| Name |
Button, Lura [1] |
| Birth |
12 May 1816 |
Springville, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, USA  [1] |
| Gender |
Female |
| Birth |
Abt 1820 |
| (age 82 at her death in 1902) |
| Death |
Abt 22 Sep 1902 |
Hebron Twp, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA |
| age 82, at the home of her son in Hecor Township, after surviving 5 weeks in the Black Forest, subsisting on berries. |
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from FB Potter/Mckean post, clearer photo found:
Clipped from The Sentinel (Carlisle, Pennsylvania) 22 Sep 1902 Mon pg 4
pepperhead1 - 27 Oct 2018
LAY STARVING IN THE WOODS
Mrs. Button, Aged 82, Lost For Five Weeks.
Cross Fork, Pa., Sept. 22.
Mrs. Sarah Button, an 82-year-old woman, who was found in Black Forest, where she had wandered over an area of 18 miles for five weeks, will die. Saturday, in a comatose state, she was taken to the home of her son, in Hector township. Mrs. Button had left Haneyville to walk to her son's, about 30 miles up the Coudersport Pike, and the last seen of her was that night. Last Thursday afternoon Joseph and Frank N. Swayze, diggers of ginseng root, were along Young Woman's Creek, nine miles from the nearest house, and in one of the densest parts of the Black Forest, they found Mrs. Button lying under a ledge of rocks and just able to whsper.
She had had nothing but berries for five weeks, and had crawled into a cave for shelter from the cold. One night a black bear shambled into the place and she fled. One day last week she heard voices, but was too weak to make herself heard. She is now a mere skeleton, and was carried out of the forest on a stretcher made of poles.
Clipped from The Sentinel, 22 Sep 1902, Mon, Page 4
pepperhead1 Member Photo
The Sentinel (Carlisle, Pennsylvania) 22 Sep 1902 Mon pg 4
pepperhead1 - 27 Oct 2018
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http://wikiedit.org/USA/Haneyville/5108532
Places around Haneyville
The surrounding nearby villages and its distance from Haneyville are
Jersey Mills 4.2 Miles.,
Bluestone 4.2 Miles.,
Lebo Vista 4.4 Miles.,
Lucullus 4.5 Miles.,
Gallagher 5.2 Miles.,
Cammal 5.4 Miles.,
Waterville 6 Miles.,
English Mills 6.2 Miles.,
Whetham 7.1 Miles.,
Ritchie 7.2 Miles.
Haneyville
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| Event |
22 Sep 1902 |
Haneyville, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Mrs. Sarah Button, an 82-year-old woman, who was found in Black Forest, where she had wandered over an area of 18 miles for five weeks, will die. |
- 20190112HAv-
from FB Potter/Mckean post, clearer photo found:
Clipped from The Sentinel (Carlisle, Pennsylvania) 22 Sep 1902 Mon pg 4
pepperhead1 - 27 Oct 2018
LAY STARVING IN THE WOODS
Mrs. Button, Aged 82, Lost For Five Weeks.
Cross Fork, Pa., Sept. 22.
Mrs. Sarah Button, an 82-year-old woman, who was found in Black Forest, where she had wandered over an area of 18 miles for five weeks, will die. Saturday, in a comatose state, she was taken to the home of her son, in Hector township. Mrs. Button had left Haneyville to walk to her son's, about 30 miles up the Coudersport Pike, and the last seen of her was that night. Last Thursday afternoon Joseph and Frank N. Swayze, diggers of ginseng root, were along Young Woman's Creek, nine miles from the nearest house, and in one of the densest parts of the Black Forest, they found Mrs. Button lying under a ledge of rocks and just able to whsper.
She had had nothing but berries for five weeks, and had crawled into a cave for shelter from the cold. One night a black bear shambled into the place and she fled. One day last week she heard voices, but was too weak to make herself heard. She is now a mere skeleton, and was carried out of the forest on a stretcher made of poles.
Clipped from The Sentinel, 22 Sep 1902, Mon, Page 4
pepperhead1 Member Photo
The Sentinel (Carlisle, Pennsylvania) 22 Sep 1902 Mon pg 4
pepperhead1 - 27 Oct 2018
_____________________
http://wikiedit.org/USA/Haneyville/5108532
Places around Haneyville
The surrounding nearby villages and its distance from Haneyville are
Jersey Mills 4.2 Miles.,
Bluestone 4.2 Miles.,
Lebo Vista 4.4 Miles.,
Lucullus 4.5 Miles.,
Gallagher 5.2 Miles.,
Cammal 5.4 Miles.,
Waterville 6 Miles.,
English Mills 6.2 Miles.,
Whetham 7.1 Miles.,
Ritchie 7.2 Miles.
Haneyville
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| Race |
White [1] |
| Name |
Sarah Button mrs |
| Death |
28 Sep 1911 |
Harrison twp, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA [1] |
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Mrs Lura Button in the Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1966
Name: Mrs Lura Button
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 95y 4m 16d
Birth Date: 12 May 1816
Birth Place: Springville, Susquehanah County, Pennsylvania
widow
occupation: domestic
Death Date: 28 Sep 1911 17:00h
Death Place: Harrison, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
cause: Old Age & General Disability
Complicated by La Grippe
I did not attend the deceased at all
signed: Byron L. Roe, MD
Harrison Valley
Father: James Button
birth: Columbus, NY
Mother: Polly Burdick
birth: Columbus, NY
burial: Oct 1, 1911
Potter Brook, Pa
informant: Harriet Stewart
Potter Brook, PA
Certificate Number: 85999
Source Citation
Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Pennsylvania, USA; Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1965; Certificate Number Range: 085971-089710
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1966 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906-1963. Series 11.90 (1,905 cartons). Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
- Age: 95y 4m 16d Old age and La Grippe, general disability
|
| Burial |
1 Oct 1911 |
Potter Brook Cemetery, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA |
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Mrs Lura Button in the Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1966
Name: Mrs Lura Button
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 95y 4m 16d
Birth Date: 12 May 1816
Birth Place: Springville, Susquehanah County, Pennsylvania
widow
occupation: domestic
Death Date: 28 Sep 1911 17:00h
Death Place: Harrison, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
cause: Old Age & General Disability
Complicated by La Grippe
I did not attend the deceased at all
signed: Byron L. Roe, MD
Harrison Valley
Father: James Button
birth: Columbus, NY
Mother: Polly Burdick
birth: Columbus, NY
burial: Oct 1, 1911
Potter Brook, Pa
informant: Harriet Stewart
Potter Brook, PA
Certificate Number: 85999
Source Citation
Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Pennsylvania, USA; Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1965; Certificate Number Range: 085971-089710
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1966 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906-1963. Series 11.90 (1,905 cartons). Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
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| Person ID |
I64249 |
WETZEL-SPRING |
1816 - 1911 (95 years)
