Born in Wayne County, Indiana, on the 13th day of September, 1827. He raised on a farm and in the spring of 1843, he with the rest his father's family, moved to Whitley county, Indiana. On the 2nd day of February he married Miss Margaret McGowen of Richmond, Indiana and settled on a farm in that county until the year 1855, when he moved to New London, in Henry County, Iowa. Mr. Butler purchased a farm north of Clarinda. In 1871, he became an extensive grain and stock merchant, and built the first grain elevator in Clarinda. Mr. Butler represented Harlan Township on the board of supervisors for eight years, and Nodaway Township four years. He was a representative of this district in the lower house in the thirteenth, fourteenth, twentieth and twenty-first general assemblies of the legislatures of Iowa. In 1884, in the House of Representatives, he made a strong fight for the town of Clarinda in trying to secure for the town the location of the asylum, which attempt was successful. He was an honored member of the Masons, the Odd Follows, the Knights of Pythias, and Knights of Templar. He was a republican in politics.

Born in Wayne County, Indiana, on the 13th day of September, 1827. He raised on a farm and in the spring of 1843, he with the rest his father's family, moved to Whitley county, Indiana. On the 2nd day of February he married Miss Margaret McGowen of Richmond, Indiana and settled on a farm in that county until the year 1855, when he moved to New London, in Henry County, Iowa. Mr. Butler purchased a farm north of Clarinda. In 1871, he became an extensive grain and stock merchant, and built the first grain elevator in Clarinda. Mr. Butler represented Harlan Township on the board of supervisors for eight years, and Nodaway Township four years. He was a representative of this district in the lower house in the thirteenth, fourteenth, twentieth and twenty-first general assemblies of the legislatures of Iowa. In 1884, in the House of Representatives, he made a strong fight for the town of Clarinda in trying to secure for the town the location of the asylum, which attempt was successful. He was an honored member of the Masons, the Odd Follows, the Knights of Pythias, and Knights of Templar. He was a republican in politics.

Born in Wayne County, Indiana, on the 13th day of September, 1827. He raised on a farm and in the spring of 1843, he with the rest his father's family, moved to Whitley county, Indiana. On the 2nd day of February he married Miss Margaret McGowen of Richmond, Indiana and settled on a farm in that county until the year 1855, when he moved to New London, in Henry County, Iowa. Mr. Butler purchased a farm north of Clarinda. In 1871, he became an extensive grain and stock merchant, and built the first grain elevator in Clarinda. Mr. Butler represented Harlan Township on the board of supervisors for eight years, and Nodaway Township four years. He was a representative of this district in the lower house in the thirteenth, fourteenth, twentieth and twenty-first general assemblies of the legislatures of Iowa. In 1884, in the House of Representatives, he made a strong fight for the town of Clarinda in trying to secure for the town the location of the asylum, which attempt was successful. He was an honored member of the Masons, the Odd Follows, the Knights of Pythias, and Knights of Templar. He was a republican in politics.

Born in Wayne County, Indiana, on the 13th day of September, 1827. He raised on a farm and in the spring of 1843, he with the rest his father's family, moved to Whitley county, Indiana. On the 2nd day of February he married Miss Margaret McGowen of Richmond, Indiana and settled on a farm in that county until the year 1855, when he moved to New London, in Henry County, Iowa. Mr. Butler purchased a farm north of Clarinda. In 1871, he became an extensive grain and stock merchant, and built the first grain elevator in Clarinda. Mr. Butler represented Harlan Township on the board of supervisors for eight years, and Nodaway Township four years. He was a representative of this district in the lower house in the thirteenth, fourteenth, twentieth and twenty-first general assemblies of the legislatures of Iowa. In 1884, in the House of Representatives, he made a strong fight for the town of Clarinda in trying to secure for the town the location of the asylum, which attempt was successful. He was an honored member of the Masons, the Odd Follows, the Knights of Pythias, and Knights of Templar. He was a republican in politics.