Illinois Family Group Sheet for the Beckwith BUTLER Family

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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.