Floyd County Georgia Bio Robert Battey, M.D. File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Barbara Winge Table of Contents page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/floyd.htm Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ROBERT BATTEY Robert Battey, of Rome, Georgia, was born November 26, 1828, in Richmond county, that State. He is a son of Cephas Battey, a native of Pern, Clinton county, New York, and Mary A. daughter of George Magruder, of Richmond county, Ga. His ancestors, who were English , settled at Providence, Rhode Island. He was educated at Augusta, Georgia, and at Phillips; Academny, Andover, Massachusetts, and studied medicine at Booth's Laboratory, Philadelphia, the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, the University of Pennsylvania, and Jefferson Medical College, graduating from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, March 17, 1856, and from Jefferson Medical College, March 07, 1857. He has resided in Rome, Georgia, from December, 1847, to the present time, excepting the interval from November, 1872, to October, 1875, during which he resided temporarily at Atlanta, Ga., as Professor of Obstecrics in the Atlanta Medical College, and editor of the Atlanta Medical and Surgical Journal... [This is an extensive biography.] Dr. Batey has been established in the town of his present residence devoting his attention to gynecological practice. He is one of the most noted surgeons of the South and his skill as an operator has gained for him a world wide reputation. He was married December 20, 1849, to Martha B. Smith, at Rome, Georgia, who has borne him fourteen children. Ref: Stone, R. French, M. D., BIOGRAPHY OF EMINENT AMERICAN PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS, 1894, Carlon & Hollenbeck, Publishers, Indianapolis, pp. 32-33. [Contributed by Barbara Walker Winge, barbarawinge@yahoo.com] ======================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for FREE access. ==============