D. CLINTON BUTLER, Huntington, Indiana.
The son of Beale Butler, a farmer of Huntington County, Indiana. D. Clinton Butler was born in Whittley County, Indiana, on November 10, 1862. He attended school until he was 17 years of age and then went to railroading, having secured a position as apprentice in the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy roundhouse at Creston, Iowa. He was soon promoted to fireman, running on a yard engine at Creston for a year. He then went to the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, where he fired six months, entering the employ of the Erie next, and securing promotion to engineer in 1886.

Mr. Butler was married June 12, 1888, to Miss Anetta Campbell, daughter of William Campbell, a tobacco dealer of Huntington, and they have a family of four children. Mr. Butler is a member of Lodge No. 221, B. of L. E., and has held various offices in the same. He is also affiliated with Amity Lodge No. 483, F. J& A. M., and Council 1006, Royal Arcanum.

Excerpted from: "American Locomotive Engineers, Erie Railway Edition," H.R. Romans Editor; Crawford-Adsit Company Publishers, Chicago, IL 1899.

From the March, 1933 issue of Erie Railroad Magazine:
D.C. Butler, age 70, Marion Division engineer of Huntington, IN, has been retired on special allowance after serving the Erie 49 years and six months.