Fuller-Button Family Genealogy
Fuller-Button Family Genealogy

Author: Mary Alice Benedict Grindol

Publisher:

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 476

ISBN-13:

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History of the interrelated Button and Fuller families who descended from George William Fuller and James Ambrose Button. Their families united in the marriage of William Rufus Fuller (1851-1914) and his wife, Marietta (Mary) Eveline Button, of Michigan. William Rufus and Mary had ten children: George Ambrose, Grover Button, William Orange, Lucius LeRoy, Robert Pingree, Cora Violet, Henry Howard, Lottie Mae, Sanford Alonzo, and Truman Lester Fuller, all born from 1891-1911. Later descendants also lived in California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, North Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Washington and elsewhere.

Michigan's Strychnine Saint
Michigan's Strychnine Saint

Author: Tobin T. Buhk

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2014-03-04

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 1625847416

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“A historically accurate picture of the characters involved in the complicated frontier-era poisoning investigation” (MLive.com). The spring of 1903 proved disastrous for the Murphy family. On April 22, the infant Ruth Murphy died in her crib. Within an hour, her mother, Gertrude, experienced a violent spasm before she, too, died. Ten days later, John Murphy followed his wife and child to the grave after suffering from a crippling convulsion. While neighbors whispered about a curse and physicians feared a contagious disease, Kalkaska County sheriff John W. Creighton and prosecuting attorney Ernest C. Smith searched for answers. As they probed deeper into the suspicious deaths, they uncovered a wicked web of intrigue. And at the center stood a widow in a black taffeta dress. Includes photos