Butler, Samuel

This photograph of Samuel Butler's tombstone in Hice-Pershing Cemetery was taken from the media file of Donald Buncie's Buncie-Forsha Family Tree at Ancestry.com. He credited the photograph to Bill Trimble.

SAMUEL BUTLER

Son of William and Sarah (Dias) Butler

Husband of Elizabeth (Fulcomer) Butler

Born 25 October 1818; Died 29 April 1899

RECENT DEATHS:
Samuel Butler Sr.
Indiana Progress, Wednesday, 3 May 1899, Page 1

Mr. Samuel Butler, Sr., of East Wheatfield township, died on Saturday morning, aged about 79 years. He was one of the oldest and most prominent citizens of the neighborhood. His wife and the following children survive him: Samuel and John, of California; Mrs. R.G. Mack, Mrs. Jacob W. Mack and George Butler, of East Wheatfield township. Interment was made Tuesday in Hices graveyard, in East Wheatfield township.

Although some of the dates and locations cited in it are in error, the following excerpt from a biography of Samuel and Elizabeth Butler's son, Richard, provides more general information about the family (Stewart, Prof. J.T., "Indiana County, Pennsylvania, Her People, Past and Present," Chicago: J.H. Beers & Co., 1913, Volume II, Page 1123):

RICHARD BUTLER

RICHARD BUTLER, deceased, who for many years was engaged in agricultural pursuits in East Wheatfield township, Indiana county, is a member of one of the best-known families of that township, where he was born Nov. 22, 1849, son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Fulcomer) Butler.

Samuel Butler, father of Richard Butler, was born Oct. 24 (Oct. 25), 1818, and spent his life in agricultural pursuits in East Wheatfield township, where he accumulated 300 acres of land, built a handsome residence, and made numerous other valuable improvements. He became one of the leading farmers of his section, and in his death, which occurred April 28, 1897 (April 29, 1899), East Wheatfield township lost one of its best citizens. He was buried in the Lutheran cemetery (actually Hice-Pershing Cemetery) in (East) Wheatfield township, having been a consistent member of the Lutheran Church at New Florence. His widow, who was born Dec. 11, 1821, is a daughter of George Fulcomer, and still survives at the advanced age age of ninety-one years, being tenderly cared for by her daughter-in-law, with whom she makes her home. She is a member of the Lutheran Church. To Samuel and Elizabeth Butler were born children as follows: Alexander, born July 23, 1846; John, Jan. 24, 1848 (died in Denver, Colo); Richard; Henry, Nov. 2, 1851 (died young); Sarah Jane, Sept. 16, 1853 (married Robert G. Mack); Catherine Ann, Sept. 20, 1855 (married Jacob W. Mack, of West Wheatfield township); Samuel, Aug. 11, 1857 (resides at Los Angeles, Cal.); George Washington, July 19, 1859 (married Lila Lynn, and died in 1910, at Johnstown, Pa.); William, Aug. 20, 1861 (who died young); and Emmeline, June 20, 1864 (died at the age of sixteen years).