Nampa to Hold
Services Today
For War Veteran
NAMPA--—Funeral services or Thomas B. Butt, 87-year-old Civil war veteran of Nampa, who died last week in Los Angeles, Calif., where he had gone to spend the winter with relatives, will be held Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 at the Robinson chapel. The Rev. H. C. Rohr will have charge of the service, which will be private.
Surviving are his wife; two daughters, Miss Lois Butt of Nampa and Mrs. M. Parsons of California; three sons, Vance and D. L. Butt of Nampa and Edward of Portland. He served with Company I of the Illinois volunteer infantry and was with Sherman on his famous march to the sea. He was one of a group of 13 chums who enlisted on August 13, 1862, and went through the entire war without a fatality and were discharged on the same day, he had told relatives.
He was an active member of the Nampa camp of G. A. R.
The Idaho Statesman
Boise, Idaho · Tuesday, December 08, 1931
Nampa to Hold
Services Today
For War Veteran
NAMPA--—Funeral services or Thomas B. Butt, 87-year-old Civil war veteran of Nampa, who died last week in Los Angeles, Calif., where he had gone to spend the winter with relatives, will be held Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 at the Robinson chapel. The Rev. H. C. Rohr will have charge of the service, which will be private.
Surviving are his wife; two daughters, Miss Lois Butt of Nampa and Mrs. M. Parsons of California; three sons, Vance and D. L. Butt of Nampa and Edward of Portland. He served with Company I of the Illinois volunteer infantry and was with Sherman on his famous march to the sea. He was one of a group of 13 chums who enlisted on August 13, 1862, and went through the entire war without a fatality and were discharged on the same day, he had told relatives.
He was an active member of the Nampa camp of G. A. R.
The Idaho Statesman
Boise, Idaho · Tuesday, December 08, 1931
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