Soldier Information
Name: Robert Button
Alias: Ingram
Place of Birth: Oldham KY Year of Birth: 1846
Occupation: Farmer
Eyes: Black Hair: Black Complexion: Black
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 5
Enlistment Information
Enlistment Date: June 10, 1864
Enlistment Place: Louisville
Enlistment State: KY
Compiled Military Service Record
Document: View
Congressional District: 5th
Company: C Regiment(s): 109th Regt USCI
Mustered Where: Louisville, Kentucky
Mustered Out Date: February 6, 1866
Rank at Muster Out: Private
Notes:
Ingram was a substitute, but it is unknown for whom he substituted.
Soldier Death Information
Died in war? No
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Death Date: June 15, 1912
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Soldier Pension Information
Pension Card Link: Pension Card
Pension Application Date: December 26, 1900
Application No.: 1259848 Certificate No.: 1135697
Alternate First Name: Alternate Last Name:
Widow Pension Information
Widow Pension Card: Pension Card
Widow Application Date: October 3, 1885
Application No.: 331409 Certificate No.:
No other family pension card found
Pension File Information
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Pension Notes:
The soldier’s invalid application, filed from Mississippi, was approved. Drusilla Button was the soldier’s widow. A widow’s pension application was filed on October 3, 1885, from Kentucky, nearly 30 years prior to his death.
Freedman’s Bank/Freedmen’s Bureau Information
No Freedman’s Bank information found
No Freedmen’s Bureau Documents found
Family Information
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Wife #1 First Name: Drusilla Maiden Name: Brown
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Family Notes:
The soldier died on June 15, 1912. The location is not yet known. His wife died on March 9, 1895, in Louisville. Her mother died on Dec. 28, 1913, also in Louisville. The names of any possible children have not been located.
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1870 Census
1870 Census information not found
1880 Census
1880 Census Link: View
1880 Profession: Domestic Servant
1880 Live with/near former enslaver? Unknown
1880 Ability to Read? Unknown Ability to Write? Unknown
1880 Census Notes:
The soldier was not found in the census, but his wife Drusilla was living in Oldham County with her mother Parthena Brown, and sister Hester Brown.
1890 Census
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1900 Census
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1910 Census
1910 Census Link: View
1910 Profession: Farmer
1910 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1910 Own/Rent: Rent 1910 Home Free/Mortgage: Unknown 1910 Farm/House: Farm
1910 Census Notes:
Robert Button, a widower, resided in Bolivar County, Mississippi. The census noted that he was a veteran of the Union Army. Parthena Brown lived in Louisville with her grandson Frank Martin, his wife, and two daughters as well as Frank’s brother Louis Martin and Frank’s sister-in-law Katie Tucker.
1920 Census
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Enslaver Information
1850 Enslaver Census
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1860 Enslaver Census
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1870 Enslaver Census
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1880 Enslaver Census
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Compensation Information
Compensation Application not found