Meeker County MN Archives Biographies.....Butterfield, Charles W, 1835 - 
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   CHARLES W. BUTTERFIELD, proprietor of the hotel and the oldest resident now
living in the village of Greenleaf, was born in Washington county, Me., on the 8th
of May, 1835. His parents, Francis and Eliza Butterfield, were of English descent,
though natives of the “Pine Tree” State. The greater part of Charles’ early life was
spent on his father’s farm and doing carpenter work, yet he was engaged at various
times in the pineries. In 1854 he was married to Mary E. Beedy, who was born in
Maine 1835. Three children were born to them — Wilmot B., who is mentioned elsewhere
at length; Ida May, now Mrs. W. W. Johnson, of Litchfield; and Edwin B., a resident
of Dickinson, Dakota. Mrs. Butterfield died in 1861, and in 1862 Mr. Butterfield was
united in marriage with Mary A. Pineo, who was also a native of Maine.

   In 1865 Charles W. Butterfield, our subject, came West and settled in the village
of Greenleaf, Meeker county, Minn., -where he still lives. He purchased farm
property in Ellsworth township, but his residence and business interests were in the
village. For  one year he controlled the mail route from Minneapolis to Greenleaf
via Watertown, and he at present has the route from Litchfield to Hutchinson. Mr.
Butterfield is a Greenleaf man in the strongest sense of the term. He has staid by
the village through all its vicissitudes, and to-day enjoys the distinction of being
its oldest inhabitant in point of years of residence. He has held various township
offices and is ever found identified with matters pertaining to the welfare of his
adopted home. Mr. Butterfield’s name appears frequently in the pages of this volume,
as he has been prominently connected with the history of the village in which he
resides. He is a member of the Golden Fleece lodge, Ho. 89, A. F. & A. M., of
Litchfield.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from
Illustrated Album of Biography
Meeker and McLeod Counties, Minnesota
1888


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