James Samuel Butcher

Brief Life History of James Samuel

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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Family Time Line

James Samuel Butcher
1838–1907
Eliza Ann Bird
1845–1900
Marriage: 20 November 1862
Richard Simpson Butcher
1863–1951
Charles C. Butcher
1866–1954
Ulysess Eber Butcher
1870–1944
Arthur Butcher
1872–1940
Maude Elizabeth Butcher
1874–1963
DeWitt Butcher
1874–1929
Minnie Bell Butcher
1878–1961

Sources (21)

  • Samuel Butcher, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Butcher, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
  • Samuel Butcher, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1854

Historical Boundaries: 1854: Vermilion, Illinois, United States

1858 · A House Divided

Abraham Lincoln's goal was to be different than the previous Senators of Illinois and voice his opinion in how he saw the State and the United States start to drift apart in the different ideology on what was right and what was wrong. Even though it would become an unsuccessful campaign strategy to win the senate seat, to this day it is one of the most famous speeches of US politics.

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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