The earliest of my Butler ancestors that research has shown for sure is Joel Butler, born in 1785 in Fairfield Co., SC. He is thought to have died after 1860 in Kentucky.
A son, Stephen Cole Butler, was born July 21, 1824 in Lincoln Co., TN. He died on March 17, 1885 in Eastland Co., TX.
A son, Thomas Young Butler, was born on October 17, 1850 in Sharon, Weakley Co., TN. He died on January 11, 1929 in Eastland, Eastland Co., TX.
A son, Claude Young Butler, was born on January 25, 1893 in Eastland, Eastland Co., TX. He died on May 13, 1962 in Midland, Midland Co., TX.
A son, Howard Butler, was born on May 2, 1914 in Eastland, Eastland Co., TX. He died on May 18, 1985 in Odessa, Ector Co., TX.
I am Howard Young Butler, his son, and I was born on June 15, 1941 in Odessa, Ector Co., TX.