Joseph Roney Butler and Mary E. Hess

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Husband Joseph Roney Butler ¹

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           Born: 9 Nov 1840 - Moon Twp, Allegheny Co, PA 1
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         Father: Abiah Butler (Abt 1792-1870) 2 3
         Mother: Jane Bell (Abt 1800-1853) 3

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Wife Mary E. Hess ¹

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           Born: 1846 1
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Children

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1 F Jennie Butler ¹

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         Spouse: Edward Cochran (      -      ) 1

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2 M David Butler ¹

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3 F Ella Butler ¹

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         Spouse: Frederick Cochran (      -      ) 1

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4 M Joseph W. Butler ¹

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5 F Mabel Butler ¹

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6 M Charles Butler ¹

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         Spouse: Lillian McQuistan (      -      ) 1

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General Notes: Husband - Joseph Roney Butler

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Civil War: Butler, Joseph R., private, Co. H, 9th P. R. C. Enlisted May 12, 1861; discharged May 12, 1864.

He was still a boy when the family moved to Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, and settled in Perry Township. The parents moved two years later into Taylor Township, where the mother died, and after this domestic affliction the family home was broken up. Joseph sought work on other farms and made himself generally useful either as a farm laborer or teamster up to the time he enlisted for service in the Civil War. The recruiting officer found him working on the farm of John Kelso, and not only induced Mr. Butler to enlist in Company H, Ninth Pennsylvania Reserves, under Captain Cuthberson, but also secured his three companions, his brother, John Butler, who was later killed in the service, James Piersaw and George Kelso. Farmer Kelso was obliged to find other helpers, as the four young men immediately left for Camp Right and shortly after the regiment went to Washington and then to Camp Pierpont. On December 13, 1861, Mr. Butler fought in his first battle, which took place at Drainsville, Virginia. He was on the firing line during the seven days before Richmond, in the three days of the second battle of Bull Run and later, under command of General Hooker, participated in the battle of South Mountain. Next came Antietam, this being followed by Fredericksburg and then Gettysburg. He left the front May 4, 1864, and was mustered out of the service at Pittsburgh, May 16, 1864. His long and dangerous period of service was bravely endured and he had the great good fortune to escape all serious injury. He was later a member of the Grand Army of the Republic at Wampum, Pennsylvania.
When Mr. Butler was relieved of his military duties he came to Wampum, and for the next ten years ran an engine at one of the furnaces. He also worked at drilling oil wells at Oil City and later ran an engine at the cement works at Wampum, for some five years. He was the pioneer merchant at Wampum, having opened up a general merchandise store at the same stand, in 1883. He is prominent in the public affairs of the town, serving twenty years on the School Board and as a member of the town council. Politically, he was a Republican.

1 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 571.

2 Editor, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 756.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 369.