Proving Elisha
singhals
This has been languishing unnoticed over on alt.genealogy for a week
now, so I thought I'd haul it over here for y'all's attention?
I know the Butler lines are nearly impossible to separate -- I was
told that 37 years ago by someone who'd been trying for 50 years.
(g)
I need to prove/disprove the birth of Elisha Smith Butler. I have a
fistful of sources that claim he was born in Hartford Connecticut;
all give the identical date. Upon inquiry, Hartford (both city and
county) denies it.
I'm ONLY interested in his parentage; I have more than I want about
his descendants -- who do NOT include Benjamin B.
Names of children are included in case one of them happens to be a
"marker" for a specific line of Butlers.
Elisha Smith BUTLER was born on 8 Jun 1798 in Hartford, ,
CN. He died on 5 Apr 1888 in Tyrone, , PA. He was a
Methodist minister. PROBABLY a brother to the Rev. William
Butler. Family has visited and photographed the cemetery.
Elisha married (1) Sarah COUSERT about 1824. Sarah died
about 1835.
They had the following children:
2 M. Joseph Wesley BUTLER was born about 1824. He died as
a child before 1850.
3 M William Henry Harrison BUTLER was born about 1826. He
died as a child before 1850
4 M Elisha Smith BUTLER was born about 1828. He died as a
child before 1850.
5 M Frank T BUTLER died after 1888, , Wisconsin. [NOT yet
a proven child; single reference to him, in Wisconsin, that
mentions his parents by name.]
Elisha married (2) Martha Greene GANOE daughter of James GANOE and
Barbara (SCHMIDT OR SNYDER) on 31 Dec 1841. Martha was born on 8 Sep
1817 in Warrior's Mark,Huntington, PA. She died on 10 Oct 1912 in
Newark, , NJ. She was buried in Evergreen Cem, Elizabeth, NJ.
They had the following children:
6 M Elisha BUTLER was born in 1843 in Warrior's Mark, ,
PA. He died on 9 Aug 1931 in Newark, , NJ. Elisha married
Mary I --?--.
7 F Emma Melissa BUTLER was born on 13 May 1845 in
Warrior's Mark, , PA. She died on 3 Sep 1863 in Castle Finn,
York co, PA.
8 F Electa M BUTLER was born on 23 Mar 1848 in Bedford, ,
PA. She died on 10 Aug 1938. She was buried in Milton, , PA.
9 F Ellen M BUTLER was born in 1850 in Hancock, , MD.
She died on 30 Nov 1936 in Riverside, , CA.
10 M Edwin L BUTLER was born on 15 Nov 1851 in Frostburg,
Allegany, MD. He died on 15 Dec 1930 in Altoona, , PA. Edwin
married Martha CRAMER daughter of Eli VanEman CRAMER and
Susannah WEIGHT about 1885. Martha was born on 26 Mar 1864.
11 F Elmyra M BUTLER was born in 1854 in Cumberland,
Allegany, MD. She died on 13 Feb 1838 in Monterrey Park, , CA.
12 M Emmanuel BUTLER was born on 23 Dec 1856 in
Birmingham, Huntington, PA. He died on 2 Dec 1931 in Newark,
, NJ.
13 M Eber BUTLER was born on 27 Dec 1858 in Bloomingdale,
Luzerne, PA. He died about 1940/1950 in Harrisburg, , PA.
14 M Ellsworth BUTLER was born in 1860 in Sunbury,
Northumberland, PA. He disappeared in 1914.
Children 6 thru 13 have living descendants, some of whom I recognize
in a crowd. My info includes info developed and shared by some of
those persons.
Thanks for any clues!
Cheryl
singhals <sing...@erols.com>
Ukes
Cheryl Singhals <sing...@erols.com> wrote:
> This has been languishing unnoticed over on alt.genealogy for a week
> now, so I thought I'd haul it over here for y'all's attention?
>
> I know the Butler lines are nearly impossible to separate -- I was
> told that 37 years ago by someone who'd been trying for 50 years.
> (g)
>
> I need to prove/disprove the birth of Elisha Smith Butler. I have a
> fistful of sources that claim he was born in Hartford Connecticut;
> all give the identical date. Upon inquiry, Hartford (both city and
> county) denies it.
Don't you mean that there's no record of the birth in Hartford that
has been found?
> I'm ONLY interested in his parentage; I have more than I want about
> his descendants -- who do NOT include Benjamin B.
> Names of children are included in case one of them happens to be a
> "marker" for a specific line of Butlers.
Are there any mug books for entries pertaining to Elisha? Since he
was a Methodist minister, who lived to be almost 90, he was probably
widely known and respected and it would not be suprising for there
to be a mug book, or local history, biography of him.
Also, Methodist publications. Again, given that he was a Methodist
minister who lived to an advanced age, it would not be suprising if
there were biographies or detailed obituaries for him in Methodist
magazines or other publications.
Ukes <duke_of...@hotmail.com>