Born in Muskingum, Ohio, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Samuel Gist
[uncertain]
and Sarah (Baxter) Gist
[uncertain]
Wife of
Harrison Butler
— married
14 Apr 1839 in Muskingum County Ohio
Descendants 
Died
at age 73
in West Union, Fayette, Iowa, United States
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Biography
1819 BIRTH
Name: Amanda Gist [1]
Birth: 25 April 1819 [1]
Place: Muskingum County, Ohio [1]
Father: Samuel Gist
Mother: Sarah Baxter
1839 MARRIAGE
Amanda Gist and Harrison Butler married 14 April 1839 in Muskingum County, Ohio. [2][3][4][5]
"...At the age of twenty-four [Harrison] chose as a helpmate on life's journey Miss Amanda Gist, their marriage being celebrated on April 14, 1839. She was born in Muskingum County, April 25, 1819, but her people were from Maryland and Virginia..." [1]
They had ten children:[2]
- Ary Ann Butler Blunt
- Mary Elizabeth (Butler) Finch
- Absolom Butler
- Sarah Elizabeth (Butler) Hough
- Joseph Butler
- Ella Butler
- George Butler
- John D. Butler
- Edwin "Eddie" Butler
- William H Butler
1840 US Census
Falls Township, Muskingum, Ohio [6]
Move from Ohio to Wisconsin Territory to Iowa
Harrison and Amanda spent four years in the Buckeye State and then removed in 1843 to Greene County, Wisconsin Territory, where they remained for seven years. [1][7][8]
Mr. Butler always kept ahead of the railroads and in the spring of 1850 came to Iowa, claiming the land on which he now resides..." [1][7][9]
"...It was entirely unimproved but had a fine spring and grove upon it, and with his usual foresight he saw that by cultivation it would make a fine farm and after years have verified his prediction. He claimed the land on the 7th of June, 1849, purchasing it when it came into market and moved his family there on in the spring of 1850..."[1]
They " built a cabin in which they lived until 1855. then they built the house they now occupy. Harrison is one of the oldest setters in Westfield Twp, and the county..." [7]
Amanda and Harrison Butler farmed in Section 5 and sections 3,6, and 9 in Westfield Township, located between the towns of West Union and Fayette.[10][11]
Harrison and Amanda were "faithful and consistent members of the Baptist Church, in which he has been a local preacher for more than a third of a century. "[1]
1850 US Census
Fayette County, Iowa [12]
- Harrison Butler, 34, b Ohio
- Amanda Butler, 31, b Ohio
- Amana Butler, 10, b Ohio
- Mary E Butler, 6, b Ohio
- Absolom Butler, 5, b Wisconsin
- Sarah E Butler, 2, b Wisconsin
- Joseph Butler, 0, b Wisconsin
1856 Iowa Census
Westfield, Fayette, Iowa[13]
- Harrison Butler, 40, b Ohio, farmer
- Amanda Butler, 37, b Ohio
- Arian Butler, 16, b Ohio
- Mary Eliza Butler, 13, b Ohio
- Absolem Butler, 10, b Wisconsin
- Sarah E Butler, 8, b Wisconsin
- Joseph Butler, 6, b Wisconsin
- George Butler, 3, b Iowa
1860 US Census
Westfield Township, Fayette, Iowa [14]
- Harrison Butler, 45, b Ohio, farmer
- Amanda Butler, 41, b Ohio
- Mary E Butler, 17, b Ohio
- Absolem Butler, 14, b Ohio
- Sarah E Butler, 12, b Ohio
- Joseph Buttler 10, b Wisconsin
- George Buttler, 7, b Iowa
- John Buttler,3, b Iowa
- John Gist, 31, b Ohio, farm laborer
1870 US Census
Westfield Township, Fayette, Iowa [15]
- Hiram Buttler [Harrison Butler], 54, b Ohio, farmer
- Amanda Buttler, 52, b Ohio
- Joseph Buttler, 20, b Wisconsin, helping on farm
- Sarah Buttler, 22, b Wisconsin
- Geo Buttler, 18, b Iowa
- John Buttler, 13, b Iowa
- William Buttler, 8, b Iowa
1880 US Census
Westfield Township, Fayette, Iowa [16]
1891 Death of husband Harrison Butler
Harrison died 29 August 1891 at his home as the result of injuries received in the wreck on the B.C.R. & N. Railway. [17][18]
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1892 DEATH AND BURIAL
Amanda Butler died 9 November 1892 in West Union, Fayette County, Iowa; burial in West Union Cemetery, West Union, Fayette County, Iowa.[19][20]
Amanda Butler Obituary
- Mrs. Harrison Butler, whose death we mentioned last week, as having occurred at West Union, was an old resident of the county. She was married to her husband, Harrison Butler, April 14, 1839, and came to this county with him in 1850. Her husband died about a year ago. Six children, two daughters and four sons survive their parents, being Mrs. Mary E. Finch and Mrs. Sarah E. Hough, of Oran township, and Joseph, George, John D. and William H. Butler, all residents of this county. [2]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Portrait & Biographical Album of Fayette County Iowa, Lake City Publishing Co., Chicago, March 1891 Harrison Butler Biography, page 170 [1]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Oelwein Register, November 17, 1892, Amanda Butler obituary
- ↑ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDGP-QQ7 : 26 August 2019), Harison Butler and Amanda Gist, 14 Apr 1839; citing Marriage, Muskingum, Ohio, United States, p159, Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.
- ↑ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2QQ5-RTT : 26 August 2019), Harison Butler and Amanda Gist, 14 Apr 1839; citing Marriage, Muskingum, Ohio, United States, , Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.
- ↑ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDGP-QQW : 26 August 2019), Harison Butler and Amanda Gist, 14 Apr 1839; citing Marriage, Muskingum, Ohio, United States, p159, Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRJ-S2C : 16 August 2017), Harrison Butler, Falls Township, Muskingum, Ohio, United States; citing p. 304, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 418; FHL microfilm 20,173.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 The History of Fayette County, Iowa, Western Historical Company, 1878, page 687, Harrison Butler biography, Westfield Township, Section 5 [2]
- ↑ US Department of the Interior; Bureau of Land Management - General Land Office Records (BLM_GLO);
Patent: Harrison Butler, 1 May 1845, Green County, Wisconsin, 40 acres
Patent: Harrison Butler, 1 Apr 1848, Green County, Wisconsin, 40 acres [3] - ↑ US Department of the Interior; Bureau of Land Management - General Land Office Records (BLM_GLO);
Patent: Harrison Butler, 1 Aug 1851, Fayette County, Iowa, 174.87 acres
Patent: Harrison Butler, 15 Jun 1854, Fayette County, Iowa, 40 acres [4] - ↑ Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records (BLM-GLO), https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx Military Warrant: Patentee: Harrison Butler, Patentee: Frederica Stineshower, Warrantee: John Robenstein;Issue Date: 8/1/1851;Document: 63774; Accession #: MW-1068-393; Total Acres:174.87; Fayette County, Iowa; Township-Range: 093N - 008SE; Section 5, E½NW¼; Section 5, W½NE¼. / State Volume ; Patentee: Harrison Butler; Issue Date: 6/15/1854; Document #: 16435; Accession #: IA1330__.174; Total Acres:40.00; Fayette County, Iowa ; Township-Range: 093N - 008W; Section 3, SW¼SW¼
- ↑ Butler Genealogy, Fayette County, Iowa http://www.iowaz.info/surname/butler.htm
- ↑ 1850; Census Place: Fayette, Iowa; Roll: M432_184; Page: 133B; Image: 10 Source Information Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
- ↑ Ancestry.com. Iowa, U.S., State Census Collection, 1836-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007.[5]
- ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8LS-RVH : 13 December 2017), Amanda Butler in entry for Harrison Butler, 1860.
- ↑ 1870; Census Place: Westfield, Fayette, Iowa; Roll: M593_391; Page: 166A; Family History Library Film: 545890 Source Information Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.'
- ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD2D-71Z : 14 August 2017), Amanda Butler in household of Harrison Butler, Westfield, Fayette, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district ED 209, sheet 212A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,340.
- ↑ A West Union newspaper, West Union, Iowa, 4 September 1891, Harrison Butler obituary
- ↑ Unknown newspaper obituary, 4 Sep 1891, "Elder Harrison Butler Dead"
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39244950/amanda-butler: accessed 05 October 2022), memorial page for Amanda Gist Butler (25 Apr 1819–9 Nov 1892), Find a Grave Memorial ID 39244950, citing West Union Cemetery, West Union, Fayette County, Iowa, USA; Maintained by Mary Montoya (contributor 47206962) .
- ↑ Ancestry.com. Iowa, Cemetery Records, 1662-1999 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Original data: Works Project Administration. Graves Registration Project. Washington, D.C.: n.p., n.d..[Amanda Butler, Birth Date:1819; Death Date:9 Nov 1892; Age:73; Burial Location:W Union, Fayette; Cemetery:West Union; General Burial Info:lot 14; Source:Grave Records of Fayette County, Iowa; Page Number:26]
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