James Russell Butler, 18691943 (aged 73 years)

Name
James Russell /Butler/
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between 1880 and 1900
Source: 1900 census
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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
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Agnes lists that she is the Mother of 10 children with 5 of them living.

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

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

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Source: Census
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License issued Nov. 11, 1912, married at the home of the bride

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Source: Headstone
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Source: Headstone
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James Russell Butler and Sarah Smith Butler
James Russell Butler and Sarah Smith Butler
Death
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Family with parents
father
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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
elder brother
Thompson Christopher Butler (1860 - 1942)
18601942
Birth: May 6, 1860 33 31 Alabama
Death: October 26, 1942Wayne Co. TN
22 months
elder sister
18621936
Birth: February 22, 1862 35 33 Alabama
Death: February 2, 1936
3 years
elder brother
18641900
Birth: about 1864 37 35 Alabama
Death: between 1880 and 1900
5 years
elder sister
18681900
Birth: about 1868 41 39 Alabama
Death: between 1880 and 1900
19 months
himself
James Russell Butler and Sarah Smith Butler
18691943
Birth: July 30, 1869 42 40 Alabama
Death: July 3, 1943Florence, Lauderdale Co. AL
Family with Sarah Jane Smith
himself
James Russell Butler and Sarah Smith Butler
18691943
Birth: July 30, 1869 42 40 Alabama
Death: July 3, 1943Florence, Lauderdale Co. AL
wife
18711943
Birth: May 23, 1871 26 28 Tennessee
Death: November 25, 1943Florence, Lauderdale Co. AL
Marriage MarriageMarch 12, 1890Lauderdale Co. AL
10 months
son
Marriage License - Millard Filmore Butler to Bessie Dee Burns
18911934
Birth: January 17, 1891 21 19 Alabama
Death: January 11, 1934Jacksonburg area, Lauderdale Co. AL
18 months
son
18921961
Birth: July 13, 1892 22 21 Tennessee
Death: November 19, 1961Lauderdale Co. AL
2 years
son
18941957
Birth: August 26, 1894 25 23 Lauderdale Co. AL
Death: January 14, 1957
2 years
son
18961970
Birth: September 10, 1896 27 25 Lauderdale Co. AL
Death: May 6, 1970Franciscan Medical Center, Dayton, Montgomery Co. OH
2 years
daughter
18981900
Birth: October 8, 1898 29 27 Tennessee
Death: August 27, 1900
2 years
daughter
19011951
Birth: January 29, 1901 31 29 Tennessee
Death: December 21, 1951
23 months
son
19021903
Birth: December 28, 1902 33 31
Death: November 30, 1903
2 years
daughter
19051984
Birth: May 4, 1905 35 33 Tennessee
Death: August 28, 1984Florida
3 years
son
19081973
Birth: February 17, 1908 38 36 Tennessee
Death: November 10, 1973
3 years
daughter
19101989
Birth: August 28, 1910 41 39 Alabama
Death: December 14, 1989Stokesdale, Guilford Co. NC
2 years
son
19121913
Birth: December 11, 1912 43 41
Death: March 1, 1913
daughter
19151997
Birth: July 12, 1915 45 44 Lauderdale Co. AL
Death: April 21, 1997
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Source: Headstone
Shared note

The Florence Times, Florence, AL, July 6, 1943, page 2

J. R. BUTLER, 73, IS LAID TO REST

Funeral Services Held on Monday Afternoon

James Russell Butler, aged 73, passed away Saturday midnight, at his home, 511 Stevenson Street, Florence, after a several weeks illness.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Sallie Butler, four sons, Aubry and Westley of Florence, Clarke, of Cloverdale and Pat, of Dayton, O.; four daughters, Mrs. Louis Barnes and Mrs. J. T. Rickard, of Florence; Mrs. Ed Montgomery, of Iron City, Tenn., and Mrs. W. F. Ward[Nard], of Cloverdale, and one sister, Mrs. Frances Handley, of Texarkana, Tex.

The funeral was held Monday at 2 p. m., from the Methodist Church at Crystal Springs in Wayne County, Tenn. with Rev. J. D. Reid, of the Church of the Nazarene, Florence, officiating. Interment was in the adjoining cemetery, Fielder in charge.

Pallbearers were Paul Barnes, F. E. Rickard, R. H. Wilson, Eugene McCluskey, Bill Edwards, Mr. Fortenberry and Mr. Rideout.

Railroad Cemetery by Ed Byler

The real name for the church and cemetery is Pleasant Spring United Methodist Church and Cemetery. Everyone in my family always simply called it Railroad. The church was begun in 1892 when the old Mt. Heber (Whitten's Chapel) Church split in a dispute over an illegitimate child (or so I was told). The land for the church and cemetery was given by Warren Christopher House and his wife Mary Haddock House.

If you are coming from Florence, AL, take AL 17 (Chisholm Road) north from Florence. This changes into TN 13 at the state line. The church and cemetery are located northeast of the intersection of TN 227 (East) with TN 13. You can see both the church and the cemetery from 13, they are just off the highway.

If you are coming through Waynesboro, TN, take TN 13 South through Collinwood then about 13 miles south of Collinwood to the intersection with TN227 East.

The 1880 Lauderdale Co. census shows Belzora, age 12 and Russel, age 9. If this record is correct, they are not twins and Belzora did not die before she was one year old.

Sources compiled by Howard Butler and Jerry Butler, transcribed by Ginny Pitts: Nora Butler Rickard; Delores Rickard Sims.