Evie Lena BROWN5,1,2,3,4

9th Mar 18711,2,3,4 - 28th May 19461

Life History

9th Mar 1871	Born in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee.1,2,3,4
23rd Jan 1886	Married Thomas Ethelbert BUTLER in Shelby County, Tennessee.5
Aug 1888	Birth of son George BUTLER in Shelby County, Tennessee
25th Aug 1889	Birth of daughter Nora Lee BUTLER in Shelby County, Tennessee.3,7,8
about 1892	Birth of daughter Johnanna BUTLER in Shelby County, Tennessee.4
Mar 1894	Birth of son Thomas Ethelbert BUTLER in Shelby County, Tennessee.9,10
7th Feb 1925	Death of Thomas Ethelbert BUTLER in Residence 3530 Forrest Avenue (City, Memphis?), Shelby County, Tennessee.11
19th Oct 1929	Death of daughter Nora Lee BUTLER in Gartly-Ramsay Hospital, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee.6,7
28th May 1946	Died in John Gaston Hospital, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee.1 Multiple Pulmonary Infarcts (?), Hypertensive Cardio-Vascular Disease, Myocardial Damage
30th May 1946	Buried in Mullins Chapel, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee.1

Notes

Evie Lena Brown
Birth 09 MAR 1871 in Memphis, Tennessee
Death May 28, 1946 in Memphis, Tennessee
Parents George Washington Brown b 1847
Mary A Arendale 1845 - 1904
Spouse 1 Thomas Ethelbert Butler 1852 - 1925
Spouse 2 John Wesley Stauffer 1887 - 1956
-- Burgess and Webster,http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/11921239/person/-370314600?pgNum=1&ftm=1

Marriage Records, Shelby County, Tennessee
T E Butler and Miss Evalena [Evie Lena] Brown
Issued 22 Jan 1886
Bond of $1250 signed by T E Butler and G W Brown
Married Jan 23, 1886 by H J Turner, Minister of the Gospel

The genealogy reports a birth date one year later than the yearreported in the 1900 census. That census is often a year off. Herdeath certifiacte reports no date of birth.

1900 Federal Census, Shelby County, Tennessee, 4 June, Civil District16, Enumeration District 53, page 10A, Hse/Fam #34
Butler, Thomas Head W M Nov 1852 48 Married 14 years MS TN TN FarmerRent
Butler, Evie Wife W M Mar 1870 30 Married 14 years 4 children/4living TN MS MS Farm Laborer
Butler, George Son W M Aug 1888 12 Single TN TN TN At School
Butler, Nora Dau W F Aug 1889 11 Single TN TN TN At School
Butler, John A Dau [sic] W F Feb 1892 9 Single AR TN TN At School
Butler, Tom Son W M Mar 1895 5 Single AR TN TN

"vie Lena Brown Butler marrying a Stauffer. He was herdaughter-in-law's brother. Evie Lena married him after Thomas E.died. I think the Stauffer guy was younger than my greatgrandmother."
-- Janice Burgess Lipford, Ancestry Messaging, 23 September 2011

Tennessee Death Certificate
Certificate #13435
Evelyn Stauffer, Occupation Housewife
Birth date not reported, Place Tennessee
Death 28 May 1946 at John Gaston Hospital, Memphis, Shelby County,Tennessee
Cause of Death Multiple Pulmonary Infarcts (?), HypertensiveCardio-Vascular Disease, Myocardial Damage
Father George Brown, born Tennessee
Mother Mary Arndale, born Tennessee
Husband John W Stauffer
Informant H G Miller
Burial 30 May 1946 in Mullins Chapel, Memphis, by Cosmopolitan FuneralHome, Memphis
Filed 5 June 1946

Sources

1. Tennessee Death Certificate
- Certificate #13435
2. Ancestry Trees
- Burgess and Webster,
3. 1900 Federal Census, Shelby County, Tennessee
- 4 June, Civil District 16, Enumeration District 53, page 10A, Hse/Fam
4. 1910 Federal Census, Shelby County, Tennessee
- 4 May, Civil District 16, Enumeration District 88, Page 10A, Hse/Fam
5. Marriage Records, Shelby County, Tennessee
6. Janice Burgess Lipford, Ancestry Messaging, 23 September 2011
7. Tennessee Death Certificate
- #3338
8. 1920 Federal Census, Shelby County, Tennessee
- 13 January, District 65, page 6B, No Incorporated Place, Holmes
9. 1920 Federal Census, Shelby County, Tennessee
- 6 February, Civil District 9, Enumeration District 32, page 19A, Hse
10. 1910 Federal Census, Shelby County, Tennessee
- 4 May, Civilo District 16, Enumeration District 88, Page 10A, Hse/Fam
11. Tennessee Death Certificate
- Certificate #004513