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 in 1866, locating in 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, exceeding
popular in his community.

Goodspeed’s Biographies of Lauderdale Co., TN