Brief Life History of Martha Frances
When Martha Frances Barton was born on 7 December 1835, in Kentucky, United States, her father, Taylor Barton, was 30 and her mother, Ann Faulconer, was 40. She married Hiram William Butts on 28 August 1851, in Monroe, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Missouri, United States in 1870 and Clay Township, Monroe, Missouri, United States in 1880. She died on 29 March 1884, in Orlando, Orange, Florida, United States, at the age of 48, and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Orlando, Orange, Florida, United States.
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- Martha T Butts in household of Hiram Butts, "United States Census, 1860"
- Martha Frances Barton, "Missouri, Marriages, 1750-1920"
- Martha Frances Barton Butts, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
1838 · Florida Constitutional Convention of 1838
In order to transition from a territory into a state, Florida held a Constitutional Convention on December 3, 1838 at St. Joseph. The original constitutional document has never been found, but a handwritten copy exists which shows the signatures of Robert Raymond Reid (Convention President) and Joshua Knowles (Convention Secretary). There were an estimated 55 delegates in attendance. Most of the debate was centered on the topic of banking.
1850 · 8th Most Populated State
According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of numerous places called with Old English bere or bær ‘barley’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’, i.e. an outlying grange. Compare Barwick . The name is also found in Ireland, where it has been Gaelicized as de Bartún.
Polish (Bartoń); Czech and Slovak (mainly Bartoň): from a pet form of the personal name Polish Bartłomiej, Czech Bartoloměj, Slovak Bartolomej, from Latin Bartholomaeus (see Bartholomew ). This surname is also found in Germany.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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