Orrin M. Buttles
Orrin M. Buttles was born on May 23, 1833, in Pennsylvania to Cephus and Nancy Buttles. His father was a farmer who owned $800 of real estate by 1850. The family moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, around 1843, and he grew up and attended school there. By the early 1860s, he was working as a clerk. He married Eva Warner, and they had at least six children: Eva, born around 1860; Edward, born around 1863; May, 1864; Ella, born around 1867; Lula, born around 1871; and Bessie, born around 1874.
 
He enlisted in the Union army on April 18, 1861, and he mustered in as a corporal in Company A of the 1st Wisconsin Infantry. He mustered out on August 21, 1861. He returned to Milwaukee after leaving the army, and he earned a living as a salesman. By 1870, he owned $2,600 of real estate. He died of hepatitis in Milwaukee on December 27, 1890.
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(2996)Buttles, Orrin M.1833-05-231890-12-27
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Corporal
  • Rank out: Corporal
  • Rank highest: Corporal
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

People - Records: 4

  • (2996) Buttles, Orrin M. is the [aunt/uncle of] (2997) Buttles, Olive Louise
  • (3009) Schreiber, Charles Henry is the [friend of] (2996) Buttles, Orrin M.
  • (3015) Robinson, Dennis E. is the [cousin of] (2996) Buttles, Orrin M.
  • (5372) Buttles, Frederick Stoughton is the [sibling of] (2996) Buttles, Orrin M.

Places - Records: 2

  • (277) [birth] ~ Pennsylvania
  • (170) [death] ~ Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (871) [enlisted] [A] ~ 1st Wisconsin Infantry
SOURCES

1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Deaths, 1854-1911, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com