Known to his grandchildren and great-grandchildren as "Daddy Butts", Arch Butts--who some years earlier had added "s" to our family name of Butt--was my great-great-grandfather. He was the fourth of five children born to his parents, Archibald and Mary Jane "Polly". By the time of his birth, his parents had already buried two babies. Young Archibald was four years old when seven-year-old Margaret, his only living sibling, also succumbed. Two years later, his parents welcomed another baby girl into their home.
They named this child Bertha.
Somehow escaping the fate of their brothers and sister, Arch and the baby Bertha survived the all too common deadly maladies that plagued childhood at the time.
As a little boy, he had to endure the dreadful grief of his father, Archibald's, death.
In the 1860 US Census for the Greenbrier County area of (then) Virginia, young "Archd" was listed as the eight-year-old son of Polly Jane Butt, and as the brother of two-year-old Burtha (sic). His maternal grandmother, Tabitha Davis, was living with them at that time.
Archibald Butts married Amanda McLaughlin (alt. sp. McLauglin) from Xenia, Ohio. They settled in Hinton, WV, a town in southeastern Summers County, where Arch worked, first, as a typesetter, then, apparently, as editor, for the Hinton newspaper.
Amanda bore eight children, three of whom (Hiram, Mary, and Nellie) did not live to adulthood.
Following his stint at the newspaper, he moved his family to the Huntington (WV) area and became a clerk on a US Mail train. Their two youngest children, Calvin Mayo and Frank McLaughlin, were born while they were there.
Upon retirement, Arch and Mandy went to live in Charleston, West Virginia's capital, to be near their remaining five children and other family members. This was to be their final move.
For better or for worse, they had
forever left behind the beautiful rural landscape of Greenbrier and Summers Counties and the graves of their children, Arch's mother, Polly, and his brothers and sisters. His father's gravesite, to date, remains unknown.
Arch was still in his sixties when, already weakened by chronic illness, he fell to the deadly Influenza Epidemic of 1918-19, which swept through the United States and the world. He left behind his beloved wife, "Mandy", his daughters, Mrs. Hattie Mull and Miss Scota Butts; his sons, Calvin Mayo, Cameron Thompson and his wife, Maude, and Frank M. and his wife, Edith; five grandchildren: Bertha Eberbaugh Walker, Barbara Eberbaugh Williams, Lucile and Archie T., and Frank H. Butts; and two great-grandchildren: Enid and Archie Walker.
A third great-grandchild, Lawrence Mayo Walker, had died a few months earlier.
They named this child Bertha.
Somehow escaping the fate of their brothers and sister, Arch and the baby Bertha survived the all too common deadly maladies that plagued childhood at the time.
As a little boy, he had to endure the dreadful grief of his father, Archibald's, death.
In the 1860 US Census for the Greenbrier County area of (then) Virginia, young "Archd" was listed as the eight-year-old son of Polly Jane Butt, and as the brother of two-year-old Burtha (sic). His maternal grandmother, Tabitha Davis, was living with them at that time.
Archibald Butts married Amanda McLaughlin (alt. sp. McLauglin) from Xenia, Ohio. They settled in Hinton, WV, a town in southeastern Summers County, where Arch worked, first, as a typesetter, then, apparently, as editor, for the Hinton newspaper.
Amanda bore eight children, three of whom (Hiram, Mary, and Nellie) did not live to adulthood.
Following his stint at the newspaper, he moved his family to the Huntington (WV) area and became a clerk on a US Mail train. Their two youngest children, Calvin Mayo and Frank McLaughlin, were born while they were there.
Upon retirement, Arch and Mandy went to live in Charleston, West Virginia's capital, to be near their remaining five children and other family members. This was to be their final move.
For better or for worse, they had
forever left behind the beautiful rural landscape of Greenbrier and Summers Counties and the graves of their children, Arch's mother, Polly, and his brothers and sisters. His father's gravesite, to date, remains unknown.
Arch was still in his sixties when, already weakened by chronic illness, he fell to the deadly Influenza Epidemic of 1918-19, which swept through the United States and the world. He left behind his beloved wife, "Mandy", his daughters, Mrs. Hattie Mull and Miss Scota Butts; his sons, Calvin Mayo, Cameron Thompson and his wife, Maude, and Frank M. and his wife, Edith; five grandchildren: Bertha Eberbaugh Walker, Barbara Eberbaugh Williams, Lucile and Archie T., and Frank H. Butts; and two great-grandchildren: Enid and Archie Walker.
A third great-grandchild, Lawrence Mayo Walker, had died a few months earlier.
Known to his grandchildren and great-grandchildren as "Daddy Butts", Arch Butts--who some years earlier had added "s" to our family name of Butt--was my great-great-grandfather. He was the fourth of five children born to his parents, Archibald and Mary Jane "Polly". By the time of his birth, his parents had already buried two babies. Young Archibald was four years old when seven-year-old Margaret, his only living sibling, also succumbed. Two years later, his parents welcomed another baby girl into their home.
They named this child Bertha.
Somehow escaping the fate of their brothers and sister, Arch and the baby Bertha survived the all too common deadly maladies that plagued childhood at the time.
As a little boy, he had to endure the dreadful grief of his father, Archibald's, death.
In the 1860 US Census for the Greenbrier County area of (then) Virginia, young "Archd" was listed as the eight-year-old son of Polly Jane Butt, and as the brother of two-year-old Burtha (sic). His maternal grandmother, Tabitha Davis, was living with them at that time.
Archibald Butts married Amanda McLaughlin (alt. sp. McLauglin) from Xenia, Ohio. They settled in Hinton, WV, a town in southeastern Summers County, where Arch worked, first, as a typesetter, then, apparently, as editor, for the Hinton newspaper.
Amanda bore eight children, three of whom (Hiram, Mary, and Nellie) did not live to adulthood.
Following his stint at the newspaper, he moved his family to the Huntington (WV) area and became a clerk on a US Mail train. Their two youngest children, Calvin Mayo and Frank McLaughlin, were born while they were there.
Upon retirement, Arch and Mandy went to live in Charleston, West Virginia's capital, to be near their remaining five children and other family members. This was to be their final move.
For better or for worse, they had
forever left behind the beautiful rural landscape of Greenbrier and Summers Counties and the graves of their children, Arch's mother, Polly, and his brothers and sisters. His father's gravesite, to date, remains unknown.
Arch was still in his sixties when, already weakened by chronic illness, he fell to the deadly Influenza Epidemic of 1918-19, which swept through the United States and the world. He left behind his beloved wife, "Mandy", his daughters, Mrs. Hattie Mull and Miss Scota Butts; his sons, Calvin Mayo, Cameron Thompson and his wife, Maude, and Frank M. and his wife, Edith; five grandchildren: Bertha Eberbaugh Walker, Barbara Eberbaugh Williams, Lucile and Archie T., and Frank H. Butts; and two great-grandchildren: Enid and Archie Walker.
A third great-grandchild, Lawrence Mayo Walker, had died a few months earlier.
They named this child Bertha.
Somehow escaping the fate of their brothers and sister, Arch and the baby Bertha survived the all too common deadly maladies that plagued childhood at the time.
As a little boy, he had to endure the dreadful grief of his father, Archibald's, death.
In the 1860 US Census for the Greenbrier County area of (then) Virginia, young "Archd" was listed as the eight-year-old son of Polly Jane Butt, and as the brother of two-year-old Burtha (sic). His maternal grandmother, Tabitha Davis, was living with them at that time.
Archibald Butts married Amanda McLaughlin (alt. sp. McLauglin) from Xenia, Ohio. They settled in Hinton, WV, a town in southeastern Summers County, where Arch worked, first, as a typesetter, then, apparently, as editor, for the Hinton newspaper.
Amanda bore eight children, three of whom (Hiram, Mary, and Nellie) did not live to adulthood.
Following his stint at the newspaper, he moved his family to the Huntington (WV) area and became a clerk on a US Mail train. Their two youngest children, Calvin Mayo and Frank McLaughlin, were born while they were there.
Upon retirement, Arch and Mandy went to live in Charleston, West Virginia's capital, to be near their remaining five children and other family members. This was to be their final move.
For better or for worse, they had
forever left behind the beautiful rural landscape of Greenbrier and Summers Counties and the graves of their children, Arch's mother, Polly, and his brothers and sisters. His father's gravesite, to date, remains unknown.
Arch was still in his sixties when, already weakened by chronic illness, he fell to the deadly Influenza Epidemic of 1918-19, which swept through the United States and the world. He left behind his beloved wife, "Mandy", his daughters, Mrs. Hattie Mull and Miss Scota Butts; his sons, Calvin Mayo, Cameron Thompson and his wife, Maude, and Frank M. and his wife, Edith; five grandchildren: Bertha Eberbaugh Walker, Barbara Eberbaugh Williams, Lucile and Archie T., and Frank H. Butts; and two great-grandchildren: Enid and Archie Walker.
A third great-grandchild, Lawrence Mayo Walker, had died a few months earlier.
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