Susan Ann Butler

Susan Ann Butler (maiden name: Evans) was born in 1826 in Chillicothe, Ohio. She married Dabney O. Butler on December 24, 1846. The couple had at least six children together: Elbridge, born around 1849; Charles, born around 1851; Walter, born around 1853; John, born around 1855; Samuel, born around 1860; Ellen, born around 1868.

After Dabney returned from the war to Chillicothe, the family lived out the rest of their days in Susan’s hometown. Both Dabney and Susan received pensions from the federal government. Dabney died around 1892 in Chillicothe, two years prior to Susan who died of diabetes at her home on March 20, 1894. Both are buried in the city’s Grandview Cemetery.

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Name:Butler, Susan Ann
Alternative names:
  • Evans, Susan Ann (maiden name)
Roles:
  • Spouse
Gender:F
Race:Black
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Person 1Person 2NumberRelation Type
Butler, Dabney O.Butler, Susan Ann537621application-widow
Butler, Dabney O.Butler, Susan Ann354547certificate-widow
Birth date:1826
Birth date certainty:Certain
Birth place:Chillicothe, OH
Death date:1894-03-20
Death place:Chillicothe, OH
Causes of death:disease: diabetes
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Person 1Relation TypePerson 2
Butler, Susan Annparent ofButler, Elbridge
Butler, Susan Annparent ofButler, Charles
Butler, Susan Annparent ofButler, Walter
Butler, Susan Annparent ofButler, John
Butler, Susan Annparent ofButler, Samuel
Butler, Susan Annparent ofButler, Ellen
Butler, Susan Annwife ofButler, Dabney O.
Butler, Susan Ann
SOURCES

Pension Record for Dabney O. Butler, NARA, Washington, D.C.; “Dabney O. Butler,” Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1774-1993; 1860, 1870, 1880, Federal Census, accessed on Ancestry.com; “Death of Mrs. Susan A. Butler,” Chillicothe Gazette (Ohio), April 21, 1894; "Dabney O. Butler," Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/166899356/dabney-o.-butler; Alice Cannon, "Dabney O. Butler," Email, April 19, 2021.