When Walter C Butler was born on 20 October 1853, in Delmar Township, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Lester Hancock Butler, was 25 and his mother, Nancy Jane Short, was 26. He married Jennie Myrtle Beers on 24 December 1891, in Corning, Steuben, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Wellsboro, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States in 1935 and Erwin, Steuben, New York, United States in 1940. He died on 23 May 1941, in Addison, Addison, Steuben, New York, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Painted Post, Erwin, Steuben, New York, United States.