Charles Wesley Butler was born 2 Jan 1872 in Durham, Hancock, Illinois. He is the son of Harriet Cassingham and Samuel Baxter Butler.

• On 10 Jul 1894, he married (1) Sarah Matilda Griffin in Durham, Hancock, Illinois. Matilda, as she is known, is the daughter of Mathew Griffin and Margaret. Her brother, Thomas, married Charles's first cousin, Nancy Estella Cassingham. Matilda was born 23 Nov 1875 in Illinois. She died 29 Nov 1897 at age 22 in Pilot Grove, Hancock, Illinois.
• On 22 Mar 1900, he married (2) Bertus G. Hamm in Hopkins, Nodaway, Missouri. She is the daughter of M. A. Hamm and Sarah. She was born in Jun 1874 in Missouri or Iowa.

Children of Charles Wesley Butler and Sarah Matilda Griffin:

1. George Wesley Butler was born in Feb 1895 in Durham, Hancock, Illinois.
2. Edgar Ray Butler was born about 1896/1897 in Pilot Grove, Hancock, Illinois. He died about Jun 1900.

Sources

Matilda: Marriage from the Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1793 - 1900.

Bertus: Marriage from Missouri Marriage License.

Census Listings

The individuals in this family appear in the following census listings.

• Charles: 1880 Census. Durham, Hancock, Illinois. Page 3.
• 1900 Census. Durham, Hancock, Illinois. Page 8.
• 1910 Census. Hopkins, Nodaway, MO. p. 7.
• 1920 Census. Maryville, Nodaway, MO. p. 3.