Lord Butler Sr.
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Lord Nelson Butler Sr. (1761 - 1824)

Gen. Lord Nelson Butler Sr.
Born in Lyme, New London, Connecticutmap
Ancestors ancestors
Brother of [half], [half] and [half]
Husband of — married 30 May 1786 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died at age 62 in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United Statesmap
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Profile last modified | Created 14 Jan 2014
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Biography

Extensive family tree connections can be seen on Find A Grave. [1]

Said to be the first to ship anthracite coal by river and canal from Wilkes Barre (1811).
General Butler was the first sheriff of the county of Luzerne. He was brigadier general of Pennsylvania militia; member of the Supreme Executive Council; prothonotary; clerk of the Orphans' Court and Court of Quarter Sessions; Register of Wills and Recorder of Deeds; was the first postmaster of Wilkes Barre, resigning in 1802 to take his seat in the State Legislature; was a member of the first town council of the borough of Wilkes Barre, president of that body; treasurer of Luzerne county, and county commissioner. He was one of the incorporators of Wilkes-Barre Academy, and a trustee, 1807-1824.
Note: There is an extensive bio of Gen Lord Butler in __ , but it includes nothing on marriage(s) or family. See Google Book p. 510/615[2][3][4]
Children listed in Findagrave [1]
  1. Pierce Butler 1789–1848
  2. Houghton Butler 1791–1807
  3. Sylvina P. Butler Mallery 1794–1824
  4. John Lord Butler 1795–1858
  5. Chester Pierce Butler 1798–1850
  6. Ruth Ann Butler Conyngham 1801–1879
  7. Zebulon Butler 1803–1860
  8. Lord Nelson Butler Jr. 1806–1862

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 12 June 2020), memorial page for Gen Lord Butler (11 Dec 1761–18 Mar 1824), Find A Grave: Memorial #100031785, citing Hollenback Cemetery, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Nan (contributor 46824729) .
  2. Buckingham, Hal, Sketches of Sayre, Butler family trees based on interviews with Harriet Noyes, February, 2008. A pdf file located in Reunion Documents folder.
  3. Author: Jordan, John W., Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania Biography Publication: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., New York, 1916 Volume: Vol. VII Page: p. 2281
  4. History of Wyoming, In a Series of Letters from Charles Miner to His Son William Penn Miner, Esq., Philadelphia, 1845. Copy of an Appendix on Zebulon Butler furnished by Hal Buckingham, June 2007.


Acknowledgement

  • Butler-5492 was created by John McVey through the import of Butler-64.ged on Jan 11, 2014.'




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