Posted By:	Jody McKenney Thomson
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	Subject:	William Butt, brother of Wilson & Jonas
	Post Date:	April 15, 2008 at 08:53:13
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	Forum:	Butts Family Genealogy Forum
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Holly: I notice that in the title of your query that you have ". . . brother of Jonas, William of Indiana . . ." Do you have information on William? In Wilson Butt's will he did not mention William nor any heirs that William might have had. I do know that William m. Caroline McCoy 9 Mar 1941 in Jasper County, Missouri. They did not appear in the 1850 census. (I wonder if William & Caroline went to California to seek their fortune? Wilson reputedly went there before returning to Missouri and eventually settling in Montana) Later, I think it was about 1853 or so, when William & Caroline sold some property, I find nothing more about him. I believe it was she who m2 James Vandiver on 29 Aug 1855 in Jackson County, Missouri. And then I find Caroline & James VanDiver in the 1860 Jackson County, Missouri census. She had no Butt children with her. I understand from VanDiver reserachers that she died soon after and even her VanDiver children did not fair so well. Just wondering if you have any other information about William Butt.