For
Muscatine County Iowa
1911
| Biographies For Muscatine County Iowa 1911 | |
Source: History of Muscatine County Iowa, Volume II, Biographical, 1911, page 140
CHARLES MARK BUTLER. Charles Mark Butler, is successfully engaged in the real-estate, loan and collection business at Muscatine, having offices at 209 Iowa avenue, and also acts as a notary public. His birth occurred in Johnson county, Missouri, on the 14th of November, 1872, his parents being William H. and Sarah M. ( McPherson ) Butler, who were natives of Illinois and Kentucky respectively. Mark McPherson, the great-grandfather of our subject in the maternal line served as a soldier in the Revolutionary war and was promoted to the rank of captain for bravery. William H. Butler, the paternal grandfather, was a wagon-maker by trade and became an early setler of Vermilion county, Illinois. He made his home in Catlin, Illinois, and there both he and his wife passed away. They had two children who reached mature years, William H. and Josephine. Mark McPherson, the maternal grandfather of Charles M. Butler, was a native of Kentucky and a gentleman of Scotch-Irish descent. In early manhood he engaged in the practice of law in the Blue Grass state but later removed to Henry county, Missouri, where he followed that profession and also served as justice of the peace for many years. He lived to a ripe old age, passing away in 1906. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Betty Henley, was called to her final rest in 1872. The names of their children were as follows: Joseph, Mary, Sarah M., Agnes, John, Fanny, Emma and Watson.William H. Butler, the father of the gentleman whose name introduces this review, was reared in Vermilion county, Illinois, and at the time of the Civil war enlisted in Company I, Thirty-sixth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, serving with the command for more than three years. He was ever a brave and loyal soldier and was discharged on account of wounds received at the battles of Pea Ridge and Cross Hollows. When hostilities had ceased he settled on a farm near Windsor, Missouri, and was actively identified with agricultural pursuits for a number of years. He passed away in Kincaid, Kansas, in 1879, at the comparatively early age of thirty-nine years. Three of his six children are still living, namely: John H., of Kansas City, Missouri; Charles M., of this review; and Agnes M., the wife of J, M, Anderson, of Kansas City.
Charles Mark Butler acquired a common-school education in his youthful years, which were spent in Missouri and Kansas. After putting aside his text-books he worked at the barber's trade and subsequently became connected with the jewelry business. He made his home in Kansas City, Missouri for a number of years and during the greater part of the time was successfully engaged in the real-estate and insurance business. The year 1907 witnessed his arrival in Muscatine, Iowa, and here he has since followed the real-estate and insurance business with gratifying results, having a large clientage.
On the 8th of July, Mr. Butler was united in marriage to Miss Georgie Hensick, a daughter of William Hensick, of Marshall, Saline county, Missouri. They have one child, Nannie Marguerite, whose natal day was July 9, 1895. In politics Mr. Butler is a stanch democrat, supporting the men and measures of that party by his ballot. His enterprise and laudable ambition have carried him into business relations and at all times the course that he has pursued has commended him to the good will of confidences of those who know him.
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