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Portrait of Benjamin Butts

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Description: Studio portrait of Benjamin Butts wearing bow tie and suit.
Birth Index Record

Butts, Allie

Date: 1892-12-24
County: Dane
Birth Index Record

Butts, Clarence

Date: 1903-08-26
County: Dane
Birth Index Record

Butts, Willard

Date: 1900-04-24
County: Dane
Death Index Record

Butts, Cora

Date: 1902-10-05
County: Dane
Death Index Record

Butts, Lucy

Date: 1891-04-17
County: Dane
Death Index Record

Butts, Roy

Date: 1896-06-03
County: Dane
Marriage Index Record

Butts, Lousia

Date: 1856-11-27
County: Dane
Marriage Index Record

Butts, Philo

Date: 1848-05-28
County: Dane
Marriage Index Record

Butts, Ann E

Date: 1855-01-01
County: Dane
Marriage Index Record

Butts, Jerome S

Date: 1870-02-24
County: Dane
Photograph

Stephen D. Butts

Date: 1856
Description: Quarter-length oval portrait of Stephen D. Butts. He was born in Pennsylvania on August 14, 1815. Butts came to Wisconsin on July 8, 1836, and was one of...
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Benjamin "Bennie" Butts at Wisconsin Historical Society

Date: 1925
Description: Benjamin Butts posing outside the Wisconsin Historical Society where he worked as a messenger.
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Porter Butts House

Date: 05 29 1950
Description: Mrs. Butts pulls curtain in the Porter Butts house at 2900 Hunter Hill in Shorewood Hills, one of the first "modern" houses in the Madison area in 1937.
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Benjamin Butts Wisconsin Legislature Assembly Portrait

Date: 1877
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Benjamin Butts, which was part of a composite portrait of Officers, Clerks and Employees of the Wisconsin Assembly. He worke...
Biographical Book Excerpt

Stuart, James, Reeve

Date: 1834 - 1915
County: Dane
Photograph

Race of Dimes

Date: 02 05 1949
Description: Two children in wheelchairs, Jean Bokina, left, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bokina and right, Steven Butts, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Freeman Butts, with ...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Near Death

Date: 1930-03-06
County: Dane
City: Madison
Historical Essay

Benjamin Butts (1853-1930)

One Man's Journey from Slavery to Madison Business Owner to State Assembly Staff Member
Learn about a freed slave's intriguing story as a barber serving Wisconsin's prominent politicians, and as a well-known, beloved face in the capital city.
Property Record

633 E. Johnson Street

Community: Madison
County: Dane
Historic Name: Benjamin and Amy Butts House
Reference Number: 241094

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