Byron Myron Butterfield (1879 - 1922)

Born 23 Mar 1879 in Dalton, Michigan

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Died 13 Nov 1922 at age 43 in Battle Creek, Michigan

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Biography

"Illness Contracted When He Kept Tent from Falling Costs His Life"

"Prof. B. M. Butterfield, for the past two years assistant pastor at the Seventh Day Adventist church and instructor at the Battle Creek academy died this morning at 5 o'clock at the home, 213 West Van Buren street, after a sickness which started eleven weeks ago today, when he was attending the camp meeting at Berrien Springs. He was 43 years of age."

"The cause of sickness was exposure to a drenching rain and chill wind one night when a heavy storm struck the camp, and Mr. Butterfield went outside and worked for sometime in the pouring rain to keep the tents from being blown down. A bad cold and fever resulted, and in spite of all that could be done, Mrs. Butterfield has ever since grown gradually worse, until death came this morning."

"He was a native of Michigan, having been born at Dalton. He was a graduate of the Emmanuel Missionary ... and gave a number of years to teaching at the Cedar Lake academy before entering upon the work of the ministry. He was pastor of the church at Rockford, Ill., during the war, and afterwards was engaged in pastoral work in Chicago, before coming to Battle Creek."

"He leaves his wife, a twin brother, Myron B. Butterfield, who is a missionary of the Adventist in Jamaica, and another brother, Herbert H. of New York city, besides two sisters in Muskegon."

"Mrs. Butterfield's brother, W. D. Curtis, who is Illinois division manager for the Auto Underwriters of America, came here from New Orleans, from which office he has just been transferred, when notified by his sister of the serious illness of Professor Butterfield."

"Service will be held from the First Congregational church."^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ The Enquirer and Evening News, Battle Creek, Michigan, November 13, 1922.