My great-grandmothers family. Joseph H. Butler, b. 16 March 1848, d. 26 Dec. 1909. He served in the Civil War. Mary Catherine McMullen, b. 30 Sept. 1853, d. 8 April 1931. She was the oldest woman in Crescent at the time of her death. They married 29 May 1870. Children, they were all born in Crescent, Pottawattamie Co., IA: Ella Jane, b. 21 Oct. 1871, d. 24 Aug. 1944. She married John C. Adams; Amanda A. (My great grandmother), b. 31 May 1873, d. 7 July 1953. She married Henry Rief, b. 13 Feb. 1869, d. 11 May 1955, on 15 July 1891; Adda May, b. 9 Jan. 1875, d. 9 Feb. 1953. She married John Clark McGuiness in 1891; Daniel Edward, b. 26 Aug. 1876, d. 15 June 1942. He married twice, first Bertha, second Bertha Hale; Valentina, b. 29 April 1878, d. 26 Sept. 1950. She married William Hemis Muncie on 11 May 1898; Rhonda, b. 1 Jan 1880, d. 28 Nov. 1950. She married Edward Williams on 6 Dec. 1899; Anna Elizabeth, b. 7 Nov. 1882, d. 27 Dec. 1962. She married Lester Ira Peterson on 11 March 1908; George Mortimer, b. 14 Sept. 1884, d. 3 June 1951. He married Nancy Dingman; Sidney Franklin, b. 9 May 1886, d. 2 Sept. 1920. He married Emma Gittons on 12 March 1909; William Butler, b. 7 Feb. 1889, d. 4 March 1889; Minnie Myrtle, b. 15 March 1890, d. 18 Jan. 1974. She married James J. Hartnett on 1 Jan. 1913; Sadie Ethel, b. 5 May 1894, d. 7 Sept. 1979. She married Scott Hemmingsen on 31 March 1920; Stella Cora, b. 1 Dec. 1895, d. 9 Feb. 1992. She married Robert Prentice on 3 Feb. 1915; Etta, b. 20 Feb. 1897, d. 19 July 1897; Netta, b. 20 Feb. 1897, d. 19 July 1897; John Mortimer, b. 11 March 1899, d. 11 Nov. 1978. There is no known wife. Amanda Butler and Henry Rief Children: David E., b. 31 March 1892, d. 15 July 1967. He married Emma L.; Walter W., b. 3 Aug. 1894, d. Jan. 1971. He married Florence; Charles T., 5 May 1896, d. 9 July 1967. He married Cecil; Maude Irene (grandmother), b. 12 Dec. 1899, d. 18 Jan. 1988. She married Eloff Joseph Hadlund, b. 9 March 1894, d. 8 Sept. 1958; Emma, b. 17 June 1901, d. 16 June 1902; Agnes, b. 7 March 1903, d. May 1982. She married Ted Collins; Louis, b. 22 March 1905, d. Nov. 1982. He married Grace M.; Frank B., b. 19 Dec. 1906, d. Dec. 1982. He married Eva M. Mark Hadlund