History of Orange County, California : with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with its earliest growth and development from the early days to the present . G. BUTLER.—A very interesting old-timer who. as a pioneer farmer,nurseryman and grower of citrus fruit, has made a definite contribution to the growthand development of Southern California, is Lewis G. Butler, of 1211 Van Ness Avenue,Santa Ana, who eniovs. with his good wife, the high esteem of many friends. He wasborn at Prairie du Chien. Wis., on February 28. 1851. the son of George
History of Orange County, California : with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with its earliest growth and development from the early days to the present . G. BUTLER.—A very interesting old-timer who. as a pioneer farmer,nurseryman and grower of citrus fruit, has made a definite contribution to the growthand development of Southern California, is Lewis G. Butler, of 1211 Van Ness Avenue,Santa Ana, who eniovs. with his good wife, the high esteem of many friends. He wasborn at Prairie du Chien. Wis., on February 28. 1851. the son of George H. and Eliza-beth (Schoolcraft) Butler, natives of New York State who came west to father followed agricultural pursuits, and when our subject was a babe, his parentsmoved to Iowa, where they settled on a farm, and there the father died when Lewis wasonly three years old. After the fathers death, Mrs. Butler removed, first, to Belvidere, and then toSvcamore, 111., takincr the four children, among whom Lewis G. was the third inthe order of birth, ^^hen ten years old, he went to live with an uncle. Peter Lawyer,a farmer at Sycamore, and with him he stayed, working out on farms until he was. ^ HISTORY OF ORANGE COUNTY 1091 eighteen. Then he removed to Iowa and there worked for two years for anotheruncle, also named Lawyer. Another change brought him to Lincoln, Nebr., where holabored at farm work for a couple of years. In the fall of 1874, he made still another change, and one calculated to bring himstill greater prosperity and happiness. He came out to California and settled atOrange. The year previous he had been married in Nebraska to Miss Martha , a native of Ohio and a daughter of George Selby, and Mrs. Butler came alongto the Golden State to assist him to win his fortune and to make a comfortable worked for a while for Lockwood on East Chapman Street, cultivated hisorange orchard and put Out nursery stock for him. He then entered the employ of
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