In a message dated 6/7/2005 9:53:24 PM Eastern Daylight Time, maryclarkpryor@yahoo.com writes: Yes, the place of birth is differant also. But the next census the family appears to have moved and his descendents may have thought he was born in IL if that is where they moved to. One year is not that much differance and the month matches perfectly. Don't know - that is as close as I have found. Mary Mary Thanks. But the difference in age is 9 years. The Buck Butler you referred to is verified to be born in 1896. The WWI Draft says that Buck was born in 1885. Sharon