William W. Buttolph (1846-1931)

BUTTOLPH

Posted By: Karon Velau (email)
Date: 3/26/2022 at 11:08:36

William W. Buttolph
(July 29, 1846 – May 26, 1931)

William W. Buttolph, a successful and enterprising farmer residing on section 33, Logan Township, Calhoun County, Iowa, is a native of Indiana, his birth having occurred in St. Joseph County, on the 29th of July, 1846. His parents. George and Dorothy (Clark) Buttolph. were both from New England, the former born near North Adams, Massachusetts, the latter near Farmington, Maine. On coming to Iowa in 1855, they first located near Palo, Linn County, but two years later they removed to Boone County, where they continued to make their
home throughout the remainder of their lives. The father died in August 1871, and the mother passed away March 18, 1895.
Our subject remained under the parental roof until he attained his majority, and was given the advantages of a good common school education. On starting out in life for himself he engaged in breaking prairie in Boone County, and in partnership with some of his neighbors, he owned and operated a threshing machine. He also engaged in farming upon rented land, and as an agriculturist met with good success, being thoroughly familiar with that occupation.
On the 7th of February, 1876, Mr. Buttolph was united in marriage with Miss
Mary Meyers, who was born in Ogle County, Illinois, July 28, 1855, a daughter of Eli and Elizabeth (Buffington) Meyers, both natives of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. In the early 1850s her parents removed to Illinois and settled in Ogle County, being among the pioneers of that section. In 1863 they removed to Boone County, Iowa, and subsequently went to South Dakota, their last days being spent in Hutchinson County, where Mr. Meyers died March 25, 1899, and his wife April 17th of the year previous. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Buttolph were born three children, as follows: Alice S., born November 6, 1876, died April 7, 1877. Cora A., born March 31, 1880, is now the wife of Marion Jenks and they have two children: Velma A., born October 1, 1899; and Letha A., born July 4, 1901. Since their marriage they have lived on the home farm with her parents. Wallace A., born May 29, 1886. is also at home.
After his marriage Mr. Buttolph continued to reside in Boone County for a few
years, during which time he either operated a rented farm or engaged in working land on the shares. In the spring of 1881 he came to Calhoun County and located on the farm in Logan Township, where he now resides, having purchased the place in 1879, when it was all wild and unimproved, but he has since transformed the farm into one of the most highly cultivated and desirable places of the township, it being a valuable tract of one hundred and sixty acres. He also owns another tract of forty acres a half mile from his home, which he purchased in 1890. In connection with general farming
he is engaged in the breeding of a good grade of stock, making a specialty of short horn cattle, Percheron horses and Poland China hogs, and finds this branch of his business quite profitable. He is one of the representative farmers and leading citizens of his community and has been called upon to fill various local offices, such as school director and road supervisor. His political support is always given the men and measures of the Republican party.
[Source – Biographical Record of Calhoun County, Iowa, by S. J. Clarke, 1902, p.256]