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Wetmore-Vantine
Family Album |
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Elizabeth “Lizzie” Butler was born in June 1859 in
Sturgeon, Boone Co, MO, to Irish immigrants John Butler and Jane
McGrath; as a young child, she was adopted by Lucy and Edwin Wetmore. Samuel
Derastus Vantine was born in 1853 in Peoria, IL to Samuel and Charity
Vantine; he came to Monroe County about 1871 with his father and
stepmother. Samuel and Lizzie were married in Monroe County in 1876
and had five children: Edwin Russell, Luta Francis, Bessie Mae, John
Cissell and Fred Raymond.
Lizzie became famous in Missouri when she was declared to be the heiress of John Butler’s large estate in a sensational court case. This Vantine family lived near Paris for many years and later moved to Los Angeles, CA. Samuel died in 1832 and Lizzie in 1942. Submitted by: Ken Newton at doylata@yahoo.com
Front row L-R: Darius McIntyre, Edwin R Vantine, Claire McIntyre Collins, Buddy Boy the family dog, Dewey H Collins, Maude Owen Vantine, and Fred Raymond Vantine. Back row L-R: Bess Vantine McIntyre, Samuel D. Vantine, Lizzie Butler Wetmore Vantine, Vantine McIntyre Newton, and Hubert Newton. |