Batterson, Abijah (d. 1885)

BATTERSON

Posted By: Rachel (Scherf) Levine (email)
Date: 12/4/2011 at 14:00:41

ABIJAH BATTERSON DEATH/FREEZING
[Older brother of Abigail Batterson Devine]
Algona Upper Des Moines, 7 January 1885, page 4
A stage driver, A. Batterson by name, aged 63 years, was found dead in the snow, near Seneca, Kossuth county. He was first thought to have been frozen, but palpitation of the heart was found to be the true cause of his death.
--Morning Sun Herald, Morning Sun, Iowa, 22 January 1885, page 6