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James Madison Batsell

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James Madison Batsell

Birth
Pilot Grove, Grayson County, Texas, USA
Death
3 Mar 1920 (aged 53)
Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas, USA
Burial
Sherman, Grayson County, Texas, USA GPS-Latitude: 33.6302976, Longitude: -96.6204997
Memorial ID
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Son of C.W. Batsell; Husband of Fannie Lucia Dodge; married 05 Jan 1888, Sherman, Grayson County, Texas. Father of James Hart Batsell, 1891-1974.

From Nancy E. Brown:

SPECIAL RANGER

James Madison Batsell was born April 11, 1866, in Sherman, Grayson County, Texas to Charles William Batsell and Elizabeth Clement. He was married to Fannie Lucia Dodge on January 5, 1888 in Sherman, Grayson County, Texas. They had three children. James stood 5ft. 10in. tall, had blue eyes, gray hair and a light complexion. James was a quarentine guard in Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas. He was a customs inspector in Brownsville from 1911 until 1916, a mounted Immigration inspector in Brownsville in 1916, a policeman in Brownsville in 1917 and a Texas quarentine guard in Brownsville from 1917 to 1918. He enlisted in the Texas Rangers as a SPECIAL RANGER from February 5, 1918 through January 1919. James Madison Batsell died March 3, 1920, in Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas. He was buried in West Hill Cemetery, Shermon, Grayson County, Texas
Son of C.W. Batsell; Husband of Fannie Lucia Dodge; married 05 Jan 1888, Sherman, Grayson County, Texas. Father of James Hart Batsell, 1891-1974.

From Nancy E. Brown:

SPECIAL RANGER

James Madison Batsell was born April 11, 1866, in Sherman, Grayson County, Texas to Charles William Batsell and Elizabeth Clement. He was married to Fannie Lucia Dodge on January 5, 1888 in Sherman, Grayson County, Texas. They had three children. James stood 5ft. 10in. tall, had blue eyes, gray hair and a light complexion. James was a quarentine guard in Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas. He was a customs inspector in Brownsville from 1911 until 1916, a mounted Immigration inspector in Brownsville in 1916, a policeman in Brownsville in 1917 and a Texas quarentine guard in Brownsville from 1917 to 1918. He enlisted in the Texas Rangers as a SPECIAL RANGER from February 5, 1918 through January 1919. James Madison Batsell died March 3, 1920, in Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas. He was buried in West Hill Cemetery, Shermon, Grayson County, Texas


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