_James BUTLER _______+
                                                                                       | (1758 - 1841)       
                                                         _Christopher Columbus BUTLER _|_Sally ? ____________
                                                        | (1786 - 1850) m 1809                               
                              _Russell Benjamin BUTLER _|
                             | (1822 - 1901) m 1853     |
                             |                          |                               _____________________
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                             |                          |_Mahala COLE _________________|_____________________
                             |                            (1792 - 1860) m 1809                               
 _William Livingston BUTLER _|
| (1854 - 1929) m 1876       |
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|                            |                           _Ziba (Geba)(Zebra) HARDY ____|_____________________
|                            |                          |                                                    
|                            |_Martha Ellen HARDY ______|
|                              (1825 - 1914) m 1853     |
|                                                       |                               _____________________
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|                                                       |______________________________|_____________________
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|
|--Ludie BUTLER 
|  (1883 - 1912)
|                                                                                       _James BUTLER _______+
|                                                                                      | (1758 - 1841)       
|                                                        _Christopher Columbus BUTLER _|_Sally ? ____________
|                                                       | (1786 - 1850) m 1809                               
|                             _Milton P. BUTLER ________|
|                            | (1811 - 1871) m 1831     |
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|                            |                          |_Mahala COLE _________________|_____________________
|                            |                            (1792 - 1860) m 1809                               
|_Rebecca J. BUTLER _________|
  (1853 - 1908) m 1876       |
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                             |                           _Jeremiah MILES ______________|_____________________
                             |                          |                                                    
                             |_Harriet L. MILES ________|
                               (1814 - ....) m 1831     |
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