flag male ancestor  Melvin Leroy  BUTLER

  (b. 31 March 1867 ,  Cumberland County, Illinois, USA   d. 16 April 1906 ,  Custer County, Nebraska, USA )  

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Melvin Leroy BUTLER was born 31 March 1867 in Cumberland County, Illinois, USA

Melvin Leroy BUTLER was the child of ?   and   ?

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Melvin Leroy  married  Inez MCCLINTOCK abt. 1890 in Sherman County, Nebraska, USA .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Inez MCCLINTOCK  was born 23 April 1872 in Hampton, Franklin, Iowa, USA.  Inez died 16 June 1941 in Los Angeles, California, USA. 

Melvin Leroy BUTLER died 16 April 1906 in Custer County, Nebraska, USA.
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Melvin Leroy BUTLER married flag female ancestor Inez MCCLINTOCK-- Date: abt. 1890 Place: Sherman County, Nebraska, USA


Children of Melvin Leroy BUTLER and Inez MCCLINTOCK:

World War I Soldier flag photo of Elias Howe BUTLER  Elias Howe BUTLER (b.24 July 1892, Litchfield, Sherman, Nebraska, USA  d. 16 September 1933, Hot Springs, South Dakota, USA)
m. Reta Maud MILLER 1924



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birth1867 Birth
31 March 1867
Cumberland County, Illinois, USA
Invention 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
U.S. President1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States
News1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.
Invention 1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.
U.S. President1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States
Invention 1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.
Invention 1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)
News1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.
U.S. President1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States
U.S. President1881 - July 2 - James A. Garfield was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., at 9:30 am on Saturday, July 2, 1881. He died in Elberon, New Jersey, two months later on September 19, 1881. The shooting occurred less than four months into his term as president. Charles J. Guiteau was convicted of Garfield's murder and executed by hanging one year after the shooting. Chester Arthur becomes President of the United States.
Invention 1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
U.S. President1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States
News1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled
Invention 1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)
U.S. President1889 - Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the United States
Invention 1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented
1892 Birth of Child
Elias Howe BUTLER was born 24 July 1892, Litchfield, Sherman, Nebraska, USA

Melvin Leroy was 25 years old.
U.S. President1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States
Invention 1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)
U.S. President1897 - William McKinley becomes President of the United States
News1898 - April 25 – Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain
News1898 - December 10 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War.
Invention 1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)
U.S. President1901 - William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States, was shot on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition in the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York, on September 6, 1901, six months into his second term. He was shaking hands with the public when an anarchist, Leon Czolgosz, shot him twice in the abdomen. Theodore Roosevelt becomes President of the United States.
Invention 1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)
Invention 1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)
News1904 - June 28 - U.S. begins construction of Panama Canal.
death1906 Death
16 April 1906
Custer County, Nebraska, USA

He died at the age of 39.
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