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Données personnelles COL. RICHARD PARKER BUTLER 

• Il est né le 1 avril 1743 dans Par-St Bridgets Dublin Ireland.
• Il est décédé le 4 novembre 1791 dans Battle of the Miamis, in, Ohio, Verenigde Staten, il avait 48 ans.
• Un enfant de THOMAS DAUGHERTY BUTLER et ELEANOR PARKER
• Cette information a été mise à jour pour la dernière fois le 13 mai 2023.

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Gen Richard Butler
Birth: 1 Apr 1743 Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Death: 4 Nov 1791 (aged 48) Mercer County, Ohio, USA
Burial: Fort Recovery Monument Park, Fort Recovery, Mercer County, Ohio, USA
Plot: Unknown
Memorial #: 25945748
Bio: American Revolutionary War Veteran-one of the famous "fighting Butlers" of Pennsylvania.
Killed at Arthur St. Clair's Defeat in Ohio territory. It is alleged that he was buried separately from the other dead in a coffin; that the burial site was lost; and that the coffin was accidentally found years later in the Town of Ft Recovery Ohio and that it was reburied in Soldiers Monument, Ft Recovery Ohio

Service Record:
Ref: Heitman's register of Officers of the Continental Army during the war of the Revolution April,1775 to December 1783 published 1893 .p.111

"Butler, Richard (PA)
Captain 2d Pennsylvania Battalion 5th January, 1776;
Appointed Indian agent 17th May, 1778, and lost rank in army:
Major 8th Pennsylvania, 20th July, 1776;
Lieutenant-Colonel,12th March, 1777, to rank from 28th September, 1776;
Colonel 9th Pennsylvania, 7th June, 1777;
transferred to 5th Pennsylvania, 17th January, 1781;
transferred to 3d Pennsylvania, 1st January, 1783, and served to 3d November, 1783;
brevet Brigadier-General, 30th September, 1783;
Major-General UNited States Levirs in 1791;
killed 4th November, 1791, in action with Indians near Fort Recovery, Ohio"








Richard Butler was the son of Thomas Butler and Eleanor Parker
Family Members
Parents
Thomas Butler 1720-1787
Spouse
Maria Smith Butler 1747-1824
Siblings
William Butler 1745-1789
Thomas Butler 1748-1805
Percival "Pierce" Butler 1760-1821
Edward Butler 1762-1803
Children
Mary Butler Meason 1785-1878
James Butler 1787-1788
James Richard Butler 1789-1842
Maintained by: Helen Rineer (47062386)
Originally Created by: P Fazzini (46565936)
Added: 11 Apr 2008
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25945748/richard-butler
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25945748/richard-butler: accessed 13 May 2023), memorial page for Gen Richard Butler (1 Apr 1743œ4 Nov 1791), Find a Grave Memorial ID 25945748, citing Fort Recovery Monument Park, Fort Recovery, Mercer County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by Helen Rineer (contributor 47062386).

General Richard Butler
Born about 1 Apr 1743 in St. Bridget's Parish, Dublin, Ireland
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Son of Thomas Butler and Eleanor Parker
Brother of William Butler, Thomas Butler Jr., Mary Butler, Rebecca Butler, Percival Butler, Edward Butler and Eleanor Butler
[spouse(s) unknown]
Father of James Butler and William Butler
Died 4 Nov 1791 at about age 48 in Fort Recovery, Mercer, Ohio, United States
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Biography

Major General Richard Butler served with Pennsylvania Militia during the American Revolution.

Richard Butler was born in Ireland.

Richard Butler is Notable.
by Jean Rawlings Meaney
"The blood of the Butlers is hot and bold but it is always true to the truth." In 1748 Thomas Butler, a gunsmith, with his wife Eleanor and three small sons left his newly established gun shop in Dublin, Ireland, for Pennsylvania. They settled in Lancaster, had 2 daughters, later moving to the frontier town of Carlisle where they had two more sons and a daughter. Thomas, assisted by his two eldest sons, manufactured Pennsylvania long rifles for the French and Indian War. His gun shop still stands in Carlisle. The five sons of Thomas and Eleanor Butler became known during the Revolutionary War as "The Fighting Butlers" for their great bravery in battle. A historical marker honoring the Butlers is in downtown Carlisle.
Carlisle was a hotbed of the American Revolution. Very early in 1776 the young Butler patriots (Richard, William, Thomas, Percival "Pierce") enlisted in Washington's Army. (Edward, who was too young, enlisted later.) The elder Thomas supported the cause by becoming Public Armourer, supervising other gunsmiths for the Continental Congress in Philadelphia. Brave Eleanor remained at home saying, "This country needs every man who can shoulder a musket." All four brothers wintered in Valley Forge with Washington's troops in 1777-78. The eldest Richard, who first served with Gen. Dan Morgan, rapidly moved up to the rank of General and was second in command to Washington at Yorktown when Cornwallis surrendered. William, the second son and family favorite, became a Colonel, famous for his bravery. Thomas, a Major by the end of the war, fought in every battle in the Middle States and was commended for his bravery on the field by Washington at the Battle of the Brandywine. Lafayette once wrote about the Butler brothers, "When I wanted a thing well done, I ordered a Butler to do it." Celebrating the victory at Yorktown, Washington toasted the whole Butler family to his officers. "The Butlers and their five sons!"
After the War, the Butlers continued to distinguish themselves in American history. Leaving the Army, Pierce migrated to Kentucky where he became its first Adjutant General and remained in that position for 24 years, the longest term ever served. Three of his sons fought with Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans. William died in Pittsburgh in 1789, his health never having recovered from his war years. Gen. Richard Butler and his two brothers Thomas and Edward joined an army which had been formed by Congress to fight the Indians on the frontier. In Ohio 1791 they fought bravely in the battle known as St. Clair's Defeat, the worst military disaster ever fought with Indians. Richard, second in command to St. Clair, was shot twice, tomahawked and scalped. Thomas was shot in both legs, his thigh broken; he would not have survived had not the dying Richard insisted that Edward save Thomas by retreating with the remnant of the army. Richard remains to this day the most senior U. S. officer killed in combat. The results of this terrible battle convinced Congress to form a permanent army.
Thomas and Edward continued to serve their country in the U.S. Army. Under Gen. Anthony Wayne in 1794, they finally conquered the confederation of Ohio Indian tribes at the Battle of Fallen Timbers. Col. Thomas commanded Ft. Fayette in Pittsburgh during the Whiskey Rebellion and intimidated the insurgents with his fierce reputation, more than the meager number of his men. The two brothers then served in Tennessee. There in 1803 Edward died leaving four small children. His two young sons were reared by his close friends, Rachel and Andrew Jackson. Thomas, second in command in the U. S. Army, died two years later in New Orleans of Yellow Fever, after having been court-martialed for refusing to cut his long braid of hair, the badge of his Revolutionary War service. His three teenage children became wards of the Jackson's who married them to their nieces and nephews. One of Edward's daughters also married a Jackson nephew.
Fighting Butler descendants continued to fight. Sons of each served in the War of 1812 and the Mexican War; when the War between the States occurred, fighting Butlers served on the sides of both North and South.
For more information on "The Fighting Butlers": See Jean Meaney's family tree at RootsWebThomas Butler, Gunsmith, Descendants E-mail Jean R. MeaneyE-mail Jean R. Meaney
An officer of the Pennsylvania line in the Revolution; brigadier general, 1783; major general U.S. levies, 1791; killed in action, Nov. 4, 1791 Signed Treaty of Fort Harmar, 9 Jan 1789, between US and western tribes[1]
Spouse: Mary Smith. Daughter Mary married Isaac Meason.[2]
Legacy
•Three U.S. states have counties named in his honor. They are: Kentucky, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
Sources
1? Territorial Papers of the US; Volume Number: Vol 2; Page Number: 179; Family Number: 3 Ancestry.com. U.S. Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820 https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2234&h=143752&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Pyr193&_phstart=successSource
2? Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed Jan 7, 2021), "Record of BUTLER, RICHARD", Ancestor # A017706.
•Gen Richard Butler on Wikipedia
•Find A Grave: Memorial #25945748 Fort Recovery Monument Park Fort Recovery, Mercer County, Ohio, USA

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