Uso do atributo data
by Diego Vieira
HTML
<table>
<tr>
<td data-nome="Lorem Ipsum">Nome attr data-</td>
<td><button class="btn-danger">Recuperar nome</button></td>
</tr>
</table>
JavaScript
$(function(){
$(document).on('click', '.btn-danger', function(e) {
e.preventDefault;
var nome = $(this).parent().parent().find('td').data('nome');
alert(nome);
});
});