Homer Arlington Bouton

26 April 1846–25 June 1894 (Age 48)
South Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

The Life Summary of Homer Arlington

When Homer Arlington Bouton was born on 26 April 1846, in South Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, his father, Joseph Bouton, was 22 and his mother, Mary Rebecca Barto, was 21. He married Nancy Foote on 5 July 1869, in St Thomas, Lincoln, Nevada, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Connecticut, United States in 1870 and Glendale, Kane, Utah, United States in 1880. He died on 25 June 1894, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 48, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Homer Arlington Bouton
1846–1894
Nancy Foote
1852–1932
Marriage: 5 July 1869
Mary Artemisia Bouton
1872–1949
Joseph Warren Bouton
1876–1970
Harry Willmet Bouton
1879–1916
Homer Arlington Bouton
1884–1954
William Bouton
1887–1971
Louie Bouton
1890–1891
Pearl Bouton
1893–1976

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    5 July 1869St Thomas, Lincoln, Nevada, United States
    • Children

    (7)

    +2 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (6)

    +1 More Child

    World Events (7)

    1848 · Slavery is Abolished
    Age 2
    In 1840, the American Anti-Slavery Society split and slavery started being outlawed in the state. In Canterbury, Connecticut, Prudence Crandall started a school for young African American girls. The people got mad and Crandall was taken to court. The case was lost and that was the beginning of many other cases that would be lost, but it was also the start of having slavery abolished.
    1863
    Age 17
    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
    1868 · Land in Groton Given to US Navy for Navy Station
    Age 22
    In 1868, the State of Connecticut gave the Navy 112 acres of land along the Thames River. This became the location of the Naval Submarine Base. It was designed to hold 1,400 men and 20 submarines. During WWII it was expanded to 497 acres. 

    Name Meaning

    French:nickname for someone with a prominent wart, carbuncle, or boil, from Old French bo(u)ton ‘knob, lump, excrescence’ (from bo(u)ter ‘to thrust or strike’).metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of buttons, from Old French bo(u)ton, the same word as above, specialized to mean ‘button’.

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

    Possible Related Names

    Bodo

    Sources (23)

    • Homer Bonton in household of Joseph Bonton, "United States Census, 1870"
    • Homer Bouton in entry for Nancy Foote Bouton, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
    • Homer A Bowton in household of Mary Bowton, "United States Census, 1860"

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