LICKING COUNTY OHIO - BUTT, Mrs. Mahala (GREEN) (d. 1884) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Mr. William J. Bertini FZDQ55A@prodigy.com Licking County Ohio USGenWeb Registry Page http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohlickin/index.html November 16, 1997 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Obituary for Mrs. Mahala Butt From a local paper - LCGS obituary files Contributed by Mr. William J. Bertini on 16 November 1997. The death of Mrs. Butt, one of the oldest residents of Licking county, took place at her residence in Monroe township, December 5, 1884, at the age of 77 years, two months and twenty days. She was the first born of Mr. George Green, and the first white child born within the present limits of Monroe township, her birth having taken place September 15, 1807, before Licking county was organized, while what is now Monroe township, was Granville township, Fairfield county. Mrs. Butt was the oldest of seventeen children, fourteen of whom lived to be fathers and mothers. Her father and uncle, Charles Green, came to Raccoon valley from Virginia in the spring of 1807, and bought the Wyandot Indian village of "Raccoon Town," a mile above where Johnstown was afterwards laid out. Basil Butt and Mahala Green were united in marriage, May 25, 1826, and eleven children were born to them, ten of whom are still living. He died November 16, 1854, and she remained in widowhood thirty years. While yet a mere boy, Mr. Butt was a member of a Virginia company of militia, rendering service in the war of 1812, and Mrs. Butt was placed on the pension list some years before her death. In 1881, when the history of Licking county was published, Mrs. Butt's mother was still living at the great age of 92 years, and in that volume was represented to have then sixty-six grand children, 126 great grand children, and twenty six great-greatgrand children. Mrs. Butt was highly esteemed by her acquaintances, friends and relatives, was generous, kind, hospitable, patriotic during the late war, giving much of her time and money in aid of the Union cause. She was left with seven children to care for at her husband's death, and she discharged her duties to them with great fidelity. For sixty-three years she held a membership in the Methodist church. Notes by the contributer: Subject: Mrs. Mahala (Green) Butt Born: September 15, 1807 Died: December 5, 1884 Text: from Johnstown or Newark Advocate Notes: Her mother's name was Diadema Green