Milton Elvin Butcher

Brief Life History of Milton Elvin

When Milton Elvin Butcher was born on 27 December 1871, in Henry, Indiana, United States, his father, Alexander Marion Butcher, was 34 and his mother, Margaret Elizabeth Waugh, was 29. He lived in Big Creek Township, Henry, Missouri, United States in 1880. He died on 15 December 1892, in Johnson, Missouri, United States, at the age of 20, and was buried in Chilhowee, Johnson, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Alexander Marion Butcher
1837–1922
Margaret Elizabeth Waugh
1842–1915
Martha Elizabeth Butcher
1860–1946
James Wallace Butcher
1862–1936
Paris Peterson Butcher
1864–1892
Frank Sheridan Butcher
1865–1943
Charles Wilson Butcher
1868–1928
Mary Agnes Butcher
1870–1955
Milton Elvin Butcher
1871–1892
Clinton Elmer Butcher
1875–1956
Harry Estel Butcher
1879–1895

Sources (2)

  • Milton E Butcher in household of A M Butcher, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Milton E Butcher, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1872 · The First National Park

Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.

1872 · The Amnesty Act

A federal law which reversed most of the penalties on former Confederate soldiers by the Fourteenth Amendment. The Act affected over 150,000 troops that were a part of the Civil War.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

English: occupational name for a butcher or slaughterer, from Middle English, Anglo-Norman French bocher, bouch(i)er, bowcher (Old French bochier, bouchier, a derivative of bouc ‘ram’).

Americanized form of Slovenian and Croatian Bučar (see Bucar ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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