William Leroy Button Sr., 1902–1978 (aged 76 years)
- Name
- William Leroy /Button/ Sr.
- Given names
- William Leroy
- Surname
- Button
- Name suffix
- Sr.
| Birth | March 8, 1902
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21 Source: Button Families of America Citation details: 459 Quality of data: primary evidence |
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| 27th President of the United States | William Howard Taft March 4, 1909 (aged 6 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Edgar Alonzo Button June 15, 1910 (aged 8 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Oswald Wilson Button January 21, 1913 (aged 10 years) Source: Button Families of America |
| 28th President of the United States | Woodrow Wilson March 4, 1913 (aged 10 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Martha Alzada Button May 11, 1916 (aged 14 years) |
| Military service | 64th Infantry Division - WWI Veteran May 9, 1917 (aged 15 years) Age: 15Agency: U.S. Army |
| Birth of a brother | Charles George Button October 17, 1918 (aged 16 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Mary Jane Button June 12, 1920 (aged 18 years) Source: Button Families of America |
| 29th President of the United States | Warren G Harding March 4, 1921 (aged 18 years) |
| 30th President of the United States | Calvin Coolidge August 2, 1923 (aged 21 years) |
| Occupation | 1925 (aged 22 years) Employer: Cornell University |
| 31st President of the United States | Herbert Hoover March 4, 1929 (aged 26 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Mary Jane Chance Butler July 29, 1929 (aged 27 years) Source: Find a Grave |
| Occupation | Machinist 1930 (aged 27 years)Employer: Allen Wales Adding Machine Corporation Note: The company became part of NCR |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | William Jesse Bartoo February 4, 1930 (aged 27 years) Source: Find a Grave |
| 32nd President of the United States | Franklin D Roosevelt March 4, 1933 (aged 30 years) |
| Residence | April 8, 1940 (aged 38 years) |
| Occupation | Machinist 1942 (aged 39 years)Employer: Eclipse Machine Company Note: 'E' Army/Navy award |
| Residence | between November 4, 1940 and 1947 (aged 44 years) Address: 164 Pearsall Place |
| 33rd President of the United States | Harry S Truman April 12, 1945 (aged 43 years) |
| 34th President of the United States | Dwight D Eisenhower January 20, 1953 (aged 50 years) |
| Death of a father | Leroy Edgar Button August 11, 1954 (aged 52 years) Leroy Edgar Button death notice The Evening Times, Sayre, Pennsylvania, Thu, 12 Aug 1954, Page 16 |
| Burial of a father | Leroy Edgar Button 1954 (aged 51 years) Address: Elmwood Cemetery |
| Residence | 1960 (aged 57 years) Address: 499 Hayts Road
Ithaca, NY 14850 |
| 35th President of the United States | John F Kennedy January 20, 1961 (aged 58 years) |
| 36th President of the United States | Lyndon B Johnson November 22, 1963 (aged 61 years) |
| Retirement | 1967 (aged 64 years) Employer: NCR |
| 37th President of the United States | Richard Nixon January 20, 1969 (aged 66 years) |
| Death of a mother | Bessie Richardson Bartoo August 26, 1971 (aged 69 years) Bessie Head death notice Note: Star-Gazette, Elmira, New York, Fri, 27 Aug 1971, Page 17 |
| Burial of a mother | Bessie Richardson Bartoo 1971 (aged 68 years) Address: Elmwood Cemetery |
| 38th President of the United States | Gerald Ford August 9, 1974 (aged 72 years) |
| 39th President of the United States | Jimmy Carter January 20, 1977 (aged 74 years) |
| Death of a brother | Charles George Button June 1, 1977 (aged 75 years) |
| Death | September 23, 1978 (aged 76 years) Address: Veteran's Hospital
Syracuse, NY Cause of death: Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) Extremely rare brain disease found in 1 of 1m people worldwide |
| Burial | Cemetery: Christian Cemetery |
| father |
1876–1954
Birth: August 23, 1876
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22 — Keeneyville, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Death: August 11, 1954 — Canton, St. Lawrence, New York, USA |
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| mother |
1880–1971
Birth: May 30, 1880 — Gaines, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Death: August 26, 1971 — Corning, Steuben, New York, USA |
| Marriage | Marriage — December 13, 1896 — Pennsylvania, USA |
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5 years
elder sister |
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14 months
himself |
1902–1978
Birth: March 8, 1902
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21 — Lawrenceville, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Death: September 23, 1978 — Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, USA |
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11 years
younger brother |
1913–1984
Birth: January 21, 1913
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32 Death: October 1, 1984 — Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, USA |
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3 years
younger sister |
1916–2006
Birth: May 11, 1916
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35 — Lindley, Steuben, New York, USA Death: December 19, 2006 — Corning, Steuben, New York, USA |
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3 years
younger brother |
1918–1977
Birth: October 17, 1918
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38 Death: June 1, 1977 — Calabasas, Los Angeles, California, USA |
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20 months
younger sister |
1920–2023
Birth: June 12, 1920
43
40 — Lindley, Steuben, New York, USA Death: October 26, 2023 — Wellsboro, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA |
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| mother |
1880–1971
Birth: May 30, 1880 — Gaines, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Death: August 26, 1971 — Corning, Steuben, New York, USA |
| Marriage | Marriage — August 2, 1957 — |
| Birth | Button Families of America Citation details: 459 Quality of data: primary evidence |
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| Identification number | Button Families of America Citation details: p.459 |
| Source | Button Families of America Citation details: #1.8.3.10.3.10.1.3.2, p.459 |
| Occupation | The company became part of NCR |
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| Occupation | 'E' Army/Navy award |
| Note | He left high school temporarily in April 1917 and served in the regular Army in Co. C, 64th Reg. Inf. After eight months in the Army, he attended Bible School at Toccoa, GA 1919-20, and the following year, entered the Lawrenceville High School where he graduated in 1923; then took a summer course at Mansfield, PA Teachers College. He was a member of the Button Genealogy Committee, was an authority on Button genealogy in general and the descendants of Peter Button (1.8.3.10) in particular. He joined the Consistatory, Ancient Scottish Rites, 32nd degree at Corning, NY and the Knights of the Mystic Shrine at Binghamton, NY. He also joined the American Legion at Lawrenceville, PA in 1922. |
| Note | 32nd degree Mason |
| Shared note | member NCR Retiree's Club |
| Death | Source: Ithaca Journal Citation details: page 4 Date of entry in original source: September 25, 1978 Quality of data: secondary evidence |
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| Media object | Source: Ithaca Journal Citation details: page 11 Date of entry in original source: April 2, 1975 Text: Mr. and Mrs. William Button Sr. of 499 Hayts Rd. will be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary Thursday, April 3, in Quartzsite, Ariz. where they are spending the winter, but their family is planning an open house for them when they return in May. The former Florence Lamb of Canton, Pa., married William Button of Lawrence, Pa., in Elmira, April 3, 1925. They were attended by the bride's brother and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Ellery Lamb. They moved to Ithaca shortly after their marriage, and Mr. Button worked at Cornell University for a while and then with Allen Wales. In the 30s he ran a laundry and during World War II he worked in Elmira then was employed at Morse Chain, and later at NCR where Mrs. Button was employed for a number of years. He retired from NCR in 1967. They are both members of the NCR Retiree's Club and he is a 32nd drgree Mason. The Buttons have three children; Ralph of 457 Hayts Rd., Cella Simons of Dryden, and William Jr. of Fairport. They also have 11 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Quality of data: secondary evidence |
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