s/o Thomas Jefferson Pottinger & Vienna Maria Remey. Butler Remey is the first of five generations of Butler Remey Pottinger, all born Gethsemane, Nelson Co.,KY. Butler was a scholar at Lynnland College in Hardin Co.,KY.
The Pottinger’s Schoolhouse - In 1840, his father T. J. Pottinger and uncle George W. Pottinger built a brick schoolhouse in the Gethsemane neighborhood in Nelson County. The school was open to and attended by the children of the vicinity, both Protestant and Catholic, and was available for preaching services to all denominations. For several years Butler was one of the teachers who taught at the school.
On August 5, 1874 he escaped from the burning boat "Pat Rodgers" on the Ohio River at Aurora between Louisville and Cincinnati and swam to shore.
He married his first cousin Mary Ann Pottinger on December 23, 1874 in Nelson County by Rev. G.W. Cundiff. They commenced "housekeeping" on Jan 13, 1876 and lived at Walnut Hill were their three children were born; Davis (infant death), Alice Ruby, and Butler Remey II. Butler built a new home about a mile west in 1881 where four more children were born: Curtis Millard, Burton, Samuel Crowe, and Rebecca Vienne. Butler professes religion at New Hope in August 1885.
He died August 1,1889 at the young age of 40 from "malarial fever". His wife Mary Ann, or "Mollie" as she was known, was five months pregant when Butler died. She had 6 children to take care, the oldest being 12 and the youngest just being born.
The Pottinger’s Schoolhouse - In 1840, his father T. J. Pottinger and uncle George W. Pottinger built a brick schoolhouse in the Gethsemane neighborhood in Nelson County. The school was open to and attended by the children of the vicinity, both Protestant and Catholic, and was available for preaching services to all denominations. For several years Butler was one of the teachers who taught at the school.
On August 5, 1874 he escaped from the burning boat "Pat Rodgers" on the Ohio River at Aurora between Louisville and Cincinnati and swam to shore.
He married his first cousin Mary Ann Pottinger on December 23, 1874 in Nelson County by Rev. G.W. Cundiff. They commenced "housekeeping" on Jan 13, 1876 and lived at Walnut Hill were their three children were born; Davis (infant death), Alice Ruby, and Butler Remey II. Butler built a new home about a mile west in 1881 where four more children were born: Curtis Millard, Burton, Samuel Crowe, and Rebecca Vienne. Butler professes religion at New Hope in August 1885.
He died August 1,1889 at the young age of 40 from "malarial fever". His wife Mary Ann, or "Mollie" as she was known, was five months pregant when Butler died. She had 6 children to take care, the oldest being 12 and the youngest just being born.
s/o Thomas Jefferson Pottinger & Vienna Maria Remey. Butler Remey is the first of five generations of Butler Remey Pottinger, all born Gethsemane, Nelson Co.,KY. Butler was a scholar at Lynnland College in Hardin Co.,KY.
The Pottinger’s Schoolhouse - In 1840, his father T. J. Pottinger and uncle George W. Pottinger built a brick schoolhouse in the Gethsemane neighborhood in Nelson County. The school was open to and attended by the children of the vicinity, both Protestant and Catholic, and was available for preaching services to all denominations. For several years Butler was one of the teachers who taught at the school.
On August 5, 1874 he escaped from the burning boat "Pat Rodgers" on the Ohio River at Aurora between Louisville and Cincinnati and swam to shore.
He married his first cousin Mary Ann Pottinger on December 23, 1874 in Nelson County by Rev. G.W. Cundiff. They commenced "housekeeping" on Jan 13, 1876 and lived at Walnut Hill were their three children were born; Davis (infant death), Alice Ruby, and Butler Remey II. Butler built a new home about a mile west in 1881 where four more children were born: Curtis Millard, Burton, Samuel Crowe, and Rebecca Vienne. Butler professes religion at New Hope in August 1885.
He died August 1,1889 at the young age of 40 from "malarial fever". His wife Mary Ann, or "Mollie" as she was known, was five months pregant when Butler died. She had 6 children to take care, the oldest being 12 and the youngest just being born.
The Pottinger’s Schoolhouse - In 1840, his father T. J. Pottinger and uncle George W. Pottinger built a brick schoolhouse in the Gethsemane neighborhood in Nelson County. The school was open to and attended by the children of the vicinity, both Protestant and Catholic, and was available for preaching services to all denominations. For several years Butler was one of the teachers who taught at the school.
On August 5, 1874 he escaped from the burning boat "Pat Rodgers" on the Ohio River at Aurora between Louisville and Cincinnati and swam to shore.
He married his first cousin Mary Ann Pottinger on December 23, 1874 in Nelson County by Rev. G.W. Cundiff. They commenced "housekeeping" on Jan 13, 1876 and lived at Walnut Hill were their three children were born; Davis (infant death), Alice Ruby, and Butler Remey II. Butler built a new home about a mile west in 1881 where four more children were born: Curtis Millard, Burton, Samuel Crowe, and Rebecca Vienne. Butler professes religion at New Hope in August 1885.
He died August 1,1889 at the young age of 40 from "malarial fever". His wife Mary Ann, or "Mollie" as she was known, was five months pregant when Butler died. She had 6 children to take care, the oldest being 12 and the youngest just being born.
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