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 _Rufus HOWELL _______|
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|--Cecil HOWELL 
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|                                                                               _James BUTLER _______+
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|                                                _Christopher Columbus BUTLER _|_Sally ? ____________
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|                      _Russel Benjamin BUTLER _|
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|                     |                         |_Mahala COLE _________________|_____________________
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|_Nancie BUTLER ______|
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                      |                          _Ziba (Geba)(Zebra) HARDY ____|_____________________
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                      |_Martha Ellen HARDY _____|
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