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Butler Family Letters

 
(notes: OT=Oregon Territory; Luckamute=Luckiamute; Umpka=Umpqua)
 

 

                         

 

BUTLER FAMILY

| Elijah & Sarah E. Butler | Ira F.M. Butler | Isaac & Sarah A. Butler |
| Joseph Butler | Peter & Rachel Butler | William Butler |
Elijah Butler & Sarah E. Butler Family
date place from to mentioned
May 5, 1850 Iowa Elijah Butler John Butler  
Mar. 15, 1853   Polk County, OT Elijah Butler Brother & Sister Edward Ground
  Isaac Smith
Sept. 2, 1855 Polk County, OT Elijah Butler Brother & Sister Isaac Smith
  Edward Ground
  Isaac Butler
July  7, 1856 Bloomington, Elijah Butler John Butler Peter Butler
  Polk County, (note added later by   John E. Murphy
  Oregon John Butler-   Ira F.M. Butler
  recipient unknown)  
May 24, 1857 Bloomington, Elijah & Sarah E. Butler Brother & Sister Isaac Smith
  Polk County, OT  
Feb. 26, 1858 (not given) Sarah E. Butler Brother & Sister Elijah Butler
    William Ground
    Thomas Lucas
     
Ira F.M. Butler Family
date place from to mentioned
Oct. 31, 1856 Polk County, OT Ira F.M. Butler Brother Edward Ground
Jan. 8, 1858 Salem, OT Ira F.M. Butler John Butler Elijah Butler
Aug. 21, 1858 Monmouth, OT Ira F.M. Butler Brother Isaac Butler
  ps by Rachel Butler  
  ps by Paradine Butler  
 
Isaac Butler & Sarah A. Butler Family
date place from to mentioned
 July 31, 1853 Bloomington, Isaac Butler Brother Elijah Davidson
  Polk County, OT   Peter Butler
Oct. 9, 1854 (not given) Isaac Butler Brother & Sister  
Oct. 15, 1855 Polk County, OT Isaac Butler Brother  
Nov. 1, 1856 (not given) Isaac & Sarah A. Brother & Sister  
  Butler  
Mar. 31, 1857 (not given) Isaac & Sarah A. Brother & Sister  
  Butler  
Sept. 25, 1857 (not given) Isaac & Sarah A. Brother & Sister Isaac Smith
  Butler   Thomas Hutchinson
  Elijah Davidson
  John E. Murphy
May 26, 1858 (not given) Isaac & Sarah A. Brother & Sister Edward Ground
  Butler   Isaac Smith
  Thomas Lucas
  Elijah Davidson
  John E. Murphy
  Thomas Hutchinson
Sept. 15, 1859 Monmouth, OT Isaac Butler Brother  
 
Dec. 16, 1860 "At Home" Isaac & Sarah A. Brother Isaac Smith
  Butler    
Jan. 3, 1863 Dallas, Polk County Isaac & Sarah A. Brother Edward Ground
  Butler   Elijah Davidson
  John E. Murphy
 
Joseph Butler Family
date place from to mentioned
Jan. 6, 1856 Dutch Creek, Iowa Joseph & Jane Butler Brother & Sister Thomas Hutchinson
June 8, 1856 Dutch Creek, Iowa Joseph Butler Brother & Sister  
Nov. 9, 1856 Dutch Creek, Iowa Joseph Butler Brother & Sister  
     
Peter Butler & Rachel Butler
date place from to mentioned
 Sept. 2, 1848 Illinois George Churchill & (unknown)  
    Peter Butler  
Aug 14,1853 Polk County, OT Peter Butler Children Edward Ground
Oct. 30, 1853 Polk County, OT Peter Butler Children Isaac Smith
    William Murphy
Dec. 11, 1853 Polk County, OT Peter Butler Son & Daughter William Murphy
Mar. 4, 1854 Polk County, OT Peter & Rachel Butler Children  
Apr.17, 1854 Polk County, OT Peter Butler Children Isaac Smith
    Thomas Hutchinson
Sept. 1, 1854 Portland, OT Peter Butler Son William Murphy
    Edward Ground
    Isaac Smith
    Thomas Hutchinson
    Elijah Davidson
    John E. Murphy
Sept. 24, 1854 Polk County, OT Peter Butler Children Thomas Hutchinson
Jan. 6, 1855 Polk County, OT Peter Butler Son & Family Edward Ground
June 2, 1855 Polk County, OT Peter & Rachel Butler John and James  
    Butler & Families  
Aug. 25, 1855 Polk County, OT Peter & Rachel Butler Children  
Aug. 26, 1855 Oregon Elizabeth Hutchinson John & Eliza Butler  
    ps by Peter Butler    
Feb. 4, 1856 Polk County, OT Peter & Rachel Butler Children &  
    Grandchildren  
May 3, 1856 Polk County, OT Peter Butler Son & Family  
    ps by Elizabeth    
    Hutchinson ("Lissie")    
Feb. 5[1858] "at Peggy Smith's" Rachel Butler John E. Murphy  
    ps by Margaret Smith William Ground  
      Thompson Haley  
Aug. 21, 1858 Monmouth, OT Ira F.M. Butler Isaac Butler  
    ps by Rachel Butler  
    ps by Paradine Butler  
   
William Butler Family
date place from to mentioned
Dec. 30, 1855 Warren County, William Butler Brother  
  Kentucky    
Jan. 27, 1856 Warren County, William Butler John Butler  
  Kentucky    
Mar. 3, 1856 Bowling Green, William Butler Brother John  
  Kentucky    
July 15, 1859 Putnam City, William Butler Brother John  
  Missouri    
Aug. 21, 1859 Breckenridge City, William Butler Brother  
  Kansas Territory      
Feb. 16, 1862 Allen Creek, William Butler Brother  
  Kansas  
 
 
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GROUND FAMILY
Edward Ground & Eliza Ground Family
date place from to mentioned
Dec. 25, 1853 Bloomington, Eliza Ground John & Eliza Butler Thomas Hutchinson
  Polk County, OT ps by William Ground  
Mar. 5, 1854 Polk County, OT Edward Ground John Butler Isaac Smith
  ps by William Ground   Thomas Hutchinson
Aug. 10, 1855 Bloomington, OT Edward Ground Brother & Sister A.W. Lucas
July 12, 1857 Bloomington, Edward Ground Brother & Sister  
  Polk County, OT  
   
 
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HENDRICK FAMILY
Olso Hendrick
date place from to mentioned
Oct. 12, 1835 Louisiana Olso Hendrick Peter Butler   
 
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HOWARD FAMILY
Mary Howard
date place from to mentioned
Feb. 17, 1854 Warren County, Mary Howard Matilda Smith &   
  Kentucky   Eliza Butler  
 
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HUTCHINSON FAMILY
Thomas Hutchinson & Elizabeth Hutchinson Family
date place from to mentioned
Mar. 7, 1854 Luckamute, Thomas & John  & Eliza Butler  
  Polk County, OT Elizabeth Hutchinson  
April ?, 1854 Luckamute Elizabeth Hutchinson Eliza Butler Thomas Hutchinson
  ps to Matilda Smith  
Aug. 26, 1855 Oregon Elizabeth Hutchinson John & Eliza Butler  
  ps by Peter Butler  
Nov. 26, 1855 Bloomington, OT Thomas Hutchinson Brother & Sister Isaac Butler
  ps by Elizabeth  
  Hutchinson  
May 3, 1856 Polk County, OT Peter Butler Son & Family Thomas Hutchinson
  ps by Elizabeth  
  Hutchinson ("Lissie")  
Aug. 3, 1856 Bloomington, Elizabeth Hutchinson Niece; pss to  
  Polk County, ("Lissie") Erastus & Grandville  
  Oregon      
Sept. 6, 1858 Bloomington, Thomas Hutchinson Brother Elijah Butler
  Polk County, OT   Isaac Smith
 
 
 
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SMITH FAMILY
Isaac Smith & Margaret Smith Family
date place from to mentioned
April 27, 1853 Iowa Isaac Smith Brother & Sister Edward Ground
Aug. 17, 1853 Polk County, OT Isaac & Margaret Brother & Sister Edward Ground
   Smith  
Sept. 26, 1853 OT Isaac Smith Sisters William Murphy
Feb. 8, 1854 Bridgeport, OT Margaret Smith John & Eliza Butler,  
  Matilda Smith  
Aug. 6, 1854 Bridgeport, OT Isaac Smith Brother & Sisters  
Oct. 22, 1854 Bridgeport, OT Isaac Smith Brother & Sister William Murphy
Aug. 19, 1855 Bridgeport, OT Bridgeport, OT John & Eliza Butler,  
  ps by Margaret Smith Matilda Smith  
July 20, 1856 (not given) Isaac & Margaret Brother & Sisters Peter Butler
  Smith  
  ps probably by Isaac  
Dec. 8, 1856 Bridgeport, OT Rufus Smith Aunt Matilda & Cousin Squire S. Whitman
  ps by Isaac Smith ps to Brother & Sister  
Mar. 2, 1857 Bridgeport, OT Isaac Smith Brother & Sisters  
  ps by Margaret Smith  
Sept. 6, 1857 Bridgeport, OT Isaac & Margaret Brother & Sisters  
  Smith  
Feb. 5[1858] "at Peggy Smiths" Rachel Butler (not given) John E. Murphy
  ps by Margaret Smith   William Ground
  Thompson Haley
Mar. 28, 1858 Bridgeport,  Isaac & Margaret Brother & Sisters William Ground
  Polk County, OT Smith   Elijah Butler
  ps by Margaret Smith   Thomas Lucas
Sept. 5, 1858 Bridgeport, OT Isaac Smith Brother & Sister  
  ps by Margaret Smith Bro., Sis., & Children  
  ps by Berryman Smith Uncle John Butler  
Jan. 15, 1860 Bridgeport, OT Isaac & Margaret Brother & Sister Thomas Hutchinson
  Smith   Isaac Butler
Dec. 29, 1861 Bridgeport, Isaac & Margaret Sister Alexander Davidson
  Polk County Smith ps to Brother  
July 28, 1863 (not given) Isaac & Margaret Smith Brother & Sister Thomas Lucas
  (John M. Butler and  
  Matilda Smith)  
   
 
 

 
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