William Butler died in Clarke Street on 6 October 1861, aged 84, after a long career as a scissors manufacturer.  His early career is obscure, but he was born in Sheffield and it seems likely that he was the son of William Butler (see George Butler & Co).  He was listed in 1822 as a scissors manufacturer in Trinity Street at the same address as Butler’s.  He remained in Trinity Street – a road off Furnace Hill – between the 1830s and 1850s.  At the time of the Census (1841), he was living in Western Cottage, Western Bank, with 54 year-old James Butler (presumably his brother) and an elderly widowed house servant, Sarah Duxberry.   William was living in the same house (with Sarah) in 1851, when he employed three men and three boys.  By 1861, he had retired and had moved to Clarke Street.  He was buried in the General Cemetery, leaving under £3,000, and nephew Joseph Dodge as  executor.