Canada Butler (c. 1821 - December 12, 1862) was a state legislator in Alabama. He lived in Poplar Ridge, Alabama in

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. He was a Republican. He died “on duty” and is buried in Montgomery. He was born about 1821 in

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to Samuel and Margaret (née Layman) Butler. He served in the

Alabama House of Representatives The Alabama State House of Representatives is the lower house of the Alabama Legislature, the state legislature of state of Alabama. The House is composed of 105 members representing an equal number of districts, with each constituency contai ...

in 1862. He married Nancy Maples and they had 7 children of which James Edward Butler was their eldest and Samuel Riley Butler their grandson. He died Friday December 12, 1862, after being ill for a week.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Butler, Canada 19th-century American legislators Republican Party members of the Alabama House of Representatives 1820s births 1862 deaths People from Madison County, Alabama 19th-century Alabama politicians