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                                  _Solomon Elias HOWARD __|
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 _William Solomon (Bill) HOWARD _|
| (1888 - 1959) m 1926           |
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|                                |_Nancy Virginia WILSON _|
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|--Norma Jean HOWARD 
|  (1935 - ....)
|                                                                                  _James BUTLER _______+
|                                                                                 | (1827 - 1899) m 1847
|                                                          _George Thomas BUTLER _|_Mary Ann WEST ______
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|                                 _James Wesley BUTLER ___|
|                                | (1878 - 1970) m 1897   |
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|                                |                        |_Minerva Jane NELSON __|_____________________
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|_Mary Myrtle BUTLER ____________|
  (1906 - ....) m 1926           |
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                                 |                         _Benjamin WOOTEN ______|_____________________
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                                 |_Minnie Belle WOOTEN ___|
                                   (1879 - 1968) m 1897   |
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                                                          |_Mary Jane MOSLEY _____|_____________________