When dealing with a person who died less than a century ago, it’s almost always a good idea to look at their family tree. Might they have left some papers, articles, diaries, memoirs or photographs? Sometimes this leads to a family member with an interest in genealogy and/or family history: asking is free, and if you’re nice about it you might occasionally even get an answer.
So, let’s look at Dr Sumter Beauregard Battey’s family tree…
Dr Sumter Beauregard Battey
Physician, surgeon, inventor, early aviation enthusiast.
- b. 14 Apr 1861 (Rome, Floyd, GA)
- d. 1 Feb 1934 (Manhattan, New York City, NY)
- m. Dr Sarah Angie Margaret French d. 26 July 1917 (Manhattan, New York City, NY)
- Bryan Mann Battey, Sr.
- Rosalind Battey (1898-1914)
Bryan Mann Battey, Sr.
Worked for law firm Fraser, Myers & Manley, New York City. Became Assistant Commissioner of Patents of the U.S.
- b. 1 Aug 1896 (New York City, NY)
- d. 22 Apr 1936 (Los Angeles, CA)
- m. Eleonore Gunther Starke on 23 June 1923 at Oscawana on the Hudson, NY
- Bryan Mann Battey Jr. (1924-2008)
- Fraser Jackson Battey (1925-2006)
- Lawrence Beauregard Battey (1930-2006)
Bryan Mann Battey Jr.
Served in the US Navy in WWII, where he “became an expert in languages“. Later joined the US Foreign Service and moved to Japan with his family.
- m. Jean Lewis (n. 1924 Larchmont NY – d. 12 May 2016) [Obituary]
- David (of Washington DC)
- Laura (of Sonoma)
- Robert (of Alexandria, VA)
- Megan (1957-2021) Obituary
- m. George Todd (1992)
Fraser Jackson Battey
- b. 1925
- d. 2006
- m. Shirley Jane Altemus
- Eleonore Jane Battey (b. 8 Dec 1960) [in Manassas VA]
- m. Paul Davis Mullen (15 Oct 1983, McLean, Fairfax, VA)
- Catherine Lynn Battey (b. 5 Apr 1954) = Lynn Battey Hunt, [Marshall VA?]
- m. Kerry Stephen Hunt (11 May 1974)
- Susann Fraser Battey (b. 13 Aug 1947, d. 1999)
- m. Joe Frank Ireland (29 May 1971)
- Dale E Battey (b. 1949, Iowa)
- Eleonore Jane Battey (b. 8 Dec 1960) [in Manassas VA]
Lawrence Beauregard (“Bo”) Battey
- b. 11 Jan 1930 (Oscawana on the Hudson, NY)
- d. 4 Nov 2006
- m. Jeanette
- William Battey of Des Moines
- Karen (John) Lipcamon of Cedar Rapids, Iowa
- Howard (Cassie) Battey of Andalusia, Alabama
- 9 grandchildren
- 4 great grandchildren
- 9 grandchildren
- m. 4 Apr 1980 Betty Ann Randell (1929-2010)
Man, that name rolls off the tongue so beautiful!
I’d marry him now if he weren’t dead just so I could say – (imagine a southern accent) ” Sumter Beauregard Battey” whenever I liked.
Diane O’Donovan,
Obviously y’man Battey was named for CSA Gen. Pierre Beauregard who started the Civil War by bombarding Fort Sumter Sth. Carolina on12/4/61 and strangely without human casualties. Or did you know that already.
Nick Pelling,
Something doesn’t quite add up here if you get my drift. History shows that Fort Sumter’s bombardment courtesy Peppy Beauregard lasted just two days, April 12 & 13 of 1861 yet, here we have Dr. Sumter Beauregard Battey being born a day later in rural Georgia. One can only guess that mum and dad hadn’t given naming their wee bairn too much thought until the snail mail arrived with news of the big Confederate victory.
Talking music here, Sanders.