Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2013, All Rights Reserved U.S. Data Repository Please read U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the US Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= U.S. Data Repository NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================= Formatted by U.S. Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== Counties of PORTER and Lake Indiana. Historical and Biographical Weston A. Goodspeed, Historical Editor Charles Blanchard, Biographical Editor F. A. Battey & Co., Pub., Chicago - 1882 -392- CHARLES BATTYE was born in Yorkshire, England, January 3, 1821, and is the oldest of seven children born to WILLIAM and GRACE (HOBSON) BATTYE; his parents were born, reared and married in England; his father was a weaver, at which he worked many years (also as a book- keeper) before coming to this country, in the year 1854, and to Porter County in 1857, where he resided until his death, in 1872; he and his wife died within thirty hours of each other. Both are buried in Mich- igan City. CHARLES BATTYE came to the United States in 1848, and worked in a carding establishment at Lowell, Mass., until 1857, when he came to Porter County and purchased eighty acres of woodland. After building a cabin and clearing for a year, he returned to Lowell and resumed carding, continuing until 1867, when he again came to Porter County and remained, engaged in farming and stock-raising. On October 9, 1842, he was married to ELEANOR HARRISON, born March 7, 1820, in England, and died December 13, 1879, leaving one child - URIAH H., now in Massachusetts. In Politics, Mr. BATTYE is a Democrat. =========================================================================== If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access more information about Porter County, Indiana by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/in/porter/ ===========================================================================