Frank Whitfield Button
1894 - 1951 (56 years)
1. Frank Whitfield Button was born on 29 Aug 1894 in Lexington, Fayette County, KY (son of Francis "Frank" Christopher Button and Hattie Bishop); died on 22 Apr 1951 in Louisville, Jefferson County, KY. Frank married Olive Allen on 27 Dec 1922 in Louisville, Jefferson County, KY. Olive was born on 6 Oct 1898; died on 30 Oct 1940 in Louisville, Jefferson County, KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
2. Francis "Frank" Christopher Button was born on 19 Nov 1863 in Oquawka, Henderson County, IL (son of Marion Francis Button and Phebe Eliza Phelps); died on 23 Apr 1933 in Lexington, Fayette County, KY. Francis married Hattie Bishop in 1890. Hattie (daughter of Harrison Bishop) was born on 14 Mar 1867 in Gallipolis, Gallia County, OH; died on 30 Oct 1940 in Lexington, Fayette County, KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Hattie Bishop was born on 14 Mar 1867 in Gallipolis, Gallia County, OH (daughter of Harrison Bishop); died on 30 Oct 1940 in Lexington, Fayette County, KY. Children:
- Hattie Lucy Button was born on 18 May 1891 in Lexington, Fayette County, KY; died in 1958.
- Phebe Elizabeth Button was born on 22 Oct 1893 in Lexington, Fayette County, KY; died in 1973.
- 1. Frank Whitfield Button was born on 29 Aug 1894 in Lexington, Fayette County, KY; died on 22 Apr 1951 in Louisville, Jefferson County, KY.
- Ida Gertrude Harrison Button was born on 26 Jan 1900 in Lexington, Fayette County, KY; died in Jan 1981.
Generation: 3
4. Marion Francis Button was born on 8 Sep 1834 in Barren County, KY (son of Whitfield Button and Eliza Greenwood Pace); died on 24 Aug 1867 in Oquawka, Henderson County, IL. Marion married Phebe Eliza Phelps on 26 Jun 1860 in Oquawka, Henderson County, IL. Phebe (daughter of Stephen Summer Phelps and Salome Patterson) was born on 11 Aug 1840 in Oquawka, Henderson County, IL; died on 17 Sep 1892. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Phebe Eliza Phelps was born on 11 Aug 1840 in Oquawka, Henderson County, IL (daughter of Stephen Summer Phelps and Salome Patterson); died on 17 Sep 1892. Children:
- Lucy Dell Button was born on 26 Jun 1861 in Oquawka, Henderson County, IL.
- 2. Francis "Frank" Christopher Button was born on 19 Nov 1863 in Oquawka, Henderson County, IL; died on 23 Apr 1933 in Lexington, Fayette County, KY.
6. Harrison Bishop was born about 1841 in Gallipolis, Gallia County, OH. Children:
- 3. Hattie Bishop was born on 14 Mar 1867 in Gallipolis, Gallia County, OH; died on 30 Oct 1940 in Lexington, Fayette County, KY.
Generation: 4
8. Whitfield Button was born on 2 Apr 1808 in Oldham County, KY; died in 1857 in Barren County, KY. Whitfield married Eliza Greenwood Pace on 25 Nov 1829. Eliza was born on 15 Oct 1812 in Cumberland County, KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
9. Eliza Greenwood Pace was born on 15 Oct 1812 in Cumberland County, KY. Children:
- 4. Marion Francis Button was born on 8 Sep 1834 in Barren County, KY; died on 24 Aug 1867 in Oquawka, Henderson County, IL.
10. Stephen Summer Phelps was born on 1 Aug 1805 in Sandy Creek, Oswego County, NY (son of Stephen Phelps and Lois Day); died on 23 Dec 1880 in Oquawka, Henderson County, IL. Stephen married Salome Patterson on 1 Nov 1838 in Warren County, IL. Salome (daughter of Lewis Patterson and Lucy Russell) was born on 27 Jan 1814 in Stowe, Lamoille County, VT; died on 12 Feb 1886 in Oquawka, Henderson County, IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
11. Salome Patterson was born on 27 Jan 1814 in Stowe, Lamoille County, VT (daughter of Lewis Patterson and Lucy Russell); died on 12 Feb 1886 in Oquawka, Henderson County, IL. Children:
- 5. Phebe Eliza Phelps was born on 11 Aug 1840 in Oquawka, Henderson County, IL; died on 17 Sep 1892.
- Henry Holt Phelps was born on 7 May 1844 in Oquawka, Henderson County, IL.
- Stephen Sumner Phelps was born on 10 Jun 1849 in Oquawka, Henderson County, IL.