Judge John Young Batterton
History of Montana, 1898
US Genweb Montana Archives

Judge Batterton of Deer Lodge Montana was born in Boone 
County Missouri, October 22, 1826.  The Judge is of Scotch 
descent.  Some of his ancestors settled in Virginia previous 
to the Revolution and they were among the pioneers of Kentucky, 
his grandfather, Moses Batterton having been born, rearing and 
married in the State.  The lady he married, Anna Corlew, was of 
French origin her people also being among the early settlers of 
Virginia and later removing from there to Kentucky.  Moses 
Batterton and his wife and nine children, their second child, 
Lemuel Berket Batterton, being our subject's father.  The 
grandfather lived to be seventy-five years of age, surviving 
his wife several years.

Lemuel H. Batterton was born in Kentucky in 1801.  He removed 
to Missouri when a young man and was one of the pioneers of 
that state.  There he was married to Miss Mary Lynch, who was 
descended from Welsh and German ancestors.  He spent his life 
in Missouri as a farmer and carpenter and he and his wife had 
a family of ten children, of whom five are still living.  
The father died at the age of seventy-two and the mother in 
the sixty-seventh year of her age.

Judge Batterton was the second of their ten children.  He was 
educated in the public schools and in the State University of 
Missouri and followed the profession of teacher in the public 
schools for ten years.  He also served as Superintendent of 
Instruction in his county.

Judge Batterton was married July 6, 1854 to Miss Elizabeth 
Young Turner, native of his own state and they had eight 
children born to them in Missouri.  In 1877, resigning his 
position as Judge, he removed with his family to Montana.  
His eldest daughter, Ada, had married Mr. Harvey T. Mahan and 
they also came with the family.  All settled in Deer Lodge, 
the father purchasing a small farm almost within the corporate 
limits of the city where he has since resided. Of the other 
members of the family, we record that the second daughter, 
Mamie T., is a popular and successful teacher; Zona is the 
wife of S.C. Kenyon and resides in Bozeman; Sallie A. is 
teaching in the public schools of Bozeman; James is a 
jeweler in Idaho; Bettie, at home; Lennie May, also a 
teacher; and John Y. Jr. the youngest of the family and 
still a minor.

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