When George Edwin Butler was born on 5 June 1868, in Salemburg, Sampson, North Carolina, United States, his father, Wiley Butler, was 51 and his mother, Romelia Ferrell, was 28. He married Eva Boykin Lee on 8 June 1902. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Clinton, Davie, North Carolina, United States in 1941 and North Carolina, United States in 1941. He registered for military service in 1899. He died on 1 May 1941, in Clinton, Sampson, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Clinton, Davie, North Carolina, United States.
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Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
In 1877, the last of the troops that were occupying North Carolina left.
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
English: from a word that originally denoted a wine steward, usually the chief servant of a medieval household, from Norman French butuiller (Old French bouteillier, Latin buticularius, from buticula ‘bottle’). In the large households of royalty and the most powerful nobility, the title came to denote an officer of high rank and responsibility, only nominally concerned with the supply of wine, if at all. As well as being widespread in England, this is also the surname of an important Irish family, descended from Theobald FitzWalter, who was appointed Chief Butler of Ireland by King Henry II in 1177. It is Gaelicized as de Buitléir.
English: occasionally perhaps an occupational name from Middle English boteler ‘maker of bottles (usually of leather)’, a derivative of Middle English botel, Old French bo(u)teille ‘bottle’ and synonymous with Botelmaker.
Americanized form of French Bouthillier (see Bouteiller ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesGeorge Edwin Butler (June 5, 1868 – May 1, 1941) was an American lawyer and an author of research studies and works, particularly about North Carolina. His most notable book is The Croatan Indians of …
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