James BUTLER

Birth:
Abt 1780
of Simpson, Kentucky
Death:
1835
Warren, Simpson, Kentucky
Marriage:
1 Mar 1802
Logan, Kentucky
Sources:
Ancestral File - Version 4.19
Simpson County, Kentucky Families Past & Present, (FHL#976.9735 D2s)
Internet IGI 2007, Nov 2010
New.FamilySearch.org, Nov 2010
Notes:
                   NOTES:
County Justice of the Peace.
He and his wife were Methodists.
Frontiersman and friend of Daniel Boone.
Butler family has fire tongs melted from Boone's pack saddle straps.
Upon his father's death John, not oldest son William, became the legal agent for his mother.
Charity LOWE
Birth:
13 Jan 1782
Sury, North Carolina
Death:
25 Apr 1851
North Pigeon, Pottawattamie, Iowa
Notes:
                   NOTE:
     Went West with sons after they all joined the Mormon Church. Died before reaching Utah and is on Pioneer marker in Nauvoo
Children
Marriage
1
William L. BUTLER
Birth:
1802
Franklin, Simpson, Kentucky
Death:
1833
Monroe, Kentucky
Notes:
                   BAPL: 11 OCT 1881; 18 JAN 1952
ENDL: 14 OCT 1881; 1 FEB 1952
2
Elizabeth BUTLER
Birth:
1804
Kentucky
Death:
Notes:
                   BAPL: 11 OCT 1881; 18 JAN 1952
ENDL: 14 OCT 1881; 11 FEB 1952
3
Sarah Frances BUTLER
Birth:
1806
Kentucky
Death:
6 Jan 1831
Simpson, Kentucky
Lemuel WALDEN 
Marr:
1827
 
Notes:
                   BAPL: 10 JUL 1838; 18 JAN 1952
ENDL: 26 JUN 1890; 11 FEB 1952
4
John Lowe BUTLER
Birth:
8 Apr 1808
Simpson, Kentucky
Death:
10 Apr 1860
Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah
Ester Emily OGDEN 
Marr:
9 Mar 1857
Salt Lake, Salt Lake, Utah 
Notes:
                   NOTES:
    1. Settled Spanish Fork, Utah
    2. First Bishop of Spanish Fork Ward
    3. Was bodyguard for Joseph Smith
    4. Arrived in Utah in Eli B Kelsey Co Oct 16 1852

Sealings changed from Butler Bio Book
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polygamist
Born close in time and proximity to Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln also Henry Clay. His family was of the lower farmer class.
(Research):1835 John hears the Mormon elders Emmet and Dustin for the first time on Mar 1 at the home of Uncle John Lowe and he and Caroline were baptised 8 days later.
1836  Left Kentucky and arrived Clay county Missouri June just as the Mormons were forced out of Jackson County
1852 Abraham Smoot Co to Utah Departed Council Blusffs 4 July and arrived 14-16October age 44
5
Thomas BUTLER
Birth:
1810
Franklin, Simpson, Kentucky
Death:
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   CHECK: SLGC 29 SEP
6
Vincent BUTLER
Birth:
1811
Franklin, Simpson, Kentucky
Death:
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   BAPL: 3 APR 1872; 18 JAN 1952
7
Lucy Ann BUTLER
Birth:
6 Aug 1814
Simpson, Kentucky
Death:
16 Dec 1884
Deseret, Millard, Utah
Reuben Warren ALLRED 
Marr:
4 Dec 1836
Ray, Missouri 
Notes:
                   BAPL: 1832 or 1833
8
BUTLER
Birth:
Abt 1816
Franklin, Simpson, Kentucky
Death:
 
Marr:
 
9
Edmund Ray BUTLER
Birth:
28 Apr 1822
Franklin, Simpson, Kentucky
Death:
1849
Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa
Notes:
                   ENDL: 7 OCT 1881; 29 JAN 1846
John took his younger brother back to their cabin from where he was working in Missouri and he died 3 days later. John put his body in 2 coffins with charcoal inbetween and buried him as requested among the saints in the Fairview cemetery overlooking Kanesville, (now Council Bluffs)
10
James Morgan BUTLER
Birth:
20 Apr 1824
Franklin, Simpson, Kentucky
Death:
Catherine MCCOLL 
Marr:
Mar 1851
Crawford, Iowa 
Notes:
                   Attorney, Civil War General. Left the LDS Church.
11
Lorenzo Dow BUTLER
Birth:
13 Jul 1826
Simpson, Kentucky
Death:
2 Aug 1884
Woodbine, Harrison, Iowa
Anne BINNALL 
Marr:
15 May 1848
Birmingham, Warwick, England 
Notes:
                   Met wife Anne on his mission to England. They married and came to America
together. Joined the RLDS church. Parents are Thomas and Lady Binnal.
FCID:5149:4755
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James Butler - Charity Lowe

James Butler was born at of Simpson, Kentucky Abt 1780. His parents were William Butler and Phoebe Childers.

He married Charity Lowe 1 Mar 1802 at Logan, Kentucky . Charity Lowe was born at Sury, North Carolina 13 Jan 1782 daughter of William Lowe and Margaret Farr .

They were the parents of 11 children:
William L. Butler born 1802.
Elizabeth Butler born 1804.
Sarah Frances Butler born 1806.
John Lowe Butler born 8 Apr 1808.
Thomas Butler born 1810.
Vincent Butler born 1811.
Lucy Ann Butler born 6 Aug 1814.
Butler born Abt 1816.
Edmund Ray Butler born 28 Apr 1822.
James Morgan Butler born 20 Apr 1824.
Lorenzo Dow Butler born 13 Jul 1826.

James Butler died 1835 at Warren, Simpson, Kentucky .

Charity Lowe died 25 Apr 1851 at North Pigeon, Pottawattamie, Iowa .