William Henry Butts

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OBITUARY

The Oregonian; 2 Jan 1923

WILLIAM HENRY BUTTS

OREGON CITY, Or., Jan. 1.- (Special.)- William Henry Butts, aged 73, and a resident of Oregon City for the last 40 years, died at the Oregon City hospital Sunday night.

He is survived by the following children: Mrs. William Wilkinson of Oregon City, Mrs. Frank Farmer of St. Johns, Wash.; Mrs. L. L. Elkins of Molalla, A. V. Butts of Portland, and Ernest Butts of St. Johns, Wash.

Funeral services will be held from the Holman & Pace chapel tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock. Interment will be in Mountain View cemetery.



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William married Sarah Mudge. Sarah was born 1860; died 1895, Clackamas Co. OR; was buried , Mountain View Cemetery, Oregon City, Clackamas Co. OR. [Group Sheet]

1. Lettie Butts was born 11 Dec 1878, Greenwood Co. KS; died 16 Feb 1953, Clackamas Co. OR; was buried , Mountain View Cemetery, Oregon City, Clackamas Co. OR.
2. Nettie Gertrude Butts was born 01 Sep 1881, Greenwood Co. KS; died 28 Aug 1976, Portland, Multnomah Co. OR; was buried , Mountain View Cemetery, Oregon City, Clackamas Co. OR.
3. Sylvia Esther Butts was born Jan., 1885, Greenwood Co. KS; died 04 Dec 1953, Clackamas Co. OR; was buried , Mountain View Cemetery, Oregon City, Clackamas Co. OR.
4. Allen Vinton Butts was born 19 Oct 1886, Greenwood Co. KS; died 08 Dec 1954, Beaverton, Washington Co. OR; was buried , Finley-Sunset Hills Memorial Park, Portland, Washington Co. OR.
5. Ernest M. Butts was born 15 Sep 1889; died 19 Oct 1973, Clackamas Co. OR; was buried , Mountain View Cemetery, Oregon City, Clackamas Co. OR.

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OBITUARY

Severy Record; 27 May 1887

Mr. James Butts died at his home 2/1/2 miles north-west of Severy, on Monday night, last and was buried on Tuesday; Rev. Brownson, of Climax, preached the funeral sermon. A large gathering of people followed the remains to the cemetery. Mr. Butts would have been 63 years old, next Monday. He was born in Ohio and remained there for 31 years when he moved to Indiana in 1856, a place from which he came to Kansas in 1872, and onto the farm where he died. He leaves a wife and several children to mourn his loss.


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James married Esther RICE. Esther (daughter of James RICE and Violetta Keeton) was born 11 Jun 1824, Athens Co. OH; died 22 Mar 1902, Greenwood Co. KS; was buried , Twin Grove Cemetery, Severy, Greenwood Co. KS. [Group Sheet]

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OBITUARY

From Find A Grave

Victim of Hydrophobia
Mrs. Esther Butts Bitten by Mad Dog ? Resulted in Death

Mrs. Esther Butts, Seventy-eight years old, making her home with her son, J.V.Butts, died Saturday at 7:10 p.m., from the effects of a bite from a mad dog over a month ago.

About the 1st of February the Butts dog jumped on another dog and were fighting near the Butts home, when Mrs. Butts attempted to part them and the Butts dog bit her slightly on the back of the hand. The dog then went away and bit a number of dogs in the neighborhood, returning home at night, where it was found dead a short time after the above occurrence.

Nothing was thought of the bite on Mrs. Butts hand until last week, when it began to pain her, and on Wednesday as she went to take a drink the sight of the water threw her into convulsions. Physicians were at once called and everything done to get the poison out of her system, but it had too thorough a hold, and after seeing there was no chance for her recovery, the doctors tried only to relieve her great suffering, in which they were partially successful. She remained conscious until Saturday noon and death came Saturday evening.

Funeral services were held at the home Monday afternoon conducted by Rev. J.H. Deyo, after which the remains were interred in Twin Groves cemetery. They family have the heartfelt sympathy of all in their sad bereavement.

Esher Rice was born June 11, 1824; was married September 6, 1844, to James Butts at McArthur, Ohio. To this union was born nine children, of whom three are known to survive, as follows; William Butts, of Park Place, Oregon; J.V. Butts of Severy, and J.H. Butts, of Tallahassee, Florida. They moved from Ohio to Indiana in 1856, then came to Kansas in 1872, where they have lived ever since. She was a member of the M.E. Church for a number of years.

Lonely? Ah, no, not lonely
While Jesus standeth near.
He comes within the tent door,
I feel His presence here.

Friendless? Ah, no, not friendless
While Jesus is my friend.
I change, but He remaineth
Sure loving to the end.

Weary? Ah, yes, so weary,
But leaning on His breast;
My soul hath sweet assurance
Of His eternal rest.


(stone is broken & hard to read)

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BIOGRAPHY

From Find A Grave
From Ruth Rice Patterson, his second great grandaughter

James Rice was born 27 November 1795 in the area of Wythe and Russell Counties, Virginia which later became Tazewell County created 20 December 1799. Specific parents cannot be proven. His age and birth date are taken from his Hebron Cemetery burial record; age at death. 6 August 1874, 78 years, 8 months, 10 days. James? family moved from Virginia to Gallia County, Ohio in the early 1800?s.

James can first be documented in August 1812 in Gallia County, Ohio where he is reflected as a private in the Ohio Militia in Captain Isaac Butler?s Company (9Aug1812 ? 9Oct1812) which was mobilized for the War of 1812. He again enlisted in Captain Joseph W. Ross? Company (1Sep1813 ? 1Mar1814) and served in the Detroit, Michigan area until discharged in March 1814. In 1850 James filed a Land Bounty claim with the US Government for this military service and was awarded 160 acres of government land located in Iowa. He later sold his interest in that land to another individual who took possession of the land in Iowa.

In 1815 James Rice married Violetta ?Zeletty? Keeton, 21 February 1815, in Gallia County, Ohio. Violetta Keeton was the daughter of David Keeton a Revolutionary War soldier residing in Gallia County, Ohio at the time. That marriage produced seven children, daughters Irena, Fatima and Esther, and sons Edward W., Tazwell (T.S.), Elias M., and James V. They were all born in the Gallia/Jackson/Athens County area of Ohio.

In late 1834, James Rice purchased land equating to approximately 120 acres in Athens County, Ohio (Athens County Deeds, Vol 7, pg 704). In 1850 due to county boundary changes that land relocated into newly formed Vinton County, Ohio. In the 1850 US Federal Census, the family was living in South Brown Township, Vinton County, Ohio. The James Rice family lived at this location until September 1856 when James and Violetta sold the family farm and moved to Eagle Creek Township, Lake County, Indiana. All of their seven children and their families moved with them to Indiana.

James was a farmer in Lake/Porter County, Indiana until his death, 6 August 1874. He owned land in Sections 15 and 16, Township 33N, Range 7W. Land which straddled County Line Road between Lake and Porter Counties.

His wife, Violetta, preceded him in death (15 September 1869). Both are buried in the Hebron Cemetery, Hebron, Indiana.

His obituary is a two sentence entry in the Porter County Vidette, dated 13 August 1874, Vol. 18, Pg.3, Col. 5. ?Died, on the 5th inst., at his residence two miles southwest of here, James Rice, Sen. He was a soldier in the War of 1812?.




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James married Violetta Keeton. Violetta was born 03 Oct 1793, Virginia; died 15 Sep 1869, Porter Co. IN; was buried , Hebron Cemetery, Hebron, Porter Co. IN. [Group Sheet]

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LAND, TAX, AND CENSUS RECORDS

1782 Montgomery Co. tax list. Spencer, John and James Rice. "James Rice and Robert Bristoe lived two houses apart. Later two land sales were listed as the James Rice and Robert Fristoe/Bristoe improvements."

1793 Wythe Co. Va tax list area North of Walker's Mountain, Elijah, William and James Rice. Also Phillip Lambert.

1793 & 1796 On petitions from residents of Wythe Co., Va who wish to form Tazewell Co. the following three names appear in sequence on both the petitions: James Rice, William Rice, Elisha Rice.

1794 Wythe County, VA (tax list)

1795 Wythe County, VA (tax list)

1797 Wythe County, VA (tax list)

1798 Wythe County, VA (tax list)

1800 Kanawha County, VA (land sale document)

1801 Kanawha County, VA (tax list)

1806 Greenfield, Gallia County, Ohio (historical account)

1810 Gallia County, Ohio (tax list)

1810 Gallia County Ohio, Jeremyer, Eliger, Ezekial Rice listed in 1800 census, Gallia County, Ohio.


1812,1818, and 1819 Gallia County, Ohio (tax list)

1820 Fed Census, Greenfield, Gallia County, Ohio

1830 Fed Census, Greenfield, Gallia County, Ohio

1840 Fed Census, Greenfield, Gallia County, Ohio

CENSUS RECORDS

1820 United States Federal Census
Name: James Rice
Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Greenfield, Gallia, Ohio
Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over : 1
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 1
Free White Persons - Over 25: 2
Total Free White Persons: 2
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 2

1830 United States Federal Census
Name: James Rice
Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Greenfield, Gallia, Ohio
Free White Persons - Males - 100 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 80 thru 89: 1
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1
Total Free White Persons: 3
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 3

1840 United States Federal Census
Name: James Rice
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Greenfield, Gallia, Ohio
Free White Persons - Males - 100 and over: 1
Total Free White Persons: 1
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 1
[Note made on census record: "was 116 years old on x day of August 1840 is now in good health, laboring under no infirmities."

SOURCES

Annals of Southwest Virginia, 1769-1800, p. 1382
Wythe County Minutes of County Court 1790-1800; November 14, 1796

Re: road from the top of Iron Mountain to the Cripple Creek road. "James Rice, appointed Surveyor of the Road."

1801 Annals of Tazewell Co. Va. : July 6, 1801
James Rice and Mary his wife, sold land for a token price to Jeremiah Lambert (son of their daughter Hannah who married Job Lambert). Tazwell Co. Va Deed Book 1801, page 78. James and Mary Rice of Kanawha Co. Virginia (fr) Wolf Creek.

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History of Gallia County, H.H. Hardesty & Co., Publishers, Chicago and Toledo, 1882, Page XXIII.

Greenfield Township

The first to settle in the township were Daniel Faulkner, James Rice (who died at the advanced age of one hundred and twenty years), and Andrew Faulkner. On the 22d of June, 1882, the latter gave an account of his early pioneer recollections to the one appointed to collect and record them for this work, and four days later he had "passed beyond the river," dying suddenly June 26th, 1882. The pioneers first settled at the forks of Symmes creek, Daniel Faulkner building the first cabin, in 1806.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

Niles' Weekly Register, Volume 59, September 1840 ? March 1841, Printed by the Editor: Jeremiah Hughes, Baltimore, MD, page 288 which states "Longevity: There is a man living in Greenfield Township, Gallia County, Ohio by the name of James Rice who was 116 years old on the 24th of April last and yet bids fair to add some years to the days of his earthly pilgrimage."

Gallipolis Journal, 8 Aug 1839

James Rice of Greenfield Twp. Gallia County, Ohio was 116 years old last June. His health is good, and he still retains strength sufficient to walk about without assistance. He has a son living, who is 83 years of age.

INTERNET INFORMATION

Posted by Sandra Salyers
To: < RICE-SOUTHERN-L@rootsweb.com>
Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 11:42 AM
Subject: Re: [Rice-Southern-L] RICE in Montgomery/Grayson pre-1790

A James Rice and Robert Bristco/Frisco had a large land holding in the area of Montgomery, Wythe, Tazewell County, Virginia called the James Rice Robert Frisco improvement. A number of land sales from this improvement are listed
in the court record books of Montgomery, Wythe and Tazewell Counties.

James and his wife Mary sold their land in Virginia and moved to Gallia County, Ohio in their later years. James is listed in the 1840 census as 116 years old in good health. This was so unusual that the census taker wrote it across the line from James' name. A Gallia County News paper mentioned his longevity a couple of years later. The last Virginia land sale I have listed is to their grandson Jeremiah Lambert for a token price.

They spent their last few years of life in Gallia County with the offspring of their daughter Hannah who married Job Lambert. Some of the children of this Rice-Lambert related family migrated to Carter and Lawrence County Kentucky in the early 1800's.

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From: SALYERS9@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Rice-Southern-L] RICE in Montgomery/Grayson pre-1790 Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 19:11:40 EDT

James was born Aug. 24, 1724 according to the census record. The news article stated he was born in June. James's daughter Hannah married John Withrow in Cabell County, Virginia after the death of her husband Job Lambert. The 1850 census records list Hannah as age 90 born in Virginia. That would place James in Virginia in 1760. James was living in Montgomery County in 1782 next door
to Robert Briscoe, other Rice's on the tax list that year were John and Spencer. Job Lambert's father Phillip was also there.




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James married Mary. [Group Sheet]