Champness D. Butler

Birth Date

c1838

Death Date

1864-06-27

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Taylor County, Kentucky, soldier. Russell County, Kentucky, native. Son of Reuben Butler and Cynthia Butler. Married to Sarah E. Carson Butler in Taylor County, Kentucky, on June 29, 1860. Father of Anna C. Butler. Attended school in Russell County in 1850. Resident of Taylor County in 1861. Served in the 13th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a first sergeant, first lieutenant, and captain from December 30, 1861, to June 27, 1864. Killed in action at Kennesaw Mountain, Cobb County, Georgia, on June 27, 1864.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Russell County, District 1, p. 235A.
Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Dependents of Civil War Veterans, ca. 1861 – ca. 1910, NARA RG 15, Application WC123731.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0263.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Taylor County Marriages, Film 000983728.
"Capt Champness D Butler (1840-1864)," Find A Grave," Memorial 32297145, accessed September 28, 2020, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32297145.

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