Cenotaph here
Born June 1843 in Caradoc, Middlesex Co Ontario Canada,an old Indian village. 1850 St Clair Co MI census, age 6. Served in Civil War in Co "K", 3rd MI Cavalry, Pvt, mustered in at Jackson Co MI on 12 Oct 1861; mustered out in San Antonio TX. Lived in Alcona Co MI in 1890, was enumerator on Special Veteran's census schedule. He died in Taft, Lincoln Co, Oregon. Taft is now part of Lincoln City, Lincoln Co, Oregon
Thanks to Elsie Harmon for the following article: "Lincoln County Leader" (Toledo Oregon) Friday April 11, 1913, pg 4)
"When Wm. Dodson went up to John Butterfield's bedroom to call him, he found Mr. Butterfield dead. Mr. Butterfield had been working for Mr. Dodson but had been sick and thought he was taking pneumonia. Jakie Johnson went to Newport to notify Fred of his father's death."
John and Sarah's youngest child, Guy Dutcher Butterfield and his wife Sophie Jaksy, were cremated in New Jersey where they died, ashes given to a relative.
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John I. Butterfield
Toledo, Or., April 27.--(Special)--John I. Butterfield, veteran of the Civil War, who was found dead in bed at Taft, Or., recently, bore the distinction in Lincoln County of being the first permanent homesteader to locate on the rich farming land of the Lower Siletz River [coming from Alcona County, Michigan.]
At the Battle of the Wilderness he received a bullet wound in the right lung, which was the ultimate cause of death. Although Mr. Butterfield carried three bullets and the scar of a severe wound, he never applied for or received a pension. He fought at Shiloh and at Vicksburg, was captured at the battle of Corinth and escaped from Libby prison. He was a Mason. He leaves a widow, a daughter, Mrs. May Martin, of Everett, Wash., and four sons, Fred, Leonard, Earl, Lumen and Guy, all residents of Lincoln County. Mr. Butterfield was 73 years old.
(Source: Alcona County (MI) Review, Thursday, May 8, 1913)
Born June 1843 in Caradoc, Middlesex Co Ontario Canada,an old Indian village. 1850 St Clair Co MI census, age 6. Served in Civil War in Co "K", 3rd MI Cavalry, Pvt, mustered in at Jackson Co MI on 12 Oct 1861; mustered out in San Antonio TX. Lived in Alcona Co MI in 1890, was enumerator on Special Veteran's census schedule. He died in Taft, Lincoln Co, Oregon. Taft is now part of Lincoln City, Lincoln Co, Oregon
Thanks to Elsie Harmon for the following article: "Lincoln County Leader" (Toledo Oregon) Friday April 11, 1913, pg 4)
"When Wm. Dodson went up to John Butterfield's bedroom to call him, he found Mr. Butterfield dead. Mr. Butterfield had been working for Mr. Dodson but had been sick and thought he was taking pneumonia. Jakie Johnson went to Newport to notify Fred of his father's death."
John and Sarah's youngest child, Guy Dutcher Butterfield and his wife Sophie Jaksy, were cremated in New Jersey where they died, ashes given to a relative.
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John I. Butterfield
Toledo, Or., April 27.--(Special)--John I. Butterfield, veteran of the Civil War, who was found dead in bed at Taft, Or., recently, bore the distinction in Lincoln County of being the first permanent homesteader to locate on the rich farming land of the Lower Siletz River [coming from Alcona County, Michigan.]
At the Battle of the Wilderness he received a bullet wound in the right lung, which was the ultimate cause of death. Although Mr. Butterfield carried three bullets and the scar of a severe wound, he never applied for or received a pension. He fought at Shiloh and at Vicksburg, was captured at the battle of Corinth and escaped from Libby prison. He was a Mason. He leaves a widow, a daughter, Mrs. May Martin, of Everett, Wash., and four sons, Fred, Leonard, Earl, Lumen and Guy, all residents of Lincoln County. Mr. Butterfield was 73 years old.
(Source: Alcona County (MI) Review, Thursday, May 8, 1913)
Cenotaph here
Born June 1843 in Caradoc, Middlesex Co Ontario Canada,an old Indian village. 1850 St Clair Co MI census, age 6. Served in Civil War in Co "K", 3rd MI Cavalry, Pvt, mustered in at Jackson Co MI on 12 Oct 1861; mustered out in San Antonio TX. Lived in Alcona Co MI in 1890, was enumerator on Special Veteran's census schedule. He died in Taft, Lincoln Co, Oregon. Taft is now part of Lincoln City, Lincoln Co, Oregon
Thanks to Elsie Harmon for the following article: "Lincoln County Leader" (Toledo Oregon) Friday April 11, 1913, pg 4)
"When Wm. Dodson went up to John Butterfield's bedroom to call him, he found Mr. Butterfield dead. Mr. Butterfield had been working for Mr. Dodson but had been sick and thought he was taking pneumonia. Jakie Johnson went to Newport to notify Fred of his father's death."
John and Sarah's youngest child, Guy Dutcher Butterfield and his wife Sophie Jaksy, were cremated in New Jersey where they died, ashes given to a relative.
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John I. Butterfield
Toledo, Or., April 27.--(Special)--John I. Butterfield, veteran of the Civil War, who was found dead in bed at Taft, Or., recently, bore the distinction in Lincoln County of being the first permanent homesteader to locate on the rich farming land of the Lower Siletz River [coming from Alcona County, Michigan.]
At the Battle of the Wilderness he received a bullet wound in the right lung, which was the ultimate cause of death. Although Mr. Butterfield carried three bullets and the scar of a severe wound, he never applied for or received a pension. He fought at Shiloh and at Vicksburg, was captured at the battle of Corinth and escaped from Libby prison. He was a Mason. He leaves a widow, a daughter, Mrs. May Martin, of Everett, Wash., and four sons, Fred, Leonard, Earl, Lumen and Guy, all residents of Lincoln County. Mr. Butterfield was 73 years old.
(Source: Alcona County (MI) Review, Thursday, May 8, 1913)
Born June 1843 in Caradoc, Middlesex Co Ontario Canada,an old Indian village. 1850 St Clair Co MI census, age 6. Served in Civil War in Co "K", 3rd MI Cavalry, Pvt, mustered in at Jackson Co MI on 12 Oct 1861; mustered out in San Antonio TX. Lived in Alcona Co MI in 1890, was enumerator on Special Veteran's census schedule. He died in Taft, Lincoln Co, Oregon. Taft is now part of Lincoln City, Lincoln Co, Oregon
Thanks to Elsie Harmon for the following article: "Lincoln County Leader" (Toledo Oregon) Friday April 11, 1913, pg 4)
"When Wm. Dodson went up to John Butterfield's bedroom to call him, he found Mr. Butterfield dead. Mr. Butterfield had been working for Mr. Dodson but had been sick and thought he was taking pneumonia. Jakie Johnson went to Newport to notify Fred of his father's death."
John and Sarah's youngest child, Guy Dutcher Butterfield and his wife Sophie Jaksy, were cremated in New Jersey where they died, ashes given to a relative.
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John I. Butterfield
Toledo, Or., April 27.--(Special)--John I. Butterfield, veteran of the Civil War, who was found dead in bed at Taft, Or., recently, bore the distinction in Lincoln County of being the first permanent homesteader to locate on the rich farming land of the Lower Siletz River [coming from Alcona County, Michigan.]
At the Battle of the Wilderness he received a bullet wound in the right lung, which was the ultimate cause of death. Although Mr. Butterfield carried three bullets and the scar of a severe wound, he never applied for or received a pension. He fought at Shiloh and at Vicksburg, was captured at the battle of Corinth and escaped from Libby prison. He was a Mason. He leaves a widow, a daughter, Mrs. May Martin, of Everett, Wash., and four sons, Fred, Leonard, Earl, Lumen and Guy, all residents of Lincoln County. Mr. Butterfield was 73 years old.
(Source: Alcona County (MI) Review, Thursday, May 8, 1913)
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