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Gen. Wm. O. Butler, born here in 1791, died at Carrollton, Ky., in 1880. In the War of 1812, he served at the River Raisin, Pensacola, and New Orleans. He was on Gen. Andrew Jackson's staff in 1816-17. He was cited for heroism in the Mexican War, 1846-48. He served as a U.S. Congressman from 1839-43. Although defeated for Gov. in 1844, Vice Pres. in 1848, and the U.S. Senate in 1851, he was one of the most prominent and best-liked Democrats in the state.
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