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Photographer: Mike Wintermantel
Taken: June 24, 2014
Caption: Colonel William Butler and Captain James R. Butler Marker
Additional Description: inscription
Colonel William Butler was a lieutenant-colonel in the Fourth Pennsylvania Regiment and was known for his courage and bravery in battle. In 1783, the legislature granted him a right to operate a ferry from Pittsburgh to the north side of the Allegheny River. He was also a forest ranger for the reserve tract opposite Pittsburgh to "prevent the commission of waste upon the timbers of the reserve tract."

Captain James R. Butler was the son of William's brother, Major General Richard Butler, lawyer, legislator, and soldier, for whom Butler County was named. James, a Captain of the Pittsburgh Blues in the War of 1812, took part in the battle of Mississinewa and the battle of Fort Meigs. The command distinguished itself in both battles and was noted for gallant conduct in General William Henry's reports. The date and death inscribed on this tombstone is incorrect and there is recorded evidence that James lived until 1842.
Submitted: June 24, 2014, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Database Locator Identification Number: p277000
File Size: 2.520 Megabytes

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