Husband: Thomas Christopher BUTLER
Birthdate: 1810
Birthplace: South Carolina
Death date: About 1882
Place of death: Nevada County, AR
Father: John BUTLER, About 1770 - Montgomery County, NC
Mother: Mary SHOATS, About 1770 - VA
Other spouses: Margaret Ann LEWIS-CHANDLER

Marriage date: About 1856
Marriage place: Hempstead County, AR.

Wife: Margaret Ann LEWIS CHANDLER
Birthdate: March 24 1829
Birthplace:, Hempstead County, AR
Death date: February 5, 1902
Place of death:, Nevada County, AR.
Father: Elijah LEWIS January 8, 1797, Washington District, SC
Mother: Mary "Polly" Moss, June 29,1798, Christian Co., KY
Other spouses: CHANDLER

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: James Thomas C. BUTLER
Birthdate: 1857
Birthplace:, Hempstead County, (Present day Nevada Co) Arkansas
Death date: unknown
Place of death:
Marriage date: December 20, 1877
Marriage place:, Nevada County, AR
Spouses' names: Mary BENNETT

Child No. 2: Josephine Isabella BUTLER
Birthdate: 1858
Birthplace:, Hempstead County, AR
Death date: unknown
Place of death:
Marriage date:
Marriage place: Nevada Co., AR
Spouses' names: George Lawrence PURTELL

Child No. 3: Theodoca E. BUTLER
Birthdate: November 30, 1860
Birthplace:, Hempstead Co., AR
Death date: February 25, 1891
Place of death:, Sevier Co., AR
Marriage date: November 18, 1878
Marriage place:, Hempstead Co., AR
Spouses' names: Benjamin Franklin PURTELL

Child No. 4: Andrew John Edward BUTLER
Birthdate: Jan 16, 1861
Birthplace:, Hempstead Co., AR
Death date: June 11, 1938
Place of death:, Nevada County, AR.
Marriage date: Jan 22, 1880
Marriage place:, Nevada County, AR.
Spouses' names: Elizabeth A. BAKER

Child No. 5: Elijah L. BUTLER
Birthdate: 1865
Birthplace:, Hempstead Co., AR
Death date: unknown
Place of death:
Marriage date: unknown
Marriage place:
Spouses' names: Emma NELTEY

Child No. 6: Ella Owen BUTLER
Birthdate: November 15, 1869
Birthplace:, Hempstead County, AR.
Death date: November 21, 1935
Place of death:, Hempstead Co., AR.
Marriage date: September 9, 1883
Marriage place:, Nevada County, AR
Spouses' names: Jacob Luther HIGGASON

Child No. 7: Olivia Missiare BUTLER
Birthdate: October 22, 1870
Birthplace:, Hempstead Co., AR
Death date: unknown
Place of death:
Marriage date:
Marriage place: Nevada County, AR.
Spouses' names: Robert Henry BENNETT

Child No. 8: Newton Decalb BUTLER
Birthdate: October 28, 1873
Birthplace:, Nevada County, AR
Death date: January 20, 1956
Place of death:, Nevada County, AR.
Marriage date: January 5, 1894
Marriage place:, Miller County, AR.
Spouses' names: Belinda BAILEY

Child No. 9: William BUTLER
Birthdate: December 29, 1873
Birthplace:, Nevada County, AR.
Death date: Died young
Place of death:, Nevada Co., AR.
Marriage date: None
Marriage place:
Spouses' names: None
 
 
Documentation:
1. Hempstead and Nevada County, AR Census Records.
2. Hempstead and Nevada County Marriage Records.
4. Hempstead and Nevada County Cemetery Records.
5. Higgason Family Bible.
6. Higgason Family Papers.
7. Interview with various family members.
8. United States Bureau of Land Management, Land Patent Records.