W. F. BUTLER was born December 1, 1840, in Crittenden County, Ky., and is a son of D. A. and M. W. (Green) Butler, natives of Virginia and Kentucky, respectively. Armstead Butler, subject's grandfather, left Virginia in 1823, and settled in Barren County, Ky., and later moved to Missouri, where he lived a short time. He afterward returned to Kentucky, and settled in Crittenden County, about half way between Fredonia and Marion, where he lived until his death in 1837. D. A. Butler was born in 1819. He was a farmer and tobacco dealer, and died in Crittenden County in 1873. Mrs. Butler was a daughter of George Green, a native of Virginia. He came West in his early manhood and settled near Piney Fork Camp Ground, Crittenden County, dying there in 1880, at the age of ninety years. Mrs. Butler was born in 1822, in Crittenden County, and died in 1872. The following children were, born to D. A. and N. [M.] W. Butler, viz.: T. M., W. F., George B., Polly Ann, Sarah J. (deceased), Jasper N. (deceased), Albert, Gideon D., and Mary R. (deceased). W. F. Butler was reared in Crittenden County, and brought up to agricultural pursuits, his father being a farmer. He lived on the home place until the age of twenty-six, when he purchased a farm in Livingston County, near the village of Salem, where he has since resided. He was married October 7, 1868, to Miss Elizabeth F. Loyd, daughter of Isaac Loyd, of Crittenden County. Eleven children blessed this union, viz.: Isaac A., Mary M., Ada A., Rose L. (deceased), Sarah A. (deceased), William B., Thomas E., Eddie G., Effie M., Myrtle L. and Josie C. Mr. Butler owns a beautiful farm of 283 acres of choice land, and is extensively engaged in stock raising which he has made very remunerative. He is a member of the Piney Fork Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and in politics votes with the Democratic party.
Source: J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin, & G. C. Kniffin. Kentucky. A History of the State. Louisville, KY, Chicago, IL: Battey, 1885. Pages 811-812.