TIMOTHY BUTTON

Retired Farmer; Edgington ; was born in Northfield, Franklin Co., Mass., on March 23, 1805, where he was brought up and educated in the public schools and the Deer- field Academy ; on Dec. 9, 1827, he married Adeline Maynard, of Leominster, Worcester Co., Mass., who died Dec. 23, 1832; he has two daughters, Lucy, who married Samuel Woodruff, of Hartford, Conn., where they now reside, and Adeline, who married Elisha Alexander; she taught school several years here and in Rock Island; Mr. Dutton came to this Co. June 9, 1838, and located on a farm in this vicinity; he has lived here ever since; was elected Justice of the Peace in 1839, and has held the office 37 years; has been Town Clerk 15 years, and School Treasurer 29 years.

 

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