of Cass County, North Dakota · documented from the public record
The family in the record
Henry H. Button b. 1848
parentsAlvin Button & Lodema Doud
Henry H. Button⚭ Martha S. Stewart (married 1879)
childrenJoanna L. Button · Mary S. Button · Martha S. Button
Source: Source: Compendium of History and Biography of North Dakota (1900)
Their story
What the record says
Compendium of History and Biography of North Dakota (1900).
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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