Individual Details

Ellen Barrett Butler

(19 Feb 1843 - 28 Sep 1925)

Ellen Butler was born 19 February 1843 in Fairfield, Jefferson County, Iowa, and died 28 September 1925, in Burwell, Garfield County, Nebraska. She married on 22 December 1863 in Atlanta, Macon County, Missouri, to Andrew Jefferson Davis, the son of Melvin Hopkins and Permelia Lydia (Lockwood) Davis, who was born 31 May 1831 in Rochester, New York. He died 6 May 1905, Marceline, Linn County, Missouri.

In his youth, Andrew, in 1853, went to California, where he engaged in mining for nearly two years. He then moved to Missouri and settled in Clark County, where he began the study of medicine. He subsequently attended lectures in Chicago, and soon afterwards began to practice medicine in Clark County. He afterwards removed to Grundy County, Missouri where he remained two years. He then settled in Bedford, Livingston County, Missouri, where he continued his practice for four years more. From there he moved in 1866 to Bucklin, in Linn County, Missouri, where he practiced medicine until 1874, when he moved to a farm five miles southwest of Bucklin, and engaged in farming. In 1888 he became one of the earliest residents of Marceline, Missouri and lived there for the remainder of his life.

There were 8 children born to this marriage.

Obituary not found at genealogybank.com or newspaperarchive.com, July 4, 2018.

Events

Birth19 Feb 1843Fairfield, Jefferson Co., Iowa
Marriage22 Dec 1863Atlanta, Macon Co., Missouri - Andrew Jefferson Davis
Death28 Sep 1925Burwell, Garfield Co., Nebraska
BurialElmwood Cemetery, Marceline, Linn Co., Missouri

Families

SpouseAndrew Jefferson Davis (1831 - 1905)
ChildCharles Hardin Davis (1865 - 1867)
ChildAnnella Davis (1867 - 1868)
ChildJay Herbert Davis (1869 - 1872)
ChildVictor Leon Davis (1872 - 1925)
ChildEdna Lorain Davis (1875 - 1957)
ChildAlma Florence Davis (1878 - 1962)
ChildAlice Leona Davis (1880 - 1960)
ChildViolet Frances Davis (1883 - 1967)
FatherHardin Butler (1808 - 1894)
MotherViolet Kirkpatrick (1810 - 1855)
SiblingIsaac Newton Butler (1831 - )
SiblingElkanah Qualls Butler (1833 - )
SiblingMary Jane Butler (1834 - )
SiblingElizabeth Rebecca Butler (1836 - 1840)
SiblingSebastian Cabot Butler (1838 - )
SiblingJulius Butler (1839 - )
SiblingSamantha Margaret Butler (1840 - 1902)
SiblingRuannah Butler (1845 - )
SiblingViolet Zerilda Butler (1847 - 1889)

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