Son of William H. and Mariva Susan (Cadwell) Butler; married 1st) Ida Arabelle Curtis on Feb 11, 1880 in Perry, NY; 3 children: Herbert, Elma, & Dorothy; married 2nd) Daisy J. Hardenburg on Jan 28, 1926. Frank's Grandmother was Ida's Aunt, so they were cousins. Frank was descended from Elder William Brewster of the Mayflower and Ida was descended from many English merchants who came to America in the early 1600's.
Frank & Ida left NY between 1883 & 1889 for the Silver Mines around Denver, where Frank made some unsuccessful venture capital speculations. Their youngest daughter, Dorothy was born in 1890 in Denver, but by 1894, they were in Los Angeles, CA, living with Ida's elderly father, William.
By 1906, they moved to Portland, OR, then to Knappa, Clatsop Co, OR by 1908 where they rented one-half of the Bagley house. This is how their youngest daughter, Dorothy, met her future husband, Lewiston Bagley, who lived in the other half of the house.
Frank farmed on rented property in Knappa, growing potatoes at his Cedar Brook Farm, until he leased the Fisher Farm in nearby Svensen in Oct 1913. By 1916, they bought farming property in Brownsmead, built a house and barn, and moved into the new house in March 1918. Frank and Ida operated a prosperous farm, raising and selling beef, pigs, vegetables, cream, and eggs. Frank was very prominent in civic affairs, serving as Director of the Clatsop Co Fair, Chairman of the Blind Slough School Board of Directors, President of the Clatsop Co Farmers Club, President of the Brownsmead Jersey Bull Association, Director from the Brownsmead district of the Lower Columbia Cooperative Dairy Association in Astoria, and a charter member of the Brownsmead Grange, which he helped to build. The Grange still stands today, its handsome wooden ceiling and floor a testament of his building skills. Frank raised and showed Jerseys in the Fair and recently a silver-plated trophy of a Jersey bull that Frank had won was found in his daughter's long-unopened trunk. His obituary called him "a prominent dairyman and farmer of Brownsmead".
Frank & Ida left NY between 1883 & 1889 for the Silver Mines around Denver, where Frank made some unsuccessful venture capital speculations. Their youngest daughter, Dorothy was born in 1890 in Denver, but by 1894, they were in Los Angeles, CA, living with Ida's elderly father, William.
By 1906, they moved to Portland, OR, then to Knappa, Clatsop Co, OR by 1908 where they rented one-half of the Bagley house. This is how their youngest daughter, Dorothy, met her future husband, Lewiston Bagley, who lived in the other half of the house.
Frank farmed on rented property in Knappa, growing potatoes at his Cedar Brook Farm, until he leased the Fisher Farm in nearby Svensen in Oct 1913. By 1916, they bought farming property in Brownsmead, built a house and barn, and moved into the new house in March 1918. Frank and Ida operated a prosperous farm, raising and selling beef, pigs, vegetables, cream, and eggs. Frank was very prominent in civic affairs, serving as Director of the Clatsop Co Fair, Chairman of the Blind Slough School Board of Directors, President of the Clatsop Co Farmers Club, President of the Brownsmead Jersey Bull Association, Director from the Brownsmead district of the Lower Columbia Cooperative Dairy Association in Astoria, and a charter member of the Brownsmead Grange, which he helped to build. The Grange still stands today, its handsome wooden ceiling and floor a testament of his building skills. Frank raised and showed Jerseys in the Fair and recently a silver-plated trophy of a Jersey bull that Frank had won was found in his daughter's long-unopened trunk. His obituary called him "a prominent dairyman and farmer of Brownsmead".
Son of William H. and Mariva Susan (Cadwell) Butler; married 1st) Ida Arabelle Curtis on Feb 11, 1880 in Perry, NY; 3 children: Herbert, Elma, & Dorothy; married 2nd) Daisy J. Hardenburg on Jan 28, 1926. Frank's Grandmother was Ida's Aunt, so they were cousins. Frank was descended from Elder William Brewster of the Mayflower and Ida was descended from many English merchants who came to America in the early 1600's.
Frank & Ida left NY between 1883 & 1889 for the Silver Mines around Denver, where Frank made some unsuccessful venture capital speculations. Their youngest daughter, Dorothy was born in 1890 in Denver, but by 1894, they were in Los Angeles, CA, living with Ida's elderly father, William.
By 1906, they moved to Portland, OR, then to Knappa, Clatsop Co, OR by 1908 where they rented one-half of the Bagley house. This is how their youngest daughter, Dorothy, met her future husband, Lewiston Bagley, who lived in the other half of the house.
Frank farmed on rented property in Knappa, growing potatoes at his Cedar Brook Farm, until he leased the Fisher Farm in nearby Svensen in Oct 1913. By 1916, they bought farming property in Brownsmead, built a house and barn, and moved into the new house in March 1918. Frank and Ida operated a prosperous farm, raising and selling beef, pigs, vegetables, cream, and eggs. Frank was very prominent in civic affairs, serving as Director of the Clatsop Co Fair, Chairman of the Blind Slough School Board of Directors, President of the Clatsop Co Farmers Club, President of the Brownsmead Jersey Bull Association, Director from the Brownsmead district of the Lower Columbia Cooperative Dairy Association in Astoria, and a charter member of the Brownsmead Grange, which he helped to build. The Grange still stands today, its handsome wooden ceiling and floor a testament of his building skills. Frank raised and showed Jerseys in the Fair and recently a silver-plated trophy of a Jersey bull that Frank had won was found in his daughter's long-unopened trunk. His obituary called him "a prominent dairyman and farmer of Brownsmead".
Frank & Ida left NY between 1883 & 1889 for the Silver Mines around Denver, where Frank made some unsuccessful venture capital speculations. Their youngest daughter, Dorothy was born in 1890 in Denver, but by 1894, they were in Los Angeles, CA, living with Ida's elderly father, William.
By 1906, they moved to Portland, OR, then to Knappa, Clatsop Co, OR by 1908 where they rented one-half of the Bagley house. This is how their youngest daughter, Dorothy, met her future husband, Lewiston Bagley, who lived in the other half of the house.
Frank farmed on rented property in Knappa, growing potatoes at his Cedar Brook Farm, until he leased the Fisher Farm in nearby Svensen in Oct 1913. By 1916, they bought farming property in Brownsmead, built a house and barn, and moved into the new house in March 1918. Frank and Ida operated a prosperous farm, raising and selling beef, pigs, vegetables, cream, and eggs. Frank was very prominent in civic affairs, serving as Director of the Clatsop Co Fair, Chairman of the Blind Slough School Board of Directors, President of the Clatsop Co Farmers Club, President of the Brownsmead Jersey Bull Association, Director from the Brownsmead district of the Lower Columbia Cooperative Dairy Association in Astoria, and a charter member of the Brownsmead Grange, which he helped to build. The Grange still stands today, its handsome wooden ceiling and floor a testament of his building skills. Frank raised and showed Jerseys in the Fair and recently a silver-plated trophy of a Jersey bull that Frank had won was found in his daughter's long-unopened trunk. His obituary called him "a prominent dairyman and farmer of Brownsmead".
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