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Author: S. J. Clarke (Publisher, 1922)

WILLIAM C. BUTCHER.
    William C. Butcher, a hardware merchant of Gillett, was born in Desha
county, Arkansas, in 1874, and is a son of John W. and Mollie (Barnett) Butcher,
the former a native of Virginia, while the latter was born in Louisiana. On
leaving the Old Dominion the father went to Tennessee, and about the year 1869
arrived in Arkansas, settling on a farm in Desha county. The mother's parents
also located in Desha county at an early day and became farming people of that
locality. In 1876 Mr. and Mrs. John W. Butcher removed to Mississippi and
afterward became residents of Tennessee, where the mother departed this life.
Mr. Butcher then took up his abode in Concordia, Mississippi, where he engaged
in merchandising for a time. His last days were spent in Gunnison, that state,
where he died in 1900. In their family were two children: William C. and Thomas C.

    William C. Butcher was educated in the common schools and early learned the
value of industry, energy and determination as factors in the attainment of
success in the business world. When his textbooks were put aside he engaged in
rice farming and later turned his attention to the lumber business. Two years
ago he established the Butcher Hardware Company and has since conducted a
hardware store in Gillett, where he is now enjoying a good trade. He carries a
carefully selected line of shelf and heavy hardware, so that he is ready to meet
the demands of his patrons, and his progressive methods in the conduct of his
store have been a salient feature in the attainment of his present-day success.
Close application and diligence have ever characterized him in all of his
business career and he well merits the prosperity which is now his.

    In 1898 Mr. Butcher was united in marriage to Miss Allie Hibbard, a daughter
of J. Hibbard of Tichnor, Arkansas. The children of this marriage are: Clara,
Mabel, Nellie, Carroll, Hazel and Pattie. The second daughter, Mabel, is now the
wife of James Brannen. The religious faith of the family is that of the
Methodist Episcopal church. They are interested in all of those forces and plans
which make for the uplift of the individual and the benefit of the community at
large. Mr. Butcher is a public-spirited citizen whose influence is ever on the
side of progress, and Gillett has profited by his efforts in her behalf.


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Citation:
Centennial History of Arkansas
Volume II
Chicago-Little Rock: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1922


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