Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-12-08
No. AG.

bic sources. There was such rare COM
hnaIiun OF circumstances 10 his conduct
and cath-cicumStances and events CAL
cualed 10 excite tho pride Of every South
Carolinau, that We feel The general curi-
o,i'y 10 Know all about his family aud pre-
"iuns life, should be gralifcd.
lie was The sun Of The late General VIM.
Butler, Of Edertied, 5 c., Il distinguished
olliter Of the Revolution, and for many
wears member Of the Congress OF The
| United States. Tho ancestors of General
Butler, came originally from Ireland, and
settled i'll Pennsylvania. Thence tho
branch OI Tie family. from which General
Butler, descended, removed to Loudoun
county in Virginia. The father of General
Butler. Captain James Butler, settled in
Ed1eiirld District, in this State, where no
resided al the commencement Of the war
OF the Revolution, iu which he, together
with all his suns, who wcreoyrr II years
old, bore an active part from the COM
mencemeui, until near lis close, when ho
was killed with his second son, At Turner's
Station. lie was confaeI in prison and
Oh boa'd The prison ship for eighteen
months, during all which time, the most
urgent opportunities were used, and tho
most lulerng offers made 10 induce him
10 abandon the cause Of his country. With
the suncrings Of the heroic men, confined
in that prison ship, all are familiar. Gen.
VIM. Butler, his eldest son, entered the
army ofihe Revolution, al the age Of is,
and al its close, when not more than 2l,
he was Captain. Immediately after the
close Of the war, Geu. Pickens, resigned
bis commission as Brigadier General, and
upon his warm recommendation General,
then Capt Butler, was elected in his place,
by The Legislature of the STATE, He was
soon after elected Major General, which
commission lie held, until he died in 1921;
and as such commanded the people during
The last war, attached to the .defence Of
Charleston. In the elanguage Of The Gem
erai Order Of the Governor, announcing
his death, "!ull Of years aud high inihe-.
affections Of his coun,tymen." The ysn.-ss
cradle, and universally yehera,ed mother
OF Col. Butler, who lis still alive, at the
Iadvnnced ago Of eighty three years SIS the
daug ghler5of CaPt. Frank Moore, of = Yiir.Sj
Mas ttIeaJ Jdr 81
|thusatp patriot andta hero,by inheriianee.
Nobry. has: he yindicated his titlesto botES
characters, and added new lustre: TO
name always distinguished for patriotism
aud svalor. Col. ButIerwas born in Edge
field District, on, the llth Of April, 1898.
Aherrecciving good English education.
he was sent with his brother, Senator
Butler, 10 the school Of the celebrated
Doctor Waddel. lie abandoned his pur-
puse Of regular classical education, and
in lhe fall OF 1919, entered the Army of
the United States as Lieutenant, aud
remained in tho regular service until be
resigned his appointment as Captain in
1923. He was ,hou elected Cashier, aud
afterwards President Of The Branch of the
Bank OF Tho State, at Columbia. On the
breaking OUT Of The Florida war, a Regi-
mcnl oil Volunteers was raised in South
Carolina, of " hich Col. Butler was elected
Lieut.. Col. In that campaign, he gave
such striking evidences Of all high and
generous qualities, that without the slight
c.l agency Of his own be was elected Gov
rrnor Of The Sale by the unanimous vote
of The Legislature, Shortly alter The
expiration o' Ills "uoeF'na'ohal term. the
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most cmbiilered character. So high was
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