Butler, Adams

BUTLER, BEARD

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Date: 12/3/2008 at 12:29:31

BUTLER, Adams
Farmer; S. 3; P. O. Newton; born in Ohio in 1830. Married Mary M. BEARD in Ohio in 1853. She was born in Ohio in 1834. They have eight children - Jonathan W., Joseph L., David W., James Franklin, Rosetta E., Louisa M., Hattie B., and Amanda O. He has 160 acres of land, valued at $30 per acre. He moved to Iowa in 1855; improved his present farm, set out groves, etc. Mr. and Mrs. Butler are members of the Congregational Church. ~ "Malaka Township Biographies," The History of Jasper County, Iowa, (Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878)