William Button 1861–1949

William Button, 1861–1949 (aged 88 years)

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

Events of close relatives Historic events
Birth	1861 30 31
Marriage	Carrie Crampton — View this family Yes
16th President of the United States	Abraham Lincoln March 4, 1861 (aged 0)
17th President of the United States	Andrew Johnson April 15, 1865 (aged 4 years)
Birth of a brother	Newberry Button December 16, 1865 (aged 4 years) Middlebury Center, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA
Birth of a sister	Etta Button 1866 (aged 5 years)
Birth of a sister	Ella Mae Button July 11, 1868 (aged 7 years) Wellsboro, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA
18th President of the United States	Ulysses S Grant March 4, 1869 (aged 8 years)
Death of a paternal grandmother	Elizabeth Hill March 30, 1869 (aged 8 years) Keeneyville, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial of a paternal grandmother	Elizabeth Hill March 30, 1869 (aged 8 years) Middlebury Center, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Address: Middlebury Union Cemetery Alpheus Button gravestone
Death of a paternal grandfather	Alpheus Button March 26, 1870 (aged 9 years) Keeneyville, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial of a paternal grandfather	Alpheus Button March 26, 1870 (aged 9 years) Middlebury Center, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Address: Middlebury Union Cemetery Alpheus Button gravestone
Death of a father	Alonzo Button August 29, 1872 (aged 11 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
19th President of the United States	Rutherford B Hayes March 4, 1877 (aged 16 years)
20th President of the United States	James A Garfield March 4, 1881 (aged 20 years)
21st President of the United States	Chester A Arthur September 19, 1881 (aged 20 years)
22nd President of the United States	Grover Cleveland March 4, 1885 (aged 24 years)
23rd President of the United States	Benjamin Harrison March 4, 1889 (aged 28 years)
24th President of the United States	Grover Cleveland March 4, 1893 (aged 32 years)
25th President of the United States	William McKinley March 4, 1897 (aged 36 years)
26th President of the United States	Theodore Roosevelt September 14, 1901 (aged 40 years)
Birth of a son	Irvin Button 1902 (aged 41 years)
27th President of the United States	William Howard Taft March 4, 1909 (aged 48 years)
Death of a brother	Edgar Alonzo Button June 15, 1910 (aged 49 years) Farmington, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA
Death of a mother	Polly Whitney April 1, 1911 (aged 50 years) Keeneyville, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Alonzo Button grave marker Note: Middlebury Union Cemetery, Middlebury Center, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, USA
28th President of the United States	Woodrow Wilson March 4, 1913 (aged 52 years)
29th President of the United States	Warren G Harding March 4, 1921 (aged 60 years)
30th President of the United States	Calvin Coolidge August 2, 1923 (aged 62 years)
31st President of the United States	Herbert Hoover March 4, 1929 (aged 68 years)
Death of a brother	Newberry Button November 15, 1930 (aged 69 years) Little Marsh, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Cause: heart disease Newbury Button death notice Newbury Button death certificate
32nd President of the United States	Franklin D Roosevelt March 4, 1933 (aged 72 years)
Death of a sister	Ella Mae Button April 20, 1936 (aged 75 years) Wellsboro, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Cause: influenza complicated by acute heart disease Ella Mosher death notice Ella Mosher death certificate
Death of a brother	Ralph Button September 21, 1936 (aged 75 years)
Death of a brother	Andrew Jackson Button November 2, 1937 (aged 76 years) Wellsboro, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Cause: cerebral hemorrhage Andrew Jackson Button death certificate
Burial of a brother	Andrew Jackson Button November 2, 1937 (aged 76 years) Middlebury Center, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Address: Middlebury Union Cemetery Andrew Jackson Button death notice
33rd President of the United States	Harry S Truman April 12, 1945 (aged 84 years)
Death of a son	Irvin Button 1946 (aged 85 years)
Burial of a son	Irvin Button 1946 (aged 85 years) Coopers Plains, Steuben, New York, USA Address: Coopers Plains Cemetery William, Carrie, and Irvin Button gravestone
Burial of a wife	Carrie Crampton April 1948 (aged 87 years) Coopers Plains, Steuben, New York, USA Address: Coopers Plains Cemetery William, Carrie, and Irvin Button gravestone
Death of a wife	Carrie Crampton August 1948 (aged 87 years)
Death	1949 (aged 88 years)
Burial	1949 (0 after death) Coopers Plains, Steuben, New York, USA Address: Coopers Plains Cemetery William, Carrie, and Irvin Button gravestone

Date differences

Family with parents
father	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
mother	Links Birth: November 6, 1829 — Tyrone, Schuyler, New York, USA Marriage: March 18, 1853 — Middlebury Center, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Death: April 1, 1911 — Keeneyville, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Reference number: 31 Reference number: 12 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Alonzo Button Edgar Alonzo Button Miles Button Riley Button Andrew Jackson Button Ralph Button William Button Newberry Button Della Button Etta Button Ella Mae Button Polly Whitney 1829–1911 Birth: November 6, 1829 — Tyrone, Schuyler, New York, USA Death: April 1, 1911 — Keeneyville, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA
Marriage	Marriage — March 18, 1853 — Middlebury Center, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA
-2 years elder brother	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
4 years elder brother	Links Birth: between 1850 and 1853 22 23 Death: Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Miles Button 1850– Birth: between 1850 and 1853 22 23 Death:
4 years elder brother	Links Birth: 1853 22 23 Marriage: Death: Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Polly M. … Riley Button 1853– Birth: 1853 22 23 Death:
4 years elder brother	Links Birth: about 1856 25 26 — Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Death: November 2, 1937 — Wellsboro, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Burial: November 2, 1937 — Middlebury Center, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Andrew Jackson Button 1856–1937 Birth: about 1856 25 26 — Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Death: November 2, 1937 — Wellsboro, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA
4 years elder brother	Links Birth: September 11, 1859 28 29 Marriage: December 15, 1880 Occupation: farmer, lumberman, owned a slaughterhouse and meat packing plant Death: September 21, 1936 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Betsey Jane Mosher Ralph Button 1859–1936 Birth: September 11, 1859 28 29 Death: September 21, 1936
2 years himself	Links Birth: 1861 30 31 Marriage: Death: 1949 Burial: 1949 — Coopers Plains, Steuben, New York, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Carrie Crampton Irvin Button William Button 1861–1949 Birth: 1861 30 31 Death: 1949
5 years younger brother	Links Birth: December 16, 1865 35 36 — Middlebury Center, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Marriage: Occupation: farmer Death: November 15, 1930 — Little Marsh, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Inadell Edwards Newberry Button 1865–1930 Birth: December 16, 1865 35 36 — Middlebury Center, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Death: November 15, 1930 — Little Marsh, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA
sister	Links Death: Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Della Button – Death:
younger sister	Links Birth: 1866 35 36 Death: Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Etta Button 1866– Birth: 1866 35 36 Death:
3 years younger sister	Links Birth: July 11, 1868 37 38 — Wellsboro, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Marriage: Marriage: Death: April 20, 1936 — Wellsboro, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Lorenzo Dever Mosher Sr Family with spouse Stephen Cortland Mosher Ella Mae Button 1868–1936 Birth: July 11, 1868 37 38 — Wellsboro, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Death: April 20, 1936 — Wellsboro, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA

Family with Carrie Crampton
himself	Links Birth: 1861 30 31 Marriage: Death: 1949 Burial: 1949 — Coopers Plains, Steuben, New York, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Carrie Crampton Irvin Button William Button 1861–1949 Birth: 1861 30 31 Death: 1949
wife	Links Birth: June 1870 — Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Marriage: Burial: April 1948 — Coopers Plains, Steuben, New York, USA Death: August 1948 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse William Button Irvin Button Carrie Crampton 1870–1948 Birth: June 1870 — Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Death: August 1948
Marriage	Marriage — —
son	Links Birth: 1902 41 31 Death: 1946 Burial: 1946 — Coopers Plains, Steuben, New York, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Irvin Button 1902–1946 Birth: 1902 41 31 Death: 1946

Burial	William, Carrie, and Irvin Button gravestone

Extra information

Last change October 31, 2025 – 22:45:58

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Family with parents
father Parents Alpheus Button Elizabeth Hill	Alonzo Button 1830–1872
mother Parents Jeremiah Whitney Sr Susan Resseguie	Polly Whitney 1829–1911
elder brother Family Eliza Short Rose Button Jennie V. Button Leroy Edgar Button Lena Nora Button Family Angeline Shellman	Edgar Alonzo Button 1850–1910
elder brother	Miles Button 1850–
elder brother Family Polly M. …	Riley Button 1853–
elder brother	Andrew Jackson Button 1856–1937
elder brother Family Betsey Jane Mosher	Ralph Button 1859–1936
himself	William Button 1861–1949
younger brother Family Inadell Edwards	Newberry Button 1865–1930
sister	Della Button –
younger sister	Etta Button 1866–
younger sister Family Lorenzo Dever Mosher Sr Family Stephen Cortland Mosher	Ella Mae Button 1868–1936

Family with Carrie Crampton
himself	William Button 1861–1949
wife	Carrie Crampton 1870–1948
son	Irvin Button 1902–1946

Descendants

William Button(1861–1949)
- Carrie Crampton
  - Irvin Button(1902–1946)