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Thomas Claude Butler

Male 1894 - 1960  (65 years)


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  • Name Thomas Claude Butler  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Birth 10 Jul 1894  Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Death 12 May 1960  Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Burial Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Notes 
    • Name: Thomas Claude Butler
      Death Date: 12 May 1960
      Death Place: Hemphilll, Sabine, Texas
      Gender: Male
      Race: white
      Death Age: 65 years 10 months 2 days
      Estimated Birth Date:
      Birth Date: 10 Jul 1894
      Birthplace: Texas, U.S.A.
      Marital Status: Married
      Spouse's Name:
      Father's Name: Robert C. Butler
      Father's Birthplace:
      Mother's Name: Fannie Andrews
      Mother's Birthplace:
      Occupation: Farmer
      Place of Residence: Precinct 1, Sabine Co., Texas
      Cemetery: Gravel Hill
      Burial Place: Sabine County, Texas
      Burial Date: 14 May 1960
      Additional Relatives:
      Film Number: 2116267
      Digital Film Number: 4166548
      Image Number: 890
      Reference Number: 32161
      Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

      In her annotated trascription of the Gravel Hill Cemetery, Kay Parker McCary indicates he had a military marker "Texas Pvt Medical Department WW I", and that he had a double headstone with Mae Butler. FindAGrave notes that he died from a gun shot wound to the head from suicide, and cites his death certificate.
    • (Research):

      Census Listings:

      1920 Census
      Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
      Enumerated 14 and 16 February 1920
      SD 326 ED 168 Sheet 36A
      703-726
      Butler, Thomas C Head M W 24 M Tx Ga Tn Farmer
      Butler, Meonie Wf F W 23 M Tx Tx Tx

      1930 Census
      Texas, San Augustine County, JP 4
      Enumerated 18 Apr 1930
      ED 203-7 SD 19 Sheet 5A Stamped 234
      99-99
      Butler, Thomas C Head M W 34 M Tx Ga Tx Farmer
      Butler, Mae O Wf F W 32 M 22 Tx Tx Tx
      Butler, Merna E Dtr F W 7 S Tx Tx Tx
      Butler, Thomas C Jr Son M W 3 3/12 S Tx Tx Tx



    Person ID I33500  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father Robert Curry Butler,   b. 27 Apr 1869, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Sep 1927, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years) 
    Mother Frances "Fannie Mae" Ellen Andrews,   b. 23 Apr 1870, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Jan 1958, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1887  [1
    Family ID F9696  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mae Crocker,   b. 24 May 1896, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Oct 1976, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Marriage 27 Oct 1917  [4, 5
    Children 
     1. Myrna E. Butler,   b. 2 Mar 1923, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Nov 2011, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
     2. Thomas Claude Butler, Jr.,   b. Abt 1927, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     3. Bennie Butler,   b. 12 Oct 1931, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Sep 2011, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    Family ID F11328  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2013 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 10 Jul 1894 - Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 12 May 1960 - Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S384] 1900 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1900 United States Federal Census, the Twelfth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, relationship to the head of household, color or race, sex, month and year of birth, age at last birthday, marital status, number of years married, the total number of children born of the mother, the number of those children living, birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, if the individual was foreign born, the year of immigration and the number of years in the United States, the citizenship status of foreign-born individuals over age twenty-one, occupation, and more. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1900 Federal Census.), Texas, Panola County, JP No 1 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S667] RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project, (The WorldConnect Project is a set of tools, which allow users to upload, modify, link, and display their family trees as a means to share their genealogy with other researchers. The program used to day has a genealogy of its own. RootsWeb announced the launch of the World Connect Project on November 10, 1999 after staff members and users submitted 5.5 million records during a four-week beta-testing period. The WorldConnect Project continues to grow, and as of January 2004 had more than 312 million records. GEDCOM is an acronym for GEnealogical Data COMmunications. It is a file format developed by the Family History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). It provides a flexible and uniform format for exchanging computerized genealogical data, and allows you to share files with other researchers who may not use the same genealogy program.), Fletcher, Susan Kelley "Kelley Quest and Kinfolk" Ver. 2009 -01-16 ; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db =sflet (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S33] FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, (http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/).

    4. [S607] McCary, Kay P. "Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas" Cemetery Index ; http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsabine/burials/.

    5. [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), # 76080127 (Reliability: 3).