Hi, I am the oldest granddaughter of Ferd. I am pretty sure that he and his brother Art started the Burwell Livestock market. My parents were Cecil and Irma Shafer Butts. Both my sisters have passed. Madelon Petersen & Janice Craven & my little brother Herky (Leonard Dale). Grampa Butts' mother lived with them for a while when I was in high school. They had moved to town by then. We called her Ma. I'm pretty sure her name was Martha. I remember hearing how her husband died trying to jump off the train down by the Goodenow's place. I even have the article from the paper somewhere. LaVonne