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Samuel Butler

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Samuel Butler

Birth
Canisteo, Steuben County, New York, USA
Death
12 Dec 1879 (aged 72)
Camino, El Dorado County, California, USA
Burial
Camino, El Dorado County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
In the woods SE of the fenced-in Blairs-Winkelman plot
Memorial ID
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Died of Pneumonia. The December 18 issue of the "El Dorado Republican 6: "S. Butler, usually called 'The Old Mormon,' died on Friday last, near the Six Mile House. He was an eccentric old chap, and has made "Rome howl" many a time herabouts..."

Samuel Butler (FAG 80978573)
First Wife – Samantha Hicks
Second Wife – Hannah Barker
Third Wife – *Helena Sophia Mattison (FAG 80978620)

I have put a * next the ones that are linked to this memorial.

Samuel Butler 12/18/1806 – 12/12/1879
Parents: Joseph Butler ( FAG 78150630) and
Mary (Polly) Poyer Jeffers (FAG 78156418)

1st wife – Samantha Hicks. They married 5/8/1832 and she died in June 1833 shortly after the birth of their first child Stephen.
*Stephen Butler 5/12/1833 – 9/23/1875 (he married Margaret Ellen Williams)

2nd wife - Hannah Barker. 2/28/1816 – 3/24/1856 (Parents: Nathan Barker and Ruth Davis) They married 2/21/1839 and had 12 children. She died shortly after the birth of their last child.
Mary Butler 1/13/1840 – 6/1/1840 (Died as child)
*Philander 3/18/1841 – 8/8/1925 (Married Sylvia Birrell)
*Leander 5/7/1842 – 5/31/1918 (MarriedEliza Chugg)
Alma 8/20/1843 – 6/3/1919 (MarriedLucy Hale)
*Alva 1/13/1845 – 5/11/1909 (Married Jane Elizabeth Labrum)
Samantha 5/4/1846 – 8/31/1853 (Died as child)
*Neri 12/25/1847 – 12/24/1936 (Married Emeline Jane Hutchings 2nd marriage Mary McGhie)
*Eri 2/14/1850 – 11/29/1927 (Married Elizabeth Arvilla Gibson)
Nephi 5/4/1851 – Jan 1857 (Died as child)
Maranda 3/7/1853 – 3/3/1903 (Married William Robertson)
Lehi 2/22/1854 – 10/21/1854 (Died as child)
Elbert 3/17/1856 – Aug 1856 (Died as child)

*3rd wife – Helena Sophia Mattison (Mathisdatter) 9/29/1824 -12/1/1895
They married July 1860 and had 3 children and she brought one son into the marriage.
Nelson Christian Larsen (Butler) (Helena's son) 10/21/1858 – 12/18/1909 (Married Cora Elizabeth Hogan)
Mary 9/25/1861 – 6/13/1932 (Married John Dickinson Morrow)
*Samuel Butler Jr 1/31/1864 – 1/13/1875 (Died as child)
Samson Wilford 5/8/1866 – 5/4/1950 (Married Tillie Anderson)
(called himself Samuel later in life.)
Died of Pneumonia. The December 18 issue of the "El Dorado Republican 6: "S. Butler, usually called 'The Old Mormon,' died on Friday last, near the Six Mile House. He was an eccentric old chap, and has made "Rome howl" many a time herabouts..."

Samuel Butler (FAG 80978573)
First Wife – Samantha Hicks
Second Wife – Hannah Barker
Third Wife – *Helena Sophia Mattison (FAG 80978620)

I have put a * next the ones that are linked to this memorial.

Samuel Butler 12/18/1806 – 12/12/1879
Parents: Joseph Butler ( FAG 78150630) and
Mary (Polly) Poyer Jeffers (FAG 78156418)

1st wife – Samantha Hicks. They married 5/8/1832 and she died in June 1833 shortly after the birth of their first child Stephen.
*Stephen Butler 5/12/1833 – 9/23/1875 (he married Margaret Ellen Williams)

2nd wife - Hannah Barker. 2/28/1816 – 3/24/1856 (Parents: Nathan Barker and Ruth Davis) They married 2/21/1839 and had 12 children. She died shortly after the birth of their last child.
Mary Butler 1/13/1840 – 6/1/1840 (Died as child)
*Philander 3/18/1841 – 8/8/1925 (Married Sylvia Birrell)
*Leander 5/7/1842 – 5/31/1918 (MarriedEliza Chugg)
Alma 8/20/1843 – 6/3/1919 (MarriedLucy Hale)
*Alva 1/13/1845 – 5/11/1909 (Married Jane Elizabeth Labrum)
Samantha 5/4/1846 – 8/31/1853 (Died as child)
*Neri 12/25/1847 – 12/24/1936 (Married Emeline Jane Hutchings 2nd marriage Mary McGhie)
*Eri 2/14/1850 – 11/29/1927 (Married Elizabeth Arvilla Gibson)
Nephi 5/4/1851 – Jan 1857 (Died as child)
Maranda 3/7/1853 – 3/3/1903 (Married William Robertson)
Lehi 2/22/1854 – 10/21/1854 (Died as child)
Elbert 3/17/1856 – Aug 1856 (Died as child)

*3rd wife – Helena Sophia Mattison (Mathisdatter) 9/29/1824 -12/1/1895
They married July 1860 and had 3 children and she brought one son into the marriage.
Nelson Christian Larsen (Butler) (Helena's son) 10/21/1858 – 12/18/1909 (Married Cora Elizabeth Hogan)
Mary 9/25/1861 – 6/13/1932 (Married John Dickinson Morrow)
*Samuel Butler Jr 1/31/1864 – 1/13/1875 (Died as child)
Samson Wilford 5/8/1866 – 5/4/1950 (Married Tillie Anderson)
(called himself Samuel later in life.)

Inscription

Died 1879 - 72 YRS.-11 MOS.-12 DYS.



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