From the 1885 History of Steuben County, Indiana pages 739-740 Henry P. and Marvin B. Butler are sons of Daniel Butler, one of the first settlers of Salem Township. Daniel Butler was born in Grand Isle County, Vt., Nov. 28, 1793. He married Mary Prentice, a native of the same section of country. A friend, Adolphus Town, had settled in Jackson Township, Steuben County, Indiana, and sending back favorable reports of the country, Mr. Butler determined to move west and make a home for his family. In the early part of June, 1838, he left Vermont in company with his brothers, Loren and Jesse, and their families, and was four weeks on the route, going to Albany, New York, thence to Buffalo by the Erie Canal and by the lake to Toledo. He left his family at Toledo while he went into the interior and purchased ox teams with which he conveyed his family to Steuben County, arriving in July. The three brothers purchased 500 acres on Sections 5 and 8, Salem Township, on which they located and improved farms. Daniel's farm consisted of the east half of the southwest quarter of section 5, and the east half of the northwest quarter of section 8, and the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section 8, containing 200 acres, where he lived until his death in 1847. His wife died in 1879. They had a family of five children -- Susan, of Angola; Harriet, deceased; Harry P., Marvin B., and Helen M., wife of David Gillespie. Henry P. was born in Vermont, March 16, 1831. He married Phoebe Clark, daughter of Matthew Clark. They have three children -- Melvin C., Wallace J. and Alberta M. In the fall of 1877 he was elected to the state legislature and served one term. Marvin B. was born Feb. 15, 1834. He married Harriet M. Fuller, daughter of Elsley Fuller. They have two children -- Benjamin M. and Harry M. The Butler brothers are among the prominent citizens of Steuben County. Politically they are Republicans, and both earnest and practical temperance men. In Ante-bellum days their home was on the line of the underground railroad, and was often the refuge of runaway slaves, many of whom were sheltered and assisted on their way to freedom. Marvin B. enlisted August 25, 1861, in Co. A, 44th Reg. Ind. Volunteer Infantry, as a private; was soon after appointed orderly sargent. September 25, 1862, he was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant, and November of the same year to 1st Lieutenant. He participated in the siege and capture of Fort Donelson, where his health was injured by exposure and he was sent home on sick leave. He joined his regiment in July, 1862, at Battle Creek. He afterward took part in the battles of Perryville and Stone River, but owing to continued ill health he resigned in May 1863. The following fall he was elected Recorder and served two terms. In the fall of 1872 he was elected County Auditor and served four years. He then engaged in the mercantile business in Angola, the firm being Lewis and Butler. Retiring from the farm he returned to the old homestead and is now engaged with his brother, Henry P., in general farming and milling. Submitted By: Mindee Gleason