Brief Life History of Harry Garfield
When Harry Garfield Butson was born on 30 September 1883, in Lima, Grant, Wisconsin, United States, his father, Thomas Albert Butson Jr., was 44 and his mother, Mary Mahalah Gill, was 35. He married Sarah Elizabeth VanNatta on 16 February 1905, in Platteville, Grant, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Grant, Wisconsin, United States in 1883 and Wisconsin, United States in 1963. He died on 31 December 1963, in Harrison, Grant, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Whig Cemetery, Ellenboro, Grant, Wisconsin, United States.
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- Harry G Butson, "United States 1950 Census"
- H. Garfield Butson, "Wisconsin, Births and Christenings, 1826-1926"
- Harry Butson, "Wisconsin, Marriages, 1836-1930"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1886 · Giving Working Men a Union
The largest union group in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. It still exists today but merged with The Congress of Industrial Organization.
1904
St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.
Name Meaning
English (Devon and Cornwall): habitational name from Butson's Farm in Kentisbeare, Devon, recorded as Botustonc. 1200, and named from its owner Radulfus Boty or Buty + Old English tūn, hence ‘Boty's manor or estate’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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