Mary Jane Button

Female31 December 1830–3 March 1857

Brief Life History of Mary Jane

When Mary Jane Button was born on 31 December 1830, in New York, United States, her father, Gideon Stone Button, was 30 and her mother, Mary Ann Gregory, was 28. She married Benjamin Franklin Rolfe in 1855, in Beloit, Rock, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died on 3 March 1857, in Salem, Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 26, and was buried in Liberty Cemetery, Liberty Corners, Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States.

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Family Time Line

Benjamin Franklin Rolfe
1821–1897
Mary Jane Button
1830–1857
Marriage: 1855
Alice Mary Rolfe
1856–1945

Sources (7)

  • Mary Jane Button in household of Gideon S Button, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Mary Jane Button, "New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962"
  • Mary Button Rolfe, "Find A Grave Index"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1855Beloit, Rock, Wisconsin, United States

    • Children (1)

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    Siblings (5)

    World Events (4)

    1832 · The Black Hawk War

    Age 2

    Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.

    1836

    Age 6

    The Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin - Sept 3, 1836 Treaty Treaty of the Cedars was concluded on the Fox River on September 3, 1836. The Menominee Nation ceded nearly 4 million acres of land for the following items every year for twenty years: $3,000 worth of food provisions, 2,000 lbs. of tobacco, 30 barrels of salt, agricultural supplies, and $500 per year. (Wisconsin Historical Society)

    1846

    Age 16

    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

    Name Meaning

    metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of buttons, from Old French bo(u)ton ‘knob, lump’, specialized to mean ‘button’. Compare Butner .

    habitational name from Booton in Norfolk, named with either the Old English personal name Bōta or the Old Norse personal name Bō + tūn ‘settlement’.

    English:

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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