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Jesse Butler (abt. 1831 - 1890)

Jesse Butler
Born about in Vermilion, Illinois, United Statesmap [uncertain]
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Died at about age 58 in West Union Township, Fayette, Iowa, United Statesmap
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Biography

1831 Birth
Jesse Butler was born about 31 August 1831 [1]in Vermilion County, Illinois, [2][3][4][5][6][7]the son of Sarah Blunt and Nicholas Butler.[8]

Siblings

  1. Roxena (Butler) Smith (1830-1906) b Ohio[9][4]
  2. Jesse Butler (1831-1890) b Illinois [9][4]
  3. Charles Butler (1834 - bef 1850) b Illinois [9]
  4. Achsah (Butler) Cullins (1836-1881) b Illinois [9][4][10]
  5. Mary Ellen (Butler) Smith (1838-1916) b Illinois [9][4][10]
  6. Deborah Butler (1840 - bef 1850) b Wisconsin
  7. Abigail "Abey" (Butler) Cullins b Wisconsin (1841-1923) [4][10]
  8. Henry Butler (1845-1865) b Wisconsin [4][10]
  9. Nicholas W Butler(1847-1917) b Wisconsin [4][10]
  10. Jacob Lane Butler(1850 -1899) b Wisconsin [4][10]
  11. Barton "Bart" Butler(1852-1931) b Iowa[10]

Move from Illinois to Wisconsin Territory
They moved from Vermilion County, Illinois to Green County, Wisconsin Territory in 1839.[11][12] Green County was created in 1837 from the Wisconsin Territory.[13][14]

1840 US Census
Green, Wisconsin Territory [9]

7 free white persons in Nicholas Butler household
2 Males aged 5-10 (Jesse, Charles)
1 Male aged 40-50 (Nicholas)
2 Females under 8 (Achsah, Mary Ellen)
1 Female aged 10-15 (Roxanna)
1 Female aged 30-40 (Sarah)

Nicholas Butler purchased 80 acres in Green County in April 1848.[15]
Wisconsin became the 30th state on 29 May 1848.[14]

1850 US Census
Monroe, Green, Wisconsin[4]

Nicholas Butler, 52, b Maryland, farmer
Sarah Butler, 41, b Ohio
Roxena Butler, 20, b Ohio
Jessee Butler, 17, b Ohio
Axie Butler, 13, b Illinois
Mary E Butler, 12, b Illinois
Aba Butler, 8, b Wisconsin
Henry Butler, 5, b Wisconsin
Nicholas Butler, 2, b Wisconsin
Jacob Butler, 0, b Wisconsin

Move from Wisconsin to Iowa
In late 1850 [16] or 1851, the Butlers left for Iowa where Nicholas Butler farmed 100 acres
in sections 11 and 12 in West Union Township, a few miles NE of the town of West Union.[17]

West Union Township (now Union Township), Fayette, Iowa - Sections 1, 2, 11, 12.

The township was named West Union by order of the Clayton Commissioners 3 October 1849. (p 344).[18]
The present day name is Union Township; the county seat is in the town of West Union.[19]

1st Marriage
Nancy Ann Smith and Jesse Butler married before 1856.[10] Nancy was the daughter of Louisa Drake and George Smith. Her father married 2nd to Jesse's elder sister, Roxena Butler.

George had at least seven children by his first wife Louisa.
Their son Edward Smith married Jesse's sister Mary Ellen
Jesse's brother Jacob married Charlotte Smith (daughter of Willard Smith)

1856 Iowa Census
West Union Township, Fayette, Iowa[10]

Jessee Butler, 23, b Iowa
Nancy Butler, 17, b Iowa

Next door:

Nicholas Butler, 58, b Maryland, farmer
Sarah Butler, 47, b Ohio
Acksah Butler, 19, b Illinois
M E Butler, 18, b Wisconsin
Aba Butler, 14, b Wisconsin
H Butler, 11, b Wisconsin
N Butler, 8, b Wisconsin
Jacob Butler, 6, b Wisconsin
Bartlette Butler, 4, b Iowa

1860 US Census
West Union Township, Fayette, Iowa[5]

Jesse Butler, 26, b Ohio
N A Butler, 19, b Indiana

1862-1865 War of the Rebellion
Name: Jesse Butler[20]
Rank: Private
Enlisted: 15 August 1862
Mustered in: 6 September 1862
Regiment: Company A, Iowa 38th Infantry Regiment
Transferred: 1 January 1865
Regiment: Company F, Iowa 34th Infantry Regiment
Mustered out: 15 August 1865 in Houston, Texas

Jesse Butler and his younger brother, Henry Butler, joined the War of the Rebellion
in August 1862 and they remained together until Henry's illness and death in 1865.

Iowa's Martyr Regiment
By the end of 1864 "the losses of the 38th were as follows: deaths from battle, 1; deaths from disease, 314; wounded, 2; discharged, 117." Having lost more men to disease then any other regiment, without ever fighting in a major battle, the 38th came to be known as Iowa's Martyr Regiment. [21]

On 1 January 1865, the 38th was consolidated with the 34th Infantry and officially designated as the 34th Regiment of Iowa Infantry Volunteers. On that date, Henry and Jesse were mustered out of the 38th and into Company F of the 34th.[21]

Henry did not survive the war; brother Jesse mustered out with the regiment in Houston, Texas, on 15 August 1865.[21]

1863 Will of Grandmother Blunt
In the 1863 will of their grandmother Roxanna Blunt, the Butler children who received their deceased mother's share of the estate were: Roxena Smith, Achsah Cullins, Jesse Butler, Mary Ellen Smith, and Abey Cullins; also, the minor children, Henry, Nicholas III, and Jacob Butler named as heirs at law with father Nicholas Butler Jr. named as guardian. The probate papers do not mention the youngest child, Barton Butler, age 10. [22]

Death of wife Nancy
It is assumed that Nancy A. Butler died after the 1860 census[5]
and before the 1870 census.[5]No death record found. They had no children.

1870 US Census
West Union Township, Fayette, Iowa [6]

Nicholas Butler, 72, b Maryland
Jacob Butler, 20, b Wisconsin
Jesse Butler, 38, b Ohio

2nd Marriage
Melissa Elizabeth "Lizzie" (Thompson) Hassler
and Jesse Butler married before 1880. [23]

They had four children:

  1. Unknown Butler
  2. Charles Leroy Butler (1881-1952)[24]
  3. Wesley Harold Butler (1885-1914) [25]
  4. Minnie Jessie (Butler) Lacey (1889-1979) [26]

1880 US Census
Pleasant Valley Township, Fayette, Iowa [23]

Jesse Butler, 46, b Ohio, carpenter
Melissa Butler, 22, b Ohio, wife, keeping house

1888 Soldier's Pension
Jesse filed for his soldier's pension 7 February 1888. About three months before his death in 1890, he began receiving about $8 per month and, with some back pay, he was able to purchase his little home, known as the"old Doolittle place" near Elgin in Fayette County. [7] [27][28]

1890 Death and Burial
Jesse Butler was found dead of an apparent heart attack on the road near his home on 28 June 1890 in West Union Township, Fayette County, Iowa; burial in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, West Union, Fayette County, Iowa.[7][29] [2] [30]

Gravestone Inscription[2]

JESSE BUTLER
Died June 28, 1890
Aged 58 Ys 9 Ms 28 Ds
Co A 38th IA Inf
Jesse Butler Gravestone
1890 - Jesse Butler Gravestone

Jesse Butler Obituary"'[7]

1890 - Jesse Butler Obituary

Sources

  1. ↑ Calculated from death date 28 June 1890 - 58 years 9 months 28 days=31 Aug 1831
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39909844/jesse-butler: accessed 01 September 2022), memorial page for Jesse Butler (31 Aug 1831–28 Jun 1890), Find a Grave Memorial ID 39909844, citing Mount Pleasant Cemetery, West Union, Fayette County, Iowa, USA; Maintained by K & V (contributor 47073167) .
  3. ↑ Butler Genealogy Fayette Iowa[1]
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4DJ-83T : 12 April 2016), Jessee Butler in household of Nicholas Butler, Monroe, Green, Wisconsin, United States; citing family 137, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8LS-L5C : 18 February 2021), Jesse Butler, 1860.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDVS-7L2 : 11 June 2019), Jesse Butter in entry for Nicholas Butler, 1870.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Age 58: West Union Gazette, West Union, Iowa, 4 July 1890, Jesse Blunt Obituary
  8. ↑ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2QQR-YSD : 26 August 2019), Nicholas Butler and Sarah Blunt, 13 Mar 1828; citing Marriage, Muskingum, Ohio, United States, , Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHYG-PFK : 10 June 2022), Nicholas Butler, Green, Wisconsin, United States; citing p. 141, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 10.7 10.8 1856; Iowa State Census: West Union Township, Fayette,, Iowa; Ancestry.com. Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007. Original data: Microfilm of Iowa State Censuses, obtained from the State Historical Society of Iowa via Heritage Quest.
  11. ↑ Unknown newspaper, Iowa, 1886, Nicholas Butler Obituary 2
  12. ↑ Nicholas Butler was born in Butler Co,, Maryland October 20, 1797 Unknown newspaper, Iowa, 1886, Nicholas Butler Jr Obituary
  13. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Green County, Wisconsin," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, (accessed August 30, 2022).
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Wikipedia contributors, "Wisconsin Territory," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, (accessed August 17, 2022).
  15. ↑ US Department of the Interior , Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records, Land Patents [2]
  16. ↑ Fitch, George William, "Past and Present of Fayette County, Iowa", B. F. Bowen & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1910, page 87 [3] [ "...Mrs. Abba J. Cullen, Mrs. Roxena Smith, N. W. Butler, J. T. Bishop, John Burke, L. C. Phillips, Chauncey Smith and H. C. Martin were all among the arrivals in [Fayette County] in 1850. Several of these are still living in the county, and all have left their impress as early pioneers..."]
  17. ↑ 1851; Land Transfer, Recorders Office, Fayette County Courthouse, West Union, Fayette County, Iowa, Page 8; [Grantee: Nicholas Butler, Grantor, US; Copy patent; Date of filing: 25 Mar 1909, Date instrument: 1 Sep 1851; Section 11 Twp 94; Description:SE1/4 NE 1/4W 1/2 NW 1/4 + SE 1/4 NW 1/4]
  18. ↑ "The history of Fayette County, Iowa, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, &c., a biographical directory of its citizens, war record of its volunteers in the late rebellion, portraits of early settlers and prominent men, history of the Northwest, history of Iowa..." Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1878, page 338-344, 488.[4]
  19. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Union Township, Fayette County, Iowa," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, (accessed September 24, 2022).
  20. ↑ Historical Data Systems, comp. U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009. [Jesse Butler; Age at Enlistment:30; Enlistment Date:15 Aug 1862; Rank at enlistment: Private; State Served:Iowa; Survived the War?: Yes; Service Record:Enlisted in Company A, Iowa 38th Infantry Regiment on 06 Sep 1862.Mustered out on 01 Jan 1865.Transferred to Company F, Iowa 34th Infantry Regiment on 01 Jan 1865.Mustered out on 15 Aug 1865 at Houston, TX.; Birth Date:abt 1832; Sources: Roster & Record of Iowa Soldiers in the War of Rebellion]
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 Wildman, David; "Iowa's Martyr Regiment. The Story of the Thirty-eighth Iowa Infantry" ; (Camp Pope Publishing, 2010) ISBN:978-1-929919-31-4 (on-line http://38thiowainfantry.com/) ["Butler,Henry - Age 18. Residence: West Union, Fayette County. Nativity: Wisconsin. Enlisted Aug. 15, 1862. Mustered Sept. 6, 1862. Transferred to Company F, Thirty-fourth and Thirty-eighth Consolidated, Jan. 1, 1865. Died of chronic diarrhea on May 31, 1865, at the Barracks General Hospital, New Orleans, La. Buried in Chalmette National Cemetery Sec. 83, number 6838. Of the 32 men of the 38th Infantry who died at the Barracks Hospital, Henry is the only one with a headstone."]
  22. ↑ 1863; Ancestry.com. Wisconsin, Wills and Probate Records, 1800-1987 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2015. Original data: Wisconsin County, District and Probate Courts. [5]
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD28-B92 : 14 August 2017), Jesse Butler, Pleasant Valley, Fayette, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district ED 205, sheet 175A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,339.
  24. ↑ "Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24Z-2SD6 : accessed 27 June 2020), Chas Leroy Butler, 08 Sep 1881, Elgin, Fayette, Iowa, United States; citing reference ID 15149, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines; FamilySearch digital folder 101693727
  25. ↑ "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJHT-XJK : 18 October 2017), W H Butler and Ella T Smith, 10 Oct 1907, West Union, Fayette, Iowa, United States; citing reference p 315, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,018,353.
  26. ↑ "Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q246-4CT6 : accessed 27 June 2020), Minnie Jessie Butler, 23 Oct 1889, West Union, Fayette, Iowa, United States; citing reference ID 137266, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines; FamilySearch digital folder 101713544 [4th child; informant Charles Butler]
  27. ↑ National Archives and Records Administration. U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. [6][Jesse Butler; Place Filed:Iowa; Relation to Head: Soldier;Spouse: Melissa E Baler [Hassler]; Comments:Melissa E. Hassler, Gdn.; F 34 & A 38 Inf ; Invalid filed 7 Feb 1888; Widow field 17 Jul 1890; Minor filed 18 Dec 1902 ]
  28. ↑ "United States Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4T9-DZD : 24 March 2016), Jesse Butler, 1888.
  29. ↑ Oelwein Register, Oelwein, Iowa, July 1890, Jesse Butler death notice
  30. ↑ 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..[Jesse Butler Birth Date:abt 1832; Death Date:28 Jun 1890; Age:58; Burial Location:Union, Fayette; Cemetery:Mt Pleasant; General Burial Info:Co. A 38th Ia. inf.; Source:Grave Records of Fayette County, Iowa; Page Number:26]




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1890 - Jesse Butler Obituary
1890 - Jesse Butler Obituary
West Union Township (now Union Township), Fayette, Iowa - Sections 1, 2, 11, 12.
West Union Township (now Union Township), Fayette, Iowa - Sections 1, 2, 11, 12.
1868 - West Union Township, Fayette, Iowa
1868 - West Union Township, Fayette, Iowa
Jesse Butler Gravestone
Jesse Butler Gravestone
1890 - Jesse Butler Gravestone
1890 - Jesse Butler Gravestone


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