William Button 1819–1907

William Button, 1819–1907 (aged 88 years)

Name: William /Button/
Given names: William
Surname: Button

Events of close relatives Historic events
Birth	February 19, 1819 32 30 Middlebury Center, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA
Birth of a brother	Ralph Button December 19, 1819 (aged 10 months) Pennsylvania, USA
Birth of a sister	Polly Ann Button April 21, 1823 (aged 4 years) Tioga, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA
6th President of the United States	John Quincy Adams March 4, 1825 (aged 6 years)
Birth of a brother	Harvey Button July 19, 1827 (aged 8 years) Pennsylvania, USA
7th President of the United States	Andrew Jackson March 4, 1829 (aged 10 years)
Birth of a brother	Henry H. Button July 19, 1829 (aged 10 years) Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA
Birth of a brother	Alonzo Button December 5, 1830 (aged 11 years) Pennsylvania, USA
Birth of a sister	Melissa Button June 15, 1834 (aged 15 years)
8th President of the United States	Martin Van Buren March 4, 1837 (aged 18 years)
Birth of a brother	Miles Button March 11, 1838 (aged 19 years) Middlebury Center, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA
9th President of the United States	William Henry Harrison March 4, 1841 (aged 22 years)
10th President of the United States	John Tyler April 4, 1841 (aged 22 years)
11th President of the United States	James K Polk March 4, 1845 (aged 26 years)
12th President of the United States	Zachary Taylor March 4, 1849 (aged 30 years)
13th President of the United States	Millard Fillmore July 9, 1850 (aged 31 years)
14th President of the United States	Franklin Pierce March 4, 1853 (aged 34 years)
15th President of the United States	James Buchanan March 4, 1857 (aged 38 years)
16th President of the United States	Abraham Lincoln March 4, 1861 (aged 42 years)
17th President of the United States	Andrew Johnson April 15, 1865 (aged 46 years)
18th President of the United States	Ulysses S Grant March 4, 1869 (aged 50 years)
Death of a mother	Elizabeth Hill March 30, 1869 (aged 50 years) Keeneyville, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial of a mother	Elizabeth Hill March 30, 1869 (aged 50 years) Middlebury Center, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Address: Middlebury Union Cemetery Alpheus Button gravestone
Death of a father	Alpheus Button March 26, 1870 (aged 51 years) Keeneyville, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial of a father	Alpheus Button March 26, 1870 (aged 51 years) Middlebury Center, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Address: Middlebury Union Cemetery Alpheus Button gravestone
Death of a brother	Alonzo Button August 29, 1872 (aged 53 years) Middlebury Center, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Address: Plot: OP-014, Middlebury Union Cemetery, Middlebury Center, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, USA Cause: tuberculosis Alonzo Button grave marker Note: Middlebury Union Cemetery, Middlebury Center, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death of a sister	Melissa Button September 25, 1874 (aged 55 years)
19th President of the United States	Rutherford B Hayes March 4, 1877 (aged 58 years)
Death of a brother	Henry H. Button March 6, 1879 (aged 60 years) Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA
20th President of the United States	James A Garfield March 4, 1881 (aged 62 years)
21st President of the United States	Chester A Arthur September 19, 1881 (aged 62 years)
22nd President of the United States	Grover Cleveland March 4, 1885 (aged 66 years)
Death of a brother	Charles Button January 12, 1886 (aged 66 years) Tioga, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA
23rd President of the United States	Benjamin Harrison March 4, 1889 (aged 70 years)
Death of a brother	Ralph Button August 4, 1890 (aged 71 years) Pennsylvania, USA
24th President of the United States	Grover Cleveland March 4, 1893 (aged 74 years)
25th President of the United States	William McKinley March 4, 1897 (aged 78 years)
Death of a brother	Hiram Button July 18, 1899 (aged 80 years)
Death of a sister	Polly Ann Button February 24, 1900 (aged 81 years) Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA
26th President of the United States	Theodore Roosevelt September 14, 1901 (aged 82 years)
Death of a brother	Harvey Button January 11, 1902 (aged 82 years) Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA
Death of a brother	Miles Button May 21, 1907 (aged 88 years) Keeneyville, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA
Death	December 15, 1907 (aged 88 years) Middlebury Center, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Note: The Wellsboro Gazette (Wellsboro, Pennsylvania), Wed., Dec. 25, 1907, p. 1 The Wellsboro Gazette (Wellsboro, Pennsylvania), Wed., Dec. 25, 1907, p. 1 Death of William Button. Mr. William Button died at his home at Keeneyville on Dec. 15, aged nearly 88 years. He was a son of Alpheus and Betsy Button and was born in Middlebury township Feb. 19, 1820 and was the last surviving one of a family of fourteen children. He married Lurania Goodwin and to them eight children were born, six of whom survive. Mrs. Button died three years ago and since that time Mr. Button had lived alone most of the time until his last illness, when he was tenderly cared for by his daughters, Mrs. Eva Richardson, of Johnstown, and Mrs. Addie Webster, of Antrim. Mr. Button was of a genial, cheerful nature and was well liked and respected by all who knew him. Funeral services were conducted at the Keeneyville Baptist church last Tuesday at 2 p. m., by Rev. R. M. Cloud, of Wellsboro; burial in the Keeneyville cemetery.

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father	Links Birth: February 7, 1787 37 37 — Mohawk, Montgomery, New York, USA Marriage: 1811 Death: March 26, 1870 — Keeneyville, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Burial: March 26, 1870 — Middlebury Center, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Identification number: 1.8.3.10.3 Reference number: 20 Reference number: 11 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Elizabeth Hill Charles Button Hiram Button William Button Ralph Button Polly Ann Button Harvey Button Henry H. Button Alonzo Button Melissa Button Miles Button Alpheus Button 1787–1870 Birth: February 7, 1787 37 37 — Mohawk, Montgomery, New York, USA Death: March 26, 1870 — Keeneyville, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA
mother	Links Birth: October 11, 1788 — Dutchess, New York, USA Marriage: 1811 Death: March 30, 1869 — Keeneyville, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Burial: March 30, 1869 — Middlebury Center, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Reference number: 30 Reference number: 11 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Alpheus Button Charles Button Hiram Button William Button Ralph Button Polly Ann Button Harvey Button Henry H. Button Alonzo Button Melissa Button Miles Button Elizabeth Hill 1788–1869 Birth: October 11, 1788 — Dutchess, New York, USA Death: March 30, 1869 — Keeneyville, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA
Marriage	Marriage — 1811 —
18 months elder brother	Links Birth: June 25, 1812 25 23 — Tioga, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Marriage: Death: January 12, 1886 — Tioga, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Rachel Hughes Elizabeth M. Button William K. Button Alpheus Button Charles Button Frederick Button Jesse Hugh Button Alexander Button Phoebe Button Rachel A. Button Henry H. Button Wallace G. Button Charles Button 1812–1886 Birth: June 25, 1812 25 23 — Tioga, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Death: January 12, 1886 — Tioga, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA
6 years elder brother	Links Birth: 1817 29 28 Death: July 18, 1899 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Hiram Button 1817–1899 Birth: 1817 29 28 Death: July 18, 1899
2 years himself	Links Birth: February 19, 1819 32 30 — Middlebury Center, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Death: December 15, 1907 — Middlebury Center, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships William Button 1819–1907 Birth: February 19, 1819 32 30 — Middlebury Center, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Death: December 15, 1907 — Middlebury Center, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA
10 months younger brother	Links Birth: December 19, 1819 32 31 — Pennsylvania, USA Death: August 4, 1890 — Pennsylvania, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Ralph Button 1819–1890 Birth: December 19, 1819 32 31 — Pennsylvania, USA Death: August 4, 1890 — Pennsylvania, USA
3 years younger sister	Links Birth: April 21, 1823 36 34 — Tioga, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Death: February 24, 1900 — Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Polly Ann Button 1823–1900 Birth: April 21, 1823 36 34 — Tioga, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Death: February 24, 1900 — Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA
4 years younger brother	Links Birth: July 19, 1827 40 38 — Pennsylvania, USA Death: January 11, 1902 — Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Harvey Button 1827–1902 Birth: July 19, 1827 40 38 — Pennsylvania, USA Death: January 11, 1902 — Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA
2 years younger brother	Links Birth: July 19, 1829 42 40 — Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Military: Civil War marker on gravestone — between 1861 and 1865 Death: March 6, 1879 — Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Henry H. Button 1829–1879 Birth: July 19, 1829 42 40 — Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Death: March 6, 1879 — Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA
17 months younger brother	Links Birth: December 5, 1830 43 42 — Pennsylvania, USA Marriage: March 18, 1853 — Middlebury Center, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Census: July 13, 1870 — Chatham Township, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Occupation: laborer — July 13, 1870 — Chatham Township, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Death: August 29, 1872 — Middlebury Center, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Identification number: 1.8.3.10.3.10 Reference number: 21 Reference number: 12 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Polly Whitney Edgar Alonzo Button Miles Button Riley Button Andrew Jackson Button Ralph Button William Button Newberry Button Della Button Etta Button Ella Mae Button Alonzo Button 1830–1872 Birth: December 5, 1830 43 42 — Pennsylvania, USA Death: August 29, 1872 — Middlebury Center, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA
4 years younger sister	Links Birth: June 15, 1834 47 45 Death: September 25, 1874 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Melissa Button 1834–1874 Birth: June 15, 1834 47 45 Death: September 25, 1874
4 years younger brother	Links Birth: March 11, 1838 51 49 — Middlebury Center, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Military: American Civil War, private, 179th New York infantry, Co. B — between March 14, 1864 and April 13, 1864 — Erwin, Steuben, New York, USA Death: May 21, 1907 — Keeneyville, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Miles Button 1838–1907 Birth: March 11, 1838 51 49 — Middlebury Center, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Death: May 21, 1907 — Keeneyville, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA

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Death	The Wellsboro Gazette (Wellsboro, Pennsylvania), Wed., Dec. 25, 1907, p. 1 Death of William Button. Mr. William Button died at his home at Keeneyville on Dec. 15, aged nearly 88 years. He was a son of Alpheus and Betsy Button and was born in Middlebury township Feb. 19, 1820 and was the last surviving one of a family of fourteen children. He married Lurania Goodwin and to them eight children were born, six of whom survive. Mrs. Button died three years ago and since that time Mr. Button had lived alone most of the time until his last illness, when he was tenderly cared for by his daughters, Mrs. Eva Richardson, of Johnstown, and Mrs. Addie Webster, of Antrim. Mr. Button was of a genial, cheerful nature and was well liked and respected by all who knew him. Funeral services were conducted at the Keeneyville Baptist church last Tuesday at 2 p. m., by Rev. R. M. Cloud, of Wellsboro; burial in the Keeneyville cemetery.

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The Wellsboro Gazette (Wellsboro, Pennsylvania), Wed., Dec. 25, 1907, p. 1

Death of William Button. Mr. William Button died at his home at Keeneyville on Dec. 15, aged nearly 88 years. He was a son of Alpheus and Betsy Button and was born in Middlebury township Feb. 19, 1820 and was the last surviving one of a family of fourteen children. He married Lurania Goodwin and to them eight children were born, six of whom survive. Mrs. Button died three years ago and since that time Mr. Button had lived alone most of the time until his last illness, when he was tenderly cared for by his daughters, Mrs. Eva Richardson, of Johnstown, and Mrs. Addie Webster, of Antrim. Mr. Button was of a genial, cheerful nature and was well liked and respected by all who knew him. Funeral services were conducted at the Keeneyville Baptist church last Tuesday at 2 p. m., by Rev. R. M. Cloud, of Wellsboro; burial in the Keeneyville cemetery.

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Family with parents
father Parents Peter Button Margery Montgomery	Alpheus Button 1787–1870
mother	Elizabeth Hill 1788–1869
elder brother Family Rachel Hughes Elizabeth M. Button William K. Button Alpheus Button Charles Button Frederick Button Jesse Hugh Button Alexander Button Phoebe Button Rachel A. Button Henry H. Button Wallace G. Button	Charles Button 1812–1886
elder brother	Hiram Button 1817–1899
himself	William Button 1819–1907
younger brother	Ralph Button 1819–1890
younger sister	Polly Ann Button 1823–1900
younger brother	Harvey Button 1827–1902
younger brother	Henry H. Button 1829–1879
younger brother Family Polly Whitney Edgar Alonzo Button Miles Button Riley Button Andrew Jackson Button Ralph Button William Button Newberry Button Della Button Etta Button Ella Mae Button	Alonzo Button 1830–1872
younger sister	Melissa Button 1834–1874
younger brother	Miles Button 1838–1907

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William Button(1819–1907)