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MARTIN BATTERTON, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 32; P. O. Lexington; one of the pioneers of Lawndale Township; born in Madison Co., Ky., Sept. 29, 1857; son of Abraham and Susanna Batterton, who came to Madison Co., Ky., during the Revolutionary war in 1783. Martin Batterton came to this township in January, 1834, and is now living upon the land the improvements of which he bought at that date; when he located here, there were only five families living in what is now Lawndale Township; he and his wife are now the oldest residents of the township; assisted in the organization of the same, and held offices of trust soon after. He was united in marriage with America Taylor Oct. 10, 1836; three children were the fruit of this union, of whom two are now living — Mrs. T. B. Kilgore, whose sketch appears in this work, and Mrs. A. J. Moon, now living in Lexington, this county; their only son, Ira A. Batterton, was assassinated in Vicksburg because he was a Union man, and nobly and fearlessly expressed his Union principles through the columns of the Vicksburg Herald, which at that time was ably edited by him. He served in Co. K, 8th I. V. I , until he was mustered out of service to accept the position of Adjutant. After the fall of Vicksburg, he started the above paper, which was the cause of his death, upon July 14, 1865. Mr. Batterton owns 280 acres of land, free from encumbrance and under a good state of improvement; the above property being accumulated by his own hard labor, industry and economy in which he has been nobly assisted by his amiable wife.