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Name |
Butts, Lorin |
Genealogy ID |
78215 |
Born |
28 OCT 1796 |
Birthplace |
Windham, Windham CT |
Deceased |
16 AUG 1874 |
Deceased where |
Mansfield, Tioga PA |
Cemetery |
Prospect Cemetery |
Occupation |
Farmer Carpenter |
Titles & honors |
Justice of the Peace F. & A. M. Friendship Lodge No. 247 |
Father |
Josiah Butts |
Mother |
Eunice |
Spouse |
Harriet Hyde |
Children |
Lucy Butts Lorin Hyde Butts Byrissa B. Butts Harriet H. Butts Jean A. Butts Dyer J. Butts |
Reference |
Obit 1897 |
Notes |
BUTTS, Loren [SRGP 78215] – Deacon Loren Butts, for forty years a resident of this village, died on Sunday last, of dropsy, in the seventy-eighth year of his age. – Mansfield Advertiser, PA, 19 August 1874, Wednesday, p.3 Lorin Butts was born in Windham county, Connecticut, October 28, 1796, there grew to manhood and learned the carpenter’s trade. On May 5, 1819, he married Harriet Hyde, a native of the same county, born April 18, 1800. In the fall of 1829 he removed to Lawrenceville, Tioga county, Pennsylvania, where he built the Presbyterian church said to be the first church building erected in the county outside of Wellsboro. In February, 1833, he removed to Richmond township and settled on a farm now within the borough limits of Mansfield, on which stood a small house and a log barn. In the summer of 1854 he built the present residence of his daughter, Bryissa B. Butts, where he died August 16, 1874. His wife died June 17, 1837. She was the mother of six children, as follows: Bryissa B., of Mansfield; Harriet, who died October 4, 1847; Jean M., deceased wife of Henry Allen, deceased; Lucy A., widow of Spencer McIntyre, of Blossburg; Dyer J., of Mansfield, and Lorin Hyde of who resides in New York City. Mr. Butts was an elder in the Presbyterian church and a tireless, enthusiastic worker in both church and Sunday-school. By his personal example and efforts, he did much to forward the cause of religion and morality, and was especially prominent in temperance work. His wife, too, was an earnest and devoted Christian, and was active in the charitable work of the church. During the dark days of the Rebellion, he was ever loyal and devoted to the government and two sons into the army to assist in defending the Union. In Politics, Mr. Butts was a Republican, served five years as a justice of the peace, and also held various other township offices. He was practically the founder of Friendship Lodge, No. 247, F. & A. M., and an active and onscientious Mason. {1897 History} |
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