Rev. John Butler and Frances Elizabeth Harshberger

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Husband Rev. John Butler ¹

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1897 - Ningpo, China
 Cause of Death: Asiatic cholera
         Buried:  - Ningpo, China

       Marriage: 

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Wife Frances Elizabeth Harshberger ¹

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1897
         Buried: 

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         Father: Dr. Abraham S. Harshberger (1810-1893) 1 2
         Mother: Mary Ann McCoy (1819-1881) 1 2

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Children

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1 M John Butler ¹

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: when about six years old - Ningpo, China
 Cause of Death: Asiatic cholera
         Buried:  - Ningpo, China

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - Rev. John Butler

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He was a Presbyterian missionary who was stricken down by Asiatic cholera at his post of duty at Ningpo, China; their son John, a child about six years old, fell a victim to the same fearful disease; their deaths were only about twelve hours apart.

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General Notes: Wife - Frances Elizabeth Harshberger

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After the deaths of her husband and older child, she, with her younger child, stayed a year longer at the mission station at Ningpo, China; she then visited her home for a year, and returning to Ningpo, continued missionary work for three years. Then, her health failing, she was obliged to return to America, after having spent in all eleven years in the mission field. She came back in 1894, and resided with her brother at Tacoma, Washington.

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 421.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 162.