Civil War - Union - Company "D" 51st Illinois Infantry, served as a 2nd Lt.
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From The Columbus Journal, May 3, 1911, page 1, transcribed by Linda Berney:
Orson Douglas Butler, formerly living north of this city, but later a resident of Lincoln, died last Thursday evening at the home of his son Al, after an illness of ten days. Mr. Butler was born in Bennington, Vermont, September 12,
1839. When the civil war broke out he was a resident of Illinois and in December, 1861, enlisted as a volunteer in Company D. Fifty-first Illinois infantry, serving three and one-half years, one year and a half of which was a
re-enlistment. He served first as a private, and then was promoted successively to a corporal, sergeant and second lieutenant, and for one year was in command of two different companies on account of leave of absence and disability of officers.
He was taken prison at Nashville, Tenn., November 10, 1864, and confined in the Andersonville, Ga., prison for seven months.
On March 10, 1864 he was married to Margaret Louise Taylor at Metamoras, Ill., who still survives him. Mr. Butler moved to Columbus and Platte county with his family in 1882, and settled on a farm four miles north of the city, where he lived for seventeen years, moving to Lincoln in 1908. He was on a visit to his sons, Al, Ed and Forest, when taken with his last illness.
Besides the widow, he leaves four sons, Walter W. Butler of Lincoln, Alvin and Edward Butler of Columbus, Forest of Monroe and Mrs. George Mentzen and Mrs. Elon Nelson of Lincoln.
Funeral services were held Saturday from the home of his son Al, being conducted by Rev. C. W. Ray, pastor of the Methodist church, and burial was in the Columbus cemetery.
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From The Columbus Journal, May 3, 1911, page 1, transcribed by Linda Berney:
Orson Douglas Butler, formerly living north of this city, but later a resident of Lincoln, died last Thursday evening at the home of his son Al, after an illness of ten days. Mr. Butler was born in Bennington, Vermont, September 12,
1839. When the civil war broke out he was a resident of Illinois and in December, 1861, enlisted as a volunteer in Company D. Fifty-first Illinois infantry, serving three and one-half years, one year and a half of which was a
re-enlistment. He served first as a private, and then was promoted successively to a corporal, sergeant and second lieutenant, and for one year was in command of two different companies on account of leave of absence and disability of officers.
He was taken prison at Nashville, Tenn., November 10, 1864, and confined in the Andersonville, Ga., prison for seven months.
On March 10, 1864 he was married to Margaret Louise Taylor at Metamoras, Ill., who still survives him. Mr. Butler moved to Columbus and Platte county with his family in 1882, and settled on a farm four miles north of the city, where he lived for seventeen years, moving to Lincoln in 1908. He was on a visit to his sons, Al, Ed and Forest, when taken with his last illness.
Besides the widow, he leaves four sons, Walter W. Butler of Lincoln, Alvin and Edward Butler of Columbus, Forest of Monroe and Mrs. George Mentzen and Mrs. Elon Nelson of Lincoln.
Funeral services were held Saturday from the home of his son Al, being conducted by Rev. C. W. Ray, pastor of the Methodist church, and burial was in the Columbus cemetery.
Civil War - Union - Company "D" 51st Illinois Infantry, served as a 2nd Lt.
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From The Columbus Journal, May 3, 1911, page 1, transcribed by Linda Berney:
Orson Douglas Butler, formerly living north of this city, but later a resident of Lincoln, died last Thursday evening at the home of his son Al, after an illness of ten days. Mr. Butler was born in Bennington, Vermont, September 12,
1839. When the civil war broke out he was a resident of Illinois and in December, 1861, enlisted as a volunteer in Company D. Fifty-first Illinois infantry, serving three and one-half years, one year and a half of which was a
re-enlistment. He served first as a private, and then was promoted successively to a corporal, sergeant and second lieutenant, and for one year was in command of two different companies on account of leave of absence and disability of officers.
He was taken prison at Nashville, Tenn., November 10, 1864, and confined in the Andersonville, Ga., prison for seven months.
On March 10, 1864 he was married to Margaret Louise Taylor at Metamoras, Ill., who still survives him. Mr. Butler moved to Columbus and Platte county with his family in 1882, and settled on a farm four miles north of the city, where he lived for seventeen years, moving to Lincoln in 1908. He was on a visit to his sons, Al, Ed and Forest, when taken with his last illness.
Besides the widow, he leaves four sons, Walter W. Butler of Lincoln, Alvin and Edward Butler of Columbus, Forest of Monroe and Mrs. George Mentzen and Mrs. Elon Nelson of Lincoln.
Funeral services were held Saturday from the home of his son Al, being conducted by Rev. C. W. Ray, pastor of the Methodist church, and burial was in the Columbus cemetery.
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From The Columbus Journal, May 3, 1911, page 1, transcribed by Linda Berney:
Orson Douglas Butler, formerly living north of this city, but later a resident of Lincoln, died last Thursday evening at the home of his son Al, after an illness of ten days. Mr. Butler was born in Bennington, Vermont, September 12,
1839. When the civil war broke out he was a resident of Illinois and in December, 1861, enlisted as a volunteer in Company D. Fifty-first Illinois infantry, serving three and one-half years, one year and a half of which was a
re-enlistment. He served first as a private, and then was promoted successively to a corporal, sergeant and second lieutenant, and for one year was in command of two different companies on account of leave of absence and disability of officers.
He was taken prison at Nashville, Tenn., November 10, 1864, and confined in the Andersonville, Ga., prison for seven months.
On March 10, 1864 he was married to Margaret Louise Taylor at Metamoras, Ill., who still survives him. Mr. Butler moved to Columbus and Platte county with his family in 1882, and settled on a farm four miles north of the city, where he lived for seventeen years, moving to Lincoln in 1908. He was on a visit to his sons, Al, Ed and Forest, when taken with his last illness.
Besides the widow, he leaves four sons, Walter W. Butler of Lincoln, Alvin and Edward Butler of Columbus, Forest of Monroe and Mrs. George Mentzen and Mrs. Elon Nelson of Lincoln.
Funeral services were held Saturday from the home of his son Al, being conducted by Rev. C. W. Ray, pastor of the Methodist church, and burial was in the Columbus cemetery.
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