All about Clarissa Katherine "Katy" (Green) (Gould) Butt.

Here's an enlargement of the sideways article at the bottom of the picture of the children of Bazil and Mahala.  It's an obituary for Clarissa Katherine (Green) (Gould) Butt.  I call her Katy as did my father and his mother.  She was my gr grandmother.  This section  discusses not only Katy but her family, the Houston's, the Sinkey's, Brandon Township, Jackson County, Iowa and The Big Woods.

Return to picture of Morgan Butt and siblings where this article was included.

I know of three errors in this obituary.  First, "Mrs. Della Warner" should be Mrs. Della Mariner/Marriner.  Second, "Mrs. Delia Nowacheck" should be Mrs. Adelia Nowachek, and third, "Mrs. Rebecca Horte" should be Mrs. Rebecca Harter.

Here is an exchange of letters between Mrs. Everett Nowachek (Wanda Lea NcNabb), Don C. Woods, Howard Butts and Alan Nowachek, son of Mr. and Mrs Everett Nowachek.

I have been in contact with a descendant of Rebecca.  His name is Jon Spencer.  He lives in Oregon.  Here's how he descends.

Rebecca Jane Green married William Harter.  They had a daughter named Olive.  Olive Harter married a man named Sapp.  Olive (Harter) Sapp and her husband had a daughter named Jesse Sapp.  Jesse Sapp married a Mr. Spencer and they had a son named Phillip Spencer.  This Phillip Spencer was the father of Jon Spencer, the gentleman with whom I've been communicating.

John has provided me with this document.  Note that whom ever filled out this form or provided the information thought Isabella Houston was born in Kentucky.  Note also the spelling of her father's name; "Rawleigh".  I've seen his name spelled a variety of ways including "Roley".  Reading and writing, and in particular, spelling were skills not acquired by many during this era.  

Here's a photo provided by Jon Spencer of Olive (Harter) Sapp, daughter of Rebecca Jane (Green) Harter, grand daughter of Rolla Green and wife Isabella Jane Houston, and her family.  This photo was taken on the Sapp homestead near Alsea, Benton County, Oregon in about 1916.

This is a picture of Clarissa Katherine "Katy" and her sister Lydia.  These were sisters of Rebecca and therefore Aunt's of Olive (Harter) Sapp.  This is a scan of a picture one of my father's Ripperton cousin's had made from a tin-type.  These girls along with their siblings were 1st cousin's 1 time removed of Mahala (Green) Butt.  Their common ancestors are Regnal GREEN Sr. and who I will call henceforth, "Sarah (?) - wife 2 of Rignal Sr.".  Some record the last name of this Sarah "Duncan".  I will discuss this more later.  Descendants of Lydia Stickley, Nancy Beatty (various spellings) and Rena Stowers still live in Jackson County, Iowa.

As noted variously above, these two girls were daughters of Rolla Green and wife Isabella Jane Houston (Huston).  Rolla and Isabella had a total of eight children, Lydia was the oldest, Katy the fifth oldest.  Rebecca Jane discussed above was the 7th of the eight.  The parents of Isabella Jane Houston were Andrew Houston and Elizabeth Green.  Elizabeth Green was Mahala (Green) Butt's aunt.  Their common ancestors were Rignal Green Sr. and "Sarah (?) - wife 2 of Rignal Sr.".

Recently a cousin who descends from Nancy (Green) Batey, sister of the above two and second oldest of the children of Rolla and Isabella, sent me the following photo's.  At one time there was a fine dance hall in Monmouth, Iowa.  These two plaques were on the wall near the cloak room.  These man were all the men from the surrounding area who served in the military during WWII.  Note my uncle Onie Butt and many of his Ripperton/Nowachek cousins.

Also, many people who had attended the dances either wrote their names on the wall or carved them in the plaster.

G. A. Butt is my fathers brother (my uncle) George Addis Butt.

That dance hall is being restored.  I will take pictures of both the inside and out and post them as well.

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Before I proceed further with Rignal Green Sr. and "Sarah (?) - wife 2 of Rignal Sr.", I want to present the following which I received from Mary Hicks.

1.  REGINAL (REGNAL) GREEN⁵ SR.  (WILLIAM⁴ GREEN I, ROBERT³ GREENE, THOMAS², THOMAS¹) was born Abt. 1724, and died Abt. 1834 in Fairfield Co, Ohio.  He married (1) MARY MAXWELL/ MAUDE TOTTEN.    He married (2) SARAH DUNCAN Abt. 1755 in Berkeley Co, Virginia, daughter of MATTHEW DUNCAN SR.  She was born Abt. 1735, and died Aft. March 25, 1787 in Berkeley Co, Va--now W. Va..  He married (3) SARAH BUTT January 15, 1788 in Berkeley Co, Virginia, daughter of SAMUEL BUTT and ELIZABETH.  She was born Abt. 1744 in Berkeley Co, Virginia, and died in Fairfield Co, Ohio.

Notes for REGINAL (REGNAL) GREEN SR.:

September 2, 1755, there was a court martial recorded for Regnal Green where he was fined 5 shillings, or 50 pounds of tobacco, for missing a muster of the Frederick Co Foot Company of the Virginia Militia, during the French and Indian War.

  Indenture-Regnal Green and wife Sarah of Berkeley Co, Va, sold their share of father's estate to Joseph McMurran Dec 11, 1800.  150 acres was part of a tract of 297 acres of property that had originally been deeded to William Green in 1751 by Thomas Lord Fairfax and surveyed by young George Washington.  Property was equally divided between brothers William and Regnal.  Regnal's wife, Sarah could not travel to court, witnesses had to be sent to her.  Transaction completer June 22, 1801.  McMurran paid 762 lbs and 10 shillings in current Maryland money.  Cannot find a copy of Regnal's will. 

  There are some deeds signed by Regnal recorded in the Fairfield Co, Ohio, Court House, Lancaster, Ohio.  He probably did not leave Virginia until after his mother's death, and arrived in Ohio sometime between 1802-1804.  The earliest record of him in Fairfield Co, Ohio, is on a deed to his son Thomas, dated May, 1805, selling Thomas 320 acres in Fairfield Co.

  Historians say that on the day that Regnal turned 100 years old he rode from his home in Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania, on horseback, to his son George's house in Johnstown, Ohio.  {It has been pointed out to me that this is incorrect.  He actually rode from Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio where he lived and is buried.}   As he entered the lane to George's home he struck his horse with a hat and road on a gallop whooping and shouting all the way.  This ride could have occurred any time after 1806, when George moved to Johnstown, until George's death in 1862.

  I believe that some of the listed children of Regnal and Sarah were born to a second wife whose name is unknown-possibly Sarah Duncan.

  Some researchers give his death date as July 10, 1819, Fairfield Co, Ohio--I have not proven this point.

  BOOK: THE MEMORIAL RECORD OF LICKING COUNTY, by Benjamine Green Jr, son of Regnal Green Jr and his wife Sarah Willison:  "The paternal grandfather of our subject, Regnal Green, was a native of Virginia and a farmer by occupation.  He was several times married, having two sons by his first wife, and six by his second, who was the grandmother of our subject.  He attained the great age of 110 years, and so remarkable was his activity and strength at an advanced age, that on the day he was 100 years old he rode a Horse on a gallop.  The maternal grandfather of our subject was also a native of Virginia, probably a farmer by occupation, and lived to a ripe old age."

  Notes for SARAH DUNCAN:

Her last name is unproven.  Some researchers say it is Duncan, and others say that is not so.  I received the following letter in 2002 from Vivian Boerger, who had this to say about Sarah's name being Duncan:

  I read your data about Andrew Huston and Elizabeth Green's family, and noted that you list Elizabeth as a daughter of Regnal Green and Sarah Duncan.  Sarah Duncan was not her mother.  Sarah Duncan was never married to Regnal Green.  I know that Bob Green in his book "The Green Tree" said that Sarah Duncan MIGHT have been a wife of Regnal Green, but it has not been proven.  Sarah Duncan's first husband was Charles Greer, and apparently Bob Green's researcher misread Sarah's name in her brother's will as Sarah Green.  Just finding a person whose name was thought to be Green was pretty flimsy evidence that she was a wife of Regnal Green, so I wasn't content to put her into my records without doing some research about her myself.  I found that Sarah was married to Charles Greer first, and later to William Bell.  After William Bell died she moved to Kentucky near her brother's family, and in her will she left her possessions to her nieces and nephews, so apparently she never had any children of her own.

  Vivian Boerger

(this has not been proven by me, Mary Hicks, in the year 2002)

I have other information from Lorie Kerns that verifies that the maiden name of "Sarah (?) - wife 2 of Rignal Sr." was not Duncan.   That MARY MAXWELL/ MAUDE TOTTEN was not the first wife of Rignal Sr. is also confirmed by Lorie's information.  I will present all that information later.  Suffice it to say at this point, I will refer to Rignal Green Sr.'s three known wives as "? ? - wife 1 of Rignal Sr.", "Sarah (?) - wife 2 of Rignal Sr." and "Sarah Butt - wife 3 of Rignal Sr.".

The above document gives Rignal's birth date as "Abt. 1724".  This is also questionable.  I will present information from Lorie Kerns below that seems to be correct.  In any event, I have the following that says that in 1850, A Rignal Green was 65 which would make his birth year 1785.  This Rignal was the son of Rignal Sr. and "Sarah (?) - wife 2 of Rignal Sr.".  This Rignal was married to Sarah Willison.  Sarah Willison was Diadema Willison's sister and therefore Mahala Green's Aunt.  If these dates are correct, Rignal Sr. would have been 61 years old when Rignal Jr. listed here below was born.

I have chosen to present the information I have that seems credible to me and hope the reader can sort through it and makes sense of it.  I cannot.  I have at least as much conflicting information as I do that which agrees.

Andrew Houston and Rolla Green are mystery men too, albeit to different degree's.  Neither of their graves have been found.   But then, neither has that of Isabella Jane (Houston) Green.

I have been searching the Crabbtown area for these graves.  Recently I came across a posting that a Ken Wright made for the "Said Cemetery" just north of Crabbtown.  It was the first I knew of that Cemetery.  I send Ken Write the following message.  His reply is at the top.

----- Original Message -----

From: Ken Wright

To: Dennis Butt

Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 10:58 PM

Subject: Re: Locating graves

 

Dennis:
It is my understanding that there was a cemetery at Crabbtown that was bulldozed by a farmer and no longer exists. You might find something at the Genealogy library at the fairgrounds.
Ken
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Ken:

My gr gr grandfather was Rolla Green.  His wife was Isabella Jane Houston.  Her father was Andrew Houston.

It's almost certain that they were all in Jackson County when they died but none of their graves have ever been found.   Andrew Houston came to Jackson County, near Crabbtown in 1848.  His wife Elizabeth Green died just before that and she's buried in Green Hill Cemetery in Johnstown, Ohio.  Rolla and Isabella inherited some of Andrew's ground up by Crabbtown and in later years sold it to family members.

Catherine Clarissa Green, a daughter of Rolla and Isabella was raised there on that ground near Crabbtown.  She later married Elijah Gould.  They had three kids and then divorced.  Catherine then married my gr grandfather Morgan Green Butt.

 

I have volumes of information about my family.  BUT, no one has ever been able to find these three graves.  I just visited the SAID cemetery up by Crabbtown.  I'd never heard of it until I saw your posting on FindAGrave.  You're doing very good and valuable work.  I for one appreciate it very much.

 

If you ever run on to these three graves, I sure would appreciate knowing about it.

Thanks,
D Butt

Like Bazil Butt, the parents of Andrew Houston are also unknown.  Many have reported that he was born in Kentucky.  Some say Ireland.  Some current research though, seems to indicate that it was Pennsylvania.

Here is part of a message I received in about 2000 from Mary Hicks, who by the way, is also a descendant of Andrew Houston and wife Elizabeth Green.

Andrew Huston born between 1775 and 1780, died about 1850, last known place was a hotel in Iowa where he was staying, while presumably visiting his son.  He is not found after that time, and no one knows what became of him.  He appears mysteriously in Lancaster, Fairfield Co, Ohio, January 30, 1803, when he married Elizabeth Green.  So, he appears mysteriously, and disappears the same way.

  Elizabeth Green, wife of Andrew, is a different story.  She was born 1780, Berkeley Co., VA, now West Virginia.  She Died Feb 12, 1844, Monroe Twp, Licking Co, Ohio.  Her parents were Reginal (Regnal) Green and Sarah (thought to be Sarah ["Sarah (?) - wife 2 of Rignal Sr."]), of Virginia.  The Greens have been traced back to the day the first Green stepped on American soil - Andrew is not with them, nor did he live anywhere near them, that anyone can see. Children of Andrew and Elizabeth:

1. Thomas

2. Samuel

3. Mary (Polly) born 1805, Licking Co, Ohio, died Oct 6, 1881, Johnstown, Licking Co, Ohio. married John r. blamer, Aug 27, 1822, Licking Co, Ohio.

4. Sarah born 1803, Fairfield Co, Ohio, and died March 25, 1880, Licking Co, Ohio. She first married John Butt, and then Peter Hartsock.

5. Ferby born Dec 25, 1804, Fairfield Co, Ohio, and died July 28, 1873, Farmer's Creek, Jackson Co, Iowa. She married John Streets July 11, 1822, Licking Co, Ohio.

6. George H. Huston born Oct 10, 1810, Licking Co, Ohio, died March 22, 1881, Brandon Twp, Jackson Co, Iowa, of rheumatic fever. Married Leah Stickley about 1835.

7. Nancy born Nov 22, 1817, Licking Co, Ohio, died Nov20, 1890, Jackson co, Iowa. Married Matthew Sinkey about 1839.

8. Elizabeth born 1819 Licking Co, Ohio, died Jackson Co, Iowa, date unknown. Married William Green June 5, 1838

9. Isabella/Isabelle J. born 1821, licking Co, Ohio, died (probably) Jackson co, Iowa. Married about 1840 in Licking Co, Ohio, Rolly (Rolla) Green

10. Andrew born 1822, Licking Co, Ohio, died March 10, 1884, Jackson Co, Iowa. He married Sarah Ann (Hartsock) Heath

11. Lovina born 1835, Licking Co, Ohio, died Sept 10, 1870, Johnstown, Licking Co, Ohio. She married Demas Lewis 1835.

12. John

13.  Jonathan

Here's a photo of the headstone of Ferby (Houston) Streets.

There is a headstone in the Streets Cemetery for a John Streets.  However, the dates do not match those of the John Streets who was Ferby's husband.

Here's the information De Vaughn has on her site.

Descendants of Andrew Huston

Generation No.1

1. ANDREW HUSTON was born 1776 in Kentucky, and died 1849 in Lancaster, Fairfield Co, Ohio. He married ELIZABETH GREEN 13 Jan 1803 in Fairfield Co, Ohio, daughter of REGNAL GREEN and SARAH DUNCAN [I'm referring to her as "Sarah (?) - wife 2 of Rignal Sr."] . She was born Abt. 1780 in Berkeley, W. Virginia, and died 12 Feb 1844 in Johnstown, Ohio.

More About ANDREW HUSTON:       

Property: 02 Nov 1848, Land Warrant Jackson County, Iowa

More About ANDREW HUSTON and ELIZABETH GREEN: Marriage: 13 Jan 1803, Fairfield Co, Ohio

Children of ANDREW HUSTON and ELIZABETH GREEN are:  

i.  ELIZABETH HUSTON, b. 1819; d. 1834; m. WILLIAM GREEN, 05 Jun 1828, Licking County, Ohio; b. 1808, Ohio; d. 17 Sep 1871, Jackson Co., Iowa.

More About WILLIAM GREEN and ELIZABETH HUSTON: Marriage: 05 Jun 1828, Licking County, Ohio.

ii.  SARAH HUSTON, b. Abt. 1803, Ohio; d. 25 Mar 1880, Licking County, Ohio; m. (1) JOHN BUTT; m. (2) PETER HARTSOCK, 06 Dec 1846, Delaware County, Ohio.

More About PETER HARTSOCK and SARAH HUSTON: Marriage: 06 Dec 1846, Delaware County, Ohio

iii.  FIRBE HUSTON, b. 25 Dec 1803, Ohio; d. 25 Ju11873; m. JOHN STREETS, 11 Jul1822, Licking County, Ohio.

More About JOHN STREETS and FIRBE HUSTON: Marriage: 11 Jul 1822, Licking County, Ohio

iv.  MARY "POLLY" HUSTON, b. Abt. 1805, Licking County, Ohio; d. 06 Oct 1881; m. JOHN BLAMER, 29 Oct 1822, Licking County, Ohio.

More About JOHN BLAMER and MARY HUSTON:  Marriage: 29 Oct 1822, Licking County, Ohio

v.  GEORGE HUSTON,  b. 10 Oct 1810, Licking County, Ohio;  d. 22 Mar 1881, Jackson County, Iowa.

vi.  JOHN ANDREW HUSTON, b. Abt. 1812, Island Creek Twp., Jefferson Co, Ohio; m. JANE T. FLEMING.

vii.  ISABELLA HUSTON, b. Abt. 1817, Ohio; m. ROLLA GREEN

viii.  NANCY HUSTON, b. 22 Nov 1817, Licking County, Ohio; d. 21 Nov 1893, Jackson County, Iowa.

ix.  ANDREW HUSTON, b. Abt. 1818; m. SARAH ANN HEATH.

Here are two land patents of Andrew Huston Sr.  The first of 160 acres on February 11, 1847, the other for 40 acres on March 3, 1850.

Here's a map with these properties outlined in Red.  Note the property of M. G. Butt in the lower left-hand corner of this map.  Somewhere in the large area outlined in red is where Clarissa Catherine Green grew up.

Ferby Houston and John Streets had a daughter named Mary who married Ezra Edwards.  Ezra and Mary Edwards had a son named Sanford Richard Edwards who married Ida Alice Batey.  Ida Alice Batey was the daughter of Amby Mann Batey and wife Nancy Green, the latter of whom was the daughter of my gr gr grandparents Rolla Green and wife Isabella Houston.

Here's the head stone of Ezra Edwards, son-in-law of Ferby Houston and husband John Streets.

Ezra was a member of Company F of the 31st Iowa Infantry.

I think, since the time of Deb's writing, she may have changed her mind about the birth place of Andrew Houston.  I think she's one who may believe it was Pennsylvania.  Note that Mary Hicks lists 13 kids for Andrew and Elizabeth, De Vaughn has 12 and Deb lists 9.  I've never been able to reconcile these differences, nor those with respect to dates and places.  Work continues to learn more about this family.

Here's some history of Jackson County, Iowa that describes the area where Andrew Houston acquired property in 1848.  Geo. Houston, Thos. Houston and Andy Houston, the former two probably sons of the latter, are mentioned in the second paragraph on page 690 below as are many others from Licking County, Ohio. 

688                                                      HISTORY OF JACKSON COUNTY -- Volume I

 

OZARK FIFTY YEARS AGO.