Kentucky:  A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 3rd ed., 
1886.  Barren County.

BENJAMIN F BUTTON was born October 2, 1850, in Barren County, Ky., where 
he grew to manhood and has since resided.  He is the son of Benjamin F. 
Button, Sr., also a native of Barren County, who died in 1880, at the 
age of sixty-eight years.  His father, John Button, a native of Culpeper 
County, Va., moved to Kentucky in 1806, and died about 1862. Benjamin F. 
Button, Sr., espoused in marriage Permelia A., daughter of Russell and 
Mary A. (Cooney) Barrick, of Barrren County.  She is still living, and 
the mother of the following children:  James P., Mary J. (Bates), John 
R., Benjamin F., Martha S. (deceased), George W. (deceased), Harriet A. 
(Shirley) and Theophilus E.  B. F. Button, Sr., died in 1881, in Texas, 
of which State he had been a resident for nine yeaars.  February 19, 
1872, Benjamin F. was united in marriage with Mary E., daughter of Rev. 
William H. and Mildred (Anderson) Emerson, of Barren County.  She was 
born January 9, 1853, and to them have been born Mildred P., Servius F., 
David R., Trigg L. and William F.  Mr. Button is a farmer, owning 110 
acres of fair land in a good state of cultivation.  He is a member of 
the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and in politics is identified with 
the Democratic party.

Anderson Barrick Bates Button Cooney Emerson Shirley
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Culpeper-VA TX

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