Elizabeth Frances Butts

Female1840–

Brief Life History of Elizabeth Frances

Elizabeth Frances Butts was born in 1840, in Alabama, United States as the daughter of Butts.

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Butts
1815–
John Butts
1830–
Reuben Butts
1838–
Elizabeth Frances Butts
1840–
Jefferson Butts
1840–
Amanda Butts
1844–

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      Butts

      Male1815– Male

    Siblings (5)

    World Events (3)

    1846

    Age 6

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

    1863

    Age 23

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

    1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg

    Age 23

    The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.

    Name Meaning

    variant of Butt , with post-medieval excrescent -s.

    topographic name from Middle English buttes, either a reference to the short ridges of plowed land at the edge of a common arable field, or the plural form of butt ‘tree stump’ or ‘mound, hillock, archery butt’. See Butt 2.

    English:

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

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