Brief Life History of David
When David Butterfield was born in 1816, in Hamilton, Ohio, United States, his father, Jeremiah Butterfield, was 40 and his mother, Mary Campbell, was 32. He married Martha Caroline Baker on 5 September 1844, in Jasper, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 8 daughters. He lived in Benton, Benton, Iowa, United States in 1850 and Yreka Judicial Township, Siskiyou, California, United States in 1860. He died in 1889, in Oregon, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Corvallis, Benton, Oregon, United States.
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- David Butterfield, "United States Census, 1860"
- David Butterfield, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
- David Butterfield, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
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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