Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Button, George A 
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Author: History of Grundy County IL 1914

Button, George A. – Some of the most substantial citizens of Grundy County are 
those who were born and reared on farms, and there taught from earliest 
childhood lessons inculcating industry and thrift.  One of these men, is 
George A. Button of Morris, who has found his early training of great benefit 
to him during his after life.  He was born in Wauponsee Township, December 22, 
1858, son of Morgan and Lucinda (Foster) Button, natives of Ohio and New York, 
respectively.  They were early settlers of Grundy County, and the father was a 
successful agriculturalist of Wauponsee Township until his death in 1901.  The 
mother died many years before him, passing away in 1880.  Later he married 
(second) Saretta Wilson, who is also deceased.

After attending the local schools, during which period he helped his father on 
the farm, George A. Button began earning his own living working in a coal 
shaft at Carbondale, Kas.  After eighteen months, he returned home and within 
two months, he formed a partnership with his brother Milton Z., for the 
purpose of farming.  They rented the R. M. Davis agricultural property and 
operated it for five years.  Mr. Button then began farming in Wauponsee 
Township, where he married, and following this event, took charge of his 
father’s homestead, and conducted it for five years.  He then bought twenty 
seven acres in Mazon Township, to which he later added several acres more, and 
operated it for five years, and within six years sold it, and came to Morris.  
Here for the next four years, he conducted a first-class buffet, but selling 
his business became a machinist for the Coleman Hardware Company, thus 
continuing for seven years.  For the next six months, he was with the St. 
Clair Laundry Machine Company, when in November, 1911, he was appointed 
inspector for the Public Light and Service Company and the Service Company of 
the Bell Telephone Company of Chicago.

In 1886, Mr. Button was married to Allie Braugham, born in Grundy County, 
daughter of Jacob and Lucinda (Cotton) Braugham.  Mr. and Mrs. Button became 
the parents of children as follows:  Blanche, Mrs. Otto Stevens, who lives in 
Wauponsee Township; Violet, Mrs. Truman Davidson, who lives at Morris; Floyd, 
who lives at Morris; and Claire, George and Earl, who are all at home.  Mr. 
Button is an independent in his political views, preferring to vote for the 
man, rather than to be tied down by party lines.  His fraternal connections 
are with the Domestic Orders of the World.  A man of integrity, Mr. Button has 
always been willing to work steadily towards some desired object and stands 
very high in his community.

pages 781-782

Additional Comments:
Source:  History of Grundy County, Illinois, Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co. 
Publishers; 1914

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