Brief Life History of William Clarence
When William Clarence Button was born on 20 July 1895, in York, Clark, Illinois, United States, his father, George Button, was 26 and his mother, Estella Myles, was 21. He had at least 3 sons with Emma Agnes Mars. He lived in Flint, Genesee, Michigan, United States in 1930 and Prairie Creek, Prairie Creek Township, Vigo, Indiana, United States in 1940. He died on 13 February 1985, in Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Prairieton Township, Vigo, Indiana, United States.
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- William Clarence Button in household of Earnest Ray Piety, "United States Census, 1910"
- Indiana, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1907-1944
- William C Button, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1903 · Ford Motor Company
"Henry Ford built his first gasoline-powered vehicle, named the Quadricycle, in 1896, at his home in Detroit. Ford sold the Quadricycle for $200 and used the money to build a second car. In 1901, Ford raced his car ""Sweepstakes"" against Alexander Winton and won. The victory resulted in publicity for Ford which allowed him to gain investors for his new company, Ford Motor Company. The first Model A was sold on July 23, 1903, and the company was incorporated on November 13, 1903."
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
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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