Ed Butler was raised on a hundred-acre hill farm in West Kentucky. He was born in 1943. His Butler ancestors homesteaded land in what is today Hickman County, Kentucky, in 1821. He...view moreEd Butler was raised on a hundred-acre hill farm in West Kentucky. He was born in 1943. His Butler ancestors homesteaded land in what is today Hickman County, Kentucky, in 1821. He has traced some of his family lines back as far as eight generations. Learning and preserving family history has always been one of his favorite endeavors. While teaching, he was attracted to a lady that taught public school music. In June 2015, they will have been sweethearts for forty-nine years. They have three sons and four grandchildren. As a manufacturer’s rep, he has worked in thirty-five states and has traveled to forty-six.view less