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school instruction.

In 1874 his parents moved to Wilmington; there he worked in
saw mills, lumber yards, with the cotton compresses and as a
stevedore. He spent his nights studying under Prof. E. E.
Green, now Dr. E. E. Green of Macon, Ga. January 3, through
the assistance of his instructor, he entered Lincoln
University, Pa., and was graduated June 18, 1887, receiving
the degree of A. B.; October, the same year, he matriculated
in Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tenn., graduating
with the degree of M. D. February 27, 1890. The same year
the degree of A. M. was conferred on him by Lincoln
University. While at Nashville he won the H. T. Noel gold
medal for proficiency in operative surgery and dissecting.
He arrived in Atlanta March, 1890, and began the practice of
medicine. He was one of the organizers of the first drug
store owned and operated by colored men in Georgia. It was
known as Butler, Slater & Co. He was organizer and first
president of the Empire State Medical Association of colored
physicians. He was appointed surgeon of the Second Georgia
Battalion, colored volunteers, in 1891, with rank of first
lieutenant, by the Honorable W. J. Northern, then governor.

May 5, 1893, he married Miss Salina May Sloan of Atlanta, a
graduate of Spellman Seminary, who has been a most faithful,
loving and helpful companion. He took a special course in
the diseases of children in 1894 at the Harvard School of
Medicine, Boston, Mass. In 1895, in the same school he took
a special course in surgery. November 1, 1900, H. R. Butler,
Jr. came, adding new blessings and happiness to his home and
life. Dr. Butler is the first and so far the only colored
man to be a regular contributor to the great Southern daily,
_The Atlanta Constitution_. He has held that position since
1895. He was three years president of the Y. M. C. A. of
colored men. He was four years physician and surgeon in
charge at Spellman Seminary, and is now holding a similar
position in Morris Brown College, and is organizing a nurse
training department to that institution. He owns some
valuable real-estate, besides a beautiful home on Auburn
avenue. He has a large and lucrative practice. He is Grand
Master of Masons of the Jurisdiction Georgia, is grand
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