Butler Carrico Chowning
(1846-After 1880)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Eliza Jane Waters

Butler Carrico Chowning 2

  • Born: 7 December 1846, Kentucky
  • Marriage (1): Eliza Jane Waters on 25 November 1869 in Lincoln, IL 1 2
  • Died: After 1 June 1880
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bullet  Noted events in his life were:

• He has alternate birth date of 1843 and a birth location of Kentucky.

This birth year was referenced by his age of 37 on the 1880 US Census.
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• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Orvil Township, Logan, IL on 17 June 1880. 2

1880 US Census
Page 103B, District 40, Dwelling 170, Family 173, Roll 227
Orvil Township, Logan County, Illinois
Butler Chowning..Head..37..KY..Farmer

(Living with wife and 4 children.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 7 Dec 1846, then his age should have been 33 instead of 37.
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Butler married Eliza Jane Waters, daughter of Samuel Waters and Jemima Houser, on 25 November 1869 in Lincoln, IL.1 2 (Eliza Jane Waters was born on 1 July 1848 in Illinois 3 4 5 and died after 1 June 1880.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Orvil Township, Logan, IL on 17 June 1880. 2

1880 US Census
Page 103B, District 40, Dwelling 170, Family 173, Roll 227
Orvil Township, Logan County, Illinois
Butler Chowning..Head..37..KY..Farmer
Liza Chowning..Wife..33..IL..Keeps House
Della Chowning..Dau..9...IL
Maud Chowning..Dau..7..IL
Mary Chowning..Dau..1..IL
Samuel Chowning..Son..1..IL
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Sources


1 Marriage Records.

2 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Orvil Township, Logan County, Illinois, enumeration district (ED) 40, p. 103B, dwelling 170, family 173, Butler Carrico Chowning and Eliza Jane Waters; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 27 Aug 2017); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 227.

3 Aubrey M. Woods, World Family Tree Vol. 018, Ed. 1, Tree #0449 (Brøderbund Software, Inc., Release date: March 27, 1998).

4 Steven A. Kuhns, World Family Tree Vol. 107, Ed. 1, Tree #0962 (Genealogy.com, LLC, Release date: Oct.-2002).

5 1860 U.S. census, population schedule, Prairie Creek Township, Logan County, Illinois, p. 161, dwelling 1166, family 1181, Samuel Waters and Jemima Houser; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 13 Jan 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653, roll 0200.


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