Canada Butler (c. 1821 - December 12, 1862) was a state legislator in Alabama. He lived in Poplar Ridge, Alabama in Madison County, Alabama.[1] He was a Republican. He died “on duty” and is buried in Montgomery.[2]
He was born about 1821 in Tennessee to Samuel and Margaret (née Layman) Butler.[3]
He served in the Alabama House of Representatives in 1862.[4]
He married Nancy Maples and they had 7 children of which James Edward Butler was their eldest and Samuel Riley Butler their grandson.[1]
He died Friday December 12, 1862, after being ill for a week.[5]