HENRY AND SUSAN O'NEAL BUTTER FAMILY

     As previously discussed, Henry Butter and Susan O'Neal married in Rapides Parish, Louisiana on 30 December 1847.  In fact, according to some older family members they married a few feet from where they ended up living and later dying.  In case no one has done the math, Henry was 31 years old and Susan was just shy of her 14th birthday.  Their first child was born and died on 8 September 1848.  This baby was not named and it is not known if it was a boy or girl.  The list below begins with their named children all of whom were born and died in Forest Hill, Rapides Parish, Louisiana.

• William Butter, born 8 June 1850; died 8 Feb 1923. Married to Emily Graham 29 October 1868.
• John Butter, born 4 April 1852; died 15 April 1852.
• Elizza Ann Butter, born 25 April 1853; died 12 June 1878. Married to a Stanfield.
• Sarah Frances Butter, born 25 June 1855; died 17 August 1925. Married Joseph Chevalier on 18 December 1876.
• Ellen Virginia Butter, born 21 March 1857; died 18 July 1923.  Never married.
• John Henry Butter, born 13 October 1858; died 1 August 1937.  Married Ester Jane Randolph on 29 January 1885.
• Susan Harriet Butter, born 29 December 1860; died 18 April 1924.  Married John Jackson Smith on 29 December 1886.
• Warren James Butter, born 5 February 1865; died 20 September 1879.
• Francis Eugene Butter, born 10 July 1869; died 5 May 1899.
• Charlie O'Neal Butter, born 5 August 1873; died 27 August 1898.

     There will be more information in a later blog on William Butter and Emily Graham; also on John Henry Butter and Ester Randolph.  Meanwhile, for anyone researching the Graham line, there is an excellent blog dealing with our particular Grahams: Graham Southern Roots and Shoots .  Rather than repeating my Graham information, I will defer to the Graham blog for most information.

The Butter House was built by Henry and Susan O'Neal Butter in Forest Hill, Rapides Parish, Louisiana.  It is thought that the house was started in the late 1850's but was not finished until the 1860's.  Until late 2012, this house was continuously occupied by Butter descendants.

Susan O'Neal Butter Obituary as it appeared in the  Baptist Chronicle .
  No date  on the paper.

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