This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Batte Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hkB.2ACE/5590 Message Board Post: Galveston Daily News – Wed., 27 February 1884, p. 1, c. 8 Accident - Cameron Herald: Ira Batte was thrown from a horse last Sunday and sustained serious internal injuries, though he is now able to be about.