The Button Family of Cass County, North Dakota

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Henry H. Button b. 1848

parentsAlvin Button & Lodema Doud

Henry H. Button ⚭ Martha S. Stewart

childrenJoanna L. Button · Mary S. Button · Martha S. Button

Source: Compendium of History and Biography of North Dakota (1900)

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What the record says

Born Panama, NY, Jan 11, 1848.
One of three sons (one deceased) of Alvin and Lodema (Doud) Button, natives of Vermont.
Farmer.
Among first settlers of Harmony township near Casselton, Cass County, ND.
Went to Dade County, MO in 1869, farmed to 1873, returned to NY until 1879, then to Cass County ND as superintendent of the Cheeney farm (8 yrs), later the Dalrymple farm.
Owned 1.5 sections.
Married 1879 to Martha S. Stewart, native of New York.
Served as township supervisor and assessor.
Mason.
Republican.

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