Son of Tom Butler
T. I. Butler was born in Alabama and came to Shelby County, TX, before 1878. Listed in Shelby County, TX, in 1880 are T. I. Butler, 32, wife M. M. 28, and daughter V. O., 1. Thomas I. Butler, 52, and Marticia, 40, are listed with 5 children in 1900: Ora, 18, Ozella, 15, Ethel, 12, Allie M., 10, and Arthlene, 4. The couple had been married 23 years, she had had 9 children, and 6 were living. In 1910 the family is listed as Thomas I. Butler, 62, Margaret, 52, Ethel, 22, Allie, 19, Allen, 11, and Lois, 9.
Mr. Butler had been in good health, but at noon on Wednesday "he came in from a light morning's work, complaining that he felt bad, and in a few moments he was dead." Survivors included his wife, and 7 daughters: Mrs. Dave Sholer of Tenaha, Ozella (Mrs. J. L.) Payton of Saline, LA, Ora (Mrs. J. W.) Payton of Paxton, Mrs. A. N. Joplin of Timpson, Mrs. T. R. Barnhill, and Miss Lois Butler of Center. Funeral services were held at the First Baptist Church, Center, where Mr. Butler had been a member for 50 years.
Sources:
1880, 1900, 1910, 1920 censuses, Shelby Co, TX
Obituary, The Champion, May 23, 1928, reprinted in Mildred Cariker Pinkston, Obituaries of Early Pioneers, Shelby County, Texas, Center: Center Printing Co., 1985, II:140
Mangum Funeral Home files, Center, TX, 1928
T. I. Butler was born in Alabama and came to Shelby County, TX, before 1878. Listed in Shelby County, TX, in 1880 are T. I. Butler, 32, wife M. M. 28, and daughter V. O., 1. Thomas I. Butler, 52, and Marticia, 40, are listed with 5 children in 1900: Ora, 18, Ozella, 15, Ethel, 12, Allie M., 10, and Arthlene, 4. The couple had been married 23 years, she had had 9 children, and 6 were living. In 1910 the family is listed as Thomas I. Butler, 62, Margaret, 52, Ethel, 22, Allie, 19, Allen, 11, and Lois, 9.
Mr. Butler had been in good health, but at noon on Wednesday "he came in from a light morning's work, complaining that he felt bad, and in a few moments he was dead." Survivors included his wife, and 7 daughters: Mrs. Dave Sholer of Tenaha, Ozella (Mrs. J. L.) Payton of Saline, LA, Ora (Mrs. J. W.) Payton of Paxton, Mrs. A. N. Joplin of Timpson, Mrs. T. R. Barnhill, and Miss Lois Butler of Center. Funeral services were held at the First Baptist Church, Center, where Mr. Butler had been a member for 50 years.
Sources:
1880, 1900, 1910, 1920 censuses, Shelby Co, TX
Obituary, The Champion, May 23, 1928, reprinted in Mildred Cariker Pinkston, Obituaries of Early Pioneers, Shelby County, Texas, Center: Center Printing Co., 1985, II:140
Mangum Funeral Home files, Center, TX, 1928
Son of Tom Butler
T. I. Butler was born in Alabama and came to Shelby County, TX, before 1878. Listed in Shelby County, TX, in 1880 are T. I. Butler, 32, wife M. M. 28, and daughter V. O., 1. Thomas I. Butler, 52, and Marticia, 40, are listed with 5 children in 1900: Ora, 18, Ozella, 15, Ethel, 12, Allie M., 10, and Arthlene, 4. The couple had been married 23 years, she had had 9 children, and 6 were living. In 1910 the family is listed as Thomas I. Butler, 62, Margaret, 52, Ethel, 22, Allie, 19, Allen, 11, and Lois, 9.
Mr. Butler had been in good health, but at noon on Wednesday "he came in from a light morning's work, complaining that he felt bad, and in a few moments he was dead." Survivors included his wife, and 7 daughters: Mrs. Dave Sholer of Tenaha, Ozella (Mrs. J. L.) Payton of Saline, LA, Ora (Mrs. J. W.) Payton of Paxton, Mrs. A. N. Joplin of Timpson, Mrs. T. R. Barnhill, and Miss Lois Butler of Center. Funeral services were held at the First Baptist Church, Center, where Mr. Butler had been a member for 50 years.
Sources:
1880, 1900, 1910, 1920 censuses, Shelby Co, TX
Obituary, The Champion, May 23, 1928, reprinted in Mildred Cariker Pinkston, Obituaries of Early Pioneers, Shelby County, Texas, Center: Center Printing Co., 1985, II:140
Mangum Funeral Home files, Center, TX, 1928
T. I. Butler was born in Alabama and came to Shelby County, TX, before 1878. Listed in Shelby County, TX, in 1880 are T. I. Butler, 32, wife M. M. 28, and daughter V. O., 1. Thomas I. Butler, 52, and Marticia, 40, are listed with 5 children in 1900: Ora, 18, Ozella, 15, Ethel, 12, Allie M., 10, and Arthlene, 4. The couple had been married 23 years, she had had 9 children, and 6 were living. In 1910 the family is listed as Thomas I. Butler, 62, Margaret, 52, Ethel, 22, Allie, 19, Allen, 11, and Lois, 9.
Mr. Butler had been in good health, but at noon on Wednesday "he came in from a light morning's work, complaining that he felt bad, and in a few moments he was dead." Survivors included his wife, and 7 daughters: Mrs. Dave Sholer of Tenaha, Ozella (Mrs. J. L.) Payton of Saline, LA, Ora (Mrs. J. W.) Payton of Paxton, Mrs. A. N. Joplin of Timpson, Mrs. T. R. Barnhill, and Miss Lois Butler of Center. Funeral services were held at the First Baptist Church, Center, where Mr. Butler had been a member for 50 years.
Sources:
1880, 1900, 1910, 1920 censuses, Shelby Co, TX
Obituary, The Champion, May 23, 1928, reprinted in Mildred Cariker Pinkston, Obituaries of Early Pioneers, Shelby County, Texas, Center: Center Printing Co., 1985, II:140
Mangum Funeral Home files, Center, TX, 1928
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