_Christopher Columbus BUTLER _+
                                                                                        | (1786 - 1850) m 1809         
                                                               _Russel Benjamin BUTLER _|_Mahala COLE _________________
                                                              | (1822 - 1901) m 1853      (1792 - 1860)                
                                  _William Livingston BUTLER _|
                                 | (1854 - 1929) m 1876       |
                                 |                            |                          _Ziba (Geba)(Zebra) HARDY ____
                                 |                            |                         |                              
                                 |                            |_Martha Ellen HARDY _____|______________________________
                                 |                              (1825 - 1914) m 1853                                   
 _Samuel Livingston BUTLER , Jr._|
| (1892 - 1925)                  |
|                                |                                                       _Christopher Columbus BUTLER _+
|                                |                                                      | (1786 - 1850) m 1809         
|                                |                             _Milton P. BUTLER _______|_Mahala COLE _________________
|                                |                            | (1811 - 1871) m 1831      (1792 - 1860)                
|                                |_Rebecca J. BUTLER _________|
|                                  (1853 - 1908) m 1876       |
|                                                             |                          _Jeremiah MILES ______________
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|                                                             |_Harriet L. MILES _______|______________________________
|                                                               (1814 - ....) m 1831                                   
|
|--Curtis Marvin BUTLER 
|  (1919 - ....)
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|                                 _Riley TANKSLEY ____________|
|                                |                            |
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|                                |                            |_________________________|______________________________
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|_Bessie TANKERSLEY _____________|
  (1902 - ....)                  |
                                 |                                                       ______________________________
                                 |                                                      |                              
                                 |                             _________________________|______________________________
                                 |                            |                                                        
                                 |_Emma ? ____________________|
                                                              |
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