BATE BATCHELOR, a late prominent and influential farmer and stockman of Deepwater township, was one of the substantial and leading citizens of Bates county. Mr. Batchelor was a native of Kentucky, born December 18, 1868, a son of John and Sarah J. (Allen) Batchelor, who came to Missouri and settled in Bates county on a farm located near Appleton City, when their son, Bate, was a child five years of age.
Mr. Batchelor, whose name introduces this review, was reared on the farm near Appleton City and his youth was spent much as the average lad on the farm spends his boyhood days. He assisted his father with the work on the home place and attended Oak Grove district school, applying himself assiduously to his farm duties and to his studies, growing strong and vigorous mentally and physically. Mr. Batchelor was always interested in agricultural pursuits and in early manhood began farming and stock raising, which he followed the remainder of his life. In 1900, he and his wife located on the farm, which is the present home of his widow, located four and a half miles south of Spruce in Deepwater township and, as the place is well adapted to the production of both stock and grain, Mr. Batchelor became very interested in both general farming and stock raising. He was very prominently identified with the stock interests of Bates county, especially, and his stock farm became noted for the high grade Poland China hogs and white face cattle bred and raised there on. In matters of business, Bate Batchelor was careful and methodical, and all his dealings were marked by discriminating judgment and a high sense of fairness and honor.
The marriage of Bate Batchelor and Clara Cumpton was solemnized June 1, 1898. Clara (Cumpton) Batchelor is a native of Deepwater township, born March 18, 1871, a daughter of W.G. and M.L. Cumpton. Mrs. Batchelor’s father is a member of an honored pioneer family of Johnson county, Missouri, in which county he was born and reared. Mr. and Mrs. Cumpton are now living, he at the age of seventy-five and his wife is one year his junior. Mrs. Batchelor attended school in Cumpton school district in Deepwater township, Bates county, Missouri. To Bate and Clara Batchelor was born one child, a daughter, Nina E., who was born May 13, 1900. Mr. Batchelor died December 22, 1910 and interment was made in Union cemetery.
“Fairview Stock Farm” in Deepwater township, now owned by Mrs. Clara (Cumpton) Batchelor, widow of Bate Batchelor, is one of the pretty, rural homes of Bates county. The place is nicely located and well watered and the residence is situated at the highest point of the farm, affording a splendid view of the surrounding country, and thus the farm came by its name, “Fairview Stock Farm,” which is registered. Mr. Batchelor purchased the land from Mr. Van Meter, of Butler, Missouri. The farm embraces two hundred acres of land, twenty acres of which are timber land. A barn, 32 x 42 feet in dimensions, having a capacity of sixty tons of hay, unbaled, has been added recently to the improvements of the place, the frame of which structure is of native timber, walnut lumber sawed for this purpose on the farm. All the pastures are enclosed with hog-tight fencing of wire. D.M. Cumpton, a brother of Mrs. Batchelor, has charge of the farm work.
The citizen, to a brief review of whose life and achievements the reader’s attention has been herewith directed, was for many years one of the progressive stockmen of Deepwater township, who by his tireless endeavors and up-to-date methods contributed in a material way to the agricultural advancement of this section of Bates county and in the course of an honorable career did as much as any one man to improve the grade of livestock in Bates county. Mr. Batchelor was a gentleman of wide perspective, of intelligence, of countless praiseworthy qualities. A Democrat in his party affiliations and a firm believer in the principles he espoused, he was by no means an office-seeker. Mr. Batchelor was essentially a stockman and a business man and his life, though in many respects uneventful, was fraught with much good to his community and Bates county was proud to number him among the successful and substantial citizens, grieved to enroll him among those who have gone on before.
History of Bates County, Missouri, by W.O. Atkeson, (1918). Transcribed by Kim Mohler.
http://genealogytrails.com/mo/bates/bios_b.htm
Mr. Batchelor, whose name introduces this review, was reared on the farm near Appleton City and his youth was spent much as the average lad on the farm spends his boyhood days. He assisted his father with the work on the home place and attended Oak Grove district school, applying himself assiduously to his farm duties and to his studies, growing strong and vigorous mentally and physically. Mr. Batchelor was always interested in agricultural pursuits and in early manhood began farming and stock raising, which he followed the remainder of his life. In 1900, he and his wife located on the farm, which is the present home of his widow, located four and a half miles south of Spruce in Deepwater township and, as the place is well adapted to the production of both stock and grain, Mr. Batchelor became very interested in both general farming and stock raising. He was very prominently identified with the stock interests of Bates county, especially, and his stock farm became noted for the high grade Poland China hogs and white face cattle bred and raised there on. In matters of business, Bate Batchelor was careful and methodical, and all his dealings were marked by discriminating judgment and a high sense of fairness and honor.
The marriage of Bate Batchelor and Clara Cumpton was solemnized June 1, 1898. Clara (Cumpton) Batchelor is a native of Deepwater township, born March 18, 1871, a daughter of W.G. and M.L. Cumpton. Mrs. Batchelor’s father is a member of an honored pioneer family of Johnson county, Missouri, in which county he was born and reared. Mr. and Mrs. Cumpton are now living, he at the age of seventy-five and his wife is one year his junior. Mrs. Batchelor attended school in Cumpton school district in Deepwater township, Bates county, Missouri. To Bate and Clara Batchelor was born one child, a daughter, Nina E., who was born May 13, 1900. Mr. Batchelor died December 22, 1910 and interment was made in Union cemetery.
“Fairview Stock Farm” in Deepwater township, now owned by Mrs. Clara (Cumpton) Batchelor, widow of Bate Batchelor, is one of the pretty, rural homes of Bates county. The place is nicely located and well watered and the residence is situated at the highest point of the farm, affording a splendid view of the surrounding country, and thus the farm came by its name, “Fairview Stock Farm,” which is registered. Mr. Batchelor purchased the land from Mr. Van Meter, of Butler, Missouri. The farm embraces two hundred acres of land, twenty acres of which are timber land. A barn, 32 x 42 feet in dimensions, having a capacity of sixty tons of hay, unbaled, has been added recently to the improvements of the place, the frame of which structure is of native timber, walnut lumber sawed for this purpose on the farm. All the pastures are enclosed with hog-tight fencing of wire. D.M. Cumpton, a brother of Mrs. Batchelor, has charge of the farm work.
The citizen, to a brief review of whose life and achievements the reader’s attention has been herewith directed, was for many years one of the progressive stockmen of Deepwater township, who by his tireless endeavors and up-to-date methods contributed in a material way to the agricultural advancement of this section of Bates county and in the course of an honorable career did as much as any one man to improve the grade of livestock in Bates county. Mr. Batchelor was a gentleman of wide perspective, of intelligence, of countless praiseworthy qualities. A Democrat in his party affiliations and a firm believer in the principles he espoused, he was by no means an office-seeker. Mr. Batchelor was essentially a stockman and a business man and his life, though in many respects uneventful, was fraught with much good to his community and Bates county was proud to number him among the successful and substantial citizens, grieved to enroll him among those who have gone on before.
History of Bates County, Missouri, by W.O. Atkeson, (1918). Transcribed by Kim Mohler.
http://genealogytrails.com/mo/bates/bios_b.htm
BATE BATCHELOR, a late prominent and influential farmer and stockman of Deepwater township, was one of the substantial and leading citizens of Bates county. Mr. Batchelor was a native of Kentucky, born December 18, 1868, a son of John and Sarah J. (Allen) Batchelor, who came to Missouri and settled in Bates county on a farm located near Appleton City, when their son, Bate, was a child five years of age.
Mr. Batchelor, whose name introduces this review, was reared on the farm near Appleton City and his youth was spent much as the average lad on the farm spends his boyhood days. He assisted his father with the work on the home place and attended Oak Grove district school, applying himself assiduously to his farm duties and to his studies, growing strong and vigorous mentally and physically. Mr. Batchelor was always interested in agricultural pursuits and in early manhood began farming and stock raising, which he followed the remainder of his life. In 1900, he and his wife located on the farm, which is the present home of his widow, located four and a half miles south of Spruce in Deepwater township and, as the place is well adapted to the production of both stock and grain, Mr. Batchelor became very interested in both general farming and stock raising. He was very prominently identified with the stock interests of Bates county, especially, and his stock farm became noted for the high grade Poland China hogs and white face cattle bred and raised there on. In matters of business, Bate Batchelor was careful and methodical, and all his dealings were marked by discriminating judgment and a high sense of fairness and honor.
The marriage of Bate Batchelor and Clara Cumpton was solemnized June 1, 1898. Clara (Cumpton) Batchelor is a native of Deepwater township, born March 18, 1871, a daughter of W.G. and M.L. Cumpton. Mrs. Batchelor’s father is a member of an honored pioneer family of Johnson county, Missouri, in which county he was born and reared. Mr. and Mrs. Cumpton are now living, he at the age of seventy-five and his wife is one year his junior. Mrs. Batchelor attended school in Cumpton school district in Deepwater township, Bates county, Missouri. To Bate and Clara Batchelor was born one child, a daughter, Nina E., who was born May 13, 1900. Mr. Batchelor died December 22, 1910 and interment was made in Union cemetery.
“Fairview Stock Farm” in Deepwater township, now owned by Mrs. Clara (Cumpton) Batchelor, widow of Bate Batchelor, is one of the pretty, rural homes of Bates county. The place is nicely located and well watered and the residence is situated at the highest point of the farm, affording a splendid view of the surrounding country, and thus the farm came by its name, “Fairview Stock Farm,” which is registered. Mr. Batchelor purchased the land from Mr. Van Meter, of Butler, Missouri. The farm embraces two hundred acres of land, twenty acres of which are timber land. A barn, 32 x 42 feet in dimensions, having a capacity of sixty tons of hay, unbaled, has been added recently to the improvements of the place, the frame of which structure is of native timber, walnut lumber sawed for this purpose on the farm. All the pastures are enclosed with hog-tight fencing of wire. D.M. Cumpton, a brother of Mrs. Batchelor, has charge of the farm work.
The citizen, to a brief review of whose life and achievements the reader’s attention has been herewith directed, was for many years one of the progressive stockmen of Deepwater township, who by his tireless endeavors and up-to-date methods contributed in a material way to the agricultural advancement of this section of Bates county and in the course of an honorable career did as much as any one man to improve the grade of livestock in Bates county. Mr. Batchelor was a gentleman of wide perspective, of intelligence, of countless praiseworthy qualities. A Democrat in his party affiliations and a firm believer in the principles he espoused, he was by no means an office-seeker. Mr. Batchelor was essentially a stockman and a business man and his life, though in many respects uneventful, was fraught with much good to his community and Bates county was proud to number him among the successful and substantial citizens, grieved to enroll him among those who have gone on before.
History of Bates County, Missouri, by W.O. Atkeson, (1918). Transcribed by Kim Mohler.
http://genealogytrails.com/mo/bates/bios_b.htm
Mr. Batchelor, whose name introduces this review, was reared on the farm near Appleton City and his youth was spent much as the average lad on the farm spends his boyhood days. He assisted his father with the work on the home place and attended Oak Grove district school, applying himself assiduously to his farm duties and to his studies, growing strong and vigorous mentally and physically. Mr. Batchelor was always interested in agricultural pursuits and in early manhood began farming and stock raising, which he followed the remainder of his life. In 1900, he and his wife located on the farm, which is the present home of his widow, located four and a half miles south of Spruce in Deepwater township and, as the place is well adapted to the production of both stock and grain, Mr. Batchelor became very interested in both general farming and stock raising. He was very prominently identified with the stock interests of Bates county, especially, and his stock farm became noted for the high grade Poland China hogs and white face cattle bred and raised there on. In matters of business, Bate Batchelor was careful and methodical, and all his dealings were marked by discriminating judgment and a high sense of fairness and honor.
The marriage of Bate Batchelor and Clara Cumpton was solemnized June 1, 1898. Clara (Cumpton) Batchelor is a native of Deepwater township, born March 18, 1871, a daughter of W.G. and M.L. Cumpton. Mrs. Batchelor’s father is a member of an honored pioneer family of Johnson county, Missouri, in which county he was born and reared. Mr. and Mrs. Cumpton are now living, he at the age of seventy-five and his wife is one year his junior. Mrs. Batchelor attended school in Cumpton school district in Deepwater township, Bates county, Missouri. To Bate and Clara Batchelor was born one child, a daughter, Nina E., who was born May 13, 1900. Mr. Batchelor died December 22, 1910 and interment was made in Union cemetery.
“Fairview Stock Farm” in Deepwater township, now owned by Mrs. Clara (Cumpton) Batchelor, widow of Bate Batchelor, is one of the pretty, rural homes of Bates county. The place is nicely located and well watered and the residence is situated at the highest point of the farm, affording a splendid view of the surrounding country, and thus the farm came by its name, “Fairview Stock Farm,” which is registered. Mr. Batchelor purchased the land from Mr. Van Meter, of Butler, Missouri. The farm embraces two hundred acres of land, twenty acres of which are timber land. A barn, 32 x 42 feet in dimensions, having a capacity of sixty tons of hay, unbaled, has been added recently to the improvements of the place, the frame of which structure is of native timber, walnut lumber sawed for this purpose on the farm. All the pastures are enclosed with hog-tight fencing of wire. D.M. Cumpton, a brother of Mrs. Batchelor, has charge of the farm work.
The citizen, to a brief review of whose life and achievements the reader’s attention has been herewith directed, was for many years one of the progressive stockmen of Deepwater township, who by his tireless endeavors and up-to-date methods contributed in a material way to the agricultural advancement of this section of Bates county and in the course of an honorable career did as much as any one man to improve the grade of livestock in Bates county. Mr. Batchelor was a gentleman of wide perspective, of intelligence, of countless praiseworthy qualities. A Democrat in his party affiliations and a firm believer in the principles he espoused, he was by no means an office-seeker. Mr. Batchelor was essentially a stockman and a business man and his life, though in many respects uneventful, was fraught with much good to his community and Bates county was proud to number him among the successful and substantial citizens, grieved to enroll him among those who have gone on before.
History of Bates County, Missouri, by W.O. Atkeson, (1918). Transcribed by Kim Mohler.
http://genealogytrails.com/mo/bates/bios_b.htm
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