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Sarah Hildreth Butler (born Sarah Jones Hildreth, August 17, 1816 – April 8, 1876) was an American stage actress. She was the wife of Benjamin Franklin Butler , a Massachusetts lawyer, controversial Union general in the American Civil War , and a United States Congressman representing Massachusetts from 1867 to 1875 and again from 1877 to 1879.
Sarah Hildreth Butler was an American stage actress. She was the wife of Benjamin Franklin Butler, a Massachusetts lawyer, controversial Union general in the American Civil War, and a United States Congressman representing Massachusetts from 1867 to 1875 and again from 1877 to 1879.
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Feb 3, 2015 · Sarah Hildreth Butler 1816 ~ 1877. In many instances the wife of a great man has failed to prove herself worthy even of reflected glory, but the wife of Benjamin Butler was such an active factor in his career, along military as well as civil lines that she well deserves a biography of her own. I give it, however, in the words of her ...
2015. June. 30. By Martha Mayo Special to the Sun Dracut-raised Sarah Hildreth Butler became a celebrated actress on the national stage and later accompanied her husband, a major general in the ...
Dec 5, 2018 · On a personal basis, Butler met the love of his life in 1838, Sarah Hildreth, a professional actress and the sister of a friend. 3 He finally convinced her to marry him in 1844. They subsequently had four children. Sarah died of cancer of the throat in 1876.
Jan 22, 2023 · Sarah Hildreth Butler (born Sarah Jones Hildreth, August 17, 1816 - April 8, 1876) was an American stage actress. She was the wife of Benjamin Franklin Butler, a controversial political general in the American Civil War and later a Congressman and Governor of Massachusetts.
On April 4, 1862, Sarah Hildreth Butler, wife of Union general Benjamin F. (“Beast”) Butler, wrote a friend to document her recent activities on Ship Island, off the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Union troops commanded by her husband had occupied the island since the previous December.
