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Edward Hubert Butler, Sr.
American newspaper founder

Edward Hubert Butler, Sr.

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American newspaper founder
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Place of birth
Le Roy (village), New York, USA
Age
64 years
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Biography

Edward Hubert Butler I (1850 - March 9, 1914) was the founder of the Buffalo Evening News in 1873.

Biography

He was born in 1850 in LeRoy, Genesee County, New York and attended local schools.

His news career began with the local paper LeRoy Gazette (in Le Roy, New York), then moved on to Scranton Times as city editor and the same position at Scranton Free Press.

Butler moved to Buffalo in 1873 to start the news and later the Bradford Sunday News in 1879.

He was the father of Edward Hubert Butler Jr., who was publisher and editor of the Evening News as well as owner of two local radio stations.

Butlter Sr. married Mary Elizabeth Barber in 1871, who died in 1893.

Butler died in Buffalo, New York on March 9, 1914. His publishing business was left to his son.

Politics

Butler was a Republican and involved in state politics (with the Board of Electors of the State of New York).

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