Thompson Christopher BUTLER (6 MAY 1860 - 26 OCT 1942)

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Thompson Christopher BUTLER

6 MAY 1860 - 26 OCT 1942

RESIDENCE: BET 25 AND 26 APR 1910, Horse Creek Road, Martins Mill, TN
BORN: 6 MAY 1860, Alabama
DIED: 26 OCT 1942, Wayne Co. TN ^[763]
BURIED: Pinhook-Lutts Cemetery, Wayne Co. TN
CENSUS: 1860, Dwelling 421, East District, Fayette Co. AL
CENSUS: 1880, Dwelling 11, Township 1, Range 12, Lauderdale Co. AL
CENSUS: 1891, Decatur Co. District 1 Voters List
CENSUS: 1900, Dwelling 5, District 1, Decatur Co. TN
CENSUS: 1910, Dwelling 76, District 4, Wayne County TN
CENSUS: 1920, Dwelling 10, District 4, Wayne Co. TN
CENSUS: 1930, Dwelling 83, District 9, Wayne Co. TN

Father: Patrick Henry BUTLER

Mother: Agnes Terry DANIEL

Notes

Family stories refer to Thompson as a "Little Black Dutch" because of his short stature and his dark complexion.

There are many theories about who the Black Dutch were. The one that seems to be the most accepted is that it is not "Dutch" as in those of Dutch descent, but Deutsche as in of German descent. A similar name is the Pennsylvania Dutch which are actually of German descent. The theory is that the Black Dutch are descended from the Germans that live in the Black Forest. This area of Germany was at one time much larger than it is now and the inhabitants are much darker than other Germans.

Wayne County News, Friday Nov. 13, 1942, page 2

T.C. Butler, 62, died at his home at Lutts. Monday Oct 26 after suffering a stroke of paralysis. He was a retired farmer and member of the Methodist church. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon from the Methodist church by B.J. Cantrell of Waynesboro and burial followed in the church cemetery. A daughter Ms. W.H. Lindsey of Lawrenceburg survives.

A second obituary for Thompson C. Butler was hand written by Mary Ethel Campfield Butler on November 18, 1942, 23 days after Thompson's death. It is not known if this obituary was ever published.

Compiled by Jerry Butler, source: Ruby Butler Asher, Ruth Stricklin Fuqua, William Carl Butler, Jr., Peggy Stricklin Pentecost, John Russell Butler, Stanley Mark Butler.

Family 1

Wife: Mary Huldee HAY

MARRIED: 22 JAN 1884, Decatur Co. TN ^[3355]

Children:

Family 2

Wife: Nancy Wade STRICKLIN

MARRIED: 24 JUL 1904, Wayne Co. TN ^[3419]

Children:

Pedigree

                                                                              _Zachariah BUTLER ___+
                                                                             | (1736 - 1792)       
                                                        _James BUTLER _______|_Sarah (Sally) BOWE _
                                                       | (1758 - 1841)         (.... - 1770)       
                         _Christopher Columbus BUTLER _|
                        | (1786 - 1850) m 1809         |
                        |                              |                      _____________________
                        |                              |                     |                     
                        |                              |_Sally ? ____________|_____________________
                        |                                                                          
 _Patrick Henry BUTLER _|
| (1826 - 1908) m 1850  |
|                       |                                                     _____________________
|                       |                                                    |                     
|                       |                               _____________________|_____________________
|                       |                              |                                           
|                       |_Mahala COLE _________________|
|                         (1792 - 1860) m 1809         |
|                                                      |                      _____________________
|                                                      |                     |                     
|                                                      |_____________________|_____________________
|                                                                                                  
|
|--Thompson Christopher BUTLER 
|  (1860 - 1942)
|                                                                             _____________________
|                                                                            |                     
|                                                       _____________________|_____________________
|                                                      |                                           
|                        _Thomas DANIELS ______________|
|                       |                              |
|                       |                              |                      _____________________
|                       |                              |                     |                     
|                       |                              |_____________________|_____________________
|                       |                                                                          
|_Agnes Terry DANIEL ___|
  (1828 - 1903) m 1850  |
                        |                                                     _____________________
                        |                                                    |                     
                        |                               _____________________|_____________________
                        |                              |                                           
                        |______________________________|
                                                       |
                                                       |                      _____________________
                                                       |                     |                     
                                                       |_____________________|_____________________

Source references

[763] Headstone

[3355] Early Marriage Records (1869-1921) of Decatur County, Tennessee

AUTHOR: Fred and Margie Alexander

REFERENCE: 14
DATA:J. J. Lancaster

[3419] Wayne County, Tennessee Marriage Records by Irma Plott

DATA:married by W. H. Gean.