In September of 1918 Mary Ann Batty, a resident of Toquerville, Washington County, Utah, applied for a pension based on the service of her husband John Batty in the Mexican War. John Batty enlisted at St. George, Utah in August of 1866 as a private in Capt. James Andrus Volunteer cavalry, Utah Territory Militia and was discharged in Sept. of 1866 at St. George, Utah. He served in the campaign against the Black Hawk Indians in Utah. She states her maiden name was Mary Ann Duffin and she was married at Toquerville, Utah on Dec. 31, 1866. She states that John Batty died Aug. 17, 1918 at Panquteh (?) Utah and that they were not divorced nor has she remarried. Anna Laura Anderson and Wm. L. Batty are witnesses on this document. John Batty was a Mormon and a request is sent to Mary Ann Batty for "your statement under oath showing whether you were a plural wife of the soldier, and, if so, the name of each other wife with the present address if living, or if dead, the date and the place where the death occurred." John T. Batty writes a letter concerning the claims of his mother and late father "...I have helped my mother get the affidavits out, as she is old and badly in need. I got Senator King to help me with my father's but it was too late. He died just before we got his final papers in.." A special examiner writes "I have had a transcript made of the Temple Records of the marriage of claimant to soldier. I personally inspected this record and had the keeper make a transcript in my presence. If a regular form of sworn copy is desired this transcript has to go to the Temple proper where no non Mormon is permitted to enter..." In a report by the special examiner "..It is very rarely that a town has marriage records made at the time, but these marriages are always of record in the Temple at Salt Lake City provided the parties later went there to be sealed. It must be understood that the local authorities could marry a man and woman but if they were Mormons they could not seal them for the eternity. For this reason every Mormon couple went to the Temple at the first opportunity to be sealed for the eternity as well as for time...there is no reason to suspect that he had a marriage before he married claimant. His parents moved to Toquerville when he was a mere lad he was only 20 or 21 when he married claimant...claimant admitted at once that soldier took unto himself a plural wife..records show that this woman lived only a few years after that marriage...This woman certainly died at the time set forth, and even if living, she would not affect this claimant's title. As claimant had children both before and after soldier's marriage to Harriett Stapely, there is no reason to presume but what his marriage to Harriett was the same as thousands of other plural marriages, that is, that he lived and cohabited with both wives until one died and then cohabited with the surviving one..." Mary Ann Batty states in a special examination in June of 1920: "I am 68 years of age..I have no occupation but my baby boy supports and lives right here with me...I was born January 29, 1852 in Salt Lake City and my parents were Isaac and Mary Duffin. I had seven brothers and sisters and they are all living but one, Brigham F. Duffin, Salt Lake City; Anna S. Bocker, Salt Lake City; Maria Willis, Twin Falls, Idaho; James G. Duffin, Salt Lake City; Joseph F. Duffin, somewhere in Idaho; William Duffin, Provo Bench, Utah; Richard Hyrum Duffin, Salt Lake City; Hezekiah Duffin, Idaho. She also states "Mr. Batty's full name was John Batty and he was the son of George and Encora Batty (nee Woodcock). John Batty was born in England and he emigrated in 1862 and they came right to this place with ox teams...John Batty has two brothers living, Matthew Batty, Rogerson, Idaho; and George Edward Batty, Kimberley, Idaho. He has one sister living, Sarah A. McClellan, Tropic, Utah." She responded to the question "Did..your husband take a plural wife?" "Yes, Sir, and she died years before he did. Her name was Harriett Stapely. As near as I can fix the date I had five children when he married her. He was married to her the July just preceding the birth of William L. who was born Dec. 7, 1875. She just lived with my husband for two years as she was sickly and died after she had been married to him two years and she bore no children by him...Harriett died in the July that Edward died." Several neighbors, George M. Spilsbury and John Alma Steele testify about the family. Walter H. Slack, Bishop of Toquerville, testifies "I well remember Harriett Stapely and I knew from report that she was a plural wife of the soldier. I saw her remains when she died here and her death is very distinct as I remember her mother going to the casket and feeling her remains." He also identifies Harriett's parents as Charles and Sarah P. Stapley and her place of birth as San Bernardino. Temple records show that John Battie was born Oct 24, 1845 in Pilley, Yorkshire, England and that Harriet Elizabeth Stapley was born on July 1, 1855 in Australia. Mary Ann was granted a pension. Her son, John T. Batty wrote a letter stamped Oct. 17, 1922 informing the pension office of her death and requesting reimbursement of burial expense. Laurel Baty, L252