Butler - John M - lawyer
Source: CDJ 10 Jan 1890 p 4 (note shortened for mainly Montgomery info – there were other Indiana people done)
The Tacoma, Wash News of January 2 contains the following interview with a former Indianian which will be read with interest by all Hoosierdom, especially the Crawfordsville Production. George Hazzard who grew up in Indiana noted: “Indiana is today one of the most enlightened, progressive and wealth States in the Union. The term Hoosier has grown to be a synonym for intelligence, thrift and enterprise (the interviewer laughed – Hazzard going on to prove his point). He told of all the great men in the state. Oliver Perry Morton, Thomas Andrew Hendricks … and Indiana has give a Senator to most of the Western States (California; Oregon; Kansas; ND; SD … “My name is George Hazzard, native of New Castle, Henry County. Proud of my name, proud of my nativity and justly so. Ind only state to furnish Lincoln 3 cabinet ministers. Most troops to the Union during the war… I could go on and on but let me call your attention to this town of Crawfordsville, in Montgomery County, 50 miles northwest of Indianapolis in the Wabash Valley.
Linier Co., was founded by an Indianian named J. F. D. Lanier, and this man 'listed' the first railroad bonds ever listed' by the New York Stock Exchange, and they were issued by the Indianapolis and Madison Railroad Company. "Three men of the same name represented different States in the Union* They were people from Indiana, and all served in the legislature of that State and all went to the Mexican war from it.
Their names were Henry Lane, Indiana, Joseph Lane, Oregon, James H. Lane, Kansas. Thus I could go on ad infinitum. You come down to my house some night and I'll make you feel sorry you was not born in "Hoosierdom." "Now," said Hazzard,- "I want to call your particular attention to this town of Crawfordsville, in Montgomery county, 50 miles northwest of Indianapolis, in the Wabash Valley." "Well, what of it," asked the reporter. "It is, or has been the home of more prominent people than the ordinary State can point to. Here are some of them:
'Henry S. Lane, president of the Republican national convention held in Philadelphia in 1850, Governor of the State and then United States Senator.
"Lew Wallace, major-general in the late war, Governor of New Mexico, minister to Turkey, and author of 'Ben Hur.'
"Mahlon D. Manson major-general in the late war, member of Congress, Auditor of State, and then Lieutenant governor.
John B. Allen, one of our present United States Senators.
"John L. Wilson, our present member of congress. "Alfred Dickey, present lieutenant governor of North Dakota.
John L. Campbell, professor in Wabash college at Crawfordsville, and the man who originated the idea of the centennial exposition held at Philadelphia in 1896, also secretary of the commission.
"Gen. E. R. S. Canby, one of the distinguished Generals of the war, and was afterwards massacred by the Modocs. "R. B. F. Peirce, member of congress and present general solicitor of the Indianapolis, Decatur & Springfield railroad. "James Wilson, member of congress and father of our own John L. "Joseph E. McDonald, attorney general of Indiana, then member of congress and later United States senator.
"Daniel W. Voorhees, of world-wide fame and father of our own Charles S. Voorhees.
"Voorhees Brookshire, present member of Congress.
"Henry B. Carrington, colonel U. S. A. (retired).
John M. Butler, the eminent law partner of Joseph E. McDonald. "Marshall, the man who first found gold at the tail gate of the famous Sutter mill race, went from Crawfordsville to Mexico, and from there to California, "Major Elston, father-in-law to Senator Lane and General Wallace. This distinguished pioneer more than 50 years ago invested heavily in Indiana lands, with the idea that coal and natural gas would be discovered on them and so it was. Yet there is one town and county in Indiana that double discounts the above. "Name it." "Now Castle, Henry county."
"Hazzard, why did you ever leave Indiana?" asked a bystander. "Simply because I wasn't up to the standard in point of intelligence—born too stupid for that air of advancement."