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Daniel Webster /Batchelder/, Jr.
BIRTH Flint, Michigan AFT. 1905
Left South Dakota Worked for Southern Pacific RR in CA Favorite pie - apple, Winnie made them daily.
Retired before WWII but called back to work due to manpower shortage 1906 Ran a hotel in Seattle before moving to California
      Article in the Sacramento Bee
announcing the 60th Wedding Anniversary of Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Webster Batchelder, Jr. residing at 1911 - 20th, Sacramento
----"Daniel Batchelder, born in Flint, Michigan and wife native of Farley, Iowa married in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Levi B. Greene, near Grand View, South Dakato.  They moved from South Dakota to Seattle, where they lived during the
Alaskian gold rush boom.  They have resided here since 1912.  He is a retired employee of the Southern Pacific Company.
   The couple are the parents of Leo J. Batchelder whose wife is Mabel Lewis Batchelder.  They have two grandchildren and one great grandchild."
John /Batchelder/
BIRTH AUG 1790
Gilmanton, Belknap Co., New Hampshire
DEATH 28 JUL 1872
Langworthy, Jones Co, Iowa
1850 Census - Had moved the family to Rumney, Grafton Co. New Hampshire.  He was listed as a Dairyman.
1860 Census - Living in Lanworthy, Jones Co. Iowa.  Listed as a farmer.
BURIED Langworthy Cemetery
1870 Census - Living with Stephen in Jones Co., Iowa
Benjamin /Batchelder/
BIRTH 1832
Merrimach, New Hampshire
DEATH 11 OCT 1863 Overton Military  Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
Cause Typhoid Fever
19 FEB 1863 Made a Corporal. Went to Iowa around 1850. Albert was his helper in the early years
Occupation -  Blacksmith. 5 AUG 1862 Enlisted as a Private, 31st Infantry, Company H, Iowa Volunteers
BURIED Langworthy Cemetery
Albert B. /Batchelder/
BIRTH 25 AUG 1831
New Hampshire
DEATH 24 NOV 1890
Langworthy, Iowa
1850 First of the family to arrive in Jones County, Iowa 17 MAR 1855 Purch. SE1/4ofSW1/4 & NE1/4 of NW1/4 & W fr if BW1/4,Sec7,Twnsp85,Rng3 for $265.
8 NOV 1854 Purch. NE1/4 of SW frac. 1/4 & SE1/4 of NW frac 1/4,Sec7,Twnsp85,Rng3 for $120.
3 OCT 1855 Sold N end of 1/2,Sec7,Twnsp85,Rng3,West 5 for $350.00
23 OCT 1857 Sold Right of Way to all ands to DW Railroad for $1.00
17 JUN 1861 Sold N/2 of SW1/4(80 acres),Sec7, Twnsp85,Rng3,West 5 for $150.00
Albert Batchelder, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Langworthy; he and his brother Stephen are engaged largely in the raising and selling of stock and
supplying milk to the creamery at Langworthy; born in New Hampshire in 1832 came to Jones Co. in 1850; has lived here since that time.  Wife's maiden name was Harriet Hunter, a native of New York; they were married July 3, 1863; have had four children, three of whom are living, named as follows:  Louis, Charles, Ernest and Minnie.  Mr. Batchelder is a Road Supervisor in his town; he and his brother Stephen, are among the oldest settlers in their part of the county; when they came there, there were only two houses in the part of the township where they live, and where their houses now stand, grass was growing six feet high.  Mr. Batchelder
is a Republican; owns ninety-one acres, all under cultivation.
- from the History of Jefferson Co. Wayne Township.
  Albert was a prosperous farmer, owning one hundred and twenty-four  acres of well improved and valuable land, and in politics was a stalwart
republican.
     - gtp, History of Linn County
Romantes /Batchelder/
BIRTH 1825
New Hampshire
DEATH 1907
19 APR 1855 Purchased S1/2 of NE1/4, Sec. 7, Twnsp 85, N. of Range 3 W for $110.00, Lanworthy, Iowa
3 MAR 1856 Sold SW1/4 of NE1/4, Sec. 7, Twnsp 85, Range 3 to Stephen for $100.00
BURIAL 1907
Santa Ana Cemetery, Santa Ana, CA
7 APR 1856 Canstable of Wayne Township
14 SEP 1857 Sold Right of Way to all lands to D W Railroad for $1.00
1900 Census shows Owned farm free & clear for 59 yrs
Romantes /Batchelder/
BIRTH 1825
New Hampshire
DEATH 1907
19 APR 1855 Purchased S1/2 of NE1/4, Sec. 7, Twnsp 85, N. of Range 3 W for $110.00, Lanworthy, Iowa
3 MAR 1856 Sold SW1/4 of NE1/4, Sec. 7, Twnsp 85, Range 3 to Stephen for $100.00
BURIAL 1907
Santa Ana Cemetery, Santa Ana, CA
7 APR 1856 Canstable of Wayne Township
14 SEP 1857 Sold Right of Way to all lands to D W Railroad for $1.00
1900 Census shows Owned farm free & clear for 59 yrs