Butcher - Mary - 1896
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal 17 Jan 1896 p 9
Mrs. Mary Butcher, whose long life closed here last week had a most interesting history and her many adventures would well be worth recording. She was born in Baltimore on the day that the British bombarded Fort McHenry in the war of 1812, the bombardment beginning the hour of her birth. The shot and shell fell crashing about the city and it was necessary finally to remove the mother and child from the house they occupied to a place of safety. A remarkable feature connected with the life of Mrs. Butcher is that all of the 9 children born to her still live and they are most of them and they are most of them well advanced in life. She left about twenty five grandchildren and several great grandchildren. -s
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal 17 Jan 1896
Mrs. Mary Butcher, whose long life closed here last week, had a most interesting history and her many adventures would well be worth recording. She was born in Baltimore on the day that the British bombarded Fort McHenry in the War of 1812, the bombardment beginning the hour of her birth. The shot and shell fell crashing about the city and it was necessary finally to remove the mother and child from the house they occupied to a place of safety.A remarkable feature connected with the life of Mrs. Butcher is that all of the nine children born to her still live
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal Friday, 17 January 1896
Mrs. Mary Butcher died of dropsy at twenty minutes after 8 o’clock Friday evening. She was born February 12, 1812, at Baltimore, Md., and moved to Cincinnati when quite young and from there to Indianapolis in 1849, thence to Crawfordsville in 1860, residing here the rest of her life. She was married to John Butcher, May 24, 1832, and to them was born nine children, five boys and four girls, all of whom survive her, the oldest being sixty two and the youngest forty eight years old. Their names are Elizabeth, Mary, George, James, Kate, John, Charles, Francis and Eliza. Mrs. Butcher joined the Methodist Church when quite young, being but fourteen years old at the time, and she lived a Christian the rest of her life.
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal 17 Jan 1896
The funeral of Mrs. Mary Butcher occurred from the family residence Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock. The exercises were conducted by Dr. Leech.