Individual Details
Elizur Butler
(11 Jun 1794 - 4 Feb 1857)
Other information: Encyclopedia of Christianity in the United States, Volume 5
edited by George Thomas Kurian, Mark A. Lamport
p362
Missionary to Cherokee Indians
Reverand Elizura Butler M.D., formerly Missionary among the Cherokee Indians, died February 4, 1857 at the age of 62 years.
Dr. Butler began his missionary work among the Cherokee Indians, at the Brainard Mission, located on Chicamauga Creek, Tennessee for about three years and then was sent to Creek Path Mission in Alabama. He arrived there May 7, 1824. He remained for two years.From there he journeyed to Hawais Mission in Georgia, their stay was three years. In the 1830 Dr. Butler married Mrs. Lucy Ames who had served as a teacher at the Brainard Mission. While laboring at the Hawais Mission, Dr. Butler was arrested by the Georgia Militia on July 7, 1831, for residing in Georgia in the Cherokee Nation without a permit. He was sent to the Penitentiary on Sep 16th of that year and was released by Governor of Georgia on Jan. 18, 1833.
As the number of Cherokees grew in Arkansas, the need for a Mission was realized. The American Board of Missions sent Rev. Cephas Washburn and others into the area. In July 1820 after a hard journey Rev. Washburn, Rev. Alfred Finney, accompanied by James Orr and Jacob Hitchcock arrived in Western Cherokee Nation, Arkansas Territory. Shortly afterwards they established Dwight Mission on the west bank of the Illinois Bayou Creek, four miles from the Arkansas River, near what is now Russellville, in Pope County, Arkansas.
Dr. Butler remained with the mission work until sometime in the early or middle 1850's when he moved to Van Buren.
Dr. Butler died in 1857 at the age of 62. At least of his life had been spent ministering to the physical and spiritual needs of the Cherokee Indians.
From the Arkansas Intelligencer 2-4-1857
The Daily Dispatch, March 24, 1857
(Richmond, Virginia)
Death of Dr. Butler--
The Rev. Elizur Butler, M. D., the missionary among the Cherokees, whose imprisonment in Georgia, sufferings and subsequent release after a decision in his favor by the Supreme Court of the United States, made him so well known, died of pneumonia on the 4th day of February last at Van Buren, Arkansas, in the 62d year of
edited by George Thomas Kurian, Mark A. Lamport
p362
Missionary to Cherokee Indians
Reverand Elizura Butler M.D., formerly Missionary among the Cherokee Indians, died February 4, 1857 at the age of 62 years.
Dr. Butler began his missionary work among the Cherokee Indians, at the Brainard Mission, located on Chicamauga Creek, Tennessee for about three years and then was sent to Creek Path Mission in Alabama. He arrived there May 7, 1824. He remained for two years.From there he journeyed to Hawais Mission in Georgia, their stay was three years. In the 1830 Dr. Butler married Mrs. Lucy Ames who had served as a teacher at the Brainard Mission. While laboring at the Hawais Mission, Dr. Butler was arrested by the Georgia Militia on July 7, 1831, for residing in Georgia in the Cherokee Nation without a permit. He was sent to the Penitentiary on Sep 16th of that year and was released by Governor of Georgia on Jan. 18, 1833.
As the number of Cherokees grew in Arkansas, the need for a Mission was realized. The American Board of Missions sent Rev. Cephas Washburn and others into the area. In July 1820 after a hard journey Rev. Washburn, Rev. Alfred Finney, accompanied by James Orr and Jacob Hitchcock arrived in Western Cherokee Nation, Arkansas Territory. Shortly afterwards they established Dwight Mission on the west bank of the Illinois Bayou Creek, four miles from the Arkansas River, near what is now Russellville, in Pope County, Arkansas.
Dr. Butler remained with the mission work until sometime in the early or middle 1850's when he moved to Van Buren.
Dr. Butler died in 1857 at the age of 62. At least of his life had been spent ministering to the physical and spiritual needs of the Cherokee Indians.
From the Arkansas Intelligencer 2-4-1857
The Daily Dispatch, March 24, 1857
(Richmond, Virginia)
Death of Dr. Butler--
The Rev. Elizur Butler, M. D., the missionary among the Cherokees, whose imprisonment in Georgia, sufferings and subsequent release after a decision in his favor by the Supreme Court of the United States, made him so well known, died of pneumonia on the 4th day of February last at Van Buren, Arkansas, in the 62d year of
Events
| Birth | 11 Jun 1794 | Norfolk, Litchfield, Connecticut | |||
| Marriage | 1820 | Esther Post | |||
| Marriage | 14 Aug 1830 | Lucy Ames | |||
| Death | 4 Feb 1857 | Van Buren County, Arkansas |
Families
| Spouse | Lucy Ames (1793 - 1870) |
| Child | Abigail Butler (1836 - 1917) |
| Spouse | Esther Post (1798 - 1829) |
| Father | Hezekiah Butler ( - ) |
| Mother | Hephzibah Burr ( - ) |