ALMEDA (TARRANT) BUTCHER
MRS. BUTCHER DROPS DEAD TUESDAY
Mrs. George Butcher, 44, for more than 35 years a resident of El Dorado, died Tuesday at 5:45 in her home at Ninth and Taylor. Mrs. Butcher left the Butcher restaurant about 5:30 for home, turning into the alley between Merchant and Taylor on Eighth avenue. She fell while in the alley and Page Hicks, who saw her fall, called Charles Shepard, who went to the Butcher home, finding that Mrs. Butcher had gone into the house and was lying on the floor. He placed her on bed and went to the restaurant after Mr. Butcher, but when they returned to the house with physicians, Mrs. Butcher was dead. Heart trouble is given as the cause of her death, but she was feeling ill Tuesday.
Almeda Tarrant was born in Springfield, Ill., Nov. 1, 1869, coming here with her parents at the age of eight. She was married to George Butcher about 26 years ago. Her husband, five children, Mrs. Grant Hitchcock, Oral, Joseph, Ella and Clarence Butcher; mother, Mrs. Sarah Winn, of Rosalia; and three brothers, W. J. Tarrant, El Dorado; Oliver P. and George N. Tarrant, of Hamilton; survive. All are here for the funeral. Mr. and Mrs. Hitchcock coming from Quincy Wednesday.
Mrs. Butcher was a member of the Christian church and always was known as a faithful Christian. The funeral was held at 2 :30 p. m. Thursday from the Christian church.
Walnut Valley Times, El Dorado, Kansas
06 March 1914, Friday, Page 5
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Notes:
In her death notices and obituaries, her birth year is given both as 1869 and 1870. She was the daughter of Newton Tarrant and Sarah Jane (Kirk) Tarrant Winn. However, her obituary gives her age as 44, so that is what is entered here.
Almeda was the wife of George W Butcher. They married November 25, 1887, in Eureka, Greenwood County, Kansas, USA.
She had 5 children at the time of her death, all living in El Dorado:
Mrs. Olive (Butcher) Hitchcock [married Grant Hickcock]
Miss Oral Butcher [married Milo C Wilson]
Elouise Butcher [married John Calvin Kraeer Sr., then Charles David Wolfe]
Joseph Butcher
Clarence Butcher
Her obituary also listed sisters:
Mrs. John Webb of Chanute, Kansas.
Mrs. William Johnson, of Buffalo, Kansas. (Sister of G W Butcher?)
Note on death of husband, George W Butcher: an article in the Daily Arkansas Gazette, 19 Sep 1920, Sunday, Page 42, reported the death of George, who was found in a field in Tulsa, Oklahoma, (death having occurred on September 16, 1920), no signs of violence. Relatives in El Dorado noted that he had left home, unannounced, the previous Saturday. ~~mjp~~
MRS. BUTCHER DROPS DEAD TUESDAY
Mrs. George Butcher, 44, for more than 35 years a resident of El Dorado, died Tuesday at 5:45 in her home at Ninth and Taylor. Mrs. Butcher left the Butcher restaurant about 5:30 for home, turning into the alley between Merchant and Taylor on Eighth avenue. She fell while in the alley and Page Hicks, who saw her fall, called Charles Shepard, who went to the Butcher home, finding that Mrs. Butcher had gone into the house and was lying on the floor. He placed her on bed and went to the restaurant after Mr. Butcher, but when they returned to the house with physicians, Mrs. Butcher was dead. Heart trouble is given as the cause of her death, but she was feeling ill Tuesday.
Almeda Tarrant was born in Springfield, Ill., Nov. 1, 1869, coming here with her parents at the age of eight. She was married to George Butcher about 26 years ago. Her husband, five children, Mrs. Grant Hitchcock, Oral, Joseph, Ella and Clarence Butcher; mother, Mrs. Sarah Winn, of Rosalia; and three brothers, W. J. Tarrant, El Dorado; Oliver P. and George N. Tarrant, of Hamilton; survive. All are here for the funeral. Mr. and Mrs. Hitchcock coming from Quincy Wednesday.
Mrs. Butcher was a member of the Christian church and always was known as a faithful Christian. The funeral was held at 2 :30 p. m. Thursday from the Christian church.
Walnut Valley Times, El Dorado, Kansas
06 March 1914, Friday, Page 5
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Notes:
In her death notices and obituaries, her birth year is given both as 1869 and 1870. She was the daughter of Newton Tarrant and Sarah Jane (Kirk) Tarrant Winn. However, her obituary gives her age as 44, so that is what is entered here.
Almeda was the wife of George W Butcher. They married November 25, 1887, in Eureka, Greenwood County, Kansas, USA.
She had 5 children at the time of her death, all living in El Dorado:
Mrs. Olive (Butcher) Hitchcock [married Grant Hickcock]
Miss Oral Butcher [married Milo C Wilson]
Elouise Butcher [married John Calvin Kraeer Sr., then Charles David Wolfe]
Joseph Butcher
Clarence Butcher
Her obituary also listed sisters:
Mrs. John Webb of Chanute, Kansas.
Mrs. William Johnson, of Buffalo, Kansas. (Sister of G W Butcher?)
Note on death of husband, George W Butcher: an article in the Daily Arkansas Gazette, 19 Sep 1920, Sunday, Page 42, reported the death of George, who was found in a field in Tulsa, Oklahoma, (death having occurred on September 16, 1920), no signs of violence. Relatives in El Dorado noted that he had left home, unannounced, the previous Saturday. ~~mjp~~
ALMEDA (TARRANT) BUTCHER
MRS. BUTCHER DROPS DEAD TUESDAY
Mrs. George Butcher, 44, for more than 35 years a resident of El Dorado, died Tuesday at 5:45 in her home at Ninth and Taylor. Mrs. Butcher left the Butcher restaurant about 5:30 for home, turning into the alley between Merchant and Taylor on Eighth avenue. She fell while in the alley and Page Hicks, who saw her fall, called Charles Shepard, who went to the Butcher home, finding that Mrs. Butcher had gone into the house and was lying on the floor. He placed her on bed and went to the restaurant after Mr. Butcher, but when they returned to the house with physicians, Mrs. Butcher was dead. Heart trouble is given as the cause of her death, but she was feeling ill Tuesday.
Almeda Tarrant was born in Springfield, Ill., Nov. 1, 1869, coming here with her parents at the age of eight. She was married to George Butcher about 26 years ago. Her husband, five children, Mrs. Grant Hitchcock, Oral, Joseph, Ella and Clarence Butcher; mother, Mrs. Sarah Winn, of Rosalia; and three brothers, W. J. Tarrant, El Dorado; Oliver P. and George N. Tarrant, of Hamilton; survive. All are here for the funeral. Mr. and Mrs. Hitchcock coming from Quincy Wednesday.
Mrs. Butcher was a member of the Christian church and always was known as a faithful Christian. The funeral was held at 2 :30 p. m. Thursday from the Christian church.
Walnut Valley Times, El Dorado, Kansas
06 March 1914, Friday, Page 5
___________________________________
Notes:
In her death notices and obituaries, her birth year is given both as 1869 and 1870. She was the daughter of Newton Tarrant and Sarah Jane (Kirk) Tarrant Winn. However, her obituary gives her age as 44, so that is what is entered here.
Almeda was the wife of George W Butcher. They married November 25, 1887, in Eureka, Greenwood County, Kansas, USA.
She had 5 children at the time of her death, all living in El Dorado:
Mrs. Olive (Butcher) Hitchcock [married Grant Hickcock]
Miss Oral Butcher [married Milo C Wilson]
Elouise Butcher [married John Calvin Kraeer Sr., then Charles David Wolfe]
Joseph Butcher
Clarence Butcher
Her obituary also listed sisters:
Mrs. John Webb of Chanute, Kansas.
Mrs. William Johnson, of Buffalo, Kansas. (Sister of G W Butcher?)
Note on death of husband, George W Butcher: an article in the Daily Arkansas Gazette, 19 Sep 1920, Sunday, Page 42, reported the death of George, who was found in a field in Tulsa, Oklahoma, (death having occurred on September 16, 1920), no signs of violence. Relatives in El Dorado noted that he had left home, unannounced, the previous Saturday. ~~mjp~~
MRS. BUTCHER DROPS DEAD TUESDAY
Mrs. George Butcher, 44, for more than 35 years a resident of El Dorado, died Tuesday at 5:45 in her home at Ninth and Taylor. Mrs. Butcher left the Butcher restaurant about 5:30 for home, turning into the alley between Merchant and Taylor on Eighth avenue. She fell while in the alley and Page Hicks, who saw her fall, called Charles Shepard, who went to the Butcher home, finding that Mrs. Butcher had gone into the house and was lying on the floor. He placed her on bed and went to the restaurant after Mr. Butcher, but when they returned to the house with physicians, Mrs. Butcher was dead. Heart trouble is given as the cause of her death, but she was feeling ill Tuesday.
Almeda Tarrant was born in Springfield, Ill., Nov. 1, 1869, coming here with her parents at the age of eight. She was married to George Butcher about 26 years ago. Her husband, five children, Mrs. Grant Hitchcock, Oral, Joseph, Ella and Clarence Butcher; mother, Mrs. Sarah Winn, of Rosalia; and three brothers, W. J. Tarrant, El Dorado; Oliver P. and George N. Tarrant, of Hamilton; survive. All are here for the funeral. Mr. and Mrs. Hitchcock coming from Quincy Wednesday.
Mrs. Butcher was a member of the Christian church and always was known as a faithful Christian. The funeral was held at 2 :30 p. m. Thursday from the Christian church.
Walnut Valley Times, El Dorado, Kansas
06 March 1914, Friday, Page 5
___________________________________
Notes:
In her death notices and obituaries, her birth year is given both as 1869 and 1870. She was the daughter of Newton Tarrant and Sarah Jane (Kirk) Tarrant Winn. However, her obituary gives her age as 44, so that is what is entered here.
Almeda was the wife of George W Butcher. They married November 25, 1887, in Eureka, Greenwood County, Kansas, USA.
She had 5 children at the time of her death, all living in El Dorado:
Mrs. Olive (Butcher) Hitchcock [married Grant Hickcock]
Miss Oral Butcher [married Milo C Wilson]
Elouise Butcher [married John Calvin Kraeer Sr., then Charles David Wolfe]
Joseph Butcher
Clarence Butcher
Her obituary also listed sisters:
Mrs. John Webb of Chanute, Kansas.
Mrs. William Johnson, of Buffalo, Kansas. (Sister of G W Butcher?)
Note on death of husband, George W Butcher: an article in the Daily Arkansas Gazette, 19 Sep 1920, Sunday, Page 42, reported the death of George, who was found in a field in Tulsa, Oklahoma, (death having occurred on September 16, 1920), no signs of violence. Relatives in El Dorado noted that he had left home, unannounced, the previous Saturday. ~~mjp~~
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