Benjamin BUTLER

Abt 1804 - 1872  (~ 68 years)

• Name	Benjamin BUTLER
  Birth	Abt 1804	Virginia   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Misc	29 Jul 1809	Fairfield, Highland, Ohio, United States   [2]
  	Received on Certificate from Upper MM, VA
  	Address: Fairfield Monthly Meeting
  Misc	27 May 1812	Warren County, Ohio, United States   [3]
  	Address: Miami MM
  Death	27 Nov 1872	Ohio   [4]
  Burial	Aft 27 Nov 1872	Harper, Rushcreek Twn, Logan County, Ohio   [4]
  	Address: Harper Cemetery
  Person ID	I4916	Watkins
  Last Modified	5 Dec 2010

  
  

  Father	Daniel BUTLER,   b. Abt 1770, Sussex County, Virginia, United States d. Bef 1840, Jefferson Township, Logan, Ohio, United States (Age ~ 69 years)
  Mother	Sarah WATKINS,   b. 22 Dec 1774, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, British America d. 12 Feb 1853, Jefferson Township, Logan, Ohio, United States (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	16 Apr 1796	Blackwater Meeting House, Sussex, Virginia   [1, 5]
  Misc-Fam	20 Aug 1808	Upper MM, Prince George County, Virginia   [6]
  	rem, gct Fairfield MM, Ohio
  Misc-Fam	27 May 1812	Warren County, Ohio, United States   [3]
  	Received on Certificate from Fairfield Monthly Meeting
  	Address: Miami Monthly Meeting
  	"Miami Monthly Meeting, located on the Little Miami River in Warren County, was the first to be established in southwestern Ohio. It was the center from which Quakerism spread over western Ohio and throughout Indiana -- the territory now embraced in Wilmington, Indiana and Western Yearly Meetings. The settlement of Friends in the section about the present side of Waynesville began in the closing years of the eighteenth century." Hinshaw
  Residence	1820	Jefferson Township, Logan, Ohio, United States   [7]
  	Listed as Brown, Daniel The census reported: Male < 10: 1 (Probably a grandson of whom we have no information) Male 16-26: 1 (Probably his son, Benjamin) Male 45 +: 1 (Daniel would have been 50) Females <10: 2 (Perhaps these were unknown grand-daughters) Females 10-45 (Probably one of his daughters) Females 26-45) (Sarah would have been 44) No of persons engaged in agriculture: 2 (Daniel and Benjamin)
  Residence	1830	Jefferson Township, Logan, Ohio, United States   [8]
  	Census lists: One male 60-70: Daniel (60) One male 20-30: Benjamin ? (26) One male 15-20: ?? One female 50-60: Sarah (54) One female 20-30: Martha ? (22)
  Family ID	F503	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eliza UNKNOWN,   b. Abt 1813, Ohio d. 5 Aug 1888, Ohio (Age ~ 75 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1831
  Residence	30 Aug 1850	Rushcreek Township, Logan, Ohio, United States   [9]
  	Farmer
  Residence	18 Jul 1870	Harper, Rushcreek Twn, Logan County, Ohio   [10]
  	Retired Farmer
  Children	1. Jane BUTLER,   b. Abt 1831, Ohio d. Yes, date unknown   2. Sarah BUTLER,   b. Abt 1835, Ohio d. Yes, date unknown   3. Thomas A. BUTLER,   b. Abt 1836, Ohio d. Bef 1900 (Age ~ 63 years)   4. Daniel BUTLER,   b. Mar 1837, Ohio d. Yes, date unknown   5. Elwood BUTLER,   b. Abt 1839, Ohio d. 15 Dec 1902, Hardin County, Ohio, United States (Age ~ 63 years)
  Family ID	F1290	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Oct 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1804 - Virginia Misc - Address: Miami MM - 27 May 1812 - Warren County, Ohio, United States Residence - Farmer - 30 Aug 1850 - Rushcreek Township, Logan, Ohio, United States Residence - Retired Farmer - 18 Jul 1870 - Harper, Rushcreek Twn, Logan County, Ohio Burial - Address: Harper Cemetery - Aft 27 Nov 1872 - Harper, Rushcreek Twn, Logan County, Ohio  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Headstones

  Benjamin and Eliza Butler Benjamin (1804 - 1872) Eliza (ca. 1813 - 1888)

  
  

• Sources

  [S9] 1930 United States Census. [S317] Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Page 226. "Daniel, sons James and Benjamin, received on certificate from Upper Monthly Meeting, Virginia, dated 1808, 1, 9." [S317] Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Volume V, Miami Monthly Meeting, Page 32. "Daniel and wife, Sarah, and children James, Mary, Susannah, Nancy, Benjamin and Martha, received on certificate from Fairfield Monthly Meeting dated 1810, 8, 25" [S331] Find-A-Grave, Memorial# 30694545. [S358] Hinshaw, Volume VI, Page 119 Blackwater Monthly Meeting. [S317] Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol VI, Upper MM, VA, page 132. "Daniel and wife, Sarah, and children, James, Mary, Susanna, Ann & Benjamin, removed and granted certificate to Fairfield Monthly Meeting, Ohio." [S128] 1820 United States Federal Census, Jefferson Township, Logan County Ohio. [S129] 1830 United States Federal Census, Jefferson Township, Logan County, Ohio Image 3. [S409] 1850 United States Federal Census, Rushcreek Twn, Logan County, Ohio Dwelling 134. [S113] 1870 United States Federal Census, Rushcreek Twn, Logan County, Ohio Page 37 Dwelling 277.