Ignatius Butler
- Name
- Ignatius Butler
- Given Name
- Ignatius
- Family Name
- Butler
- Alternate Name
- Nace
- Birth Date
- 1818
- Sex
- Male
- Description
- Ignatius Butler Jr. was born in approximately 1818 in Saint Inigoes, St. Mary's, Maryland. He was the son of Ignatius Butler and Bibiana Mahoney Butler and the sibling of Henny Butler, Susan Butler Jones, Bridget Butler Thompson, Caroline Butler Scott, Martha Ann Butler Hawkins, Basil Butler, Ann Butler Scott, Gabe Butler, Biby Ann Butler Hawkins, Henry Butler, Thomas Butler, Mary Butler, John Lewis Butler, and Loan Butler. He was enslaved at St. Inigoes when the 1838 sale was being planned. The census inventory of people to be sold in 1838 lists him as having ranaway, and he remained in Maryland while his parents and siblings were taken to Louisiana. Around 1847, he married Eliza Ann and was the father of Henrietta Butler, John Butler, Robert Butler, Ellen Butler, Thomas Christopher Butler, and Walter Butler. On February 14, 1884, he married Linda Washington in St. Inigoes, St. Mary's, Maryland.
- Sibling of
- Susan Butler Jones
- Bridget Butler Thompson
- Caroline Butler Scott
- Basil Butler
- Martha Ann Butler Hawkins
- Ann Butler Scott
- Gabe Butler
- Biby Ann Butler Hawkins
- Henry Butler
- Thomas Butler
- Mary Butler
- Henny Butler
- Place of Significance
- St. Inigoes (St. Inigoes, Maryland)
- Source Resource
- http://onthesegrounds.georgetown.domains/omeka/api/items/2287
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