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2930 GEORGIA AND GEORGIANSGeorgia. Louisville remained the seat of the family until after the Civil war.It .was from Louisville that the present Doctor Battey's grandfather, WilliamHenry Battey, recruited the Battey Guards. William Henry Battey waskilled at Sharpsburg, otherwise known as Antietam, September 17, 1862,while leading his men in charge and on the eve of his promotion to a colonelcy.William Whatley Battey, Sr., father of the subject of this 'sketch,, wasborn in Louisville, Georgia. At the youthful age of fourteen he served inHood's army and participated in the Battle of Atlanta. He graduated fromthe Medical College of Georgia in 1876, and became a noted physician andsurgeon, being especially able in obstetrics a'nd diseases of children. For anumber of years he was adjunct professor of children's diseases in the Medical College of Georgia. He was a man of great nobility of character, gentle,generous and charitable in the highest degree, and his death, which occurredin Augusta, Georgia, March 12, 1914, caused widespread sorrow. His partingwords to his son were: "Son, in your work, don't forget the poor and thosein distress."William Whatley Battey, Jr., was the eldest of his parents' children. ' Hereceived his college .education at St. Mary's, Belmont, North Carolina. In1900 he matriculated at the Medical College of Georgia and received the degreeof M. D. at that institution in the class of 1904, of which he was one of thehonor men. During 1903-04 he was interne in the City Hospital at Augusta.In 1904-05 he served as house surgeon in the New York Polyclinic and in1905-06 he was connected with St. Mary's General Hospital and later withthe Maternity Hospital of Brooklyn, New York. Subsequent to this he spentsix months in clinics at Vienna, Berlin and Paris. Upon the completion ofhis studies he located in Augusta and his life has been since closely devotedto his profession, in which he has gained a wide reputation. He is local surgeon of various corporations, is a member of the County, State and AmericanMedical associations and is a valued contributor to the Journal of the GeorgiaMedical Association, the Southern Medical Journal and the InternationalMedical Journal. He is a lecturer in the Medical Department of the University of Georgia, and visiting surgeon of Wilhenford Hospital.A man of high education, an earnest-student and reader, Doctor Batteyis a leading light in medical circles throughout the state. He is a memberof the Knights of Columbus, in which he has advanced to the fourth degree.His club memberships include the Country Club of Augusta and other socialorganizations. He is one of the founders of the CM Zeta Chi Medical Fraternity and an ardent worker in its organization. The Chi Zeta Chi Fraternityis now one of the most popular medical fraternities in the country.In the. history of the family are men prominent in public and professionallife, but the talent for medicine and surgery seems to be an inherent one. Akinsman, Dr. Robert Battey of Rome, Georgia, who died in 1911 had an international reputation as a surgeon, and was a pioneer in certain branches ofsurgery.Dr. Whatley Battey, Jr., married Miss Virginia Conand Dugas, October15, 1912. Mrs. Battey is an Augustan and a daughter of Edward C. and Gary(Tenant) Dugas. The Dugas family is one of the most prominent and aristocratic in this section of the country. Dr. and Mrs. Battey have two children,Virginia Dugas, born July 15, 1913, and Louise Barbot, born August 15, 1915.The Battey family genealogy is given herewith in concise form.THOMAS NORWOOD BROWN. Accustomed from youth to overcome difficulties, and to accept, without question, burdens of responsibility not of hisown making, quickly develops a boy into a man and into a noble one, whenhe bears undaunted the buffetings that untoward circumstances present,accepting these with heroic self denial, and, with steadfast courage followingthe path to which duty points. This is but just appreciation when considering