When Rebecca Wharton was born in 1878, in South Carolina, United States, her father, Elijah Wharton, was 35 and her mother, Esther Delinda Stewart, was 26. She married Alfred Butler on 26 August 1895, in Moscow, Latah, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Wapato, Yakima, Washington, United States in 1920 and Yakima, Washington, United States in 1920. She died on 8 March 1960, in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States.