Alexander T. Butler
Burial: Humble's Chapel Cemetery, Carroll Co., Tennessee
Military Service: 10 AUG 1862 Enlisted in 7th TN CAV USA Buena Vista, Carroll Co., Tennessee
Census: 1850 Carroll Co., Tennessee
Occupation: 1850 farmer
Reference Number: 551

1850 Census, Carroll Co., Tennessee
Butler, Alexander 23 TN farmer
Elizabeth 26 wife TN
Littlefield 4 son TN
Lucy 3 dau TN

When a federal unit formed at Huntingdon during the Civil War (7th Tenness ee Cavalry), Alexander joint it and rose to the rank of Corporal in C o. B. According to records, the 7th Cavalry was one of the most unlucky, if not outright incompetent units to fight (the latter perhaps because of poor leadership. After various misadventures, a large part of this unit was captured and some of the men were sent to the infamous Andersonville Prison Camp. The remainder reformed in Kentucky and were assign ed guard duty to keep them out of trouble. Alexander seems to have been among those who went to Andersonville. After the war he received a pension because he was afflicted with pellagra, a disease caused by severe vita min deficiency. He made his living as a farmer in the Dollar community, b ut occasionally peddled medicine in Huntingdon. (notes from R.Allen's webp age)

Father: Thomas Butler b: 1802 in North Carolina
Mother: Livinia b: 1796 in North Carolina

Marriage 1 Elizabeth Smith b: 1824 in Tennessee
Married: 11 March 1846 in Carroll Co., Tennessee

Children
1. Littlefield Butler b: 30 NOV 1847 in Huntingdon, Carroll Co., Tennessee
2. Lucy Ann Butler b: 15 MAY 1848 in Huntingdon, Carroll Co., TN
3. Columbus M. Butler b: 25 MAY 1850 in Huntingdon, Carroll Co., Tennessee
4. Fleet Thomas Butler b: 5 MAY 1851 in Huntingdon, Carroll Co., Tennessee
5. Artemesia Butler b: 6 AUG 1853 in Huntingdon, Carroll Co., Tennessee
6. Annie Elizabeth Butler b: 11 JUL 1855 in Huntingdon, Carroll Co., Tennessee
7. Emerson Kent Butler b: 22 AUG 1857 in Huntingdon, Carroll Co., Tennessee
8. Newton Munroe Munrow Butler b: 22 OCT 1859 in Huntingdon, Carroll Co., Tennessee
9. R.R. Redman Butler b: 6 JAN 1862 in Huntingdon, Carroll Co., Tennessee

Marriage 2 Nancy Dickerson
Married: 28 JAN 1866

Children
1. Johnny Alexanders Butler b: 1866 in Carroll Co., Tennessee
2. Oder Butler b: 1868 in Carroll Co., Tennessee

Marriage 3 Ruth Ann Duncan b: 4 JUN 1830
Married: 30 MAR 1870

Children
1. Miney Ader Minnie Ada Butler b: 27 AUG 1873 in Huntingdon, Carroll Co., Tennessee
2. Susan Gardener Butler b: 21 APR 1874 in Huntingdon, Carroll Co., Tennessee

Marriage 4 Margaret Williams
Married: 24 DEC 1890

Marriage 5 Emma Grizzard
Married: 27 OCT 1896
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Alexander T. Butler's Bio:

7th Tennessee Calvary, Companies A, B & I, corporal, enlisted for 3 years in Buena Vista, Carroll Co, TN on 8/10/62 and mustered in Benton Co, TN or Huntingdon, TN on 8/17/62 at age 30/32/37 (b. 10/10/1827).

Butler furnished his own horse and equipment. He was appointed corporal on 8/18/62. He was one of the 100 or more members of the detachment of the 7th Tennessee stationed at forts along the Tennessee/Mississippi border who went AWOL in June 1863. He either returned to the unit or was captured while AWOL. Butler spent time in Andersonville Prison in Georgia and was exchanged through Savannah, GA in the November/December 1864 exchanges.

He mustered out on 6/28/65 due to disability. He was given transportation from Louisville, KY to Buena Vista, TN. which probably means he spent time in the Jeffersonville, IN hospital because of the scrobutus he contracted in prison. Married to Elizabeth Smith in 1846, it was their son Littlefield who is mentioned in the hospital record as a contact relative.

In 1887 Butler was a member of the Isaac R Hawkins Post #58 of the GAR and gave his occupation as farmer. He applied for an invalid pension in 1889 and is buried in the Humble Cemetery in Carroll Co, TN with a military marker.

His wife received a widow's pension.
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