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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 ...
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- Sarah Jones Hildreth, August 17, 1816, Dracut, Massachusetts, United States
3 feb 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.
This chapter examines Butler’s early career as a lawyer in Lowell, Massachusetts, his marriage to Sarah Hildreth and the family they created together, his involvement with the Massachusetts State Militia, and his growing interest and expanding participation in Democratic Party politics, both at the state level and, increasingly, nationally.
28 mar 2024 · Sara Hildreth married Benjamin Franklin Butler on May 16, 1844, in Saint Anne’s Episcopal Church. Lowell. According to all accounts, she was beautiful, vivacious, and an influential partner in her husband's extensive activities.
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.
30 giu 2015 · 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 Union Army,...
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.
