Obits : BATTLE, HENRY GRAY COL., Caddo Parish, LA
Submitted by:  Peggy Hale
Date Submitted:  July 22, 2006
Contact:  Peggyhale@aol.com
Source: The Shreveport Times


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     Died in this city on Wednesday evening, April 2nd, after a short illness, Henry
Gray Battle, aged 62 years and 4 months.  The friends and acquaintances of the
family are invited to attend the funeral this afternoon at half-past 4 o'clock, from
his late residence on Travis Street. [Shreveport Times, April 3, 1873]

     Col. Battle's Death - Col. Henry John Gray Battle, resident of this city for more than 
thirty years.  Pioneer of the present North Louisiana, and died in the harness, being
at the time of his death, the senior proprietor of this paper.  (Long tribute to him but
very little genealogical data.) [Shreveport Times, April 3, 1873]

     Col. Battle's funeral - The concourse of citizens which followed the remains of the 
lamented Col. Battle to his last resting place, was one of the largest ever assembled in Shreveport.
(A paragraph of tribute, but no genealogical data.) [Shreveport Times, April 5, 1873]