Married Elizabeth (Bettie) Acre on 4/22/1830 in Vermillion County, Illinois. Asaph and Elizabeth Butler immigrated to Missouri June 26, 1840 from Vermillion County, Illinois. They settled in what is now Cypress Township Harrison County Missouri. Asaph Butler was a Judge of the first Harrison County Court.
1880 Census
Asaph BUTLER
Male
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Other Information:
Birth Year <1811>
Birthplace VT
Age 69
Occupation Farmer
Marital Status M
Race W
Head of Household Asaph BUTLER
Relation Self
Father's Birthplace VT
Mother's Birthplace VT
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Source Information:
Census Place Cypress, Harrison, Missouri
Family History Library Film 1254689
NA Film Number T9-0689
Page Number 207A
10 known children: Colista (Celista) Butler (2/9/1831), Clarinda Butler (8/1/1833), Horace Butler (10/10/1835), Orlin Butler (11/18/1837), Harmon Butler (3/30/1840), Norton Butler (10/4/1842), Albert M. Butler (3/21/1845), Mary Melissa Butler (10/12/1847), Oscar Butler (1/19/1851), Alice Butler (12/25/1853)
Bethany Republican May 12, 1892
Asaph Butler, son of James D. and Polly Butler, was born in Chittenden County, Vermont on Aug 27, 1810 and died at his home in Cypress Township, Harrison County, Missouri on May 9, 1892. He was buried in Butler Cemetery, located on the family farm in Cypress Township, Harrison County, Missouri, on May 10, 1892.
DEATH: Death of Asaph M. Butler
Asaph M. Butler departed this life at his home in Cypress Township, Harrison County, May 9th, 1892, at 4 o'clock a.m., aged 81 years, 9 months and 12 days. He was born in the state of Vermont August 12th, 1810. While quite young he emigrated with his parents to Knox County, Ohio, where they remained until the year 1820 when they again moved to Illinois and settled on a farm near where the present city of Danville is now located. Here he remained with his parents until he arrived at his majority. The writer of this sketch has often heard him say that he helped to break the sod where the city of Danville now stands. About the year 1832 he married a very estimable lady, whose maiden name has escaped the writer's memory, with whom he lived happily until her death which occurred some 12 or 14 years ago. Six sons and three daughters were born to this union, all of whom survive him except three sons. The first son died quite young many years ago. Orlin has been dead 12 years and the late lamented Oscar died in Bethany several years ago. Mr Butler moved with his family from Danville, Ill and in the year 1840 settled on the farm where he ever since lived to the time of his death.
In 1845 when this county was first organized he was selected by the citizens of the county as a proper person for Judge of the county court and upon their recommendation the Governor appointed and commissioned him as one of the Judges of the first county court ever convened in this county. In March, 1845, he with his associates, Lewis Charlton and Samuel Edmiston, under a tree west of Big Creek near what is known as the Copeland Ford, held the first court session in Harrison County. After serving his people faithfully for the period for which he was appointed, he declined to allow his name to be used again as a candidate.
Mr Butler was indeed a pioneer in this county. His house was the first in the county furnished with glass windows, shingled roof and plank doors. Politically, he was an old time Whig as long as that party had an existence. He was among the first to assist in forming the Republican party and remained a staunch supporter of its principles up to the time of his death.
Mr Butler was a man of unlimited benevolence, always ready to extend a hand of welcome to all. He was strictly honest and honorable in all his transactions with his fellow men, and it was proverbial that to the rich and poor, high or low, bond or free, his latch string always hung out, and he greeted all who entered his door with such a hearty welcome that none ever left his house without feeling that it was good to have been there.
For the last five or six years he suffered and for the last two years suffered greatly from that relentless affliction, Bright's disease of the kidneys. Yet he bore his sufferings without a murmur, anxiously waiting for the day when all would be ended, until as before stated, at the advanced age of four score and nearly two years, he expired May 9th, 1892. Thus passed away the last member of the first court of Harrison County. His remains were laid to rest May 10th, 1892, on the farm where he so long lived, followed by his surviving sons and daughters and sorrowing friends.
Notwithstanding his death was expected at any time for several months, yet the intelligence thereof brings with it a sadness that the pen is wholly unable to portray. He is gone. His familiar face we will see no more. Nothing now remains of him only the sad memorial of man's mortality. That warm heart that always throbbed for others' woes will soon molder away and join its kindred dust. But his friends can proudly point to his amiable traits of character and the irreproachable example that he has left to those who mourn his loss and say 'Follow his precept and example'. He was strictly temperate in all things, always an ardent advocate for good morals, honest and upright in all his dealings, a man of firmness, always striving to do all the good he could. He was in every respect a truly exemplary man.
- A Friend
1880 Census
Asaph BUTLER
Male
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Other Information:
Birth Year <1811>
Birthplace VT
Age 69
Occupation Farmer
Marital Status M
Race W
Head of Household Asaph BUTLER
Relation Self
Father's Birthplace VT
Mother's Birthplace VT
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Source Information:
Census Place Cypress, Harrison, Missouri
Family History Library Film 1254689
NA Film Number T9-0689
Page Number 207A
10 known children: Colista (Celista) Butler (2/9/1831), Clarinda Butler (8/1/1833), Horace Butler (10/10/1835), Orlin Butler (11/18/1837), Harmon Butler (3/30/1840), Norton Butler (10/4/1842), Albert M. Butler (3/21/1845), Mary Melissa Butler (10/12/1847), Oscar Butler (1/19/1851), Alice Butler (12/25/1853)
Bethany Republican May 12, 1892
Asaph Butler, son of James D. and Polly Butler, was born in Chittenden County, Vermont on Aug 27, 1810 and died at his home in Cypress Township, Harrison County, Missouri on May 9, 1892. He was buried in Butler Cemetery, located on the family farm in Cypress Township, Harrison County, Missouri, on May 10, 1892.
DEATH: Death of Asaph M. Butler
Asaph M. Butler departed this life at his home in Cypress Township, Harrison County, May 9th, 1892, at 4 o'clock a.m., aged 81 years, 9 months and 12 days. He was born in the state of Vermont August 12th, 1810. While quite young he emigrated with his parents to Knox County, Ohio, where they remained until the year 1820 when they again moved to Illinois and settled on a farm near where the present city of Danville is now located. Here he remained with his parents until he arrived at his majority. The writer of this sketch has often heard him say that he helped to break the sod where the city of Danville now stands. About the year 1832 he married a very estimable lady, whose maiden name has escaped the writer's memory, with whom he lived happily until her death which occurred some 12 or 14 years ago. Six sons and three daughters were born to this union, all of whom survive him except three sons. The first son died quite young many years ago. Orlin has been dead 12 years and the late lamented Oscar died in Bethany several years ago. Mr Butler moved with his family from Danville, Ill and in the year 1840 settled on the farm where he ever since lived to the time of his death.
In 1845 when this county was first organized he was selected by the citizens of the county as a proper person for Judge of the county court and upon their recommendation the Governor appointed and commissioned him as one of the Judges of the first county court ever convened in this county. In March, 1845, he with his associates, Lewis Charlton and Samuel Edmiston, under a tree west of Big Creek near what is known as the Copeland Ford, held the first court session in Harrison County. After serving his people faithfully for the period for which he was appointed, he declined to allow his name to be used again as a candidate.
Mr Butler was indeed a pioneer in this county. His house was the first in the county furnished with glass windows, shingled roof and plank doors. Politically, he was an old time Whig as long as that party had an existence. He was among the first to assist in forming the Republican party and remained a staunch supporter of its principles up to the time of his death.
Mr Butler was a man of unlimited benevolence, always ready to extend a hand of welcome to all. He was strictly honest and honorable in all his transactions with his fellow men, and it was proverbial that to the rich and poor, high or low, bond or free, his latch string always hung out, and he greeted all who entered his door with such a hearty welcome that none ever left his house without feeling that it was good to have been there.
For the last five or six years he suffered and for the last two years suffered greatly from that relentless affliction, Bright's disease of the kidneys. Yet he bore his sufferings without a murmur, anxiously waiting for the day when all would be ended, until as before stated, at the advanced age of four score and nearly two years, he expired May 9th, 1892. Thus passed away the last member of the first court of Harrison County. His remains were laid to rest May 10th, 1892, on the farm where he so long lived, followed by his surviving sons and daughters and sorrowing friends.
Notwithstanding his death was expected at any time for several months, yet the intelligence thereof brings with it a sadness that the pen is wholly unable to portray. He is gone. His familiar face we will see no more. Nothing now remains of him only the sad memorial of man's mortality. That warm heart that always throbbed for others' woes will soon molder away and join its kindred dust. But his friends can proudly point to his amiable traits of character and the irreproachable example that he has left to those who mourn his loss and say 'Follow his precept and example'. He was strictly temperate in all things, always an ardent advocate for good morals, honest and upright in all his dealings, a man of firmness, always striving to do all the good he could. He was in every respect a truly exemplary man.
- A Friend
Married Elizabeth (Bettie) Acre on 4/22/1830 in Vermillion County, Illinois. Asaph and Elizabeth Butler immigrated to Missouri June 26, 1840 from Vermillion County, Illinois. They settled in what is now Cypress Township Harrison County Missouri. Asaph Butler was a Judge of the first Harrison County Court.
1880 Census
Asaph BUTLER
Male
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Other Information:
Birth Year <1811>
Birthplace VT
Age 69
Occupation Farmer
Marital Status M
Race W
Head of Household Asaph BUTLER
Relation Self
Father's Birthplace VT
Mother's Birthplace VT
---------------------------
Source Information:
Census Place Cypress, Harrison, Missouri
Family History Library Film 1254689
NA Film Number T9-0689
Page Number 207A
10 known children: Colista (Celista) Butler (2/9/1831), Clarinda Butler (8/1/1833), Horace Butler (10/10/1835), Orlin Butler (11/18/1837), Harmon Butler (3/30/1840), Norton Butler (10/4/1842), Albert M. Butler (3/21/1845), Mary Melissa Butler (10/12/1847), Oscar Butler (1/19/1851), Alice Butler (12/25/1853)
Bethany Republican May 12, 1892
Asaph Butler, son of James D. and Polly Butler, was born in Chittenden County, Vermont on Aug 27, 1810 and died at his home in Cypress Township, Harrison County, Missouri on May 9, 1892. He was buried in Butler Cemetery, located on the family farm in Cypress Township, Harrison County, Missouri, on May 10, 1892.
DEATH: Death of Asaph M. Butler
Asaph M. Butler departed this life at his home in Cypress Township, Harrison County, May 9th, 1892, at 4 o'clock a.m., aged 81 years, 9 months and 12 days. He was born in the state of Vermont August 12th, 1810. While quite young he emigrated with his parents to Knox County, Ohio, where they remained until the year 1820 when they again moved to Illinois and settled on a farm near where the present city of Danville is now located. Here he remained with his parents until he arrived at his majority. The writer of this sketch has often heard him say that he helped to break the sod where the city of Danville now stands. About the year 1832 he married a very estimable lady, whose maiden name has escaped the writer's memory, with whom he lived happily until her death which occurred some 12 or 14 years ago. Six sons and three daughters were born to this union, all of whom survive him except three sons. The first son died quite young many years ago. Orlin has been dead 12 years and the late lamented Oscar died in Bethany several years ago. Mr Butler moved with his family from Danville, Ill and in the year 1840 settled on the farm where he ever since lived to the time of his death.
In 1845 when this county was first organized he was selected by the citizens of the county as a proper person for Judge of the county court and upon their recommendation the Governor appointed and commissioned him as one of the Judges of the first county court ever convened in this county. In March, 1845, he with his associates, Lewis Charlton and Samuel Edmiston, under a tree west of Big Creek near what is known as the Copeland Ford, held the first court session in Harrison County. After serving his people faithfully for the period for which he was appointed, he declined to allow his name to be used again as a candidate.
Mr Butler was indeed a pioneer in this county. His house was the first in the county furnished with glass windows, shingled roof and plank doors. Politically, he was an old time Whig as long as that party had an existence. He was among the first to assist in forming the Republican party and remained a staunch supporter of its principles up to the time of his death.
Mr Butler was a man of unlimited benevolence, always ready to extend a hand of welcome to all. He was strictly honest and honorable in all his transactions with his fellow men, and it was proverbial that to the rich and poor, high or low, bond or free, his latch string always hung out, and he greeted all who entered his door with such a hearty welcome that none ever left his house without feeling that it was good to have been there.
For the last five or six years he suffered and for the last two years suffered greatly from that relentless affliction, Bright's disease of the kidneys. Yet he bore his sufferings without a murmur, anxiously waiting for the day when all would be ended, until as before stated, at the advanced age of four score and nearly two years, he expired May 9th, 1892. Thus passed away the last member of the first court of Harrison County. His remains were laid to rest May 10th, 1892, on the farm where he so long lived, followed by his surviving sons and daughters and sorrowing friends.
Notwithstanding his death was expected at any time for several months, yet the intelligence thereof brings with it a sadness that the pen is wholly unable to portray. He is gone. His familiar face we will see no more. Nothing now remains of him only the sad memorial of man's mortality. That warm heart that always throbbed for others' woes will soon molder away and join its kindred dust. But his friends can proudly point to his amiable traits of character and the irreproachable example that he has left to those who mourn his loss and say 'Follow his precept and example'. He was strictly temperate in all things, always an ardent advocate for good morals, honest and upright in all his dealings, a man of firmness, always striving to do all the good he could. He was in every respect a truly exemplary man.
- A Friend
1880 Census
Asaph BUTLER
Male
--------------------------
Other Information:
Birth Year <1811>
Birthplace VT
Age 69
Occupation Farmer
Marital Status M
Race W
Head of Household Asaph BUTLER
Relation Self
Father's Birthplace VT
Mother's Birthplace VT
---------------------------
Source Information:
Census Place Cypress, Harrison, Missouri
Family History Library Film 1254689
NA Film Number T9-0689
Page Number 207A
10 known children: Colista (Celista) Butler (2/9/1831), Clarinda Butler (8/1/1833), Horace Butler (10/10/1835), Orlin Butler (11/18/1837), Harmon Butler (3/30/1840), Norton Butler (10/4/1842), Albert M. Butler (3/21/1845), Mary Melissa Butler (10/12/1847), Oscar Butler (1/19/1851), Alice Butler (12/25/1853)
Bethany Republican May 12, 1892
Asaph Butler, son of James D. and Polly Butler, was born in Chittenden County, Vermont on Aug 27, 1810 and died at his home in Cypress Township, Harrison County, Missouri on May 9, 1892. He was buried in Butler Cemetery, located on the family farm in Cypress Township, Harrison County, Missouri, on May 10, 1892.
DEATH: Death of Asaph M. Butler
Asaph M. Butler departed this life at his home in Cypress Township, Harrison County, May 9th, 1892, at 4 o'clock a.m., aged 81 years, 9 months and 12 days. He was born in the state of Vermont August 12th, 1810. While quite young he emigrated with his parents to Knox County, Ohio, where they remained until the year 1820 when they again moved to Illinois and settled on a farm near where the present city of Danville is now located. Here he remained with his parents until he arrived at his majority. The writer of this sketch has often heard him say that he helped to break the sod where the city of Danville now stands. About the year 1832 he married a very estimable lady, whose maiden name has escaped the writer's memory, with whom he lived happily until her death which occurred some 12 or 14 years ago. Six sons and three daughters were born to this union, all of whom survive him except three sons. The first son died quite young many years ago. Orlin has been dead 12 years and the late lamented Oscar died in Bethany several years ago. Mr Butler moved with his family from Danville, Ill and in the year 1840 settled on the farm where he ever since lived to the time of his death.
In 1845 when this county was first organized he was selected by the citizens of the county as a proper person for Judge of the county court and upon their recommendation the Governor appointed and commissioned him as one of the Judges of the first county court ever convened in this county. In March, 1845, he with his associates, Lewis Charlton and Samuel Edmiston, under a tree west of Big Creek near what is known as the Copeland Ford, held the first court session in Harrison County. After serving his people faithfully for the period for which he was appointed, he declined to allow his name to be used again as a candidate.
Mr Butler was indeed a pioneer in this county. His house was the first in the county furnished with glass windows, shingled roof and plank doors. Politically, he was an old time Whig as long as that party had an existence. He was among the first to assist in forming the Republican party and remained a staunch supporter of its principles up to the time of his death.
Mr Butler was a man of unlimited benevolence, always ready to extend a hand of welcome to all. He was strictly honest and honorable in all his transactions with his fellow men, and it was proverbial that to the rich and poor, high or low, bond or free, his latch string always hung out, and he greeted all who entered his door with such a hearty welcome that none ever left his house without feeling that it was good to have been there.
For the last five or six years he suffered and for the last two years suffered greatly from that relentless affliction, Bright's disease of the kidneys. Yet he bore his sufferings without a murmur, anxiously waiting for the day when all would be ended, until as before stated, at the advanced age of four score and nearly two years, he expired May 9th, 1892. Thus passed away the last member of the first court of Harrison County. His remains were laid to rest May 10th, 1892, on the farm where he so long lived, followed by his surviving sons and daughters and sorrowing friends.
Notwithstanding his death was expected at any time for several months, yet the intelligence thereof brings with it a sadness that the pen is wholly unable to portray. He is gone. His familiar face we will see no more. Nothing now remains of him only the sad memorial of man's mortality. That warm heart that always throbbed for others' woes will soon molder away and join its kindred dust. But his friends can proudly point to his amiable traits of character and the irreproachable example that he has left to those who mourn his loss and say 'Follow his precept and example'. He was strictly temperate in all things, always an ardent advocate for good morals, honest and upright in all his dealings, a man of firmness, always striving to do all the good he could. He was in every respect a truly exemplary man.
- A Friend
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