BIOGRAPHIES

Source:
1795
History of
Clermont County, Ohio
with
Illustrations and Biographical Sketches
of its
Prominent Men and Pioneers
Philadelphia:
Louis H. Everts
Press of J. B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia
1880

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A. D. Butler

ALBERT DEAN BUTLER, the son and second child of Abner and Tabitha (Moredock) Butler, was born in Ohio township (now art of Pierce), in this county, Sept. 6, 1823.  He was married by Rev. W. Y. Emmet, of Cincinnati, Apr. 20, 1848, to Louisa Pumpelly, who was born June 30, 1828, in Maine.  She was the daughter of Bernard and Rhoda (Chase) Pumpelly, and came to Clermont with her parents in 1838.  Albert enjoyed the confidence of his father, Abner, who made him the executor of  his will.  He has served several years as trustee of Pierce township, also as a member of its school board, and as a director in the Agricultural Fair at Bantam.  He is a thorough farmer, and his fine farm lies on the New Richmond and Ohio turnpike, of which he was formerly president, about six miles from Batavia.  He and his wife have never had any children, but have reared George Everett Daily, son of a deceased sister of Mr. Butler, and also reared Amelia Chase Mellen, now a young lady of fifteen years, and a niece of Mrs. Butler.  Mr. Butler is an admirable business man, of fine tastes and clear judgment, and his success as an agriculturist is shown in his elegant homestead and improved style of farming. Source: 1795 History of Clermont County, Ohio, Publ. Philadelphia: Louis H. Everts - Press of J. B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia - 1880 - Page (facing) 436

Abner Butler

ABNER BUTLER was born Apr. 2, 1790, in Edgartown, Mass.  He came to Clermont County in 1814, with his widowed mother, brother and sisters, at the same time those old sea-captains, Martin, Pease, Pinkham, and Rathbone emigrated, and who came from near the same locality, Martha's Vineyard.  He was married to Tabitha Moredock, Jan. 14, 1818.  She was born Mar. 18, 1801, and by her he had the following children:  Fernando C., Albert Dean, Sarah Jane, Timothy, Elizabeth, George Moredock, Mary Margaret, and Laura Ann Butler, all of whom are living save Sarah Jane, who died with the cholera Aug. 15, 1851.  He was a good practical farmer, owning one hundred and fifty-two acres in Pierce township, most of which he had cleared from the unbroken forest and converted into a beautiful homestead.  He was an indulgent father, a good neighbor, and a believer in an all-wise and just God, and favored the Universalist doctrine, though a member of no church.      He died Nov. 29, 1870, and left an ample competence for his widow.  In politics he was a Democrat of the Jeffersonian school, and believed in a plain, economical government.  During the fifty-six years of his residence in the county he witnessed great changes, seeing the wilderness give way to beautiful farms, and enterprising towns and villages spring up. Source: 1795 History of Clermont County, Ohio, Publ. Philadelphia: Louis H. Everts - Press of J. B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia - 1880 - Page (facing) 436

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