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NameFirst: Butler ~J. I.
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OriginalBirthCounty: Hancock
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DeathDay: 16
DeathYear: 1933
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Parents: Joseph and Mary (Binford) Butler
Children: Abbie S.or Lena? Adopted daughter
Spouse1Name: Abigail L. Kearns
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OriginalNotes: Indiana Death Certificate, Joseph Irvin Butler, d. Sept 16, 1933, b. April 20, 1861 in Hancock County,  age 72 years, 4 months, 26 days, profession: Photographer; son of Joseph Butler of Virginia and Mary Binford of Indiana; informant Lena Hagan of Greenfield

Ellison/Ellyson Family Tree maintained by Susan McMahan [viewed Feb. 19, 2019; https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/66386722/person/34147531336/facts?_phsrc=jzL8039&_phstart=successSource]

Find A Grave #59647493: Joseph Irvin Butler, b. 20 Apr 1861 in Blue River Township, Hancock County; d. 16 Sept. 1933 in Hendricks County, buried Walnut Ridge Cemetery in Carthage, Rush County [wife Smythie's maiden name was Hadley]

Catalogue of the Membership of Walnut Ridge Quarterly Meeting of Friends, 1889, Westland Monthly Meeting,  p. 54: Joseph I. Butler and Abigail L. Butler

Indiana Marriage Records: Joseph Irvin Butler, age 69, b. 20 Apr 1861, s/o Joseph Butler and Mary Binford, m. Smythie H. Haworth in Hendricks County on Feb. 15, 1930

1880 Census, Blue River Twp., Hancock County, Indiana
Joseph E, son, age 19, farm laborer, b. IN living with father Joseph, (mother?) Margaret, and siblings

1900 Census, Pendleton, Fall Creek Twp., Madison County, Main St.
Joseph I. Butler, head, b. Apr 1861, age 39, m. 15 yrs, b. IN, photographer, rents
Abbigail Butler, wife, b. Aug 1865, 34, m. 15, b. IN
Abbie S., adopted dau., b. Sept. 1887, 12, b. IN

1910 Census, Blue River Twp., Hancock County, Indiana
Irvin Butler, head,  age 49, b. IN, farmer, general farm, rents
Abby, wife, 44, b. 25 yrs., b. IN
Lena, adopted dau., 22, b. IN
Mary Kearns, mother in law, 64, b. IN

1930 Census, Center Township, Hendricks County, south of Mill Creek Road
Joseph I. Butler, head, owns home, 68, m. at age 24, b. IN, photographer, general
Smithie H. Butler, wife, 54, b. IN
Elvin H. Hayworth, step sone, 20, b. IN
Lucile M. Hayworth, step daughter, 17, b. IN
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OriginalSource: 1900 Census, Pendleton, Fall Creek Twp., Madison County, Main St.
Joseph I. Butler, head, b. Apr 1861, age 39, m. 15 yrs, b. IN, photographer, rents

photograph

Circa 1900 photo stamped on verso: J. I. Butler, Photographer, Pendleton, Ind.

St. Louis and Canadian Photographer, March 1902, p. 121
J. I. Butler, of Pendleton, has opened a gallery at Greenfield, Ind. The gallery at Pendleton will continue in his ownership, but will be operated and managed by Miss Emma Hair.

1902-1903 Polk's Anderson City Directory, p. 487
Joseph I. Butler, photographer, 35 W State
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OriginalSource: Hancock Democrat (Greenfield, Indiana), October 2, 1902, p. 8 Special 30 Day Offer. We will give a nice present with each doz. photographs until Nov. 5, 1902. J. I. Butler, Photographer, Dudding & Moore Block, Greenfield, Ind.

Hancock Democrat (Greenfield, Indiana), July 2, 1903, p. 5
Butler's Art Studio, For High Grade Photography. Special attention given to family groups and children. Also, enlarging done to order. Room 11 Dudding-Moore Block

Hancock Democrat (Greenfield, Indiana), Thu. January 23, 1908, p. 8
Gallery Changes Hands. J. I. Butler on Tues. sold his photograph gallery, located in the Dudding & Moore block, to F. A. Senechal of St. Louis. Butler gave possession as soon as the trade was completed and will move to the Kearns farm in Blue-river township. [Notice of thanks to patrons from J. I. Butler on same page.]
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OriginalSource: St. Louis and Canadian Photographer, March 1902, p. 121
J. I. Butler, of Pendleton, has opened a gallery at Greenfield, Ind. The gallery at Pendleton will continue in his ownership, but will be operated and managed by Miss Emma Hair.

Hancock Democrat (Greenfield, Indiana), April 5, 1923, p. 1
Local photographer doing exceptional work in group photography. He has made the pictures for the local high school annuals for so long that he has come to be considered as the official annual photographer. Mr. Butler was here as early as 1902, and stayed 6 years. Then he moved to the west and did not come back until 1911. The second time he came here he succeeded Mr. Cuyler, the famous photogrpaher of the Riley "Swimmin' Hole." He has been here ever since.

Hancock Democrat (Greenfield, Indiana), January 11, 1906, p. 4
Mentions that Mr. Butler, photographer from Greenfield, took picture of Sanford family.

The Daily Reporter (Greenfield, Indiana), Aug. 23, 1962, p. 12, "Hoosier Vignettes" by Lester C. Nagley, Sr. "Two of the now-forgotten photographers of Greenfield were W. B. Cuyler and a man by the name of Joseph I. Butler, both of whom were in business in Greenfield when I was a young boy in the early 90s. I can remember how Mr. Cuyler looked but the countenance of Mr. Butler has faded from my 'memory-screen', it seems." [see also Cuyler and Pogue]. "By contrast, I recall that Mr. Butler was a more phlegmatic man, much heavier in build than Mr. Cuyler, and spoke with a slow drawl, I recall. I believe that Mr. Butler took the first of the small miniature pictures in Greenfield which were sold in strips of about six for a quarter. I believe he called such pictures Buster Brown prints." [Good general article about skylights, prices, etc.] [NOTE: Nagley was born in 1891]

1916-17 Ind. State Gaz., p. 1666

History of Hancock County, Indiana, Its People, Industries and Institutions by George J. Richman, B. L., Federal Publishing Co., Indianapolis, Indiana, 1916.
http://www.rootsquest.com/~indiana/hancock/1916/greenfield2.html (viewed Feb. 15, 2006)
1916 Business Directory: Photographer: J. I. Butler

1930 Census, Center Township, Hendricks County, south of Mill Creek Road
Joseph I. Butler, head, owns home, 68, m. at age 24, b. IN, photographer, general [not sure where studio was located or if it was in Greenfield]
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OriginalSource: Hancock Democrat (Greenfield, Indiana), March 16, 1911, p. 5
Joseph I. Butler, for many years a well known photographer of this city, is again in the harness, having purchased the Cuyler gallery, on West Main street, in this city. Mr. Butler went out of business some years ago on account of poor health. Having regained this, he returned to his chosen profession. Miss Kate Harlan, who has had charge of the Cuyler gallery for several years, will remain with Mr. Butler for a time.
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