Quincy A. Butler

At this stage, little is known about Quincy A. Butler. He was born about 1827 in Pennsylvania and it is not known where or when he died. He appears in the 1850 census in Pennsylvania and in 1857 was living in New Garden, Chester County, Pennsylvania. [There are no page numbers given for this 1857 state census, an index of which is also on CD-20 from Family Tree Maker]

New Garden was founded in 1700. One of the earliest townships in Pennsylvania, the name came from New Garden in County Wicklow, Ireland. Many of the early settlers were Quakers.Was Quincy a Quaker? I really don't know but until I learn that he wasn't, I will keep the icon!

The Morgan County, Ohio, Marriage Book C, November 22, 1853 to November 22, 1860 records the marriage of Quincy A. Butler to Jane Caning (Canning?) on March 12, 1856. Did Quincy return to New Garden so as to be recorded in the 1857 Pennsylvania State Census? [Thanks to Verna M. Trayer for the information on the marriage.]

There is no mention of a Quincy A. Butler in Chester County, Pennsylvania in the 1860 census. Quincy A. Butler, born in Pennsylvania, appears in the 1860 Census as living in Marion Township, Morgan County, Ohio. Living with him and his wife Jane were Nathan Butler (born about 1784) and Sarah Butler (born about 1781).

Family #996-927 in Marion Twp:

1. Quincey A Butler, age 32, born in PA, farmer, $1000/250
2. Jane, age 34, born in PA (~1826)
3. Nathan Butler, age 76, born in PA (~1784)
4. Sarah Butler, age 79, born in PA (~1781)
5. Amy Cameron, age 51, born in VA, domestic

An extension to this hypothesis is that Nathan may have been related to a James and Margaret Brown Butler who were living in Chester County at about that time. Their son Thomas Butler was born in 1786.

In the 1870 census Quincy A. Butler was living in Pennsville, Homer Township, Morgan County, Ohio (red dot on the map to the right). where he was listed as a farmer with estate valued at $2,500 and personal belongings valued at $1,000.

Jerry Ellis sent me the following information about Pennsville. " My 3rd great granfather, John Sidwell, was born in North Carolina and moved with his Quaker family to Wrightsboro Georgia. As the settlement begin to die out the Sidwells moved with a lot of others Quakers to the state of Ohio. His son, Nathan Sidwell, married Rebecca Baker who was not a Quaker. According to written stories Nathan and his son Nathan Jr. laid out the town of Pennsville in 1828 on their farm. The Sidwells came to Ohio around 1813. They also laid out the town of Stockport which was first called Windsor. This was on the Muskingum River and was a port from which they used to haul trade up and down the river between Marietta and Zanesville. Most of the Sidwell's were blacksmiths and carpenters. They came to America with the Friends and settled in Chester Co. Pa. before the Mason-Dixon line changed their town to Cecil Co. Md. My ancestor John Sidwell had a wandering foot I guess as he lived in Virginia and North Carolina where he help build the first court house in Orange Co. They moved on to Georgia and then to Ohio and then my ancestor Jessie moved to Washington Co. Ark. then on to Collin Co. Tx. where most of my ancestors lived until the 1900's; then they moved on to Baylor Co. TX."

Quincy A, Butler was married to Jane Canning and one child is known.

1. Charles A. Butler
   [b. August, 1862 in Pennsville, Ohio d. in 1948 in Zanesville, Ohio