George H. BATTERSHAW
Evangeline Emeline BASSETT
Nancy Jane SWART

Husband:  George H. BATTERSHAW
Birth:  May 1847, Saratoga Co., New York  
Death:  16 Jun 1916, Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan
Burial:  Jun 1916, Grand Rapids Veterans Home Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan
Father:  Daniel M. BATTERSHALL
Mother:  Minerva HATCH-HORTON

Marriage-1:    13 Nov 1867, Hillsdale Co., Michigan

Wife-1:  Evangeline Emeline BASSETT
Birth:   1850, Hudson, Lenawee Co.,  Michigan 
Death:  1871, Springport, Jackson Co., Michigan 
Burial:  
Father:  Erastus BASSETT   
Mother:  Emeline PARMALEE 

Marriage-2:   15 Jul 1890, Calhoun Co., Michigan   

Wife-2:  Nancy Jane SWART
Birth:  Jul 1852, Homer, Calhoun Co., Michigan
Death:  aft 1910, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan  
Burial:  
Father:  Victor D. SWART 
Mother:  Maria UNKNOWN 

Children - Marriage-1:
1. Frederick Henry (Battershaw) WILBER, b: 25 May 1866, Springport, Jackson Co., Michigan
2. Daniel B. BATTERSHAW, b: 21 Oct 1868, Springport, Jackson Co., Michigan
__________
Notes:
George served with the Union forces in the Civil War. His Service Record shows:
  Name:  George Battershaw
  Residence:  Litchfield, Michigan 
  Enlistment Date:  19 August 1863
  State Served:  Michigan
  Service Record:  Enlisted as a Private on 19 August 1863 at the age of 18.
                            Enlisted in Company M, 9th Calvary Regiment Michigan on 10 Sep 1863.
                            Mustered out Company M, 9th Calvary Regiment Michigan on 21 Jul 1865 in Lexington, NC.

He received a pension for his service:
  Name:  George H Battershaw
  Service:  M  9  Mich. Cav.
  Date Filed:         ? February 18??
  Pension Type:        Invalid
  Application #:      139, 072
  Certificate #:        405, 426

1870 Federal Census Data (M593_0679, Page 418A), Springport, Jackson Co., Michigan,
                                                                                                                        Enumeration Date: 27-Jul-1870, Family #61

After Emeline died, the boys were given up to other families to raise.  Frederick was adopted by Henry & Ellen (Gage) Wilber on 29 Nov 1871 and Daniel was raised by his maternal grandparents, Samuel & Minerva Benge.  There is a Birth/Christening record on file for Frederick that shows a birth of 25 May 1870 and that he was born in Spring Arbor, Jackson Co.  This needs to be investigated as he is shown in the 1870 census as 4 years old.

1900 Federal Census Data (T623_0713, Page 172B), Litchfield Village, Litchfield Twp., Hillsdale Co., Michigan,
                                                                                     Enumeration District: 92, Enumeration Date: 6-Jun-1900, Family #175

By 1910, George was living with his brother Eugene and his family and Nancy was an inmate in the Michigan Asylum for the Insane.

1910 Federal Census Data (T624_0654, Page 79A), Kalamazoo Ward 3, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan,
                                                                                    Enumeration District: 144, Enumeration Date: Apr-1910, Family #n/a

__________
Sources: