Background
Butcher, Edwin was born on June 28, 1879 in Staten Island, New York, United States. Son of Daniel and Anna Amelia (Sommer) Butcher.
Butcher, Edwin was born on June 28, 1879 in Staten Island, New York, United States. Son of Daniel and Anna Amelia (Sommer) Butcher.
Bachelor of Science, United States Military Academy, 1904.
Colonel Richard C. Hopkins), Edwin Corette. Commissioned 2d. Lieutenant, Infantry, United States Army. June 15, 1904 and advanced through the grades to brigadier general, March.
11, 1943.
Served in Philippine Islands, 1905-1907, 1936-1938, in the Panama Canal Zone, 1915-1918. Chief of staff, Headquarters Third Service Command, Baltimore, Maryland.
Mason ( Knights Templar, Shriner). Club: Army and Navy Country (Arlington, Virginia).
Married Susan Adelaide Downing, April 8, 1915. Children: Elizabeth Susan (wife of Lieutenant.