Ninth Generation

4976. Charles William "Billy" Butterfield Jr. was born on 14 January 1917 in Middletown, Butler, OH. He served in the military from 1945 to 1946 in U.S. Army. He died on 18 March 1988 at the age of 71 in North Palm Beach, Palm Beach, FL. Billy was a trumpeter. He played with big bands: Bob Crosby, Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, and his own band. In 1943 he recorded the jazz standard "Moonlight in Vermont" featuring Margaret Whiting. He was educated medicine at Transylvania Univ. in Lexington, Fayette, KY. Obit in New York Times

March 19, 1988
Billy Butterfield, 71, Big-Band Trumpeter On Shaw's 'Stardust'
LEAD: Billy Butterfield, a trumpeter who played with the Bob Crosby, Artie Shaw and Benny Goodman bands, died of cancer yesterday at his home. He was 71 years old and lived in North Palm Beach, Fla.
Billy Butterfield, a trumpeter who played with the Bob Crosby, Artie Shaw and Benny Goodman bands, died of cancer yesterday at his home. He was 71 years old and lived in North Palm Beach, Fla.
Charles William (Billy) Butterfield, who preferred ballads to jazz, introduced the song ''What's New'' when he was with the Bob Crosby band in the 1930's, and it remained closely identified with him. His tenure with Artie Shaw is remembered for his performance of ''Stardust'' and his playing with Mr. Shaw's 1940 Gramercy Five.
During his World War II military service, Mr. Butterfield performed with the U.S. Army Band, and in the mid-1940's he started to play with the staff orchestras of ABC and NBC. He also played with the Les Brown orchestra and the World's Greatest Jazz Band, which was founded in 1968. From 1973 until the 80's he toured frequently in the United Kingdom, Europe and South Africa.
Mr. Butterfield is survived by his wife, Dorothy; two daughters, Deborah Curtis of Lake Park, Fla., and Judi Burke of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., and two sons, Michael, of Charlotte, N.C., and Patrick, of Charlottesville, Va.

Margaret Gorman Cassella (private).

Charles William "Billy" Butterfield Jr.-27242 and Margaret Gorman Cassella-56517 had the following children:

Dorothy "Dottie" Smith (private).

Charles William "Billy" Butterfield Jr.-27242 and Dorothy "Dottie" Smith-27416 had the following children: