_Christopher Columbus BUTLER _+
                                                                                    | (1786 - 1850) m 1809         
                                                          _Russell Benjamin BUTLER _|_Mahala COLE _________________
                                                         | (1822 - 1901) m 1853       (1792 - 1860)                
                            _Isaiah Holmes BUTLER _______|
                           | (1875 - 1919) m 1891        |
                           |                             |                           _Ziba (Geba)(Zebra) HARDY ____
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                           |                             |_Martha Ellen HARDY ______|______________________________
                           |                               (1825 - 1914) m 1853                                    
 _Jesse Mae BUTLER ________|
| (1901 - 1983) m 1923     |
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|                          |                              _John Porch ELROD ________|______________________________
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|                          |_Mary Ann ELROD _____________|
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|                                                        |_Caroline HAGAN __________|______________________________
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|--Ben Jackson BUTLER 
|  (1934 - ....)
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|                           _Richard D. (Dick) THORNTON _|
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|_Mary Catherine THORNTON _|
  (1902 - 1889) m 1923     |
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                           |_Sarah Kate OWEN ____________|
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