Butler, George C.

BUTLER, DAVEY, DAVIDSON, RAND, MARSHALL, AILLAUD, CAULFIELD, PHIPPS, UPCHURCH, PERIN, THOMPSON

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Date: 8/27/2009 at 12:19:17

Butler, George C.

Among those men of Jasper County, who by the mere force of their personality have forged their way to the front ranks of that class of citizens who may properly be termed progressive, is George C. Butler, who has a fine farm in Independence Township which he has taken a great interest in and which he has improved in a most systematic way until it is equal to any in the vicinity where it is so admirably located.

Mr. Butler was born at Downers Grove, DuPage County, Illinois, December 4, 1866. When a mere child he came with his parents to Jasper County, Iowa, and has been a continuous resident here since, having devoted his life to farming, having accumulated, by hard work and good management, three hundred acres of choice land in Jasper County and one hundred and sixty acres in Marshall County, which he has kept well improved and highly cultivated, carrying on general farming and stock raising in a manner that stamps him as being fully abreast of the times. He has a modern and attractive home and everything about his place denotes good taste, thrift and the exercise of good judgment.

George C. Butler is the son of Charles and Eliza (Davey) Butler, both natives of Cambridgeshire, England, the father born on March 31, 1828, and the mother on August 13, 1833, the former dying in Jasper County, Iowa, March 5, 1871, and the latter is living with her youngest son, R. P. Davidson, in Baxter. There were eleven children in this family, five of whom are still living, namely: William C. died in California when twenty-two years of age; John D. died in Illinois when six years old; Alfred A. died July 17, 1874; Charlotte Ann Rand is residing at Mitchell, South Dakota; Emma Caroline died in infancy; Matilda Belle Marshall lives in Hennessey, Oklahoma; Rosella died when sixteen years old; George Charles, of this review; John J. died when nine years old; Catherine Jemima Aillaud, born in May, 1869, lives in Newton, Iowa; Carrie Caulfield, born September 13, 1871, lives in Baxter; and R. P. Davidson, of Baxter, whose sketch appears in this book.

George C. Butler, of this review, was married July 12, 1893, to Fannie Phipps, who was born in Kentucky, December 28, 1869, and when quite young she came with her parents to Iowa, the family locating in Jasper County. She is the daughter of James and Mary (Upchurch) Phipps, both born in Kentucky, the father on June 14, 1837; he is residing at Marceline, Missouri, the mother having died in Jasper County at the age of forty-two years. They were the parents of seven daughters and two sons, namely: Theodosia died in infancy; Felix is living in Kellogg, Jasper County (see his sketch in this work); Lizzie Amy is living in Colorado; Fannie, wife of the subject; Emma Perin lives in Independence Township, this County; Anna Thompson lives in Baxter; John is deceased; Mary Jane died at the age of thirteen years; Ellen Wolfe is living in Colorado.

To Mr. and Mrs. Butler eight children have been born, seven of whom are living, namely: Charles J., born May 7, 1894; Glen D., born October 5, 1895; Alfred Wayne, born March 29, 1899; Harry, born December 18, 1901; Mabel, born December 20, 1903; Louie, born July 21, 1905, died March 8, 1907; Aillen, born January 25, 1908; Fred, born January 30, 1911.

Politically, Mr. Butler is a Republican, and he takes a good citizen's interest in local affairs. He has served as school director. Past and Present of Jasper County Iowa B. F. Bowden & Company, Indianapolis, IN, 1912 Page 1241.