The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-12-23
BULLER'S RELATIVES.
of His Fathers Cousin
Now Residing I'm the West.
(olathe (Kan.) Letter to ChicAao
Tribune.)

(oiaths (Kan.) Letter to Chicago
Tribune.)
The English family name Of Butler has
acquired q special interest by the. reflected
renown Of the Gen. Sir kedvers Butler.
now commanding the British army In
the TransvasL There Is an American
trarch Of the family which retains many
Of the dominant traits Of character that
have given place and power TO their rsla-
tives In England, and these American
Buffers ars entirely worthy Of their re-
spectacle origin.
A correspondent OF The Tribune called
on Mrs. Gertrude Butler of this city,
who 10 the widow OF Edward Butler
of Lamar, Mo-, once o distinguished
lawyer and for time o member
of the Missouri House Of Representa-
tives. Mrs. Buffers complexion and
figure suggested that she, too. might be
English, but she Is an avowed Amer ican
She has mothers pride In the lineage
of her son and daughter, and though
wishing to avoid publicity, consented to
tell what she knew of her husband
family. which 10 quite old. The family
had Its origin in one of the Oldest COM
munit.es In England-d,wn In Devon
shire, near Exeter, whore Winfrid was
born q thousand years ago and began his
religious work which gave him the title
OF saint Bonifaoe.
The American branch of the family
| was established by Charles q. Butler, q
cousin Of the father of the present Gen.
eraL Charles q. WAS given the liberal
ed ucation preparatory to taking orders
In the clergy Of the Church Of England,
but there 10 Q tradition that ne disssptsd
| from some OF the High Church doctrines
renowned bis intsnded career In the min
istry, and left England In his early man
hood for the British colonies In Canads,
| taking passage In n sailing vessel There
| is also a pretty little story about Mss
Boucher, the daughter of Q Lot don wine
merchant, who SO strongly rfciprooated
the love OF the young student that she
| shortly after followed him to Canads,
| and they were married at Cobourg, on
Lake Ontario, where six sons and two
daughters were born to them. The
mother wss an essimable woman Of
| strong character, Inherited from the old
wine merchant, who compelled her to
arise at o'clock eaon morning 10 practice
her music.
During the civil war In the United
States Charles q. Butler and his family
moved to this country. settling on a farm
in the then pioneer region few miles
from MoGregor, Iowa. There the Oldest
son. Charles, and youngest son, BREEDER
lex, died. The other children grew 10
IN aturity and thrss OF them studied at
Ann Arbor, Mich. After eight years,
however. the old COUPLE returned TO
Canada, and made home for themselves
at hillside Farm, two miles from Camp.
bellf0rd. Ontario.
NJ hat hHv, kAk kA
Gen. Butler visited In 1870, when ne wa,
q colonel In Gen. Wolselsy's Red River
expedition, and At that time he presented
the American family with a photograph
showing him In the dre's OF q civilian.
The photograph was taken by NAVAL.
ga Recent street. London w., and Is an
interesting portrait.
The sons of the American branch have
all proved strong In character and Of un-
improbable honor. The English idea of
primoaeniture prevails, aud Reginald
branois Butler OF HALEY, Idaho, 10 now
regarded AZ the head Of the family, being
the ftrst-b born. He was graduated from
Ann Arbor, settled down to the practice
Of law at Stockton, No.. served IN the
Missouri Legislature. and 10 now president
of the First National bank Of HALEY,
Idaho. His son. Charles Osborn Butler,
Ia now, a student In the Shattuck Military
school at Faribault. MINI.
who also graduated from Aun Arbor,
went to Dover. Ark, and after few
months there removed to Lamar, Mo-,
where he practiced law successfully, was
conspicuous In politics, and became mem
Der Of the Missouri Legislature. His
two childran-Edith Cornelis, aged ff-
teen, and Francis Wentworth, aged
twelve ARE now IN the Olsthe schools.
Edward, the father. died in 1891, leaving
competence to his family. and the
children are being carefully educatsd.
The third son of Charles u. Is DR..
Frank Butler of Montreal, Canada, who
had the distingu shed honor OF being
physician to Princess Louise when she
presided over the Government House at
Ottawa.
The fourth son is Edward X. Butler, q
farmer Of San Jose. CAL, who has a son
named Frederick Butler. now studying
medicine at Toronto
The two daughters are still living,
making their home at Vancouver, y. Q.
One Is married, and Is now Mrs. Edith
Barwick. This other Is Miss II. y. Butler.