler, "Sleep on sweet mother and take thy rest. God called thee home, he thought it best."

Marriage
Text:

married by W. H. Gean.

Birth of a son
Birth of a son
Death of a father
Source: Headstone
Text:

"He was a kind and affectionate husband, a fond father, and a friend to all."

Census
Marriage of a son
Citation details: 14
Text:

W. R. Brasher, J. P.

Marriage of a son
Marriage of a son
Citation details: 14
Text:

A. E. Doyle, M. G.

Marriage of a daughter
Census
Census
Marriage of a son
Death of a sister
Death of a sister
Source: Headstone
Marriage of a son
Burial of a father
Burial of a mother
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Thompson Christopher Butler (1860 - 1942)
Thompson Christopher Butler (1860 - 1942)
Death
October 26, 1942 (aged 82 years)
Source: Headstone
Burial
Family with parents
father
Headstone
18261908
Birth: August 12, 1826 40 34 Shelby Co. AL
Death: May 18, 1908Wayne Co. TN
mother
18281903
Birth: August 14, 1828 Alabama
Death: March 22, 1903
Marriage Marriageabout 1848
Marriage MarriageOctober 1, 1850Marshall Co. TN
5 years
elder sister
18521935
Birth: September 21, 1852 29 29 Coosa Co. AL
Death: April 11, 1935Corinth, Alcorn Co. MS
2 years
elder sister
18541944
Birth: October 12, 1854 28 26 Alabama
Death: January 22, 1944
2 years
elder sister
18561893
Birth: about 1856 29 27 Alabama
Death: between 1880 and 1893
2 years
elder sister
18571942
Birth: December 30, 1857 31 29 Fayette Co. AL
Death: November 8, 1942Savannah, Hardin Co. TN
2 years
himself
Thompson Christopher Butler (1860 - 1942)
18601942
Birth: May 6, 1860 33 31 Alabama
Death: October 26, 1942Wayne Co. TN
22 months
younger sister
18621936
Birth: February 22, 1862 35 33 Alabama
Death: February 2, 1936
3 years
younger brother
18641900
Birth: about 1864 37 35 Alabama
Death: between 1880 and 1900
5 years
younger sister
18681900
Birth: about 1868 41 39 Alabama
Death: between 1880 and 1900
19 months
younger brother
James Russell Butler and Sarah Smith Butler
18691943
Birth: July 30, 1869 42 40 Alabama
Death: July 3, 1943Florence, Lauderdale Co. AL
Family with Mary Huldee Hay
himself
Thompson Christopher Butler (1860 - 1942)
18601942
Birth: May 6, 1860 33 31 Alabama
Death: October 26, 1942Wayne Co. TN
wife
18631900
Birth: January 25, 1863 23 24 Tennessee
Death: May 1, 1900
Marriage MarriageJanuary 22, 1884Decatur Co. TN
11 months
son
18841962
Birth: December 28, 1884 24 21 Decatur Co. TN
Death: 1962
3 years
son
18881953
Birth: March 31, 1888 27 25 Decatur Co. TN
Death: January 20, 1953Obion Co. TN
2 years
son
18901973
Birth: August 7, 1890 30 27 Decatur Co. TN
Death: May 19, 1973
4 years
son
18941966
Birth: July 25, 1894 34 31 Decatur Co. TN
Death: June 11, 1966
23 months
daughter
18961980
Birth: June 28, 1896 36 33 Decatur Co. TN
Death: December 21, 1980
3 years
son
19001966
Birth: March 7, 1900 39 37 Decatur Co. TN
Death: October 20, 1966Texarkana, Bowie Co. TX
Family with Nancy Wade Stricklin
himself
Thompson Christopher Butler (1860 - 1942)
18601942
Birth: May 6, 1860 33 31 Alabama
Death: October 26, 1942Wayne Co. TN
wife
18671955
Birth: March 27, 1867 41 33 Tennessee
Death: October 5, 1955
Marriage MarriageJuly 24, 1904Wayne Co. TN
10 months
son
Wade and Earl, sons of Thompson C. Butler
19051982
Birth: May 18, 1905 45 38 Wayne Co. TN
Death: 1982
23 months
son
19071958
Birth: April 9, 1907 46 40 Wayne Co. TN
Death: July 6, 1958
Francis Edward Morrow + Nancy Wade Stricklin
wife’s husband
18651902
Birth: July 24, 1865Tennessee
Death: September 1, 1902
wife
18671955
Birth: March 27, 1867 41 33 Tennessee
Death: October 5, 1955
Marriage MarriageJuly 20, 1884
8 months
stepson
18851941
Birth: March 19, 1885 19 17 Tennessee
Death: 1941Lauderdale Co. AL
4 years
stepdaughter
18891889
Birth: April 4, 1889 23 22
Death: December 29, 1889
4 years
stepdaughter
1893
Birth: July 15, 1893 27 26 Wayne Co. TN
3 years
stepdaughter
18961973
Birth: September 5, 1896 31 29 Hardin Co. TN
Death: April 2, 1973
Marriage
Citation details: 14
Text:

J. J. Lancaster

Marriage
Text:

married by W. H. Gean.

Death
Source: Headstone
Shared note

Family stories refer to Thompson as a "Little Black Dutch" because of his short stature and his dark complexion.

There are many theories about who the Black Dutch were. The one that seems to be the most accepted is that it is not "Dutch" as in those of Dutch descent, but Deutsche as in of German descent. A similar name is the Pennsylvania Dutch which are actually of German descent. The theory is that the Black Dutch are descended from the Germans that live in the Black Forest. This area of Germany was at one time much larger than it is now and the inhabitants are much darker than other Germans.

Wayne County News, Friday Nov. 13, 1942, page 2

T.C. Butler, 62, died at his home at Lutts. Monday Oct 26 after suffering a stroke of paralysis. He was a retired farmer and member of the Methodist church. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon from the Methodist church by B.J. Cantrell of Waynesboro and burial followed in the church cemetery. A daughter Ms. W.H. Lindsey of Lawrenceburg survives.

A second obituary for Thompson C. Butler was hand written by Mary Ethel Campfield Butler on November 18, 1942, 23 days after Thompson's death. It is not known if this obituary was ever published.

Compiled by Jerry Butler, source: Ruby Butler Asher, Ruth Stricklin Fuqua, William Carl Butler, Jr., Peggy Stricklin Pentecost, John Russell Butler, Stanley Mark Butler.

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Thompson Christopher Butler (1860 - 1942)
Thompson Christopher Butler (1860 - 1942)