Carter (1985), p. 14; McAsh (1991), pp. 35–36. The "turkey" photograph is reproduced at the Library of Congress's American Memory website.
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Sources differ on Butcher's middle name. Chrisman (1965, p. v) and McKee (2010) give it as "Devoe". A capsule biography[usurped] at the Nebraska State Historical Society[usurped] gives it as "DeVore". Searching the Library of Congress online catalog for "Butcher, Solomon" yields "Devore". On the title pages of Butcher (1901) and Butcher (1904), his name is given as "Solomon D. Butcher". Butcher's tombstone also lists only his middle initial (see photo).
Sources differ on Butcher's middle name. Chrisman (1965, p. v) and McKee (2010) give it as "Devoe". A capsule biography[usurped] at the Nebraska State Historical Society[usurped] gives it as "DeVore". Searching the Library of Congress online catalog for "Butcher, Solomon" yields "Devore". On the title pages of Butcher (1901) and Butcher (1904), his name is given as "Solomon D. Butcher". Butcher's tombstone also lists only his middle initial (see photo).
Carter (1985, p. 1) gives the Butchers' place of residence in Illinois as "Winona". Butcher (1901, p. 143) does not name a hometown, only giving LaSalle County. There is presently a Wenona in LaSalle County, lying on the Illinois Central Railroad ("Welcome to Wenona, Illinois"; retrieved 2012-06-15); there does not appear to be a "Winona, Illinois".
