U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Butcher, George Davis (1862-1926) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Upshur County West Virginia From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by W. B. Cutright Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907 Page 401 GEORGE DAVIS BUTCHER, lumberman and mill operator, principal works at Bean's Mill. Was born January 15, 1862, in Lewis County. His parents were John S. Butcher and Credalai Gaston. His grandfather was Casper Butcher and his great grandfather, John A. Butcher. Among the first settlers of Lewis County. He is of German descent, his foreparent having emigrated from Pennsylvania. He was educated in the public schools and at his majority, began his career as a lumberman, which he has pursued assiduously and without break for twenty-three years. He has operated exclusively in West Virginia, in the counties of Lewis, Upshur, Randolph, Webster and Greenbrier. He married Mary Turner, daughter of Marshall Turner, in 1884. Children, Alefa, Mollie, Willie, Nellie and Frankie. His oldest daughter is the wife of Antanus Zickefoose. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #17950 FULL-NAME: George D. Butcher BIRTH-DATE: January 1, 1861 BIRTH-PLACE: W.Va. DEATH-DATE: December 6, 1926 at age 65y-11m-5d DEATH-PLACE: Alton, Meade District, Upshur County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married OCCUPATION: Head Sawyer FATHER: John S. Butcher (born in W.Va.) MOTHER: Credelia Gaston (born in W.Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Carcinoma of Pancreas / Menningitis INFORMANT: Mrs. Alda Evans (of Weston) BURIAL: Polk Creek Cemetery ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Upshur County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/upshur/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------