Papers of the Batchelder family, 1847 -- 1976 1860s -- 1880s.

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Papers of the Batchelder family, 1847 -- 1976 1860s -- 1880s.

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Papers of Rev. Joseph Mayo Batchelder and his wife. Included are about 50 letters, written in the 1840s and 1850s mostly from Peoria, Illinois and Owego, New York; and account book dated from 1848-1884; and a diary dated from 1847-1848. Manuscript sermons, and other items.

.75 linear ft. (2 boxes + 1 folder)

University of Iowa Libraries

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Joseph Mayo Batchelder, born 1822, was raised by his father, Joseph, and stepmother, Rachel Stone. He was a Presbyterian minister, having graduated from Princeton's Theological Seminary in 1855. Batchelder first served as pastor in Albia, Iowa (1856 --1878). During part of this time, he was also state clerk of the Des Moines Presbytery for seventeen years. The majority of his ministry was spent in Osborne, Kansas, where he moved in 1878 to later form the First Presbyterian Church there. In 1855,...