Obituaries, Funeral and Proceedings of the Bar

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Excerpt from Obituaries, Funeral and Proceedings of the Bar: In Memory of the Late Hon. Wm. H. Battle William Horn Battle was born in the county of Edgecombe, on the 17th day of October, 1802, and was consequently in'. The seventy-seventh year of his age at the time of his death. He was the eldest of six sons of Joel Battle, one of the earliest cotton manufacturers of the State, and the Rocky Mount Mills, at the Falls of Tar River, are still in Operation under the management and ownership of a member of the Battle family. The paternal ancestor of the subject of this sketch came from Virginia, and his mother was a daughter of Amos Johnston, of Edgecombe. He was descended on both sides from Revolutionary stock, and his forefathers and their descendants have always been among the foremost people of Edgecombe.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.