Frank E. Butler


Francis E. Frank Butler was an Irish American marksman in Wild West variety shows. He was married to sharpshooter Annie Oakley. While his birth date is listed on his and Oakleys U.S. Passport application as February 25, 1852, the notice for Butler posted by the Associated Press in 1926 has his age at death as 76 years old which would have him being born in 1850. According to Irish birth and baptism records, Butler was baptized on January 30, 1847. His parents were Michael Butler and Catherine Whelan. He was the oldest of their five children.

Butler was born in County Longford, Ireland and moved with his family to the United States at the age of 13. He initially worked a series of odd jobs, including one as a glass blower while living near Camden, New Jersey. Butler married Henrietta Saunders around 1870 and had two children, Edward and Katie. The two divorced a few years later. Sources mentioning Butlers first wife as Elizabeth are inaccurate. She is actually his granddaughter, her father being Edward.

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