Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Batcheller, Henry F 
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Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

Henry F. Batcheller, manufacturer, Rock Falls, was born Jan. 13, 1834, in 
Peninsula, Ohio. His parents were Daniel F. and Caroline (Maynard) Batcheller, 
natives of Vermont, who moved to Ohio in 1837. Daniel F. was a carpenter by 
trade, and owned a farm at Peninsula, where his wife died, in 1838. The 
subject of this sketch came to Sterling with his father and family, where they 
remained five years. They then bought an 80-acre farm in Coloma, where they 
resided until the death of the father. Henry F. remained at his parental home 
until of legal age, receiving a common-school education and learning the 
carpenter's trade, of his father, with whom he worked until 1867. He commenced 
the manufacture of corn-planters, on a style of which he had received a patent 
in 1859. At first he manufactured only by hand, but by 1873 the increase of 
his business enabled him to erect a shop, with machinery, which he is now 
conducting. In addition he manufactures dog-powers, churns and other dairy 
appliances. A year ago he also added a foundry, and during the year 1884 he 
did a business amounting to $30,000. He has bought three lots adjoining one 
another, and at present his buildings cover the ground of all three. In his 
political views Mr. B. is a Republican, has held the office of Supervisor 
since 1873, has been School Director, etc. He is one of the representative men 
of Rock Falls, and deeply interested in the public weal. He attends religious 
services at the Protestant Episcopal Church. He was married July 1, 1852, to 
Mary McNeil, a native of Scotland, and they have had three children, namely: 
Addison M., who is married and lives at Rock Falls; Imogene M. and Carrie Fay.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, Containing Full-
page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens of the County. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1885.

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