David Butler came from Waterford County, Ireland coming to the United States about 1830, first settling near Berne, Albany County, New York. David came to Stephenson County about 1850, as did his sister and brother, Marissa and Albert.

David Butler is buried at a small cemetery near Winslow, Illinois called Christian Hollow. David was a Civil War soldier and was badly wounded near Atlanta, Georgia. He died in 1891. Charlotte is from the Harmon Family that first settled in Springfield, Massachusetts about 1640 and has a long genealogy. She was born in W. Rupert, Bennington County, Vermont. Her parents migrated to Cresco, Iowa and are buried there.

The Daws Family came from Sussex, England. Frank, born about 1770 was a farmer and gardener in Sussex County, England. Most of my Daws data was reseached and documented by Karine Daws Fulton. I have gotten additional information from Gary Price and others.

• Dorothy Elizabeth (Butler) Franklin (Infant) (105 KB)
  Dorothy, "Dottie" as she preferred to be called, was the daughter of Clayton and Mable (Daws) Butler.
• Paul Akins, Dottie Franklin, Gene (Leo) Mordick (79 KB)
  This photo was taken in August, 1988 in Illinois. Paul's wife was Lucy Wainwright. Leo's mother was Lucy Clay.
• Lewis Daws, Dottie (Butler) Franklin, Albert Daws (77 KB)
  My mother Dottie with her uncles, Lewis and Al Daws.
• Barton and Evangeline Buss (61 KB)
  Barton was the son of William and Lizzie Belle (Daws) Buss and grandson of Edward and Harriet (Sloatman) Daws. Karine (Buss) Fulton is the daughter of Barton and Evangeline Buss.
• Mable (Daws) Butler and her daughter Dottie (55 KB)
  Mable died when Dottie was only 3 years old. She died of pneumonia.
• Cecile Daws (65 KB)
  Cecile, wife to Charles Daws, who was a son of Harvey and Lulu (Mizner) Daws.
• Mary Elizabeth (Bechtold) Butler and Sheri (71 KB)
  Mary was my great grandmother, who was married to Delbert Butler. This picture was taken in Illinois at Mary's home.
• Buss Family (85 KB)
  Sharon, Van, Barton, Lizzie and Peggy Buss. (Lizzie was a Daws)
• Eldena (Kent) Butler, wife of Francis Butler (99 KB)
  Francis Butler, son of Clayton and Edna Butler, married Eldena Kent. They had four daughters. I need help identifying everyone in this picture. Eldena is seated and is in the first row. The bride is Sandra Butler.
• Clayton Butler and daughter Dottie Franklin (87 KB)
  I'm not sure when this was taken. It could have been before Mom was married.
• Russell Daws and Helen (Daws) Hutzell (76 KB)
  This was taken in Mason City, Iowa. Russell is a twin. His parents were Harvey and Helen (Jacobson) Daws. ((I'm confused who this Helen is in picture - his step sister?))
• Jim and Dottie (Butler) Franklin (64 KB)
  This may have been taken in the early 1990's.
• Hazel (Butler) Campbell (62 KB)
  Hazel was a sister to Clayton and Elmer Butler. She married twice, first to Coonie Clay and then to Howard Campbell. She died in Arizona.
• Al and Jerine Daws (74 KB)
  Jerine was Al Daw's second wife. Al is the son of Harvey and Lulu (Mizner) Daws.
• Patricia (Curtin) Delker (48 KB)
  This photo was taken in 1993. Patricia is the daughter of Eileen (Butler) and granddaughter of Clayton and Edna Butler. Patricia lives in Wisconsin.
• Dottie (Butler) Franklin (65 KB)
  This photo may have been taken in the late 1980's or early 1990's.
• Edward Theodore Daws and Family (86 KB)
  Front Row: Wife, Harriet (Sloatman) Daws; Edward Theodore Daws; Son, Harvey Daws Back Row: Lizzie Daws who married William Edward Buss; and Ella Daws, who married Riley Gischweiler.
• Mable (Daws) Butler (74 KB)
  This is a lovely picture of my grandmother. Mable is the daughter of Harvey and Lulu Daws. Mable was Clayton Butler's first wife.
• Harvey, Harriet and Lizzie Daws (65 KB)
  Harvey Daws, with his mother Harriet (Sloatman) Daws, who was married to Edward Daws and Harvey's sister, Lizzie (Daws) Buss.
• Ken and Marjorie Dawes (74 KB)
  Ken is a son of Harvey and Helen Dawes. Harvey Daws/Dawes was first married to Lulu Mizner and then to Helen Jacobson. Harvey had eight children by his first marriage and seven children by his second marriage.
• David Butler's Certificate of Marriage - 1873 (138 KB)
  This shows David's parents as James and Marisa Butler and other important data.
• Hazel Butler (65 KB)
  Hazel, daughter of Delbert and Mary (Bechtold) Butler as an infant.
• Delbert and Mary (Bechtold) Butler Wedding License (248 KB)
  Delbert was the son of David and Charlotte (Harmon) Butler. Mary was the daughter of William and Barbara (Stoll)Bechtold. The lived in Nora, JoDaviess County, Illinois where Delbert was a farmer. They were married in Nora on October 5, 1898.
• Myrtle Valentine Butler (81 KB)
  Myrtle was born in 1905 to Delbert and Mary (Bechtold) Butler. She died in 1906. She was a sister to Clayton, Elmer, and Hazel.
• William Bechtold's Death Certificate, Feb. 4, 1923 (161 KB)
  William Bechtold was Mary Elizabeth Butler's father. Mary was married to Delbert Butler. William's father's name was Samuel. Cause of death: Apoplexy Cerebral.
• Myrtle Valentine Butler's Death Certificate (123 KB)
  Myrtle was the daughter of Delbert and Mary (Bechtold) Butler. She died September 16, 1906 at the age of 1 year, 7 months, and 2 days. Cause of death was Intussusception. She was buried September 19, 1906 in Elmwood Cemetery, Warren, Illinois.
• Lulu (Mizner) Daws (Billings, Page, Massee) (75 KB)
  Lulu was born in 1885 and was married to Harvey Daws. She is the daughter of Isabelle Hart and Jasper Mizner. Lulu and Harvey Daws had eight children before they divorced. Lulu then married Billings,Sid Page, and Massee.
• Clayton Butler - Infant (78 KB)
  Clayton Butler, son of Delbert and Mary (Bechtold) Butler.
• Lulu (Mizner) Daws and son Lewis (78 KB)
  Lewis was born July 24, 1916, the youngest of 8 children to Harvey and Lulu Daws.
• Clayton Butler and Sharon (Sheri) Franklin Wheeler (104 KB)
  I'm not sure where this picture was taken but perhaps in Illinois. Clayton was Sheri's grandfather.
• Lulu (Mizner) Daws and Children (78 KB)
  Back Row: Bessie Front Row: Dorothy, Lulu and Lewis
• Mary E. (Bechtold) Butler's Death Certificate (187 KB)
  Mary was the daughter of William and Barbara (Stoll)Bechtold. She was married to Delbert Butler. She died of cancer on December 30, 1949. Mary was my great great grandmother.
• Bessie L. (Daws) Stacey (61 KB)
  Bessie, daughter of Harvey and Lulu (Mizner) Daws. She had two sons, Robert and William, plus one other child who is buried in Mason City, Iowa per Lewis Daws. Her husband Larry was a photographer. I am not sure which son she is holding in this picture.
• Delbert Garver Butler's Death Certificate (223 KB)
  Del was my great great grandfather. He was married to Mary Elizabeth (Bechtold) Butler. His parents were David and Charlotte (Harmon) Butler. He was a farmer. He is buried in Elmwood Cemetery in Warren, JoDaviess County, Illinois.
• Lulu (Mizner) and her husband Sid Page (87 KB)
  Lulu was first married to Harvey Daws.
• Lulu and Mable Daws (71 KB)
  Mable was Lulu's daughter. It's such a shame that Mable died so young. My mother was 3 years old when her mother Mable passed away. Dottie was then raised by Del and Mary (Bechtold) Butler, who she adored.
• Delbert G. and Mary Elizabeth (Bechtold) Butler (103 KB)
  This photo is likely taken in front of their home in Illinois. It also is likely taken not too long before Del's death.
• Patricia Ann (Curtin) Delker (88 KB)
  Patricia is the daughter of Eileen (Butler) Delker and granddaughter of Clayton and Edna Butler.
• Dorothy Daws and Dorothy (Butler) Franklin (77 KB)
  Dorothy Daws was a daughter of Harvey and Lulu (Mizner) Daws. Dorothy and Mable Daws (Dottie's Mom) were sisters. I think, but am not sure, that Dottie was named after Dorothy. Dottie's middle name Elizabeth came from Mary Elizabeth Bechtold Butler. My middle name Mary also came from Mary E. Bechtold.
• Mable (Daws) Butler's Gravestone (152 KB)
  She is buried in Elmwood Cemetery in Warren, Illinois.
• Dottie and Mike Franklin, and others in California (90 KB)
  This photo was taken in California when Dottie and Mike went for a visit. Those included are: Lewis Daws, Dottie Franklin, Al Daws, Dee Daws; Sharon and Karen Daws, and Mike Franklin. The picture was likely taken at Lew and Dee's house.
• Children of Harvey and Lulu (Mizner) Daws (115 KB)
  Standing: Mable and Al Daws; Sitting: Helen and Bessie
• Eileen (Butler) Delker & Dottie (Butler) Franklin (55 KB)
  They are half sisters and this picture was taken when they were young children.
• Eva Stine (71 KB)
  Eva, wife of Leon Stine. This photo was taken in January 1992 at her home in Black Canyon, Arizona. Leon was the son of Walter J. and Maggie May (Butler) Stine.
• Francis Butler, son of Clayton and Edna Butler (57 KB)
  This is a school picture of Francis when he was quite young. Later in life, Francis would lose his leg in a motorcycle accident. He died of cancer.
• Hazel and Elmer Butler (63 KB)
  Taken when they were children. It's a cute picture! Hazel and Elmer are siblings.

• Obituary of Lucy (Clay) Mordick (3 KB)
  Lucy was the daughter of Kerlin and Clara (Bechtold) Clay and wife of John Mordick.
• Obituary of Clara (Bechtold) Clay (4 KB)
  Clara was the daughter of William and Barbara (Stoll) Bechtold, and wife of Kerlin Clay.
• Obituary of Mae (Jordan) Clay (4 KB)
  Mae was married to Stiver Clay, son of Kerlin and Clara (Bechtold) Clay.
• Obituary of Mark Wainwright (8 KB)
  Mark Wainwright, born 1840, was the father of Albert Wainwright.
• Obituary of William Bechtold (4 KB)
  William, son of Samuel Bechtold, was married to Barbara Stoll. They had four children, Wesley, William, Clara and Mary. Mary was my great grandmother, who married Delbert Butler.
• Obituary of Mary (Bechtold) Butler (3 KB)
  Mary Elizabeth Bechtold was married to Delbert Garver Butler. They were the grandparents of Dottie Franklin, who raised her after her mother's death.
• Obituary of Delbert Butler (5 KB)
  Delbert Butler was married to Mary Elizabeth Bechtold. They were the grandparents of Dottie (Butler) Franklin.
• Obituary of Mabel (Butler) Price (4 KB)
  Mabel was a sister to Delbert and Maggie Butler. She was married to George Emory Price.
• Obituary of Barbara (Stoll) Bechtold (2 KB)
  Barbara was the wife of William Bechtold. They were the parents of four children, Wesley, William, Clara (Clay) and Mary (Butler).

• Goettel, Schmidt, Franklin and other family history....

Sheri M Wheeler
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