Husband: Beckwith BUTLER
Birthdate: November 1, 1824
Birthplace: Ohio
Death date: about 1886
Place of death: Douglas County, Illinois
Father: Lawrence BUTLER (c1783-1864)
Mother: Hannah LITTERELL (c1779-1850)

Marriage date: April 11, 1847
Marriage place: Vermillion County, Indiana

Wife: Malinda SMALLWOOD
Birthdate: May 1824
Birthplace: Kentucky
Death date: November 8, 1884
Place of death: Douglas County, Illinois
Father: Samuel SMALLWOOD (1791-1856)
Mother: Sarah "Sally" AKERS (c1789-)

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Hannah Jane BUTLER
Sex: F
Birthdate: about 1850
Birthplace: Indiana or Kentucky
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Spouse's name: Mathias E. HAMMER

Child No. 2: Lawrence A. BUTLER
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1852
Birthplace: Douglas County, Illinois
Death date: March 6, 1944
Place of death: Paris, Edgar County, Illinois
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Spouse's name: Lucy HARRIS

Child No. 3: Nancy BUTLER
Sex: F
Birthdate: about 1854
Birthplace: Douglas County, Illinois
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Child No. 4: Lewis BUTLER
Sex: M
Birthdate: about 1857
Birthplace: Douglas County, Illinois
Death date: 1861
Place of death: Douglas County, Illinois
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Child No. 5: Malinda BUTLER
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Birthdate: about 1860
Birthplace: Douglas County, Illinois
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Child No. 6: John BUTLER
Sex: M
Birthdate: about 1862
Birthplace: Douglas County, Illinois
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Child No. 7: Elmer Ellsworth BUTLER
Sex: M
Birthdate: about 1867
Birthplace: Douglas County, Illinois
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Child No. 8: Emma BUTLER
Sex: F
Birthdate: April 3, 1867
Birthplace: Douglas County, Illinois
Death date: December 17, 1867
Place of death: Douglas County, Illinois
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Child No. 9: Sarah Elizabeth BUTLER
Sex: F
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Birthplace: probably Douglas County, Illinois
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Place of death: Sand Springs, Oklahoma
Marriage date: January 1, 1868
Marriage place: Tuscola, Douglas County, Illinois
Spouse's name: David COSLETT
 

Documentation: All source documents were lost in the 1998 Texas flood,
i.e., deeds, marriage and death records, census records, correspondence.
Beckwith Butler's family came from Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and then to
Oklahoma. Malinda Smallwood's family came from Maryland, Kentucky, etc.
This is indeed a Working Copy. Hope Coslett Pees, Seguin, Texas