Dickinson Co., KS AHGP-Portrait and
Biographical Record of Dickinson, Saline, McPherson and
Marion Counties-Jacob H. Butt
Portrait and Biographical
Record of Dickinson, Saline, McPherson and Marion
Counties
Chapman Brothers, Chicago, 1893
JACOB H. BUTT, a representative farmer of
Cheever Township, Dickinson County, residing
on section 27, is one of the worthy
citizens that Pennsylvania has furnished to
Kansas. He was born in Adams County, January
25, 1841, and is a son of Adam and Nancy (Bennett)
Butt. Both were natives of Adams County,
Pa., and came of old families of the Keystone
State. The mother of our subject died in Adams
County, and the father, who still survives, is a resident
of Gettysburg, Pa.
Their family numbered eleven children, seven
sons and four daughters, Jacob being the fifth in
order of birth. The days of his boyhood were
spent in Adams County, with the exception of one
summer, when he was a resident of Lee County,
Ill. When the Civil War was in progress he
donned the blue, and in the fall of 1862 responded
to the country's call for troops, enlisting
as a member of Company I, One Hundred and
Twenty'-sixth Pennsylvania Infantry, for a term of
nine months. He afterward re-enlisted in the
autumn of 1864, and was assigned to Company K,
One Hundred and Eighty-fourth Pennsylvania
Infantry, with which he remained until the close
of the war. He participated in the battles of
Chancellorsville and Hatchie's Run, and was with
his command until mustered out of the service.
When a young man Mr. Butt learned the shoemaker's
trade in Pennsylvania and followed that
occupation for three years. With the exception
of that period he has followed farming throughout
his entire life. As a companion and helpmate
on life's journey he chose Miss Harriet S. Pfeffer.
their union being celebrated December 29, 1870.
The lady was born in Adams County, Pa., October
21, 1849, and is a daughter of Frederick and Mary
Ann (Epley) Pfeffer, who are also natives of
Adams County, where they still reside. Both parents
are of German descent and their families have
long resided in the Keystone State. In the Pfeffer
family were eleven children, four sons and seven
daughters. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Butt have been
born two daughters, Sarah Nancy and Mary
Grace.
Mr. Butt continued to reside in the county of
his nativity until his removal to Kansas in February,
1876. Since that time he has resided upon
his farm on section 27, Cheever Township, where
he owns one hundred and sixty acres of arable
land. He has erected good buildings and made
excellent improvements, which stand as monuments
to his thrift and enterprise and indicate his
progressive spirit. Himself and wife are members
of the Reformed Church, in which he has held the
office of Deacon. He has also filled the office of
Township Clerk, and has been a member of the
School Board. He is now numbered among the
substantial citizens of this community, and his
prosperity has been won through untiring effort,
enterprise, good management and perseverance.
Ills many friends hold him in high regard, and
their respect he has won by an upright life.
(c) 2009 Sheryl McClure for
Dickinson County KS AHGP