• General Notes

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  1880 U.S. Census, Bedford District, Trimble County, Kentucky, p. 96
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  Baker, John H., age 49, b. Kentucky; father b. PA; mother b. TN; carpenter
  Sarah (nee Abbott), age 40, wife, b. Kentucky; parents b. KY
  William M., age 19, son, b. Kentucky; parents b. KY
  H. Brook, age 16, daughter, b. Kentucky; parents b. KY
  Levi, age 2, son, b. Kentucky; parents b. KY
  [seeing Levi at age 2 may indicate that Sarah is John's second wife.]
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  Ben Butler's children, Allie, thirteen; Mary, eleven; and William, seven, found a new mother when Ben married Brook Baker in 1903.  And William finally got a little brother for his birthday that year when George was born on October 22nd.  Five years later, Bula B. was born on May 14, 1908.
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  1910 U. S. Census
  West Milton Twp., Trimble County, Kentucky, p. 27; by Burr R. Callis
  Benjamin F. Butler, age 49, married twice; married 7 years, b. Kentucky;
  parents b. Kentucky; farmer by occupation
  Brook, wife, age 47, married once; married 7 years; 2 children born, 2 living;
  b. Kentucky; parents b. Kentucky
  Allie, daughter, age 19, b. Kentucky [16 Aug 1890]
  William F., son, age 13, b. Kentucky [15 Oct 1896]
  George W., son, age 6, b. Kentucky [22 Oct 1903]
  Beulah B., daughter, age 2, b. Kentucky [14 May 1908]
  
  [Mary Butler is not listed on this census with her father and new stepmother.  She is seventeen years old and in five years she will marry Amer Ash and they will go west to Missouri, Oklahoma, and California.]
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  1920 U. S. Census, West Milton Township, Trimble County, Kentucky
  William F. Butler, enumerator, 2 January 1920
  Benjamin F. Butler, age 59, b. Kentucky; parents b. Kentucky; farmer by occupation
  Brooke H., wife, age 57, b. Kentucky; father b. Kentucky; mother b. Virginia
  William F., son, age 23, single, b. Kentucky; parents b. Kentucky; farmer by occupation
  George W., son, age 16, single, b. Kentucky; parents b. Kentucky
  Bulah B., daughter, age 12, b. Kentucky; parents b. Kentucky
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  From:  Obituaries from Trimble County, Kentucky before 1928
  
  Butler, Brook(e), 100, died 10 December 1962, buried Moffett Cemetery.  (Mary Brooke Trout d/o John H. and Sarah Abbott Baker m. Ben Butler, 6 November 1895.)  She was 100 years old in June, husband deceased.  Surivived by daughter, Mrs. Robert Kipping; step-daughter Mrs. Allie Marson [Martin]; step-son, William Butler; two sisters, [part of line missing]; and Mrs. Mary Asher [step-daughter, Mary Butler]; one brother, Levi Baker.
  
  [Obituary information is not entirely correct.  Mary Brooke Trout was the daughter of William Francis Trout and Ruhama Brook Cooper and was Ben Butler's second wife and did indeed marry Ben 6 November 1895.  Brook(e) Butler was Ben's third wife and her maiden name was Baker.  Brook H. Baker married Benjamin Franklin Butler in 1903.  This is Brook Baker Butler's obituary and she did indeed see a century - Ben Butler's grandchildren remember her.] 
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  Kentucky Death Records:
  Brook Baker Butler
  Volume 056  Certificate #27572  Death Volume 1962

Details of Brook 's family with Benjamin Franklin  Butler