Brief Life History of Thomas
When Thomas Butterfield was born on 21 July 1832, in Mount Vernon, Kennebec, Maine, United States, his father, Benjamin K Butterfield, was 31 and his mother, Sophia Smith, was 25. He lived in Washington Township, Buchanan, Missouri, United States in 1850 and Arapahoe, Kansas, United States in 1860.
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- Thomas Butterfield in household of B R Butterfield, "United States Census, 1850"
- Thomas S. Butterfield, "Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
- Research Log for Thomas Butterfield by BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy
World Events (8)
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.
1855
Historical Boundaries: 1855: Arapahoe, Kansas Territory, United States 1859: Oro, Kansas Territory, United States 1861: Unorganized Federal Territory, United States 1861: Colorado Territory, United States 1861: Arapahoe, Colorado Territory, United States 1876: Arapahoe, Colorado, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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