West Family Tree - Batson, Curtis Franklin

Events

Event	Date	Place	Description
Birth	1910-09-17	Florida, USA	Birth of Batson, Curtis Franklin
	Event Note According to information from Myrtice Lucile Batson's Bible, courtesy of [Elliott], Private, Curtis F. Batson was born 1909-09-17. "...[Curtis Franklin Batson's] age seems right; his records show him as having been born in 1910, however, he claimed to have been born in 1909 and that the dates were mixed up. He never had a birth recorded until 1941 when he had to sign up for the draft in WWII. Of course he then had to get signatures to verify records, and many of them were guessed at." - Batson, [Private]
Death	2008-05-20	Eustace, Lake, Florida, USA	Death of Batson, Curtis Franklin
	Event Note "It was dad's wishes to be cremated and his cremains placed by his mother's grave. He had wanted to be buried near her, but when he found that there was no plot available, he then said he wanted to be cremated and placed there. His ashes are buried at her feet and a tombstone is placed over them." "Methodist Cemetery in Gonzalez, just outside of Pensacola" ~ Batson, [Private]

Parents

Relation to main person	Name	Birth date	Death date
Father	Batson, George Washington	1885-10-07	1963-08-22
Mother	Dubose, Nancy L.	1884-07-21	1980-04-02
Brother	Batson, James Earl	1907-11-29	1982-09-00
	Batson, Curtis Franklin	1910-09-17	2008-05-20
Sister	Batson, Myrtice Lucile	1911-01-29	1999-08-16
Sister	Batson, Beatrice
Sister	Batson, Lena Mae
Brother	Batson, Ross Dewight	1914-03-04	1970-02-13
Brother	Batson, Twin (Died at birth)
Sister	Batson, Nola Vera	1916-12-20	2010-08-26
Sister	Batson, Mildred Ellen	1918-08-06	1955
Sister	Batson, Twin (Died at birth)
Sister	Batson, Thelma Lessie	1919-12-05	2010-05-00
Sister	[Living], [Living]
Sister	Batson, Mattie Lucile	1924-05-10	2009

Families

Family of Batson, Curtis Franklin and Durham, Hassie Jewell

Married

Wife

Durham, Hassie Jewell ( * 1914-11-27 + 2002-04-10 )

Event	Date	Place	Description
Marriage	1940	Seminole, Florida, USA	Marriage of Batson, Curtis Franklin and Durham, Hassie Jewell
	Event Note From Florida Marriage Collection, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001 Record for Curtis Franklin Batson: Florida Marriage Index. Hassie Jewell's county is listed here as Osceola, Florida.
Divorce	1940	Orange, Florida, USA	Divorce of Batson, Curtis Franklin and Durham, Hassie Jewell
	Event Note From Florida Divorce Index, 1927-2001 Record for Curtis Batson: Divorce Index, Curtis: Orange, Jewell: Seminole.

Children

Name	Birth Date	Death Date
[Living], [Living]
[Living], [Living]
Batson, Mae Marlene	1932-07-18	2021-02-03
Batson, Harold Curtis	about 1936	2018-10-06

Media

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Narrative

Social Security Number: 263-16-8151
Last Residence: 34748 Leesburg, Lake, Florida

Narrative

"...[Curtis Franklin Batson's] age seems right; his records show him as having been born in 1910, however, he claimed to have been born in 1909 and that the dates were mixed up. He never had a birth recorded until 1941 when he had to sign up for the draft in WWII. Of course he then had to get signatures to verify records, and many of them were guessed at. You know grandmother [Annie Dubose Batson] was a midwife, but very few records were kept back then. Grandmother could neither read nor write, she signed her name with an X. Did you know that her father was a French trapper and later a school teacher, who came through North Carolina and took a Cherokee wife, then moving on into Alabama? At one time they lived in Rome, Alabama, and also Atmore, Alabama. Grandmother had many of the Cherokee ways. She was the only "Doctor" our family knew until sometime in the 40s. I am sorry to say that I did not realize the importance of some of the herbs, salves, and other remedies that she practiced. Grandfather George's [George Washinton Batson's] father also was school teacher in Andalusia, Alabama. He served in the Confederate Army and lost an arm."

- Batson, [Private]

Narrative

Information from Robert Bradley gives his name as "William Curtis" and his date of birth as 1909(?)-09-17. Also it says that he was married to Hassie Jewel Durham and to "Anne Mortensen."