Thomas A. Butler, 1837–1900 (aged 63 years)

Name
Thomas A. /Butler/
Birth
about 1837 24 22
Birth of a brother
Birth of a sister
Birth of a brother
Birth of a sister
Census
Birth of a brother
Birth of a half-sister
Birth of a brother
Source: Headstone
Text:

Supreme Woodman of the World

Marriage of a parent
Death of a mother
Birth of a half-brother
Birth of a half-brother
Birth of a half-brother
Source: 1900 census
Marriage
Birth of a half-brother
Death of a paternal grandfather
Source: 1850 Census
Citation details: Shelby Co. AL
Text:

died after 1850 census.

Death of a paternal grandmother
Source: 1860 census
Citation details: Fayette Co. AL
Text:

died after 1860 census

Birth of a half-sister
Birth of a daughter
Birth of a son
Birth of a daughter
Birth of a son
Source: 1880 census
Birth of a son
Birth of a daughter
Birth of a daughter
Census
Birth of a son
Birth of a son
Death of a half-brother
Source: Headstone
Death of a sister
Burial of a father
Death
between 1880 and 1900 (aged 63 years)
Family with parents
father
Land Patent
1813–1900
Birth: about 1813 27 21 — probably Elbert Co. GA
Death: between 1891 and 1900 — Decatur Co. TN
mother
1815–1854
Birth: about 1815 45 — South Carolina
Death: between 1852 and 1854 — Winston Co. MS
himself
1837–1900
Birth: about 1837 24 22 — Alabama
Death: between 1880 and 1900
4 years
younger brother
1840–1916
Birth: September 3, 1840 27 25 — Alabama
Death: August 13, 1916 — Paragould, Greene Co. AR
4 years
younger sister
1844–…
Birth: about 1844 31 29 — Alabama
3 years
younger brother
James M. "Jimmy" Butler (1846 - 1907)
1846–1907
Birth: June 1846 33 31 — Alabama
Death: before 1907 — St. Francis, Clay Co. AR
4 years
younger sister
1849–1896
Birth: about 1849 36 34 — Winston Co. MS
Death: before 1896
21 months
younger brother
1850–…
Birth: September 1850 37 35 — Winston Co. MS
2 years
younger brother
1852–1924
Birth: October 8, 1852 39 37 — Winston Co. MS
Death: June 19, 1924 — District 6, Crockett Co. TN
Father’s family with Amanda Bishop
father
Land Patent
1813–1900
Birth: about 1813 27 21 — probably Elbert Co. GA
Death: between 1891 and 1900 — Decatur Co. TN
stepmother
Amanda Bishop Butler
1828–1910
Birth: September 1828 — Alabama
Death: between 1900 and 1910 — Decatur Co. TN
Marriage Marriage — August 1, 1854 — Coosa Co. AL
-3 years
half-sister
1851–1936
Birth: February 11, 1851 38 22 — Coosa Co. AL
Death: April 15, 1936 — District 4, Decatur Co. TN
4 years
half-brother
1855–1920
Birth: July 2, 1855 42 26 — Alabama
Death: August 2, 1920 — Decatur Co. TN
19 months
half-brother
1857–1918
Birth: January 21, 1857 44 28 — Walker Co. AL
Death: April 19, 1918 — Decatur Co. TN
3 years
half-brother
1859–1889
Birth: December 23, 1859 46 31 — Walker Co. AL
Death: February 18, 1889 — Decatur Co. TN
2 years
half-sister
1862–1944
Birth: January 8, 1862 49 33 — Tuscumbia, Franklin Co. AL (now Colbert Co. AL)
Death: October 27, 1944 — Memphis, Shelby Co. TN
Family with Clementine Wallace
himself
1837–1900
Birth: about 1837 24 22 — Alabama
Death: between 1880 and 1900
partner
1856–…
Birth: August 1856 — Tennessee
daughter
1878–…
Birth: July 1878 41 21 — Alabama
3 years
son
1881–…
Birth: July 1881 44 24 — Tennessee
3 years
son
1884–…
Birth: September 1884 47 28 — Alabama
Family with Frances A. Duke
himself
1837–1900
Birth: about 1837 24 22 — Alabama
Death: between 1880 and 1900
wife
Marriage Marriage — July 28, 1859 — Tuscaloosa Co. AL
4 years
daughter
1862–1925
Birth: December 25, 1862 25 21 — Lauderdale Co. AL
Death: June 13, 1925 — Malden, Dunklin Co. MO
5 years
son
1867–…
Birth: about 1867 30 26 — Alabama
3 years
daughter
1869–…
Birth: about 1869 32 28 — Alabama
4 years
son
1873–1917
Birth: October 10, 1873 36 32 — Lawrence Co. TN
Death: June 9, 1917 — Malden, Dunklin Co. MO
3 years
daughter
1874–…
Birth: about 1874 37 33 — Alabama
Benjamin M. Brimer + Clementine Wallace
partner’s husband
1849–…
Birth: August 1849 — Alabama
partner
1856–…
Birth: August 1856 — Tennessee
Marriage Marriage — between 1900 and 1910 —
Marriage
Shared note

Thomas A. Butler was born around 1837 in Alabama as the oldest child of James M. Butler and Sarah Crawford. He moved to Winston Co. MS around 1847 along with the James M. Butler family. He lived in Winston Co. MS at least until 1855 when he purchased a rawhide for 10 cents at the estate sale of his uncle, Peter Crawford.

In 1859, Thomas married Frances A. Duke in Tuscaloosa Co. AL, July 28, 1859. A family tradition within his brother Jimmy's family is that three Butler brothers married three sisters. Research shows that John Wesley Butler married Nancie Ann Duke and Sarah Emily Butler married Isaac Alfred Duke so there were at least three marriages between the Butler and Duke families.

Apparently, Thomas and his family traveled along with the James M. Butler family north into Lauderdale Co. AL and eventually to Decatur Co. TN. Thomas spent some time in Lawrence Co. TN before showing up in the 1880 census in Decatur Co. TN with his second wife, Clementine Wallace and his seven children. Sometime prior to 1900, Thomas and Clementine moved their family back to Lauderdale Co. where Thomas died. Clementine remarried and some of the children completed the trip to Arkansas and Missouri.

Source: 1850 census, Winston Co. MS; Probate of Peter Crawford Estate, 1855, Winston Co. MS; Tuscaloosa Co. AL marriage license; 1880 census, Decatur Co. TN; 1900 census, Lauderdale Co. AL; 1910 census, Colbert Co. AL; James J. Butler death certificate.