My Great-Grandfather Elisha Phelps Butler, was born in on Sept 14th 1846 to John Butler and Susan Elizabeth Hutzler Butler. He was a Stone Mason. He married Mary Virginia Bell on Nov 8th 1877 in Berkeley Co WV, they had 8 children. Alto Virginia Butler (Keyton) Aug. 12, 1878 -- Nov. 22, 1961 , Ernest B Butler Apr. 24, 1880 --Oct. 30, 1961, Dunbar Butler Apr. 10, 1882 -- Apr. 1, 1954, Kirk Silver Butler Oct. 15, 1884 -- Sep. 23, 1913, John Floyd Butler Jan. 19, 1887-- Sep. 8, 1973, Blanche Edna Butler (Wright) May 5, 1890-- Feb. 7, 1935, Elijah Irvin Butler (my grandfather) Oct. 3, 1892 (The records have his birth listed for January instead of Oct)-- Apr. 25, 1973, Robert Mervil Butler Apr. 14, 1897 -- Mar. 18, 1956. The group picture on the left is of everyone (except Kirk) in 1927 (from left to right Mervil, Elijah, Blanche, Floyd, Dunbar, Ernest, and Alto). The other pictures are of Kirk Butler and the only known photo of Mary Virginia Bell Butler.
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