The Family of Emerson McMillin

On June 12, 1928, he married Elizabeth B. Taylor of Hartford. He leaves his wife; two
daughters, Jean Taylor Elmer and Lucy Jefferson Elmer; His mother, Mrs. H. C.
Elmer of Ithaca; two brothers, B. B. Elmer of Bronxville, New York; and C. J. Elmer of
Tulsa, Okla. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2:00 p.m. at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles L. Taylor, 232 Kenyon Street. Rev. Charles L. Taylor, Jr. of Cambridge,
Mass., will officiate. *(The New York Times, May 20, 1937)
(Note) - Unless otherwise noted, the information about Paul McMillin Butterworth and
his family is a combination of information found on Ancestry.com, the Internet, Roots,
the LDS Church, and The New York Times.
2. Corwin McMillin Butterworth
Corwin McMillin Butterworth was born August 25, 1889, in Ohio. He attended a
military boarding school in Washington, Ohio, and graduated from Trinity College in
Hartford, CT, in 1909. He married Elizabeth von Arnim around 1917. She was born
February 15, 1893, in Berlin, Germany, the daughter of Mary Annette Beauchamp,
“Elizabeth,” born August 31, 1866, and died February 9, 1941, and Count Henning
August von Arnim, born April 21, 1851, and died August 20, 1910.
(Sometimes
Schlagenthin is added to the end of Count Henning A. von Arnim’s name. ew) Elizabeth
Butterworth died May 20, 1976, in Santa Barbara, California. Corwin and Elizabeth had
two daughters; 1: Clare Butterworth and 2. Ann Butterworth. When their
daughters, along with their niece, Caro von Arnim (see below) who lived with them,
were in school in Connecticut, Corwin and Elizabeth moved to West Hartford, CT, and
lived there for 20 years before going back to California. In the 1930 Census of CT.,
Corwin is listed as a trustee, investments. After moving back to California, he is listed as
a rancher, orchardist, and nut farmer. Corwin McMillin Butterworth died June 11, 1961,
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