Loren BUTLER (b. 1822)

BUTLER, EASTMAN

Posted By: Linnie Howell (email)
Date: 6/7/2005 at 22:07:04

BUTLER, Loren, farmer and mason, Sec. 9; P. O. Fayette; was born in Clinton Co., N. Y., April 10, 1822; when 15 years old, he came to Chicago, then a mere village; from there to Beloit, Wis. Was soon after married to Harriet Eastman; she was born in Sherbrook, Lower Canada, Feb. 29, 1824. Mr. Butler has done a good deal of work in and around Beloit and built the large stone mill at New Milford, Winnebago Co., Ill., as well as a number of other large buildings; came to this county in 1855; owns sixty-five acres of land near where he settled twenty-three years ago; have four children - Lydia M., Jay, Frank and Addie. He has been School Director and Supervisor six years each.

1878 History of Fayette Co. Iowa - Westfield Township
Page 687