Sylvia Esther Butts

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From Find A Grave

Hood River paper

Sylvia E. Ellis, 4 December 1953

Ellis ? Dec. 4, Mrs. Sylvia E.., late of Molalla.

Beloved wife of Leroy; mother of Alvin., Eldon W., Zella Marsh, all of San Jose, Cal.; Delbert L., Oregon City; Earl L., Laura Mantle and Ina Mae Marsh, all of Molalla; sister of Nettie Farmer, Molalla; Allie Butts, Beaverton and Ernest Butts, Portland.

Funeral services 1 pm Monday, Dec. 7. Molalla Chapel of Everhart & Kent. Vault interment Mountain View Cemetery, Oregon City.



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Sylvia married Leroy Ellis. Leroy was born 14 Apr 1881, Wisconsin; died 24 Nov 1966, Clackamas Co. OR; was buried , Mountain View Cemetery, Oregon City, Clackamas Co. OR. [Group Sheet]

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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]

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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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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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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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