Leroy Edgar Button 1876–1954

Leroy Edgar Button, 1876–1954 (aged 77 years)

Leroy Edgar Button and Bessie Bartoo Button

Name: Leroy Edgar /Button/
Given names: Leroy Edgar
Nickname: Roy
Surname: Button

Events of close relatives Historic events
Birth	August 23, 1876 26 22 Keeneyville, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Source: Button Families of America Citation details: page 422 Quality of data: secondary evidence
Occupation	farmer Lindley, Steuben, New York, USA
19th President of the United States	Rutherford B Hayes March 4, 1877 (aged 6 months)
Birth of a sister	Lena Nora Button about December 1878 (aged 2 years)
20th President of the United States	James A Garfield March 4, 1881 (aged 4 years)
21st President of the United States	Chester A Arthur September 19, 1881 (aged 5 years)
22nd President of the United States	Grover Cleveland March 4, 1885 (aged 8 years)
Death of a mother	Eliza Short December 19, 1887 (aged 11 years) Keeneyville, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial of a mother	Eliza Short December 19, 1887 (aged 11 years) Middlebury Center, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Address: Middlebury Union Cemetery Also known as Keeneyville Cemetery Eliza Short Gravestone inscription Eliza Short Gravestone
23rd President of the United States	Benjamin Harrison March 4, 1889 (aged 12 years)
Death of a maternal grandmother	Loiza Houghtaling July 28, 1890 (aged 13 years) Middlebury Center, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial of a maternal grandmother	Loiza Houghtaling July 28, 1890 (aged 13 years) Middlebury Center, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Address: Middlebury Union Cemetery
24th President of the United States	Grover Cleveland March 4, 1893 (aged 16 years)
Marriage	Bessie Richardson Bartoo — View this family December 13, 1896 (aged 20 years) Pennsylvania, USA
25th President of the United States	William McKinley March 4, 1897 (aged 20 years)
Birth of a daughter	… Button 1901 (aged 24 years)
Death of a daughter	… Button 1901 (aged 24 years)
26th President of the United States	Theodore Roosevelt September 14, 1901 (aged 25 years)
Death of a maternal grandfather	Newbury Short September 22, 1901 (aged 25 years) Shortsville, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial of a maternal grandfather	Newbury Short September 22, 1901 (aged 25 years) Middlebury Center, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Address: Middlebury Union Cemetery
Birth of a son	William Leroy Button Sr. March 8, 1902 (aged 25 years) Lawrenceville, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Source: Button Families of America Citation details: 459 Quality of data: primary evidence
Residence	1905 (aged 28 years) Lawrenceville, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA
27th President of the United States	William Howard Taft March 4, 1909 (aged 32 years)
Death of a father	Edgar Alonzo Button June 15, 1910 (aged 33 years) Farmington, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA
Death of a paternal grandmother	Polly Whitney April 1, 1911 (aged 34 years) Keeneyville, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Alonzo Button grave marker Note: Middlebury Union Cemetery, Middlebury Center, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, USA
Birth of a son	Oswald Wilson Button January 21, 1913 (aged 36 years) Source: Button Families of America
28th President of the United States	Woodrow Wilson March 4, 1913 (aged 36 years)
Birth of a daughter	Martha Alzada Button May 11, 1916 (aged 39 years) Lindley, Steuben, New York, USA
Birth of a son	Charles George Button October 17, 1918 (aged 42 years)
Birth of a daughter	Mary Jane Button June 12, 1920 (aged 43 years) Lindley, Steuben, New York, USA Source: Button Families of America
29th President of the United States	Warren G Harding March 4, 1921 (aged 44 years)
30th President of the United States	Calvin Coolidge August 2, 1923 (aged 46 years)
31st President of the United States	Herbert Hoover March 4, 1929 (aged 52 years)
32nd President of the United States	Franklin D Roosevelt March 4, 1933 (aged 56 years)
Birth of a granddaughter	Arlene Ann Lamb July 12, 1937 (aged 60 years)
Birth of a granddaughter	Edith Emily Lamb 1938 (aged 61 years)
Death of a granddaughter	Edith Emily Lamb April 20, 1939 (aged 62 years) Cause: House fire
Death of a sister	Lena Nora Button 1942 (aged 65 years)
Birth of a granddaughter	Linda Mae Lamb May 7, 1944 (aged 67 years) Corning, Steuben, New York, USA
33rd President of the United States	Harry S Truman April 12, 1945 (aged 68 years)
Death of a sister	Rose Button 1951 (aged 74 years)
34th President of the United States	Dwight D Eisenhower January 20, 1953 (aged 76 years)
Death	August 11, 1954 (aged 77 years) Canton, St. Lawrence, New York, USA Leroy Edgar Button death notice Note: The Evening Times, Sayre, Pennsylvania, Thu, 12 Aug 1954, Page 16 The Evening Times, Sayre, Pennsylvania, Thu, 12 Aug 1954, Page 16
Burial	1954 (0 after death) Caton, Steuben, New York, USA Address: Elmwood Cemetery Leroy and Bessie Button Gravestone

Date differences

Family with parents
father	Links Birth: about 1850 19 20 — Shortsville, Chatham Township, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Census: July 13, 1870 — Chatham Township, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Occupation: laborer — July 13, 1870 — Chatham Township, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Marriage: about 1871 — Keeneyville, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Death: June 15, 1910 — Farmington, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Identification number: 1.8.3.10.3.10.1 Reference number: 22 Reference number: 13 Reference number: 19 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Eliza Short Rose Button Jennie V. Button Leroy Edgar Button Lena Nora Button Family with spouse Angeline Shellman Edgar Alonzo Button 1850–1910 Birth: about 1850 19 20 — Shortsville, Chatham Township, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Death: June 15, 1910 — Farmington, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA
mother	Links Birth: November 11, 1853 36 36 — Shortsville, Chatham Township, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Marriage: about 1871 — Keeneyville, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Death: December 19, 1887 — Keeneyville, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Burial: December 19, 1887 — Middlebury Center, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Reference number: 32 Reference number: 13 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Edgar Alonzo Button Rose Button Jennie V. Button Leroy Edgar Button Lena Nora Button Eliza Short 1853–1887 Birth: November 11, 1853 36 36 — Shortsville, Chatham Township, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Death: December 19, 1887 — Keeneyville, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA
Marriage	Marriage — about 1871 — Keeneyville, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA
20 months elder sister	Links Birth: August 9, 1872 22 18 — Little Marsh, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Death: 1951 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Rose Button 1872–1951 Birth: August 9, 1872 22 18 — Little Marsh, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Death: 1951
2 years elder sister	Links Birth: 1874 24 20 — Niles Valley, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Death: 1957 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Jennie V. Button 1874–1957 Birth: 1874 24 20 — Niles Valley, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Death: 1957
3 years himself	Links Birth: August 23, 1876 26 22 — Keeneyville, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Marriage: December 13, 1896 — Pennsylvania, USA Occupation: farmer — Lindley, Steuben, New York, USA Death: August 11, 1954 — Canton, St. Lawrence, New York, USA Burial: 1954 — Caton, Steuben, New York, USA Identification number: 1.8.3.10.3.10.1.3 Reference number: 23 Reference number: 14 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Bessie Richardson Bartoo … Button William Leroy Button Sr. Oswald Wilson Button Martha Alzada Button Charles George Button Mary Jane Button Leroy Edgar Button 1876–1954 Birth: August 23, 1876 26 22 — Keeneyville, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Death: August 11, 1954 — Canton, St. Lawrence, New York, USA
2 years younger sister	Links Birth: about December 1878 28 25 Death: 1942 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Lena Nora Button 1878–1942 Birth: about December 1878 28 25 Death: 1942

Father’s family with Angeline Shellman
father	Links Birth: about 1850 19 20 — Shortsville, Chatham Township, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Census: July 13, 1870 — Chatham Township, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Occupation: laborer — July 13, 1870 — Chatham Township, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Marriage: about 1871 — Keeneyville, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Death: June 15, 1910 — Farmington, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Identification number: 1.8.3.10.3.10.1 Reference number: 22 Reference number: 13 Reference number: 19 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Eliza Short Rose Button Jennie V. Button Leroy Edgar Button Lena Nora Button Family with spouse Angeline Shellman Edgar Alonzo Button 1850–1910 Birth: about 1850 19 20 — Shortsville, Chatham Township, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Death: June 15, 1910 — Farmington, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA
step-mother	Links Birth: about 1908 Death: Reference number: 33 Reference number: 19 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Edgar Alonzo Button Angeline Shellman 1908– Birth: about 1908 Death:

Family with Bessie Richardson Bartoo
himself	Links Birth: August 23, 1876 26 22 — Keeneyville, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Marriage: December 13, 1896 — Pennsylvania, USA Occupation: farmer — Lindley, Steuben, New York, USA Death: August 11, 1954 — Canton, St. Lawrence, New York, USA Burial: 1954 — Caton, Steuben, New York, USA Identification number: 1.8.3.10.3.10.1.3 Reference number: 23 Reference number: 14 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Bessie Richardson Bartoo … Button William Leroy Button Sr. Oswald Wilson Button Martha Alzada Button Charles George Button Mary Jane Button Leroy Edgar Button 1876–1954 Birth: August 23, 1876 26 22 — Keeneyville, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Death: August 11, 1954 — Canton, St. Lawrence, New York, USA
wife	Links Birth: May 30, 1880 — Gaines, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Adoption: Marriage: December 13, 1896 — Pennsylvania, USA Marriage: August 2, 1957 Description: Bessie enjoyed knitting and working jigsaw puzzles. Death: August 26, 1971 — Corning, Steuben, New York, USA Burial: 1971 — Caton, Steuben County, New York, USA Reference number: 24 Reference number: 14 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Leroy Edgar Button … Button William Leroy Button Sr. Oswald Wilson Button Martha Alzada Button Charles George Button Mary Jane Button Family with spouse Richard Willace Head Bessie Richardson Bartoo 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
5 years daughter	Links Birth: 1901 24 20 Death: 1901 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships … Button 1901–1901 Birth: 1901 24 20 Death: 1901
14 months son	Links Birth: March 8, 1902 25 21 — Lawrenceville, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Military service: 64th Infantry Division - WWI Veteran — May 9, 1917 Occupation: 1925 Occupation: Machinist — 1930 — Ithaca, Tompkins, New York, USA Occupation: Machinist — 1942 — Elmira, Chemung, New York, USA Retirement: 1967 — Ithaca, Tompkins, New York, USA Death: September 23, 1978 — Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, USA Burial: Enfield, Tompkins, New York, USA Identification number: 1.8.3.10.3.10.1.3.2 Reference number: 7 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships William Leroy Button Sr. 1902–1978 Birth: March 8, 1902 25 21 — Lawrenceville, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Death: September 23, 1978 — Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, USA
11 years son	Links Birth: January 21, 1913 36 32 Military: Major Death: October 1, 1984 — Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Oswald Wilson Button 1913–1984 Birth: January 21, 1913 36 32 Death: October 1, 1984 — Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, USA
3 years daughter	Links Birth: May 11, 1916 39 35 — Lindley, Steuben, New York, USA Marriage: February 19, 1934 Marriage: 1967 Death: December 19, 2006 — Corning, Steuben, New York, USA Burial: December 19, 2006 — Caton, Steuben, New York, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse William Lorain Lamb Jr Arlene Ann Lamb Edith Emily Lamb Linda Mae Lamb Family with spouse Luke M. Colabine Martha Alzada Button 1916–2006 Birth: May 11, 1916 39 35 — Lindley, Steuben, New York, USA Death: December 19, 2006 — Corning, Steuben, New York, USA
3 years son	Links Birth: October 17, 1918 42 38 Military: WWII Mess Sergeant Stationed in England — November 2, 1945 Occupation: Machinist Death: June 1, 1977 — Calabasas, Los Angeles, California, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Charles George Button 1918–1977 Birth: October 17, 1918 42 38 Death: June 1, 1977 — Calabasas, Los Angeles, California, USA
20 months daughter	Links Birth: June 12, 1920 43 40 — Lindley, Steuben, New York, USA Marriage: Marriage: Death: October 26, 2023 — Wellsboro, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Burial: November 1, 2023 — Tioga, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Dean Short Family with spouse Donald Webster Mary Jane Button 1920–2023 Birth: June 12, 1920 43 40 — Lindley, Steuben, New York, USA Death: October 26, 2023 — Wellsboro, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA

Richard Willace Head + Bessie Richardson Bartoo
partner’s partner	Links Birth: 1884 Marriage: Marriage: August 2, 1957 Occupation: Minister Death: August 2, 1960 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Maud … Willie Vertice Head James Ira Head Family with spouse Bessie Richardson Bartoo Richard Willace Head 1884–1960 Birth: 1884 Death: August 2, 1960
wife	Links Birth: May 30, 1880 — Gaines, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Adoption: Marriage: December 13, 1896 — Pennsylvania, USA Marriage: August 2, 1957 Description: Bessie enjoyed knitting and working jigsaw puzzles. Death: August 26, 1971 — Corning, Steuben, New York, USA Burial: 1971 — Caton, Steuben County, New York, USA Reference number: 24 Reference number: 14 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Leroy Edgar Button … Button William Leroy Button Sr. Oswald Wilson Button Martha Alzada Button Charles George Button Mary Jane Button Family with spouse Richard Willace Head Bessie Richardson Bartoo 1880–1971 Birth: May 30, 1880 — Gaines, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Death: August 26, 1971 — Corning, Steuben, New York, USA
Marriage	Marriage — August 2, 1957 —

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Birth	Button Families of America Citation details: page 422 Quality of data: secondary evidence
Identification number	Button Families of America Citation details: p.422
Source	Button Families of America Citation details: 422

Death	Leroy Edgar Button death notice Note: The Evening Times, Sayre, Pennsylvania, Thu, 12 Aug 1954, Page 16 The Evening Times, Sayre, Pennsylvania, Thu, 12 Aug 1954, Page 16
Burial	Leroy and Bessie Button Gravestone
Media object	Leroy Edgar Button and Bessie Bartoo Button
Media object	Leroy Button and Bessie (Bartoo) Button ca.1899
Media object	Leroy and Bessie Button ca.1918

Extra information

Reference number

Identification number

1.8.3.10.3.10.1.3

Source: Button Families of America

Citation details: p.422

Last change September 29, 2022 – 02:43:02

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Family with parents
father Parents Alonzo Button Polly Whitney	Edgar Alonzo Button 1850–1910
mother Parents Newbury Short Loiza Houghtaling	Eliza Short 1853–1887
elder sister	Rose Button 1872–1951
elder sister	Jennie V. Button 1874–1957
himself	Leroy Edgar Button 1876–1954
younger sister	Lena Nora Button 1878–1942

Father’s family with Angeline Shellman
father Parents Alonzo Button Polly Whitney	Edgar Alonzo Button 1850–1910
step-mother	Angeline Shellman 1908–

Family with Bessie Richardson Bartoo
himself	Leroy Edgar Button 1876–1954
wife Parents William Jesse Bartoo Mary Jane Chance Butler Parents Charles Albert Richardson Alzada Bost	Bessie Richardson Bartoo 1880–1971
daughter	… Button 1901–1901
son	William Leroy Button Sr. 1902–1978
son	Oswald Wilson Button 1913–1984
daughter Family William Lorain Lamb Jr Arlene Ann Lamb Edith Emily Lamb Linda Mae Lamb Family Luke M. Colabine	Martha Alzada Button 1916–2006
son	Charles George Button 1918–1977
daughter Family Dean Short Family Donald Webster	Mary Jane Button 1920–2023

Richard Willace Head + Bessie Richardson Bartoo
partner’s partner	Richard Willace Head 1884–1960
wife Parents William Jesse Bartoo Mary Jane Chance Butler Parents Charles Albert Richardson Alzada Bost	Bessie Richardson Bartoo 1880–1971

Descendants

Leroy Edgar Button(1876–1954)
- Bessie Richardson Bartoo1896