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Lucretia E. Butler

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

DATE OF BIRTH:
July 23, 1852
DATE OF DEATH:
December 30, 1903
GENDER:
F
OTHER KNOWN NAMES:
Lucretia Taylor
MAIDEN NAME:
Taylor
ETHNICITY:
KNOWN ADDRESS:
649 Michigan Street 
 Evanston 
 IL
RELATED TO:

Frank S Butler
Bennett Butler
Flora Taylor

AT THE TIME OF the fire

AGE:
51
MARITAL STATUS:
Married
ROLE:
Audience Member
ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION:
ORGANIZATIONAL ROLE:

other information

CEMETERY:
Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago IL
MORGUE:
Rolston
IDENTIFIED BY:
OTHER NOTES:

Lucretia, her son Bennett and her niece (Flora Taylor) were all killed in the Iroquois Theatre Fire . Suffocated by smoke in first balcony; body identified by sister.

Lucretia E. Taylor
Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1968
Name: Frank S. Butler
Event Place: Cook, Illinois, United States
Residence Place: Cook, Illinois, United States
Age: 39
Birth Year (Estimated): 1845
Birth Date: 1845
Spouse's Name: Lucretia E. Taylor
Spouse's Age: 30
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1854
Spouse's Birth Date: 1854
License Type: Marriage
Event Date: 23 Jan 1884
Event Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Spouse's Age: 30
Record Number: 539

Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998
Name L E Butler
Sex Female
Age 51
Death Date 30 Dec 1903
Death Place Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
Birth Year (Estimated) 1852
Birthplace American
Marital Status Married
Occupation Housewife
Race White
Event Type Death
Entry Number 29341

CITATION:

The Inter Ocean (Chicago, Illinois) 02 Jan 1904, Sat, page 3
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) · 1 Jan 1904, Fri · Page 2
Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/135178701/lucretia-e-butler

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: Karl Sup, Iroquois Theatre Fire Historical Society

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