Jacob Butler
(Mifflin Township, Pike County, Ohio)
Jacob Butler, youngest child of Leonard and Sallie (Hurt) Butler, was born October 25, 1822 in Highland County, Ohio. He was engaged in farming till 1859, when he purchased a farm near Latham, Pike County, Ohio, where he has since followed agricultural pursuits.
He was married October 06, 1859, to Rachel, daughter of Jacob and Sallie (Scowden) Porter, of Pike County, Ohio. His children are - Sallie, Richard P. and Arie A.
Richard P. was born April 13, 1865, and attended the common school until 1879 when he attended a graded school. He also attended the same school in 1881, and in 1883 attended the National Normal College at Lebanon, Ohio. He intends to follow the profession of teaching. He is also a member of the Missionary Baptist Church.
Mr. Butler served as Lieutenant in the late war. He has served as Township Trustee several years, which office he now holds. He is a member of Sinking Spring Lodge, No. 365, A. F. & A. M., Highland County. His father was a son of Daniel Butler, a native of England, who settled on Staten Island in 1765. He was also a soldier in the Revolutionary War, serving first as Sergeant and Aid-de-Camp under General Washington. He was a sailor and ship-carpenter by occupation, and his son, Leonard Butler, the father of Jacob Butler, was born about the year 1790. He was in the war of 1812. He moved to Highland County in the year 1808 and settled near Sinking Spring, where he remained until his death in 1872.
History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - 1884
Published by the Scioto County Genealogy Society
Pike Co. Genealogy & Historical Society
P. O. Box 224,
Waverly, Ohio 45690