Person:Sarah Ker (1)
Sarah Evalina Ker
b.26 Feb 1823 Adams, Mississippi, United States
d.4 Feb 1868 Terrebonne, Louisiana, United States
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  1. Thomas William Butler1851 - 1913
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Name Sarah Evalina Ker
Gender Female
Birth[1] 26 Feb 1823 Adams, Mississippi, United States
Marriage 18 Oct 1849 Adams County, Mississippito Richard E. Butler
Death[1] 4 Feb 1868 Terrebonne, Louisiana, United States
Burial[1] St. Francisville, West Feliciana, Louisiana, United StatesGrace Episcopal Church Cemetery
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Sarah Evalina Ker

  • Letter from Sara E. Ker Butler, Le Carpe Plantation, Terrebonne Parish, La., to Margaret Butler discusses a female relative at Evergreen Plantation who is there by herself after her husband left, expressing admiration for her doing that. She discusses her garden and news from Natchez regarding Mr. Martin's troop (probably William T. Martin), of which three Conner boys (the Lemuel Conner family) are members and that he is drawing applications for it from Mississippi and Louisiana. She remarks that companies are forming and she is still unhappy about the war :"what a price to pay [men enlisting] and for what?" She admits that the aggressiveness of the North has done more to reconcile her to things than anything else. She also discusses the effect of secession on the Episcopal Church, praising Bishop [Leonidas] Polk and noting the "unity of church is not touched."
Author - Butler, Sarah Ker, 1823-1868.
Source URL http://cdm16313.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15140coll10/id/618/rec/1
Date - 07 Jun 1861
Format - letter (4 p.),
Repository - Louisiana State University Libraries, Special Collections (http://www.lib.lsu.edu/special).
Repository Collection Name - Margaret Butler Correspondence, Mss. 1068
Rights - Physical rights are retained by the LSU Libraries. Copyright has expired and the item is therefore in the public domain. Permission to reproduce this image must be requested through the Special Collections Division, Louisiana State University Libraries.
Digital Collection - Civil War: Context & Conflict
Language - english
Topic(s) - women; military; attitudes about war; secession; religion
Cite as - Margaret Butler Correspondence, Mss. 1068, Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections, LSU Libraries, Baton Rouge, La.
  • Biographical Note

Margaret Butler, daughter of Louisiana judge Thomas Butler and Ann Ellis Butler, lived at the Cottage in West Feliciana Parish near Saint Francisville. The Butlers were sugar and cotton planters. Two Butler Plantations, Grand Caillou and Le Carpe, were operated by Judge Thomas Butlers son, Richard Ellis Butler (1819-1880). Richard Ellis Butler married Sarah Evalina Ker (1823-1868) of Natchez in 1849.

Call Number or Shelving Location - S:24
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Sarah E Ker Butler, in Find A Grave.

    Inscription:
    Wife of Richard E Butler

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