When James Samuel Butcher was born on 20 November 1838, in Putnam, Indiana, United States, his father, James Butcher, was 25 and his mother, Elizabeth Rambo, was 18. He married Eliza Ann Bird on 20 November 1862, in Putnam, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Newell, Vermilion, Illinois, United States in 1880 and Newell Township, Vermilion, Illinois, United States in 1900. He died on 26 April 1907, in Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1854: Vermilion, Illinois, United States
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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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