Butcher - James Wallace
JAMES WALLACE BUTCHER
Source: 1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co pg 680
James Wallace Butcher, one of the leading farmers in Bogard township; was born in Montgomery County, Indiana, April 22, 1862, and is a son of Alexander M. and Margaret Elizabeth Butcher, a sketch of whom appears in this volume. James Wallace Butcher was about four years of age when he was brought to Henry County by his parents, who settled in Big Creek township. Here he was reared to manhood and educated in the district schools. He remained at home with his parents until 1884, when they went to Sumner County, Kansas. One year later he returned to Big Creek township, and since that time he has been engaged in farming and stock raising in Henry County. For a time he lived in Shawnee township. Mr. Butcher is a practical farmer and stockman and has a well improved farm of eighty acres, which is located three miles northwest of Urich. Mrs. Butcher has won a reputation as a successful poultry raiser. She specializes in brown Leghorns and has about six hundred of these chickens. She has installed all modern methods for carrying on the poultry business on a small scale and has been very successful in this line of endeavor. James Wallace Butcher was united in marriage September 23, 1909, with Mrs. Nannie L. Keiser of Bogard township and a native of Livingston County, Missouri. She is a daughter of William A. and Rachel Elizabeth (Munsey) Keiser, natives of Virginia, and both now deceased, and their remains are interred in the cemetery at Newtonia, Missouri. The father was a Confederate veteran, having enlisted in the Confederate Army in Virginia and served throughout the war. For eighteen months he was a Federal prisoner. Mrs. Butcher is one of a family of nine children born to her parents: Mrs. Mary Stansberry, Tacoma, Washington; Mrs. Jennie Zachary, Alexander, Illinois; William A., Adrian, Missouri; B. B., lives at Corsicana, Texas; Martha L., deceased; Sarah Catherine, deceased; Thomas C., deceased; Elbert W. To Mr. and Mrs. James Wallace Butcher have been born two children, Lois and Ruth Esther. The Butchers are one of the representative families of Henry County and Mr. Butcher is a progressive and enterprising citizen.
Photo (see his brother's bio) and biography from the Henry County, Missouri GenWeb page. Love those genwebbers :) kbz