Button, Whitfield (b. 2 Apr 1808 - d. 6 Jul 1898): Carl Wayne Gray Genealogies

Carl Wayne Gray Genealogies

1808 - 1898 (90 years)

Name	Button, Whitfield
Birth	2 Apr 1808	Barren County, Kentucky [1]
Gender	Male
Reference Number	BUTT.W002
Death	6 Jul 1898	Abingdon Cemetery, Abingdon, Knox County, Illinois [1]
Burial	Abingdon Cemetery, Abingdon, Knox County, Illinois [2]
Burial		Headstone, Button, Whitfield
Person ID	I38466	Carl Wayne Gray Research
Last Modified	18 Feb 2021

Family 3	Schooley, Hannah Reeves, b. 11 Aug 1817, Ohio d. 27 Feb 1882, Fulton County, Illinois (Age 64 years)
Marriage	29 Feb 1872	Knox County, Illinois
Family ID	F13542	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	31 Jan 2023

Event Map

	Birth - 2 Apr 1808 - Barren County, Kentucky
	Marriage - 21 Oct 1829 - Barren County, Kentucky
	Marriage - 29 Feb 1872 - Knox County, Illinois
	Death - 6 Jul 1898 - Abingdon Cemetery, Abingdon, Knox County, Illinois
	Burial - - Abingdon Cemetery, Abingdon, Knox County, Illinois

Notes

Whitfield and family came to Illinois in 1854. Various sources cite that Whitfield filed the charter for Abingdon College with the State of Illinois, and was one of the original six alderman of Abingdon. A history of the Abingdon College states that the school was established by abolitionists from Kentucky, on behalf of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). His sons Christopher Columbus Button and Marion Francis Button were both graduates of the college. His daughter, Ann Samantha Button, married John (Johann) Bartholome Scheitlin, a Swiss immigrant, who was listed as an early instructor at the college. Abingdon College was merged by the church with nearby Eureka College in 1886 and closed. Whitfield's widowed daughter-in-law, Phebe Eliza Phelps, and her son, Francis Christopher Button, founded Morehead Normal School in Kentucky during 1887, also on behalf of the Christian Church; through time, it evolved into present-day Morehead University.

[S12536] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Button, William, (https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8028575), none. (Reliability: 2).
[S12537] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Button, Whitfield, (https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8028575), none. (Reliability: 2).