Sarah Butler

Brief Life History of Sarah

When Sarah Butler was born in 1799, in Virginia, United States, her father, Ora Asa Butler, was 27 and her mother, Mary Molla Norcross, was 26. She married George W West in 1818, in South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 5 daughters. She died in 1860, in Monroe, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 61.

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Family Time Line

George W West
1798–1868
Sarah Butler
1799–1860
Marriage: 1818
Asberry West
1819–1871
Nancy West
1820–1870
Elizabeth West
1821–1854
Gabriella West
1823–1868
Mansfield F West
1826–1894
Zebulon Ballinger West
1828–1871
Marcellus West
1829–
John F West
1831–1880
Gabrilla Arrilla West
1834–1902
Amanda Jane West
1834–1924
William Berry West
1836–1920
James H West
1838–1862
Zachariah S. West
1840–

Sources (3)

  • Sarah West in household of G W West, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Sarah Butler - Church record: birth-name: Sarah Butler
  • Sarah West in household of George West, "United States Census, 1850"

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World Events (6)

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

1812 · Monumental Church Built

The Monumental Church was built between 1812-1814 on the sight where the Richmond Theatre fire had taken place. It is a monument to those that died in the fire.

1817

Mississippi is the 20th state.

Name Meaning

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.

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