Biography of W.H. BUTLER, Logan Co, AR

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Submitted by:  Delaine Edwards <delaine@ipa.net>
        Date:  29 Jun 1999
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SOURCE: Biographical & Historical Memoirs of Western Arkansas
The Southern Publishing Company, Chicago and Nashville, 1891.
Logan County

	Dr. W.H. BUTLER, physician, Paris, Ark. One of the most
familiar and welcome faces in the home of the sick and ailing of
Logan County is that of Dr. Butler, who administers to the physical
wants of his fellow man, in a highly satisfactory and successful
manner, as his many patients, now living, can testify. The Doctor
was born in Henderson County, Tenn., in 1829, and was the fourth
in a family of eleven children born to Henry and Frances Hopkins
(Webb) Butler, the parents natives, respectively, of Tennessee
and Virginia. The paternal grandparents were of English-German
descent, and the maternal grandparents were natives of the Old
Dominion and of English descent. Henry Butler, father of subject,
was a farmer, and resided in Tennessee until his death, in 1845.
The mother received her final summons in 1871. Her people were
among the oldest settlers of Rutherford County, Tenn. Both parents
were members of the Primitive Baptist Church. It fell to Dr. Butler's
lot to grow up with a farm experience, and his early education was
received in the common schools. At the age of twenty-four years he
was elected bailiff of his county, and served for five years in
that capacity. In 1858 he began merchandising, continued this for
one year, and then began the study of medicine, reading with some
of the prominent physicians. He began practicing at Camden, Tenn.,
in 1862, in partnership with Dr. R.B. Travis, continued with him
for a year, and then went to Kentucky, thence to Illinois, where
he remained until October, 1868, graduated in the medical department,
University of Nashville, in 1869, then went back to Gibson County,
and from there to Arkansas, locating in Logan County, at Ellsworth.
He bought 180 acres of land, and farmed in connection with his
practice; moved to Paris the spring of 1887, and is owner of
property near this town. He was married in 1855 to Miss Susan J. Todd,
of Tennessee, who died on May 12, 1856. His second marriage was to
Miss Amanda A., daughter of Silas Travis, of Tennessee. She died in
1868, leaving three children: Lilly Irene, Flora Jane and Frances
Josephine, all deceased. In 1869 Dr. Butler was married to Miss
Louisa A. Walker, of Gibson County, Tenn., and twelve children were
born to this union, four of whom are living: Sarah T., Susan Diana,
Martha Morton and Benjamin C. Eight died in infancy. The family are
members of the Primitive Baptist Church, in which the Doctor is
an elder. His farm is good valley land, with eighty acres under
cultivation, six acres in strawberries, two acres in vineyard,
and two acres in apples. He has cleared and improved his place,
and now has one of the best homes in the county.