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Generation
No. 1
1.
FATHER BATTLES married MOTHER ________. I have yet to
determine who the parents were, but I do believe Augustus L. Battles and
George H. Battles were brothers. Following are their descendants.
Children of FATHER BATTLES and MOTHER
________ are:
i. AUGUSTUS LEVI BATTLES (2),
b. 1829, Vermont; d. October 10, 1892, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, a resident of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Terr.
See Oklahoma City probate record at
RootsWeb.
ii. GEORGE H. BATTLES (3), b.
May 13, 1830, Middlebury, Washington, Vermont; d. August 14, 1897,
Plankington, Aurora, South Dakota.
Generation No. 2
2.
AUGUSTUS LEVI BATTLES was born 1829 in Vermont, and died October
10, 1892 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, a resident of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Terr. He married CLARA DAY. She was born 1829 in New
York, and died 1880. Both are buried in Oak Hill Cemetery,
Lansing, Allamakee County, Iowa. See their cemetery markers at
Find A Grave.
 1880
Census, Lansing, Allamakee, Iowa, page 358B - Relation, self;
Marital Status, W; Gender, Male; Race, W; Age, 50; Birthplace, NH;
Occupation, Carpenter; Father's Birthplace, NH; Mother's Birthplace, NH.
Source:
familysearch.org.
A probate record, dated January 4, 1893,
listing the children of Augustus L. Battles is at
RootsWeb.
Children of AUGUSTUS BATTLES and CLARA
________ are:
i. GEORGE A. BATTLES, b. Abt. 1854, Iowa. Possibly worked for
the La Crosse Railway Co. in 1894.
ii. CORA MARIE BATTLES, b. November 25, 1856, Lansing, Allamakee,
Iowa; d. April 8, 1923, Vale, Malheur, Oregon; bur. Oak Hill Cemetery,
Lansing Twsp., Allamakee, Iowa; m. JOHN OSCAR LYTLE, Abt. 1879; b.
July 1855, La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin. At right is Cora (Battles) Lytle.
iii. ELLA BATTLES, b. Abt. 1858, Iowa; d. Abt. 1864.
iv. EDWARD WILLIAM BATTLES, b. September 5, 1862, Lansing,
Allamakee, Iowa.
v. MATTIE R. BATTLES (4), b. August 4, 1863, Lansing, Allamakee,
Iowa; m. CLARENCE N. THOMAS, December 27, 1882, Lansing, Iowa.
vi. HERBERT D. BATTLES, b. December 25, 1866, Lansing, Allamakee,
Iowa; d. 1941. Resident of Marathon Co., Wisconsin, May 11, 1894. Birth
year could be 1868.
3.
GEORGE H. BATTLES was born May 13, 1830 in Middlebury,
Washington, Vermont, and died August 14, 1897 in Plankington, Aurora,
South Dakota. He married JANE E. TRAVIS August 31, 1851 in Peru,
Clinton, New York. She was born November 14, 1830 in Peru, Clinton, New
York, and died April 12, 1911 in Sterling twsp., Vernon, Wisconsin.
According to the 1880 Census, George was a carpenter and the
family lived at Victory, Vernon, Wisconsin.
Children of GEORGE BATTLES and JANE
TRAVIS are:
i. CHARLES AUGUSTUS BATTLES (5),
b. September 22, 1852, Lansing, Allamakee, Iowa; d. February 10, 1929,
De Soto, Vernon, Wisconsin; bur. Retreat, Wisconsin.
ii. WALLIS BATTLES, b. 1856.
iii. BERTON WILLIAM BATTLES, b. September 2, 1858, Lansing,
Allamakee, Iowa; d. Virginia.
iv. GEORGE FRANKLIN BATTLES, b. July 1, 1859, Bristol twsp.,
Addison, Vermont; d. July 7, 1859.
v. NELLIE BATTLES, b. 1861.
vi. LILLIAN MAY BATTLES (6),
b. April 29, 1865, Lansing, Allamekee, Iowa; d. December 27, 1924,
Fayette, Fayette, Iowa.
vii. IDA LUELLA BATTLES, b. November 5, 1874, De Soto, Vernon,
Wisconsin; d. August 21, 1901, Retreat, Vernon, Wisconsin.
Generation No. 3
4. MATTIE R. BATTLES was born
August 4, 1863 in Lansing, Allamakee, Iowa. She married CLARENCE N.
THOMAS December 27, 1882 in Lansing, Allamakee, Iowa. He was born
June 26, 1860.
Children of MATTIE
BATTLES and CLARENCE THOMAS are:
i. CLARA CALPHURNIA THOMAS, b Abt. 1883.
ii. BENJAMIN HARRISON THOMAS, b. Abt. June 1888.
iii. CHARLES AUGUST THOMAS, b. Abt. September 1889.
5.
CHARLES AUGUSTUS BATTLES was
born September 22, 1852 in Lansing, Allamakee, Iowa, and died February
10, 1929 in De Soto, Vernon, Wisconsin; bur. Retreat, Wisconsin. He
married HELEN ETTA THAYER December 10, 1883 in Le Beau, Dakota
Territory. She was born November 30, 1857 in Fredonia, Ozaukee,
Wisconsin, and died February 16, 1931 in De Soto, Vernon, Wisconsin.
Children of CHARLES BATTLES and HELEN
THAYER are:
i. HARRIET BATTLES , b. July 14, 1888; d. 1974, De Soto, Vernon,
Wisconsin; m. MILLARD SEYMOUR; b. January 28, 1884; d. December 1967, De
Soto, Vernon, Wisconsin.
ii. NORMA (NAN) BATTLES, b. July 26, 1892.
iii. EDITH BATTLES, b. December 4, 1896, Wisconsin.
iv. LUELLA MAY BATTLES, b. September 28, 1898, Retreat,
Wisconsin; d. January 30, 1936, Northfield, Minnesota; bur. Oaklawn
Cemetery, Northfield, Minnesota; m. PETER EVEN FOSSUM, August 16,
1923, Cashton, Wisconsin; b. August 30, 1895, Meridean, Wisconsin; d.
November 8, 1983, Edina, Minnesota; bur. Oaklawn Cemetery, Northfield,
Minnesota.
6.
LILLIAN MAY BATTLES was born
April 29, 1865 in Lansing, Allamekee, Iowa, and died December 27, 1924
in Fayette, Fayette, Iowa. She married (1) JOHN LEVI DURBIN Bef.
1888. He was born Abt. 1861 in Lansing, Allamakee, Iowa, and died
1920. She married (2) HIRAM MORRISON. He was born Abt. 1861 in
Lansing, Allamakee, Iowa. She married (3) JOSEPH ANTHONY MOON
November 21, 1894 in Plankington, Aurora, South Dakota, son of PETER
MOON and SARAH __________. He was born May 27, 1833 in Lycoming County,
Pennsylvania, and died February 10, 1920 in Plankington, Aurora, South
Dakota; bur. Mispah Cemetery, Plankington.
Child of LILLIAN BATTLES and JOHN DURBIN
is:
i. NELLIE ADELE DURBIN, b. November 25, 1888, Smalley, Walworth,
South Dakota; d. January 21, 1973, Brighton, Adams, Colorado; m.
CHARLES EVERETT BROOKS, January 5, 1905, Plankington, Aurora, South
Dakota; b. July 12, 1870, Huntsville, Schuyler, Illinois; d. November
15, 1930, Brighton, Adams, Colorado.
Children of LILLIAN BATTLES and JOSEPH
MOON are:
ii. IVY PEARL MOON, b. August 22, 1895, Plankington, Aurora,
South Dakota; d. November 17, 1975, Abbotsford, Clark, Wisconsin.
iii. JOHN BURTON MOON, b. August 8, 1898, Plankington, Aurora,
South Dakota; d. January 17, 1960, Plankington, Aurora, South Dakota.
iv. HARLEY WILLIAM MOON, b. September 6, 1899, Plankington,
Aurora, South Dakota; d. September 7, 1973, Eugene, Lane, Oregon; m.
ESTHER C. __________.
v. HOWARD MOON, b. September 6, 1899, Plankington, Aurora, South
Dakota; d. 1899, Plankington, Aurora, South Dakota.
vi. FAY SIDNEY MOON, b. November 14, 1902, Plankington, Aurora,
South Dakota; d. April 21, 1962, Rochester, Monroe, New York.
vii. JAY ANTHONY MOON, b. November 14, 1902, Plankington, Aurora,
South Dakota; d. April 3, 1978, Aurora, Araphoe, Colorado; m. MABLE
FERREE.
BATTLES NOTES
CORA
MARIE BATTLES was born November 25, 1856, at Lansing, Allamakee,
Iowa, and died April 8, 1923, Vale, Malheur, Oregon; buried at Oak Hill
Cemetery, Lansing twsp., Allamakee Co., Iowa.
Both the 1910 Census and the 1920 Census for Stark County, North Dakota,
where Cora (Battles) Lytle lived at the time, show that her father was
born in Vermont and her mother was born in New York. See the
Lytle
page for more detail.
Although Cora's death certificate gives her father's name as George, the
1860 Iowa census lists the head of household as Augustus S. Battles and
the 1880 Iowa census lists Cora as a daughter in the household of A. L.
Battles. Augustus S. Battles and A. L. Battles are probably the same
person.
Cora's death certificate gives her mother's name as Elizabeth Day, but
the 1860 census and 1880 census seem to point toward Clara (no known
surname). A Mary Day and a Rachel Day are listed as part of the
household in the 1860 census. They could possibly be sisters of Cora's
mother.
Cora M. Battles and John O. Lytle had a son named Robert Day Lytle. A
daughter of Robert's sister, Ruth, was named Ruth Day Whiting. It is
evident that the name "Day" was passed down in the family. Note that Cora's first child was named
Clara Elizabeth, so either the name Elizabeth from the mother named on
the death certificate or Clara for the person named in the census could
have been passed down to her first child . . . or perhaps both?
There is the possibility that Cora's father could have been married
more than once, but there is no evidence of it.
General Notes:
History of Winneshiek and Allamakee Counties Iowa, 1882, W. E.
Alexander, Addendum to Chapter II (Early Settlers).
WAUKON AND LANSING - Among the early settlers were: James
Haney, John Haney, Jr., G.W. Gray, G.W. Hays, James I. Gilbert, W.
Ballou, F.D. Cowles, J.W. Remine, A.L. Battles, I.B. Place, H.M.
Travis J.I. Taylor, E. Hale, and G.H. Battles.
THE PRESS (Lansing Intelligencer, No. 1 of Vol. 30,
Oct. 13, 1882) - "Miss A.M. Battles hopes to receive calls from
the ladies -- and the amount of their milliner's bills from their
obedient lords.
CHURCHES - The Methodist Episcopal Church was organized by
the Rev. R.A. Bishop, in 1852. A Sunday school was then organized in
connection with the church, and George H. Battles was chosen
Superintendent. Rev. Bishop preached his first sermon in 1851, in the
house of Elijah Hale, one of Lansing's early settlers. Mr. Bishop was
then traveling a circuit, including the valley of Turkey River, and all
of Iowa northeast of it. When the M.E. society was organized, it was
composed of nineteen members and probationers, among whom were William
Hemingway, George H. Battles and S.M. Baldwin, three
old-fashioned pioneer Methodists, and three as good men as ever made
their homes in Iowa.
1854 Iowa State census, Lansing Township, Iowa, page 9.
Given Name, Surname, Males, Females, Voters, Militia, Aliens, Total
**ecye*le*, Battles, 2, 2, 1, 1, *, 4 (Illegible given name.)
George H., Battles, 2, 1, 1, 1, *, 3
1860
Federal Census, Lansing, Allamakee County, Iowa, page 20, line 3.
Name, Age, Gender, Occupation, Father’s Birthplace
Augustus S. Battles, 34, Male, Master Carpenter, Vermont
Clary Battles, 34, Female, Housekeeper, New York
George Battles, 7, Male, (blank), Iowa
Cora Battles, 4, Female, (blank), Wisconsin
Ella Battles, 2, Female, (blank), Iowa
Mary M. Day, 30, Female, CS School Teacher, New York
Rachel Day, 22, Female, CS do, New York
Note Gandeliss Battles on line 20.
1880 Federal Census, Lansing, Allamakee County, Iowa, at
Ancestry.com
Name, Age, Born, Relationship, Father Born, Mother Born, Occupation,
Marital Status, Gender
A. L. Battles, 50, New Hampshire, Self, NH, NH, Carpenter,
Widower, Male
Cora Marie Battles, 24, Wisconsin, Dau, NH, NY, Keeping House,
Single, Female
Eddie Battles, 19, Iowa, Son, NH, NY, Clerk in Store, Single,
Male
Mattie Battles, 17, Iowa, Dau, NH, NY, At School, Single, Female
Herbert Battles, 15, Iowa, Son, NH, NY, Clerk in Store, Single,
Male
Death Notices of Malheur County, Oregon
LYTLE, Cora Marie - b. 25 Nov 1856 at Lansing, Iowa d. 8 Apr 1923
at Vale, age 66y 4m 13d cause of death cardiac insufficiency d/o Geo.
Battles b. Vermont & Elizabeth Day b. New York, burial Lansing, Iowa.
Oak Hill Cemetery, Lansing Township, Allamakee County, Iowa.
Name, Born, Died
Battales, Augusta, 1829, 1862
Battales, Clara, 1829. 1880
Battales, Herbert, 1868, 1941
Battales, Ruth E., 1888, 1971
Battles, Ella, ?, ?
Battles, Harriet, 1829 May 30, 1882 Jan 18
Lytle, Lura Battles, 1857, 1923 - This is Cora Battles Lytle |