BIO: BUTLER, W.H., M.D., s/o George & Eliza (Stott) Butler Submitted by: Diana Flynn BUTLER STOTT MCLEOD HORNER "COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL." CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884. F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE JACKSON TOWNSHIP AND MORGANTOWN, MORGAN CO., IN. PAGE 248 W. H. BUTLER, M.D., prominent physician and surgeon of Morgantown, was born January 15, 1846, in Jennings County, Ind., and is the fourth of the six children of George and Eliza (Stott) Butler, natives of Kentucky, and of Irish and English descent respectively. They removed to Bartholomew County, Ind., where our subject received some education, worked on the farm, and grew to manhood, having sufficient money to pay for three years' tuition at Hartsville. December 4, 1863, he enlisted in Company A, One Hundred and Twentieth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, served at the battles of Dalton, Marietta, Kenesaw Mountain, Atlanta, Columbia, Franklin, Nashville and Kingston. He was discharged January 8, 1866,after which he prepared himself for teaching; taught two terms; became salesman in a drug store, and began the study of medicine under Dr. McLeod, of Barnesvillle, which he continued two years, then attended lectures at the Indiana Medical Institute, at Indianapolis, and graduated in 1879, having previously practiced at Middlebury, where he continued for a time. May 31, 1877, he married Miss Jennie Horner, with a result of two children--Chloe A. and George J. In 1880, Dr. Butler came to Morgantown, in which place he has established a good and growing practice. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and an active Republican. Mrs. Butler is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. ************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent.