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    Sarah Jones Butler (Hildreth)

    Birth: 8-17-1816

    Death: 4-8-1876

Biography

Born in Massachusetts. Her father was a physician. She was a popular Shakespearean actress until her marriage in 1844 to Benjamin Butler, a wealthy Massachusetts lawyer and politician, and controversialCivil War major general. She was intelligent and attentive to her husband's military and political aspirations. She stayed in Washington during the Civil War while Butler was stationed at Fort Monroe, VA.

Letter References

Letter from Lazette Miller Worden to Augustus Henry Seward, January 25, 1869

Letter from Frances Adeline Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, February 14, 1863

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, March, 1832

Citations

Biography and Citation Information:
Biography: 
Born in Massachusetts. Her father was a physician. She was a popular Shakespearean actress until her marriage in 1844 to Benjamin Butler, a wealthy Massachusetts lawyer and politician, and controversialCivil War major general. She was intelligent and attentive to her husband's military and political aspirations. She stayed in Washington during the Civil War while Butler was stationed at Fort Monroe, VA.
Citation Type: 
Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
The Letters of Jessie Benton Frémont
Author(s) or Editor(s): 
Pamela Herr, Mary Lee Spence
Publisher Name: 
University of Illinois Press
Year: 
1993
Start Page: 
368
End Page: 
368
Citation Notes: 
http://books.google.com/books?id=sYFVlFO5D0EC&pg=PA368&lpg=PA368&dq=sarah+hildreth+butler+actress&source=bl&ots=P_ywMzYuHS&sig=Hx1LzWr-tTdtkSdRAdYdZP80sow&hl=en&sa=X&ei=crcQU4iMFKP42QWB3ICACA&ved=0CFsQ6AEwDw#v=onepage&q&f=false
Citation for Birth Info:
Citation Type: 
Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
The Butler ancestry of Gen. Benjamin Franklin Butler in America
Author(s) or Editor(s): 
Blanche Butler Ames
Publisher Location: 
Lowell, MA
Year: 
1895
Start Page: 
3
End Page: 
3
Citation Notes: 
https://archive.org/details/butlerancestryof01ames
Citation for Death Info:
Citation Type: 
Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
The Butler ancestry of Gen. Benjamin Franklin Butler in America
Author(s) or Editor(s): 
Blanche Butler Ames
Publisher Location: 
Lowell, MA
Year: 
1895
Start Page: 
3
End Page: 
3
Citation Notes: 
https://archive.org/details/butlerancestryof01ames