Brief Life History of Samuel Bittles
When Samuel Bittles Button was born in 1844, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, his father, Montgomery Evans Button, was 31 and his mother, Mary Bittles, was 29. He lived in Beaver, Beaver, Utah, United States in 1860 and San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States in 1870. He died on 21 November 1880, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 36, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Samuel Button in household of Mont Button, "United States Census, 1870"
- Samuel Button, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
- Samuel Button, "Utah, Salt Lake City Cemetery Records, 1847-1976"
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1845 · Oh My Father
"In October 1845, the newspaper Times and Seasons published a poem written by Eliza R. Snow entitled ""My Father in Heaven."" It has become the well known hymn, ""Oh My Father."" The song is only one in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hymnbook that referrs to a Heavenly Mother."
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1856 · The Largest Map Company in the World
William Rand opened a small printing shop in Chicago. Doing most of the work himself for the first two years he decided to hire some help. Rand Hired Andrew McNally, an Irish Immigrant, to work in his shop. After doing business with the Chicago Tribune, Rand and McNally were hired to run the Tribune's entire printing operation. Years later, Rand and McNally established Rand McNally & Co after purchasing the Tribune's printing business. They focused mainly on printing tickets, complete railroad guides and timetables for the booming railroad industry around the city. What made the company successful was the detailed maps of roadways, along with directions to certain places. Rand McNally was the first major map publisher to embrace a system of numbered highways and erected many of the roadside highway signs that have been adopted by state and federal highway authorities. The company is still making and updating the world maps that are looked at every day.
Name Meaning
metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of buttons, from Old French bo(u)ton ‘knob, lump’, specialized to mean ‘button’. Compare Butner .
habitational name from Booton in Norfolk, named with either the Old English personal name Bōta or the Old Norse personal name Bō + tūn ‘settlement’.
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Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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