Button, Whitfield

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]
  		Headstone, Button, Whitfield
  Person ID	I38466	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	18 Feb 2021

  
  

  Family 1	Hogue, M.E.
  Family ID	F15438	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2023

  
  

  Family 2	Greenwood, Eliza   d. 1870
  Marriage	21 Oct 1829	Barren County, Kentucky
  Family ID	F15437	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2023

  
  

  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  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• 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.

  
  

• Sources

  [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).