Andrew Jackson Butler

1838 - 1922  (83 years)

• Name	Andrew Jackson Butler  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15]
  Birth	16 Aug 1838	Maine, USA   [1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1840	Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, USA   [3]
  	Sarah and Jacob Butler with son, Andrew (Age under 5)
  Census	1850	Seaville, Hancock, Maine, USA   [2]
  	Age: 11; son of Sarah and Jacob Butler
  Census	1860	Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, USA   [4]
  	Age: 22; Son of Sarah Ann Butler
  Military Draft Registration	1863	Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, USA   [8]
  	Draft Registration - Civil War; Marital Status: Married
  _MILT	5 Feb 1864	Maine, USA   [5, 6, 9, 14, 16, 17]
  	Union Army - War of the Rebellion; Company D, 31st Maine Regiment - Disability Discharge
  		Military-BUTLER Andrew (Service)
  Residence	24 Jun 1865	Maine, USA   [13]
  	Civil War Pension Application; Relation to Head: Soldier
  Census	1880	Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, USA   [10]
  	Marital Status: Married to Lena; Relation to Head: Self
  Census	1900	Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA   [11]
  	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head
  Census	1920	Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA   [12]
  	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head
  Death	26 Mar 1922	Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA   [1, 5, 6]
  Burial	Center Cemetery, Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA   [5]
  Person ID	I27219	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	Jacob Butler,   b. 1803   d. Bef 1860 (Age < 56 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Sarah Ann Davis,   b. Abt 1815, Maine, USA d. Aft 1880 (Age > 66 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F11726	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Helena Elanor Shuman,   b. 28 Apr 1845, Jefferson, Lincoln, Maine, USA d. 7 Jan 1933, Hancock County, Maine, USA (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	1863  [11]
  Children	1. Flora Belle Butler,   b. 8 Mar 1867, Hancock County, Maine, USA d. 1946, Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA (Age 78 years)  [natural]
  Family ID	F11727	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 16 Aug 1838 - Maine, USA Census - Sarah and Jacob Butler with son, Andrew (Age under 5) - 1840 - Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, USA Census - Age: 22; Son of Sarah Ann Butler - 1860 - Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, USA Military Draft Registration - Draft Registration - Civil War; Marital Status: Married - 1863 - Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, USA _MILT - Union Army - War of the Rebellion; Company D, 31st Maine Regiment - Disability Discharge - 5 Feb 1864 - Maine, USA Residence - Civil War Pension Application; Relation to Head: Soldier - 24 Jun 1865 - Maine, USA Census - Marital Status: Married to Lena; Relation to Head: Self - 1880 - Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, USA Census - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head - 1900 - Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA Census - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head - 1920 - Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA Death - 26 Mar 1922 - Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Military-BUTLER Andrew (Service)

  
  

• Sources

  [S1746] Ancestry.com, Maine, U.S., Death Records, 1761-1922, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Maine State Archives; Cultural Building, 84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0084; 1908-1922 Vital Records; Roll Number: 8. Maine, U.S., Death Records, 1761-1922 [S18] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1850; Census Place: Seaville, Hancock, Maine; Roll: 255; Page: 351a. 1850 United States Federal Census [S3442] Ancestry.com, 1840 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1840; Census Place: Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine; Roll: 141; Page: 274; Family History Library Film: 0009703. 1840 United States Federal Census [S100] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1860; Census Place: Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine; Page: 635. 1860 United States Federal Census [S9] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). [S1407] Ancestry.com, Maine, Veterans Cemetery Records, 1676-1918, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2020;), State Archives; Augusta, Maine; Maine, Veterans Cemetery Records, 1676-1918. Maine, Veterans Cemetery Records, 1676-1918 [S970] Ancestry.com, Maine, U.S., Birth Records, 1715-1922, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Maine State Archives; Cultural Building, 84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0084; Pre 1892 Delayed Returns; Roll Number: 15. Maine, U.S., Birth Records, 1715-1922 [S1804] Ancestry.com, U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865); Record Group: 110, Records of the Provost Marsha. U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865 [S76] Historical Data Systems, comp, U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Historical Data Systems, Inc.; Duxbury, MA 02331; American Civil War Research Database. [S41] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine; Roll: 480; Page: 368B; Enumeration District: 158. 1880 United States Federal Census [S16] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Tremont, Hancock, Maine; Page: 18; Enumeration District: 0068; FHL microfilm: 1240593. 1900 United States Federal Census [S30] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Tremont, Hancock, Maine; Roll: T625_643; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 28. 1920 United States Federal Census [S73] National Archives and Records Administration, U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000;), The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; NAI Title: U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; NAI Number: T288; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773-2007; Record Group N. U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [S71] National Park Service, U.S., Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;). [S2990] Obituary of Lena Butler - Bangor Daily News - 1933, (Name: Bangor Daily News; Location: Bangor ME; Date: 12 Jan 1933;), MRS LENA BUTLER. Mrs Lena Butler 88, widow of Andrew Butler, a Civil war veteran died at her home Saturday after a brief illness. She was born in Jefferson, her maiden name being Lena Shuman She was a member of Ocean View Grange and famous for her needle-work and handicraft and has taken many premiums. She was much beloved for her cheerful and kindly disposition. She leaves ten sons and daughters, Alfred Butler, William Butler, George Butler, Mrs Ansel Harper, Mrs George Freeman, and Herbert Butler, all of this place; Mrs Isaac Stanley of Manset, Mrs Flora Lawton of McKinley, Jacob Butler of Surry, and Chester Butler of Southwest Harbor, and several grandchildren. Private services were held at the home Monday afternoon with Rev P L Smith officiating. The floral offering was beautiful. Burial was at Somes cemetery. https://www.newspapers.com/image/665718898/?article=7e56de91-d775-45e7-aa8b-6ff739178289&focus=0.7433623,0.6050563,0.8643918,0.7386756&xid=3355 [S2988] Fold3: Andrew Butler, (Name: Fold3;), Andrew Jackson Butler. Maine 31st Volunteer Infantry https://www.fold3.com/memorial/654496372/andrew-j-butler?xid=1945 [S2989] Esther Binnewies and Muriel Davisson, History of Bartlett's Island, Mount Desert, Maine, (Name: Peggy and David Rockefeller, printed by Seavey Printers; Location: Portland Maine; Date: 1981;), Helena "Lena" Schuman and Andrew Jackson Butler. Andrew and Lena had 10 children: • Alfred H. Butler (1865-) – married Josephine E. Harper • Flora Belle Butler (1867-1946) – married Isaac T. Murphy and Fred W. Lawton • Jacob L. Butler (1869- • Minnie C. Butler (1871-1963) – married Clarence W. Bennett and Isaac F. Stanley • George W. Butler (1874-1942) – married Caroline E. Hall and Myra Farrell • William Lawton Butler (1877-1943) – married Alice M. Campbell and Rose E. Campbell • Annie May Butler (1878-1966) – married Ansel Lyman Harper • Chester Arthur Butler (1881-1967) – married Jane Anne Ober • Herbert G. Butler (1883-1942) – married Kathrine A. Hooper • Mildred G. Butler (1887-1969) – married George H. Freeman and Merrill L. Seavey Andrew Butler also moved away [from Bartlett’s Island]. Things had not been easy for him since the Civil War. He had never completely regained his health and could not do hard labor the rest of his life. He and his German wife, Lena, had nine children to raise…” The health of Lena Butler had also failed and the doctor recommended she move south. So the family left the island they loved and moved to Florida where Andrew took up a Spanish land grant. It is recalled by his grandchildren that the trip took one week. In Florida the older boys found work. They did well; another child was born, and the oldest daughter was married. When Lena’s health had improved, all but the married daughter moved back to the place they loved – this time living in Center [Maine, on Mt. Desert Island.] Andrew and Lena Butler are fondly remembered. He was very good-natured, short little man with a beard. He is also remembered for his “good” sauerkraut, she for her hog’s head cheese. Lena was especially accomplished at handiwork. “If a lady needed a new hat, she would come to help her make it.” She also crocheted and knitted bedspreads for “summer people.” Even then she was paid $75 for one of her handmade spreads” Bio-BUTLER Lena and Andrew