Oldest known relative is my Great Grandfather, James Joseph Butler; born ca. 1820 in SC; married ca. 1844; died ca 1864/5. He married Sarah Jane Dehay, born in 1822.
Grandfather, James Milton, b. 1857 in Attala Co. MS - d.1919, m. Lennie Wallace Watkins.
Father, Thomas Artie "Bud" Butler, b. 1894 in Attala Co. MS