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1847–1868

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Birth Date
1844
Death Date
21 November 1880
Gender
Male
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Samuel Button

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  • His mother and siblings traveled with their father/husband, Montgomery Button, in the Mormon Battalion until they were sent north to Puebo with the rest of the women and children.

Mormon Battalion Sick Detachments (1847)

  • Age at Departure: 3

Traveled with

  • Mary Button (Age: 31)
  • James H. Button (Age: 11)
  • Jutson Hallibut Button (Age: 7)
  • Louisa Button (Age: 5)

Sources

  • Norma Baldwin Ricketts, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848 (Logan, Utah: Utah State University Press, 1996), 233-34.
  • Norma Baldwin Ricketts, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848 (Logan, Utah: Utah State University Press, 1996), 31.
  • Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.