Rufus William Batsel, Jr. Family Bible

This is to certify that Rufus William Batsel, Jr. and Eunice LaEurah Henson were by me unified in Marriage at Owensboro, Ky. on the 28 day of August in the year of our Lord One Thousand 9 Hundred and 20 in the presence of (blank) Signed (blank)

Father's Grandparents

Grandfather's Father: Edmund Eli Batsel b. 22 May 1805 in Washington Co. Kentucky d. 23 Mar 1862, married Elizabeth Ellen Humphry 26 Nov 1840, buried Muhlenburg Co., Kentucky 23 Mar 1862

Grandfather's Mother: Elizabeth Ellen Humphrey b. 26 Jun 1823 in Marion Co., Kentucky, died 1897

Grandmother's Father: James Moorman

Grandmother's Mother: Sally Nichols

Mother's Grandparents

Grand Father'sfather: T. M. Henson

Grandfather's Mother: Sarah Norwood

Grandmother's Father: George Newton Lovett b. 14 Feb 1845 in Marshall Co.,Kentucky d. 13 Feb 1933 in Olive, Kentucky

Grandmother's Mother: Mary Anne Ross

Grand Parents

Father's Father: Rufus Wm. Batsel b. 20 Jul 1849, married 14 Feb 1878, d. Mar 1939

Father's Mother: Jenny Adelia Moorman b. 13 Jan 1859 d. 13 Aug 1954

Mother's Father: Thos. Lee Henson b. 26 Aug1874 in Marshall Co., Kentucky d. 22 Nov 1913 in Olive, Kentucky

Mother's Mother: Gautie Mala Lovett b. 26 July 1875 in Marshall Co., Kentucky d. Jul 1969 in Olive, Kentucky

Parents

Rufus Wm. Batsel Jr. b. 6 Sept 1886 in South Carrollton, Kentucky d. 28 Sept 1936 in Louisville, Kentucky

Eunice LaEurah Henson, b. 12 Dec 1896 in Benton, Kentucky d. 27 July 1942 in Lone Oak, Kentucky

Children

Lee Hill Batsel b. 1 Aug 1921 in Sacremento, Kentucky, marrried 1943 to Olivia Krezdorn, d. 24 Feb 1988

James Lovett Batsel b. 29 Jan 1923 in Dixon, Kentucky, d. 11 Feb. 1923

William Moorman Batsel b. 20 Jan 1924 in Dixon, Kentucky, married 28 Feb 1943 to Constance Louise Gatlin, d. 13 Feb 1998

Barbara Batsel b. 26 Jul 1925 in Dixon, Kentucky, married to James A. Selbee, d. 13 Mar 1992

Nancy Batsel b. 16 Dec 1926 in Dixon, Kentucky, married 29 Jan 1950 to John Robert Shutt, still living

Linda Rufus Batsel b. 6 Sep 1928 in Greenville, Kentucky, married Aug 1948 to John Bell, d. 1 Mar 2006 in Nashville Tennessee

Jack Henson Batsel b. 14 Nov 1929 in Greenville, Kentucky, d. 8 Jul 1933

Rebecca Batsel b. 24 Jan 1932 in Greenville, Kentucky, married 28 Jan 1951 to Walter Connor Brown, d. 20 Apr 1995

John David Batsel b. 29 Nov 1933 in Greenville, Kentucky, married 29 May 1953 to Lyda Katherine Dickerson, still living

Baptisms

Lee Hill Batsel, Methodist, 1 Apr 1924 in Greenville by Roy H. Short

William Moorman Batsel, Methodist, 1927 in Greenville by M. H. Stroud

Barbara Batsel, Methodist, Greenville, 1929? by M. H. Stroud

Nancy Batsel, Methodist, Greenville, 1927? by M. H. Stroud

Linda Rufus Batsel, Methodist, Bowling Green, 1940 by J. G. Atkin

Rebecca Batsel, Methodist, Bowling Green, 1940 by J. G. Atkin

John David Batsel, Methodist, Greenville by J. C. Rawlings

Deaths

James Lovett Batsel, pneumonia, buried in Greenville, Kentucky, headstone

Jack Henson Batsel, appendicitis, buried in Greenville, Kentucky, headstone

Rufus William Batsel, brain tumor, buried in Greenville, Kentucky, headstone

Eunice Henson Batsel, lightening, buried in Greenville, Kentucky, headstone

Some of this information was found on a slip of stationery which was found in the Bible. It was handwritten by (possibly) Rufus' children.