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James Butler died at his home in Salem township last Monday night at ten o'clock, after an illness of only one week. Funeral services will be held today at 2 p.m. at the Block church. Rev. J. E. Ervin, of Angola, will preach the sermon and the K. of P. Lodge will have charge of the burial ceremonies.
Mr. Butler was widely known and will be greatly missed. He died on the farm where he was born fifty-two years ago. Obituary next week.
STEUBEN REPUBLICAN
Wednesday, May 15, 1895
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James Warren Butler
Was born in Salem township, Steuben county, Indiana,...
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James Butler died at his home in Salem township last Monday night at ten o'clock, after an illness of only one week. Funeral services will be held today at 2 p.m. at the Block church. Rev. J. E. Ervin, of Angola, will preach the sermon and the K. of P. Lodge will have charge of the burial ceremonies.
Mr. Butler was widely known and will be greatly missed. He died on the farm where he was born fifty-two years ago. Obituary next week.
STEUBEN REPUBLICAN
Wednesday, May 15, 1895
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James Warren Butler
Was born in Salem township, Steuben county, Indiana, April 25, 1843, and died at his place of birth, May 13, 1895, aged 52 years and 18 days.
Jesse Butler, his father, was born in Vermont and moved with his two brothers, Loren and Daniel, to Salem township, in this county, in July 1838, and resided on the land known as the Butler farm until his death, March 20, 1874, aged 86 years. His wife, mother of deceased, died April 22, 1849, on the same farm. Seymour S. Butler, brother of James, died April 20, 1882, at fifty years of age. Perthenia A. Butler, a sister, died Jun 22, 1888, aged 51 years. Two children of Jesse and wife died in infancy, one in Vermont and the other in Salem. Mrs. Mary J. Bodley, wife of L. N. Bodley, survives as the only one left of the family.
August 28, 1864, the subject of this sketch was married to Miss Eleanora Wright who died about ten years ago, leaving him one son, Elbridge, and two daughters, Mary, now the wife of Benj. Hayward, and Miss Lena Butler, who faithfully attended at his bedside during his illness and in sorrow followed his remains to the grave.
The period of his life extends over the greater part of the history of Steuben county, and he had a wide circle of friends and acquaintances. He was an active sympathizer with the oppressed and afflicted and a liberal supporter of all movements for friendship and charity. Funeral services were conducted at the Block church in Salem, by Rev. J. E. Ervin, of Angola, and by Americus Lodge, K. of P., of which he was a member.
STEUBEN REPUBLICAN
Wednesday, May 22, 1895,
p. 1, col. 6.
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