Ardell Butterfield

Female28 September 1849–

Brief Life History of Ardell

When Ardell Butterfield was born on 28 September 1849, in Sidney, Kennebec, Maine, United States, her father, Joseph Butterfield, was 41 and her mother, Nancy Lowell Ward, was 43. She married Augustus Caiphas Stiles MD on 21 October 1867, in New Jersey, United States. She lived in Belgrade, Kennebec, Maine, United States in 1860 and Hammonton, Atlantic, New Jersey, United States in 1870.

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Augustus Caiphas Stiles MD
1813–1868
Ardell Butterfield
1849–
Marriage: 21 October 1867

Sources (7)

  • Ardell Stiles in household of Joseph Butterfield, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Ardell Butterfield, "New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956"
  • Ardel Butterfield in household of Joseph Knowls, "United States Census, 1860"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    21 October 1867New Jersey, United States

    • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (13)

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    World Events (8)

    1851 · First State to Attempt Prohibition

    Age 2

    "In 1851, Maine outlawed the sale of alcohol, allowing exceptions only for ""medicinal, mechanical, and manufacturing purposes"". This made Maine the first state to experiment with prohibition. Neal Dow, mayor of Portland, believed that alcohol was linked to slavery and was also convinced by the Christian temperance movement. Dow ran into problems later for his anti-immigration rhetoric against the Irish, and also for breaking his own prohibition laws; although not a designated ""purchaser"", Dow personally purchased alcohol to distribute to local doctors, violating a technicality. As the citizens turned against him, Dow eventually ordered soldiers to fire on protesters. This marked a sharp decline in Dow's political career, and the Maine Law was repealed by 1856. Aspects of the law would remain in tact, however, and ultimately paved the way for the 18th Amendment, which prohibited alcohol on the national level."

    1863

    Age 14

    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

    1881

    Age 32

    John Philip Holland was an inventor famous for designing the world's first submarines. After previous designs were rejected, Holland eventually received funding from the Fenians for a short time. In 1881, the Fenian Ram was launched into the Passaic River in northern New Jersey, marking the first successful submarine launch in the world.

    Name Meaning

    English: habitational name from Butterfield (Yorkshire) or from any of several other minor places with the same name. The name is derived from Old English butere ‘butter’ + feld ‘field’ or ‘open country’.

    History: Benjamin Butterfield came to Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1638. John Butterfield (1801–69) was born in Berne, NY, and founded an express company that merged with other companies to form the American Express Company (1850).

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

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