_Russel Benjamin BUTLER _+
                                                                                            | (1822 - 1901) m 1853    
                                                             _Thomas Monroe BUTLER _________|_Martha Ellen HARDY _____
                                                            | (1875 - 1960) m 1895            (1825 - 1914)           
                           _Franklin Thomas (Frank) BUTLER _|
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                          |                                 |_Ella Florence LONG ___________|_Malissa ? ______________
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 _Thomas Franklin BUTLER _|
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|--David Eugene BUTLER 
|  (1962 - ....)
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|_Willie Mae CASTLEBERRY _|
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