_Russel Benjamin BUTLER _+
                                                                                  | (1822 - 1901) m 1853    
                                                       _Samuel Rice (Sam) BUTLER _|_Martha Ellen HARDY _____
                                                      | (.... - 1961)               (1825 - 1914)           
                           _Bennitt Isaiah BUTLER ____|
                          | (1907 - 1960) m 1926      |
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                          |                           |_Rena PERRY _______________|_________________________
                          |                             (1879 - 1916)                                       
 _Walter Florence BUTLER _|
| (1937 - ....) m 1958    |
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|                         |                            _Jim STRICKLAND ___________|_________________________
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|                         |_Nancy Lucille STRICKLAND _|
|                           (1907 - 1987) m 1926      |
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|                                                     |_Fannie JONES _____________|_________________________
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|--Debra Ann BUTLER 
|  (1959 - ....)
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|                          _James Thomas HARDY _______|
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|_Annie Faye HARDY _______|
  (1939 - ....) m 1958    |
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                          |_Bessie Mae HORTON ________|
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