Edward Burgess Butler | |
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| Born | December 16, 1853 |
| Died | February 20, 1928 (aged 74) |
| Parent(s) | Manly Orville Butler Elizabeth Howe |
| Relatives | Orville Washington Butler, George Henry Butler, Arthur Caverno Butler, Charles Hamblet Butler, Frank Fairfield Butler, Sarah Elizabeth Butler, and Olivia Annette Butler, brothers and sisters |
Edward Burgess Butler (December 16, 1853 – February 20, 1928) was an American businessman who founded Butler Brothers department stores.[1][2] He served as the first president of the Pasadena Society of Artists.
- ^ George Derby; James Terry White (1900). "Edward Burgess Butler". The National cyclopædia of American biography. p. 51. Retrieved 2011-11-18.
Edward Burgess Butler merchant, was born at Lewiston, Androscoggin co., Me., Dec. 16, 1853, son of Manly Orville and Elizabeth (Howe) Butler. His parents were both natives of New Hampshire and representatives of the colonial stock of New England. Educated in the public schools of Boston, he spent his time, between school hours, assisting in his father's store, and at the age of sixteen he was employed in a wholesale dry-goods house in Boston.
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