Marshall Butler (1811-1855)

B May 9, 1811 in Hinsdale, NH to John Butler and Gracie Hubbard
M December 28, 1836 to Luthera Betsey Hubbard
D Nov. 18, 1855, buried in Chesterfield, NH
C Lucius Marshall  Helen Pricilla    Ann Sophia   Warren Herbert  Luna Ann
TEXT ON THE STONE
CAPT. MARSHALL BUTLER

MAY 9, 1811 - NOV 18, 1855

LUTHERA H. BUTLER, HIS WIFE
NOV. 1, 1816 - MAR. 8, 1902

WARREN H. BUTLER
OCT. 6 1847 - APR. 7, 1931

ELLA F. BARRETT, HIS WIFE
JUL 31, 1852 - JAN. 17, 1935

SIDE OF STONE:

LUNA ANN,
OCT. 10, 1840,
MAR. 16, 1841

WILLIAM B. RANKIN
OCT. 31, 1871,
MAR. 22, 1924

(William Rankin worked for the Butlers)

 
According to the History of Chesterfield, Marshall died 18 Nov 1855 at the age of 44 after being "thrown from an ox cart".

Lucius probably helped his mother on the farm at least until he married Esther Abbott in 1860.
Luthera lived with her son Warren for many years (census records) She died in 1901 only 4 years before Lucius' death in 1905. According to this History of Chesterfield, Warren did very well -- he was a prosperous dairy farmer, member of State Leg. 1889, county auditor and deputy sheriff, county commissioner 1893, and Justice of the Peace.

Descendants of Marshall Butler and Luthera Betsey Hubbard include:

  • First woman military band director Helen May Butler, "the Female Sousa." (granddaughter)

  • Harlan F. Stone, Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court, born 1872 (grandson)

  • Famous writer world traveler/sailor and survivor, shipwrecked sailor Bill Butler, born 1929, still living! (great-great-great-grandson)

  • President of Purdue University, chemistry professor, and avid mountain climber, killed in a rock climbing accident, Winthrop Stone, born 1862. (grandson)

  • Lucius M. Butler, master mechanic and inventor who made improvements to Pullman coaches. (grandson)

  • Lucius A. Butler, railroad engineer. (great-grandson)

  • Bernice Howe, a 1895 female science graduate of Purdue University (granddaughter)

  • Harold Abbott Butler, electrical engineer who moved to Cuba to get away from the cold weather in the northeastern US.  He ended up fleeing Cuba after the Cuban revolution. (great-great-grandson)

  • Many others with engineering, mathematical, and artistic talent.

  • Plenty of others with diverse interests including accounting, geography, astronomy, computers, photography, dairy farming, music, painting, architecture, science, genealogy and more!

Additional Information:

Butler Family History

Descendants of Marshall Butler