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Joseph
L. Butler The
name of Joseph L. Butler is a well-known one in Jasper County, and he is a
worthy representative of one of the old and honored families of this and
Marshall County, members of which have played well their parts in the general
progress of this locality, hence are deserving of proper mention in this work. Mr.
Butler is a Buckeye by birth, having been born in Union County. Ohio, August 28,
1855. When but six weeks old his
parents emigrated to Iowa, locating in Malaka township, Jasper County, and with
the exception of two years he has been a continuous resident of the County,
having lived through its several epochs of progress from the days of the first
settler and the wild prairie sod to the present opulent state.
He assisted his father in developing the home farm and attended the
public schools during the winter months. For years he was one of Jasper County's
successful farmers, in fact, farming has been his chief life work, but on
January 1, 1910, he purchased the Rhodes telephone system and on March 1st of
the same year he moved to Rhodes, where he now resides in a modern and neatly
kept and well furnished home. He is
making a success of his present work and is rapidly improving and extending the
system. For twelve years he was a photographer and his fine work in
this line attracted widespread attention.
He seems to possess those qualities that make for success in every walk
of life. Adams
Butler, father of the subject, was born in Carroll County, Ohio, on April 6,
1830, and his death occurred on March 14, 1904. He married Mary M. Beard, who was born in Union County, Ohio,
on July 28, 1853, and who died on December 7, 1907. They became the parents of
eight children, an equal number of sons and daughters, namely: J. W., born March
17, 1854, married Henrietta Wilsterman, February 19, 1902, and lives near
Newton, Iowa; Joseph L., of this review, born August 28, 1855; D. W., born
August 9, 1858, married Myrtle Higgins, June 4, 1891, and lives in Newton; J. F.
married Alice M. Deihl, August 4, 1885, and lives at Newton; he was born on July
11, 1860; Mrs. Rosetta E. Martin, born December 14, 1861, lives in Mahaska
County, and married J. W. Martin July 6, 1880; Louisa M., who married A. T.
Heaverlo, was born April 11, 1863, and lives in Spencer, Iowa; Mrs. Hattie B.
Kline, born April 21, 1865, is residing now in Spencer, Iowa; Mrs. Armanda 0.
Heaverlo, born May 27, 1867, lives in Mahaska County. The two oldest children were born in Ohio, the others in
Jasper County. Joseph
L. Butler was married on July 7, 1887, to Emma F. McKinney, who was born in
Adams County, Illinois, June 7, 1859. When seven years of age she came with her
parents to Iowa, the family locating in Wapello County. Her father, Greenbury
McKinney, was born in Adams County, Illinois, July 29, 1829, and died at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Butler, at Baxter, Iowa, September 21, 1909.
The maiden name of Mrs. Butler's mother was Mahala E. Abbott, who was
born in Rushville, Schuyler County, Illinois, April 13, 1838, and her death
occurred on February 7, 1905. The wife of the subject was the oldest child in a
family of five children; the others are: John W. McKinney now lives in Alaska;
Thomas Jefferson lives in Buxton, Iowa; Robert W. lives in Indian Territory;
Mary Agnes died when four years old. The
mother of these children spent her last days at Eddyville, Wapello County, Iowa,
where this family settled in 1866. Politically,
Mr. Butler is a Republican. He
has been a member of the school board and road supervisor for a number of years.
Fraternally, he is a member of Baxter Camp No. 5642, Modern Woodmen of
America, at Baxter, and Mrs. Butler is a member of Rainbow Camp No. 3448, Royal
Neighbors of America, at Baxter, and she is a member of the Christian church at
Eddyville. They advance every worthy cause and are well informed,
keeping an excellent library and they enjoy the esteem of a wide circle of
friends. The Past and Present of Jasper County, Gen. James B. Weaver, Editor-In-Chief, 1912 B.F. Bowen Co., Indianapolis, IN, p. 648. |
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