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W. P. H. Butler, an influential farmer and merchant, residing at Flippin’s, Lauderdale County, was born in Oglethorpe County, Ga., August 18, 1849. His father, B. Butler, was a native of Georgia, born January 6, 1828, and moved to this State in1866, locating at Fulton, on the Mississippi River. He was married before leaving Georgia to Miss Sarah Landrum, sister of Rev. Dr. Landrum, of New Orleans, well known for brave service during the yellow fever scourge in Memphis, and a daughter of William Landrum, a prominent planter. This marriage was blessed with five sons and three daughters, our subject being the eldest born. The father began merchandising at Fort Pillow in 1878, where he died, December, 1882. The mother was born in Oglethorpe County, Ga., May 9, 1826, and is now living at Flippin’s, Tenn. Our subject was raised at Lincolnton, Ga., received a common school education, and has made farming and merchandising his business. When only fifteen years of age he enlisted in the Confederate Army, and belonged to the First Georgia Regiment, under Col. Willis. He participated in the retreat from Dalton to Atlanta, being at the siege at the latter place. After the evacuation of Atlanta, he was with the army in front of Sherman to the sea-board, and, after nearly two years’ hard service, was disbanded under the terms of Johnston’s surrender. Mr. Butler was married at Ripley, July 5, 1876, to Miss Ada P. Glass, daughter of the present member of Congress from that district. Mrs. Butler was born in Ripley, Tenn., June 24, 1857. Mr. Butler is a Democrat and a Mason. He owns 300 acres of land, on which he raises cotton and grain, but gives his chief attention to stock. The farm is situated on the Newport News & Mississippi Valley Railroad, near Flippin’s, where our subject is a prominent merchant. Mr. Butler is a man of fine social position, and of influence and business capacity, exceedingly popular in his community.