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WILLIAM BATTERTON, post office, Salisbury, was born in Kentucky December 14, 1801. His father Amos Batterton, was born in Loudon county, Virginia, 1781. His mother, Nancy Batterton, was born in North Carolina, 1784. They were married in Kentucky, and were the parents of the following named children: David, Nelson, Anderson, William, Polly, Levi, Susan, Priscilla and Enoch George. Of whom David, Nelson, Polly, Anderson, Susan and Priscilla are now deceased. Father and mother both died in 1834.
Wm. Batterton came to Sangamon county in 1818, and was married January 1, 1833, to Eliza Gaines, daughter of Richard and Amy Gaines, who came from Virginia to this county in 1822. They had thirteen children, viz: Madison, born October 20, 1833; John, born January 8, 1835, died September 7, 1835; Richard, born July 19, 1836; Amy, born February 19, 1838; Robert, born August 4, 1839, died August 13, 1868; May, born February 27, 1841, died July 6, 1844; Henry C., born November 6, 1843; Mildred P., born May 4, 1846; Maria, born October 3, 1848; Sarah Eliza, born March 19, 1851; Charlotte, born January 29, 1853; George M., born May 19, 1854. Mr. B. owns two hundred acres of land, valued at $50 an acre. His sons, Robert and Madison, were members of the One Hundred and Fourteenth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry. His educational advantages were such as the subscription schools of his day afforded.