The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-01-27
Death Ofan Old Defender.
Col. element Butler,

After long, useful and honorable life Col.
Clement Butler died at his residence, near Cler-
mont Mills, on Monday evening, January I'D,
IN the SGth year of his aye. stroke Of paraly.
sis, in March, 1881, deprived him of the use of
his limbs, but consciousness remained and he
recognized his friends to the last. He leaves
only two surviving children, one of whom is
Mr. Thomas Butler, a committee clerk in the
House of Delegates, and Mrs. Mary f. Roberts
wife Of Mr.. William &. Roberts. His daughter
and her husband were with him when he died.
Col, Buffers other children were David Butler
and Mrs. Hannah Glenn, wife of the late Thomas
Glenn and the mother of Mrs Frank B. Maca-
tee, Of this county. Col. Buffers remains were
buried at ST. Mary's Roman Catholic Church
Deer Creek, on Thursday, Rev. Father Conway
officiating
Col. Butler was one of the few survivors of
what the grandiathers of the present generation
termed the "late Wharf.-The war of lSl2'l4 II
Is safe to say that no drawer soldier levelled
muskct or drew Il sabre in that memorable
episode in our countrys history, and no more
patriotic heart than Col. Buffers ever beat in
any bosom. He was equally distinguished for
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their possessor the esteem and affection of his
fellows. He was warm-hearted generous and
humane, and his hospitality, which was that of
Maryland gentleman of the old regime, was
freely and graciously dispensed. We are indebt-
ed to MIR. VIM. Young, of the BeL,Air bar, for
the following sketch Of his life, the facts having
been furnished TO Mr.. Young by Col Butler
himself, year or two ago:
Col. Clement Butler was born in Hartford coun-
ty on the 9th day of May, 1885, at the Belle Farm
When four years OF age his parents removed TO
the place where he died. There he resided all his
life, with the exception of year or two, when a
young man, during which period he was manager
OF the farm OF the late Abraham jarrett father
OF the present A. Lingan Jarrett,l near Lapidum
Col. Butler was one of nine children three boys
and six girls, The youngest Of the brothers, Dr.
Francis Butler, now resides at Westminster Car
roll county. The rest of his brothers and sisters
are dead. The Butler family was one of the first
in the county, and its influence has been Impress
ed upon the social and political history of Har-
ford.
In 1914, Clement Butler then eighteen years of
age, Joined Capt. McAtee's, cavalry company,
which formed part of the Seventh regiment of
cavalry, under command of Col. John Street,
He marched with his company to the defence of
baltimore and participated in the battle of North
Point, which ended in the killing of General Ross
the British commander. The result of the battle
was the rescue of Baltimore from the destruction
previously visited upon the national capital, and
which the British chieftain had sworn should be
swift and sure"
The regiment to which young Butler belonged
was composed of five companies, one of which
was from Shippensburg, Pa and numbered he
tween four and five hundred men. Capt. Nc
Atee's company consisted of eighty-four men,
They arrived in Baltimore about week before
the battle, and went into camp. 1t was not holt
day soldering in those days. The commercial
metropolis of their State was threatened by the
flower Of the British army, under the command of
one OF their aolest generals. For days they had
seeking to force an entrance. Their ships of war
were riding proudly and defantly upon the Pa
tapsco, just outside Fort Mcienry. The glare of
their rockets, the bursting of their bombs and the
believing of their cannon could be distinctly
heard from the hill-tops where our troops were
encamped. For three long days and nights their |
horses were never unsaddled, the men anxiousIy |
waiting and watching for the attack which cut |
minated on the memorable 18th day of September |
1874 Col STREET. was ordered to cover the retreat
of our forces, and the Seventh was consequently |
between the main body of our troops and the
British; during those ,perilous hours, when the |
strong began to fear the power of man and the
pous to doubt the favor OF God" Twas then the
news came of the killing of Ross by Wells s. Me-
Comas and the naughty foe beat retreat to their
ships. After the battle the different commands