BEUKER first saw the light of day in Baden, Germany, being a son of J.M. He is an Episcopalian in belief, and is unmarried. He is sufficiently interested in politics to wish to see good men elected to public office, and in a quiet way uses his influence in behalf of those he deems worthy. In manners he is courteous and agreeable, and in disposition kind, charitable and honorable. He is of fine presence, is dark complexioned and weighs 200 pounds. By his own indomitable energy he has become possessed of a handsome fortune, all of which he has earned in the past twenty-five years. He is very industrious, wide awake and enterprising, and keeps his plantation in a fine state of cultivation. He handles between 1,000 and 1,200 bales of cotton each year, which he occasionally ships to New Orleans. He owns eleven houses and lots in Birmingham, and three houses and lots in Bessemer, Ala. He has made other purchases, from time to time, as he saw paying opportunities, and he now has about 1,265 acres, of which about 900 acres are under cultivation. In connection with his merchandising he was for some time engaged in keeping a public landing, but this he abandoned in 1879 and began devoting his attention exclusively to planting, his first purchase of land having been made in 1870. His career as a man of business has been phenomenally successful, and his present possessions are practical illustrations of his fine financiering, his enterprise and practical sagacity. His first venture was at merchandising at what is now Smithland, being for some time associated in business with his brother. Upon leaving this institution he had no means whatever, but his army life had been of considerable benefit to him, teaching him to rely upon his own resources and to think and act for himself, and his education was a thorough and practical one. Batchelor came home and soon after completed a course in Bryant, Stratton & Chatman's Commercial college at New Orleans, where he acquired a good business education. Besides himself he had three brothers in the confederate army, all of whom were brave and faithful soldiers. He was on detached service the most of the time, was faithful in the discharge of every duty, and rendered valuable aid to the Southern cause. He saw the most of his service in Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama, and for a long time skirmished about in the vicinity of Vicksburg after the capture of that place.
At this time, he, with the enthusiasm of youth, dropped his books to enlist in the confederate army, and in 1862 became a member of Scott's command in the First Louisiana cavalry. Batchelor in his youth were quite limited, but until he was fifteen years of age he was an attendant of the common schools.
The educational advantages received by I.G. and Martha Louise (Chandler) Batchelor, the former of whom was of French descent. He was born in Amite county, Miss., August 15, 1846, the second of eight children born to Thomas A.G. BATCHELOR enjoys the reputation of being not only a substantial and progressive planter, but a shrewd, far-seeing and practical man of business, and one who is well posted in all public affairs. Biographies in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana
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