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Interest data of Butler.
The latitude is 40.861N, the longitude is -79.895W, Elevation is 1,037 feet.
It is in the Eastern Standard time zone. The estimated population in 2003,was 14,766
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History of Butler County
The county was named for General Richard Butler.
He was the eldest child of Thomas and Eleanor Buler, emigrants from the North of Ireland, he was probably born in what is now York county, Pennsylvania , April 1, 1743, although most biographers state he was born in Ireland . He was educated at the school of Reverend Mr. Allison and studied the profession of law. He served as an ensign in Captain James Hendrick's company, of the First Pennsylvania battalion, in Colonel Henry Bouquets expedition of 1764, and there received his first experience in the military art.
He was transferred to lieutenant-colonel of Morgan's rifle command, June 9, 1777, whom he afterwards succeeded. He was considered by Washington and General Wayne one of the ablest partisan officers of the Revolution and most familiar with Indian life and affairs. It is said that he knew several Indian dialects, and had been requested by the commander-in-chief to compile an Indian vocabulary.
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