Thomas Claude Butler

Notes:

Name: Thomas Claude Butler
Death Date: 12 May 1960
Death Place: Hemphilll, Sabine, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: white
Death Age: 65 years 10 months 2 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 10 Jul 1894
Birthplace: Texas, U.S.A.
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Robert C. Butler
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Fannie Andrews
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Farmer
Place of Residence: Precinct 1, Sabine Co., Texas
Cemetery: Gravel Hill
Burial Place: Sabine County, Texas
Burial Date: 14 May 1960
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2116267
Digital Film Number: 4166548
Image Number: 890
Reference Number: 32161
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

In her annotated trascription of the Gravel Hill Cemetery, Kay Parker McCary indicates he had a military marker "Texas Pvt Medical Department WW I", and that he had a double headstone with Mae Butler. FindAGrave notes that he died from a gun shot wound to the head from suicide, and cites his death certificate.


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Census Listings:

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated 14 and 16 February 1920
SD 326 ED 168 Sheet 36A
703-726
Butler, Thomas C Head M W 24 M Tx Ga Tn Farmer
Butler, Meonie Wf F W 23 M Tx Tx Tx

1930 Census
Texas, San Augustine County, JP 4
Enumerated 18 Apr 1930
ED 203-7 SD 19 Sheet 5A Stamped 234
99-99
Butler, Thomas C Head M W 34 M Tx Ga Tx Farmer
Butler, Mae O Wf F W 32 M 22 Tx Tx Tx
Butler, Merna E Dtr F W 7 S Tx Tx Tx
Butler, Thomas C Jr Son M W 3 3/12 S Tx Tx Tx

Thomas married Mae Crocker on 27 Oct 1917. Mae (daughter of John Crouch Crocker and Julia Ann Harvey) was born on 24 May 1896 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 14 Oct 1976 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Myrna E. Butler was born on 2 Mar 1923 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 9 Nov 2011 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park and Funeral Home, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas.
2. Thomas Claude Butler, Jr. was born about 1927 in Texas; and died.
3. Bennie Butler was born on 12 Oct 1931 in San Augustine County, Texas; died on 3 Sep 2011 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Oak Bluff Memorial Park, Port Neches, Jefferson County, Texas.

Notes:

Kay Parker McCary shows him as a son of John Kirkland & Elizabeth Butler.

(Research):
Census Listings:

1900 Census
Texas, Panola County, JP No 1
Enumerated 20 June 1920
SD 7 ED 64 Sheet 23A
423-430
Butler, Robert C. Hd W M Apr 1869 31 M 13 Ga Ga Ga Log Hauler Saw Mill
Butler, Fannie E Wf W F Apr 1870 30 M 13 Ark Ala Ala
Butler, H. Leon Son W M Sept 1889 10 S Tx Ga Ark Farm Laborer
Butler, William E Son W M May 1892 8 S Tx Ga Ark
Butler, Claud T Son W M Jul 1894 5 S Tx Ga Ark
Butler, John L Son W M Mar 1897 3 S Tx Ga Ark
Butler, Emma M Dtr W F Mar 1899 1 S Tx Ga Ark

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Precinct 4
Enumerated 22 Apr 1910
SD 2 ED 134 Sheet 4A
58-58
Butler, Robert C Hd M W 40 m1 22 Ga Ga Ga Farmer Farm
Butler, Fannie E Wf F W 39 M1 22 9/8 Miss Ga Ala
Butler, William E Son M W 17 S Tx Ga Miss Farm Laborer Home Farm
Butler, Thomas C Son M W 15 S Tx Ga Miss Farm Laborer Home Farm
Butler, John E Son M W 13 S Tx Ga Miss Farm Laborer Home Farm
Butler, Emma M Dtr F W 11 S Tx Ga Miss Farm Laborer Home Farm
Butler, E. V. Dtr F W 8 S Tx Ga Miss
Butler, Vera L Dtr F W 6 S Tx Ga Miss
Butler, Robert F Son M W 4 S Tx Ga Miss
59-60
Butler, Homer L Hd M W 20 M1 4/12 Tx Ga Miss Farmer Farm
Butler, Mable Wf F W 15 M 4/12 0/0 Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer Home Farm

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP One
Enumerated 14 and 16 of February, 1920
SD 326 ED 168 Sheet 36A Stamped 129
Fm 728-725
Thomas and Sophia McLemore
Fm 703-726
Butler, Thomas C Hd M W 24 M Tx Ga Tn Farmer Own Farm
Butler, Maonir? Wf F W 23 M Tx Tx Tx
Fm 704-717
Ernest and Mary McLemore
Fm 705-728
Butler, Robert C Hd M W 50 M Ga Ga Ga Farmer Own Farm
Butler, Francis E Wf F W 49 M Miss Ga Ga
Butler, Vera L Dtr F W 15 S Tx Ga Miss
Butler, Robert R Son m W 12 S Tx Ga Miss
Butler, Alcie E Son M W 8 S Tx Ga Miss
Butler, Minnie P Dtr F W 6 S Tx Ga Miss

Robert married Frances "Fannie Mae" Ellen Andrews about 1887. Frances was born on 23 Apr 1870 in Mississippi; died on 4 Jan 1958 in Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]