Butler M. E. Church

The M. E. Church of Butler was organized under the ministerial labors of Rev. _ Boon, a local preacher, about the year 1856.

The original members were as follows:  Mrs. Alexander Gray, Moses Berry, Mrs. Eliza Berry, Mrs. J. M. Ghaston, Mr. Thomas Wood, Wm. Williamson, Mrs. Eliza Williamson, James Wood, and his wife and Mrs. Benaiah Kelly.

Its pulpit has been regularly supplied by the following ministers:  Revs. J.E. Lindley, _ Aldridge, _ Cabrie, R.W. Travis, T.S. Johnson, A.E. Orr, J.H. Holloway, W.F. Lowe, M.M. Cooper, J.D. Bodkin, D. Stubblefield, S.T. MeIlheren, George Barrett, R.M. Beech, J.W. Lapham, and E.D. Randle.

The Church Edifice in which the congregation now worship, was erected in the year 1863 at a cost of about $2,350.

Taken from Semi-Centenarians of Butler Grove Township, Montgomery Co., Illinois: A Brief History of the Village of Butler (1878) by Rev. T.E. Spelman.