William Elias Butler

1837 - 1878  (41 years)

• Name	William Elias Butler
  Birth	8 Mar 1837	Tennessee   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate birth	1838  [2]
  Alternate death	Aft 5 Apr 1858  [2]
  Death	1 Apr 1878	Tennessee   [1]
  Burial	Chapel Hill Church Cemetery, Milan, Gibson, Tennessee   [1]
  Siblings	6 siblings
  1. William Elias Butler ,   b. 8 Mar 1837, Tennessee d. 1 Apr 1878, Tennessee  (Age 41 years)   2. James Madison Butler ,   b. 1840, Tennessee ▻ Sarah Jane McKelvey ,  m. 22 Sep 1858   3. John Franklin Butler ,   b. 11 Dec 1841, Marion, Illinois d. Aug 1906, Gibson, Gibson, Tennessee  (Age 64 years) ▻ Martha E. Shaw ,  m. 22 Sep 1860 ;  Mary M. Holt ,  m. Feb 1869 ;  Mattie C. Lewis ,  m. 20 Dec 1880   4. Thomas Van Buren Butler ,   b. 1844, Illinois d. Aft 1880  (Age > 37 years) ▻ Martha E. Martin ,  m. 20 Mar 1864   5. Benjamin Riley Butler ,   b. 8 Dec 1846, Gibson, Gibson, Tennessee d. 3 Mar 1927, Gibson County, Tennessee  (Age 80 years) ▻ Harriet J. "Hattie" Childress ,  m. 17 Nov 1869   6. Ann Butler ,   b. 1848, Tennessee + 7. Mary Frances "Fannie" Butler ,   b. 8 Aug 1851, Coffee County, Tennessee d. 1 Dec 1926, Gibson County, Tennessee  (Age 75 years) ▻ Monroe Marshall Jacobs ,  m. 1 Jan 1867 ;  Uriah Jasper Hammonds ,  m. 17 Jan 1895
  Person ID	I5064	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	8 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	Christopher Columbus Butler,   b. 20 Mar 1810, Montgomery, North Carolina d. 26 Mar 1858, Gibson County, Tennessee (Age 48 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann McHaney,   b. 12 Apr 1817, Wilson County, Tennessee d. Aft 1880, Gibson County, Tennessee (Age > 64 years)
  Marriage	19 Nov 1836	Wilson County, Tennessee   [2, 3]
  Photos		Butler-McHaney marriage record
  Family ID	F3051	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  His gravestone reads "Ellis Butler 3-8-1837 - 4-1-1878". We believe this is William Elias Butler. He is buried in Row 9 next to his mother's second husband, John Reynolds.

  
  

• Sources

  [S7374] Find a Grave page for Elias Butler. [S117] The Descendants of Thomas Pincerna, Progenitor of the Butler Family by Judge Edward F. Butler, Sr. Dallas, 1997, 1999. [S131] Tennessee Marriages, 1796-1950, on familysearch.org.