Category Archives: Jay County

George Leslie Butcher

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George Leslie Butcher 
b. 15 June 1878, Green Township, Jay County, Indiana to Charles Butcher and Sarah Elizabeth Doty
d. 28 March 1964, Wakeeney, Trego County, Kansas

m. 8 May 1907, Riverside Township, Trego County, Kansas
Mary Grace Hays
b. 19 October 1889, Minneapolis, Ottawa County, Kansas
d. 24 July 1965, Wakeeney, Trego County, Kansas

Children with Mary Grace Hays:

  • Frances Edan (b. 1908) married Earl Roberts
  • Viola Pearl (b. 1910) married William Herbert Wanker
  • Lillie Bell (b. 1911) married Robert Eric Eckman
  • Carl Leslie (b. 1917) married Neva Arlene Lynd

George Butcher was a member of the Methodist Church in Wakeeney, where he was instrumental in organizing local congregations and was issued an exhorters license to preach.

Submitted by:
Marilyn Eckman Rittel
Des Moines IA

Charles Butcher

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Charles Butcher
b. September 1848, Ohio, to Christian and Mary (Hofman) Butcher
d. 5 December 1902, Trego County, Kansas

m. 24 January 1869, Jay County, Indiana
Sarah Elizabeth Doty
b. Indiana
d. 1898, Trego County, Kansas

Children with Sarah Elizabeth Doty:

  • Anna L. (b. 1869) married Francis M. Epperly
  • Alma (b. 1871) married (1) [–?–] Smith, (2) Eli Davis
  • Cordelia Bell (b. 1873) married George Mitchell
  • James Madison (1875-1953) married Margaret Mae Cook
  • George Leslie (1878-1964) married Mary Grace Hays
  • Frances Lenora (b. 1880) married Francis A. Hayes
  • Charles (1883-1904)
  • Henry Cleveland (1885-1960) married Anna C. Snelling

Charles emigrated in 1882 from Green Township, Jay County, Indiana, to Ellsworth County, Kansas. He moved in 1891 to Trego County and homesteaded seventeen miles southwest of Wakeeney.

Submitted by:
Marilyn Eckman Rittel
Des Moines IA