. . .a little Butler Genealogy
 
 
last European generation
Thomas & Eleanor Butler
both b. Ireland; fled in 1740's Rebellion
The crown confiscated their land in Ireland
first American generation

Gen. Percival Pierce Butler, the fourth son of Thomas and Eleanor, married Mildred Hawkins after coming to Kentucky. Came to Carrollton in 1797.
second American generation

son #1:
Maj. Thomas Langford Butler
b. 4-10-1789 in Lexington
m. 1-11-1811 Sarah Hawkins
They had two children:

      8 other children
 

son #2
Gen. Wm. Orlando Butler
b. 4-19-1791
m. Eliza Todd
 

a son:            and a daughter:

   no children
third American generation  

Percival Butler
died at age 19
at Centre College
 

Mary Ellen Butler
m. Philip Osborne Turpin
8 children (3 died of TB)
 

  
 
 
Gen. Wm. O. Butler ran for US Vice President in 1848, is the man who built the Butler home at 713 Highland Avenue, and is the man for whom the state park is named.

Maj. Thomas L. Butler, along with his daughter Mary Ellen and his son-in-law Turpin  built the house on the Lock Road side of Butler Park.  It was built about the time Mary Ellen died, so mostly it was lived in by the Major, his son-in-law, and the Turpin children.