Martha Butterfield

Brief Life History of Martha

When Martha Butterfield was born on 21 June 1819, in Farmington, Franklin, Maine, United States, her father, Zachariah Butterfield, was 36 and her mother, Martha Hiscock, was 31. She married Dominicus David Elmore on 3 December 1840, in Farmington, Franklin, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. She lived in Minnesota, United States in 1870 and Freedom Township, Waseca, Minnesota, United States for about 25 years. She died on 9 December 1904, in Janesville, Waseca, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Alma City Cemetery, Alma City, Waseca, Minnesota, United States.

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Family Time Line

Dominicus David Elmore
1819–1883
Martha Butterfield
1819–1904
Marriage: 3 December 1840
Augusta Ann Elmore
1842–1883
Martha Melissa Elmore
1843–1922
John Herman Elmore
1846–1922
Barbara Jane Elmore
1850–1920
Adelaide Clara Elmore
1855–1935

Sources (32)

  • Martha Elmore in household of John H Elmore, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Martha Butterfield, "Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
  • Martha Butterfield, "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907"

World Events (8)

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

1836

Historical Boundaries: 1836: Grant, Wisconsin Territory, United States 1848: Grant, Wisconsin, United States

1846

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

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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