GEORGE BATTEY
BATTEY, GEORGE: Merchant; b Shelby, Iowa June 21, 1881; s of George Battey-Louisa F. Cooper; ed Portsmouth; Omaha Comml Coll, Omaha Neb 1900; m Olive Lawrence June 14, 1905 Portsmouth; s Lawrence, Kenneth; d Henrietta (Mrs. Robert Bickert); 1900-05 emp by father in grain & impl business, Portsmouth; 1905 Shelby Co. dep sheriff, Harlan; 1906-09 owner & opr confectionery business, Driscoll, ND; 1910-13 emp in abstract off, Washburn ND; 1914-19 farmer, Straubville, NE; 1919-21 mgr hdw & furn dept Hotan Merc Co, Washburn, ND; 1921- ptr in gen merc busiess, Battey & Elbe, Shelby; 1930-37 secy sch bd; past mbr town coun; Iowa Retail Groc & Meat Dlrs Assn; Natl Assn of Retail Groc; Comm Club; AF&AM 371; First Meth Ch, trustee; Rep; hobbies: sports, baseball; off & res Shelby.
From Who's Who in Iowa, by Iowa Press Association, Des Moines: Iowa Press Association, 1940, pg. 1111. Transcribed by Denise Wurner, March, 2013.
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