Editing Butternuts, New York (section)

==Notable people==
* [[Winchel Bacon]]: abolitionist farmer and teacher who served in the [[Wisconsin State Assembly]] – farmed and taught in Butternuts, and married a local girl, before moving to Wisconsin
* [[Samuel B. Garvin]]: lawyer, judge, [[United States Attorney]] and [[New York County District Attorney]] – native of Butternuts
* [[Jared Comstock Gregory]]: mayor of [[Madison, Wisconsin]] and thrice [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] nominee for [[United States House of Representatives|Congressman]] – born in Butternuts
* [[Elisha Mills Huntington]]: lawyer, [[Indiana]] state legislator, state and federal judge, and [[List of Commissioners of the General Land Office|Commissioner of the U.S. Land Office]] – native of Butternuts
* [[Isaac Van Duzen Reeve]]: [[United States Army]] officer who fought in the [[Seminole Wars]], the [[Mexican–American War]] and the [[American Civil War]], rising to [[brigadier general]] – born a  native of Butternuts, New York
* [[Jesse C. Smith]]: lawyer, [[New York State Senate|New York State Senator]], and brigadier general who was a commander at the [[Battle of Gettysburg]] – native of Butternuts
* [[Joseph G. Thorp]]: lumberman and member of the [[Wisconsin State Senate]] – born in Butternuts
* [[E. C. Walker]]: lawyer, politician and [[University of Michigan]] [[higher education governing board|regent]] in [[Michigan]] – native of Butternuts