Northern Christian Advocate - April 1, 1886

Mrs. Olive BUTTON, wife of Horace Button, died January 1, 1886, at the residence of her son David, in Vermillion, Oswego County, New York, aged 68 years.  Sister Button was converted at the age of sixteen years.  During the half century she had been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church she had been a "lively member" of the same, possessing profound conceptions of Christian duty, privilege and graces, together with a faith that brought to her a "great salvation."  These combined to make her a power in the church and a cheering light in the home.  Her last years were years of great suffering, and yet "the Lord did not forsake her."  Her aged husband and several children and grandchildren, most of whom she had seen born into the kingdom, receive a most precious legacy, the memory and example of a ripe Christian experience to be their guiding star, whose genial rays will forevermore proclaim "The good die not."          M. W. CHASE

Additional information:
Note 1:  1860 US Census - Montague, Lewis County, New York - Surname: BUTTON - Horace age 44, farmer - Olive age 42 - son James age 16, farmer - son Chester age 14 - dau. Celia age 8 - son David age 4
Note 2:  1870 US Census - Redfield, Oswego County, New York - Surname: BUTTON - son Chester age 24, farmer - Horace age 55, farmer - Olive age 53 - Son David age 15, farmer - Sarah Rider age 28, domestic servant - Frank Rider age 6 - Ettie Rider age 2
Note 3:  1880 US Census - Palermo, Oswego County, New York - Surname: BUTTON - Horace age 65, farming - Olive age 63
Note 4:  Brief history of Palermo and Vermillion Methodist Episcopal Churches - information from History of Oswego County, New York, 1789-1877, published by Everett & Ferriss, 1878
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~nyoswego/towns/palermo/palermochurch.html
Note 5:  Brief history of Redfield Methodist Episcopal Church - information from Landmarks of Oswego County, New York, edited by John C. Churchill, 1885
http://history.raysplace.com/ny/redfield-ny.htm
Note 6:  Map of Towns in Central New York - includes Barneveld and Palermo
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~nycortla/cnytownm.htm
Note 7:  1902 Map of Oswego County - includes Palermo, Redfield and Vermillion
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~nyoswego/oswegocounty/1902map.html
 

Submitted by:
Mary Jane Haight-Eckert          <[email protected]>
CA