Butler Family in census
![19KB: William G. and Emily Butler
By 1850 Butler was suffering from financial difficulties stemming largely from the Panic of 1837, when land speculation and federal manipulation of currency caused widespread financial embarrassment even to many who had been quite wealthy. Unable to pay the taxes on most of the property he had owned in Saugatuck Village and environs, Butler moved his family to a farm in Manlius Township which he shared with John Barrager. Others in the Butler family include his third wife, Emily, and ten-year-old James G. Butler, the son by his second wife [Eliza] who had died in 1843. A daughter, Lucy, by his first wife, married in 1849 {see page 431}. Living next door to the Butler-Barrager household is English-born James Harris who had been a blacksmith in the Singapore and Saugatuck lumber mills. Notice that the census taker records that Butler still owns $5000 in real estate.
William died as the result of a logging accident in 1857 and by the 1860 census Emily is living in Allegan, next door to the hotel with the Dawson family. She is 51, and, although no occupation is listed, she might have assisted with the household or the hotel.](https://d8e7jbdw4fu0e.cloudfront.net/4124/bc7bd870-aee9-11ee-ba86-ffcba0c3d76c-vUU1gmE.lg@2x.jpg)
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William G. and Emily Butler By 1850 Butler was suffering from financial difficulties stemming largely from the Panic of 1837, when land speculation and federal manipulation of currency caused widespread financial embarrassment even to many who had been quite wealthy. Unable to pay the taxes on most of the property he had owned in Saugatuck Village and environs, Butler moved his family to a farm in Manlius Township which he shared with John Barrager. Others in the Butler family include his third wife, Emily, and ten-year-old James G. Butler, the son by his second wife [Eliza] who had died in 1843. A daughter, Lucy, by his first wife, married in 1849 {see page 431}. Living next door to the Butler-Barrager household is English-born James Harris who had been a blacksmith in the Singapore and Saugatuck lumber mills. Notice that the census taker records that Butler still owns $5000 in real estate. William died as the result of a logging accident in 1857 and by the 1860 census Emily is living in Allegan, next door to the hotel with the Dawson family. She is 51, and, although no occupation is listed, she might have assisted with the household or the hotel.
