Source: Appletons’ Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1600-1889, p. 479
BUTLER, George B., lawyer, b. in New Haven, Conn., in 1809; d. in New York city, 13 April, 1886. He came to New York at the age of twenty, studied law, and became an associated of Daniel Lord. He was secretary and legal adviser of the Hudson river railroad company at its formation, and, after the completion of the road, joined in publishing the “Journal of Commerce,” being also one of its editors until 1857. He was attorney for A. T. Stewart & Co. for twenty-five years.
Source: “History of Stark County, Illinois,” by M. A. Leeson, 1887, p. 329, Biography of Toulon Township: Captain Henry Butler, son of Justus Butler, the famous hotelkeeper of New Haven, Connecticut, was born in that city about 1793. When he was of age he married Miss Rebecca Green, granddaughter of Samuel Green, the “Cambridge, Mass., printer.” Captain Butler . . . and Elias K. Kane . . . left New York in June, 1835, traveled by boat to Chicago, arrived at Wyoming, Ill., in the fall. He was followed by his wife, three sons and five daughters . . . who took up their residence in the double log-house which the captain had built and prepared for them. In later years the brick residence was erected, and here the founder of the family in Illinois died August 2, 1864, his wife following him to rest November 30, 1865.
In this county two of their children were born. Lucy, George, Samuel, Henry, Rebecca, Mary, Charles, Abby, Elizabeth, Albert, Virginia and Henrietta then made up the family circle.
In 1839, William F. Thomas married Mary Butler, and the same day Ira Ward, Jr., married Elizabeth Butler. In January, 1840, Oaks Turner, of Hennepin, married Rebecca G., Elizabeth married John W. Henderson, Henrietta married Thomas J. Henderson, and so on through the list. George Butler and Charles Butler never settled here; the former held a leading position in A. T. Stewart’s house, New York city, for years . . . Virginia Butler, who in her youth was deprived of hearing, was educated by the Gallaudets; Abby died while yet an infant.
Source: Stark County News, Toulon, Illinois, Thursday, April 22, 1886, p. 1, col. 3
A letter received from Washington, D.C., last Saturday says Gen. Henderson and wife have gone to attend the funeral of Mrs. Henderson's brother, Mr. George Butler. . . .He was the oldest son in the Butler family of eleven children; Miss Lucy Butler of Wyoming , Ill., being the oldest child und Mrs. Henderson the youngest.
BUTLER, George B., lawyer, b. in New Haven, Conn., in 1809; d. in New York city, 13 April, 1886. He came to New York at the age of twenty, studied law, and became an associated of Daniel Lord. He was secretary and legal adviser of the Hudson river railroad company at its formation, and, after the completion of the road, joined in publishing the “Journal of Commerce,” being also one of its editors until 1857. He was attorney for A. T. Stewart & Co. for twenty-five years.
Source: “History of Stark County, Illinois,” by M. A. Leeson, 1887, p. 329, Biography of Toulon Township: Captain Henry Butler, son of Justus Butler, the famous hotelkeeper of New Haven, Connecticut, was born in that city about 1793. When he was of age he married Miss Rebecca Green, granddaughter of Samuel Green, the “Cambridge, Mass., printer.” Captain Butler . . . and Elias K. Kane . . . left New York in June, 1835, traveled by boat to Chicago, arrived at Wyoming, Ill., in the fall. He was followed by his wife, three sons and five daughters . . . who took up their residence in the double log-house which the captain had built and prepared for them. In later years the brick residence was erected, and here the founder of the family in Illinois died August 2, 1864, his wife following him to rest November 30, 1865.
In this county two of their children were born. Lucy, George, Samuel, Henry, Rebecca, Mary, Charles, Abby, Elizabeth, Albert, Virginia and Henrietta then made up the family circle.
In 1839, William F. Thomas married Mary Butler, and the same day Ira Ward, Jr., married Elizabeth Butler. In January, 1840, Oaks Turner, of Hennepin, married Rebecca G., Elizabeth married John W. Henderson, Henrietta married Thomas J. Henderson, and so on through the list. George Butler and Charles Butler never settled here; the former held a leading position in A. T. Stewart’s house, New York city, for years . . . Virginia Butler, who in her youth was deprived of hearing, was educated by the Gallaudets; Abby died while yet an infant.
Source: Stark County News, Toulon, Illinois, Thursday, April 22, 1886, p. 1, col. 3
A letter received from Washington, D.C., last Saturday says Gen. Henderson and wife have gone to attend the funeral of Mrs. Henderson's brother, Mr. George Butler. . . .He was the oldest son in the Butler family of eleven children; Miss Lucy Butler of Wyoming , Ill., being the oldest child und Mrs. Henderson the youngest.
Source: Appletons’ Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1600-1889, p. 479
BUTLER, George B., lawyer, b. in New Haven, Conn., in 1809; d. in New York city, 13 April, 1886. He came to New York at the age of twenty, studied law, and became an associated of Daniel Lord. He was secretary and legal adviser of the Hudson river railroad company at its formation, and, after the completion of the road, joined in publishing the “Journal of Commerce,” being also one of its editors until 1857. He was attorney for A. T. Stewart & Co. for twenty-five years.
Source: “History of Stark County, Illinois,” by M. A. Leeson, 1887, p. 329, Biography of Toulon Township: Captain Henry Butler, son of Justus Butler, the famous hotelkeeper of New Haven, Connecticut, was born in that city about 1793. When he was of age he married Miss Rebecca Green, granddaughter of Samuel Green, the “Cambridge, Mass., printer.” Captain Butler . . . and Elias K. Kane . . . left New York in June, 1835, traveled by boat to Chicago, arrived at Wyoming, Ill., in the fall. He was followed by his wife, three sons and five daughters . . . who took up their residence in the double log-house which the captain had built and prepared for them. In later years the brick residence was erected, and here the founder of the family in Illinois died August 2, 1864, his wife following him to rest November 30, 1865.
In this county two of their children were born. Lucy, George, Samuel, Henry, Rebecca, Mary, Charles, Abby, Elizabeth, Albert, Virginia and Henrietta then made up the family circle.
In 1839, William F. Thomas married Mary Butler, and the same day Ira Ward, Jr., married Elizabeth Butler. In January, 1840, Oaks Turner, of Hennepin, married Rebecca G., Elizabeth married John W. Henderson, Henrietta married Thomas J. Henderson, and so on through the list. George Butler and Charles Butler never settled here; the former held a leading position in A. T. Stewart’s house, New York city, for years . . . Virginia Butler, who in her youth was deprived of hearing, was educated by the Gallaudets; Abby died while yet an infant.
Source: Stark County News, Toulon, Illinois, Thursday, April 22, 1886, p. 1, col. 3
A letter received from Washington, D.C., last Saturday says Gen. Henderson and wife have gone to attend the funeral of Mrs. Henderson's brother, Mr. George Butler. . . .He was the oldest son in the Butler family of eleven children; Miss Lucy Butler of Wyoming , Ill., being the oldest child und Mrs. Henderson the youngest.
BUTLER, George B., lawyer, b. in New Haven, Conn., in 1809; d. in New York city, 13 April, 1886. He came to New York at the age of twenty, studied law, and became an associated of Daniel Lord. He was secretary and legal adviser of the Hudson river railroad company at its formation, and, after the completion of the road, joined in publishing the “Journal of Commerce,” being also one of its editors until 1857. He was attorney for A. T. Stewart & Co. for twenty-five years.
Source: “History of Stark County, Illinois,” by M. A. Leeson, 1887, p. 329, Biography of Toulon Township: Captain Henry Butler, son of Justus Butler, the famous hotelkeeper of New Haven, Connecticut, was born in that city about 1793. When he was of age he married Miss Rebecca Green, granddaughter of Samuel Green, the “Cambridge, Mass., printer.” Captain Butler . . . and Elias K. Kane . . . left New York in June, 1835, traveled by boat to Chicago, arrived at Wyoming, Ill., in the fall. He was followed by his wife, three sons and five daughters . . . who took up their residence in the double log-house which the captain had built and prepared for them. In later years the brick residence was erected, and here the founder of the family in Illinois died August 2, 1864, his wife following him to rest November 30, 1865.
In this county two of their children were born. Lucy, George, Samuel, Henry, Rebecca, Mary, Charles, Abby, Elizabeth, Albert, Virginia and Henrietta then made up the family circle.
In 1839, William F. Thomas married Mary Butler, and the same day Ira Ward, Jr., married Elizabeth Butler. In January, 1840, Oaks Turner, of Hennepin, married Rebecca G., Elizabeth married John W. Henderson, Henrietta married Thomas J. Henderson, and so on through the list. George Butler and Charles Butler never settled here; the former held a leading position in A. T. Stewart’s house, New York city, for years . . . Virginia Butler, who in her youth was deprived of hearing, was educated by the Gallaudets; Abby died while yet an infant.
Source: Stark County News, Toulon, Illinois, Thursday, April 22, 1886, p. 1, col. 3
A letter received from Washington, D.C., last Saturday says Gen. Henderson and wife have gone to attend the funeral of Mrs. Henderson's brother, Mr. George Butler. . . .He was the oldest son in the Butler family of eleven children; Miss Lucy Butler of Wyoming , Ill., being the oldest child und Mrs. Henderson the youngest.
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