Ennis William Butter (1906 - 1994)

Born 13 Aug 1906 in Forest Hill, Rapides, Louisiana, United States

Ancestors

Died 3 May 1994 at age 87 in Alexandria, Rapides, Louisiana, United states

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Biography

Ennis was born in 1906. He was the son of John Butter and Mary Duck. In 1906 Ennis (misspelled Innis), three years old, is living with his parents John and Fannie Butter and his siblings in Spring Hill (now Forest Hill) Rapides Parish, Louisiana. ^[1] Ennis was married to Drusilar Giles and they had at least six children.

On 16 October 1940 Ennis signed up for the WWII Draft in Alexandria, Rapides, Louisiana. He gave his birthdate as 13 August 1906. He is described as 6' tall, 140 pounds, brown hair and blue eyes, light complexion. ^[2]

Ennis passed away 3 May 1994 in the hospital in Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana. He is buried in the Butters Cemetery in Forest Hill, Rapides, Louisiana. His FAG memorial has his birth date as 1909 but it should be 1906. ^{[3] [4]}

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPYB-1FC : accessed 7 December 2019), Innis Butters in household of John R Butters, Spring Hill, Rapides, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 87, sheet 4B, family 50, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 527; FHL microfilm 1,374,540.
2. ↑ "Louisiana First Registration Draft Cards, 1940-1945", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:246X-53S : 13 March 2018), Ennis William Butter, 1940-1945.
3. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2G-HQ15 : 13 December 2015), Ennis William Butter, 1994; Burial, Forest Hill, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States of America, Butters Cemetery; citing record ID 77290812, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
4. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J5MB-6YF : 20 May 2014), Ennis W Butter, 03 May 1994; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).