Mary Emily Samec and Willis Grant Batson

WILLIS GRANT BATSON, son of LILLIAN AMELIA MILLS and WILLIS NEWTON BATSON, was born August 12, 1904 in Clear Lake, Polk, Wisconsin,⁴⁶⁵³ and died August 27, 1962 in Westfield, Chautauqua, New York.⁴⁶⁶⁰ He is buried in Saint James Cemetery, Westfield, Chautauqua, New York.⁴⁶⁶⁰

He married MARY EMILY SAMEC on June 28, 1930.⁴⁶⁶¹ She was born September 3, 1913 in California, Washington, Pennsylvania,⁴⁵³² and died October 19, 2002.⁴⁵³² She is buried in Saint James Cemetery, Westfield, Chautauqua, New York.⁴⁵³²

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Children of MARY EMILY SAMEC and WILLIS GRANT BATSON:

1. Son
2. Daughter
3. Daughter
4. Daughter
5. Son
6. Son
7. Son
8. Daughter
9. Daughter

Personal Information

Willis G. Batson

• graduated from Chautauqua High School, New York, 1923⁴⁶⁶¹
• worked at the Welch Grape Juice Factory for more than 30 years⁴⁶⁶¹
• was a member of the St. James Roman Catholic Church, Jamestown, Chautauqua, New York. ⁴⁶⁶¹

Obituaries

Jamestown Post-Journal, August 28, 1962⁴⁶⁶¹

W. GRANT BATSON

WESTFIELD—W. Grant Batson, 58, of Sherman Road, died at 7:30 p.m. Monday (Aug. 27, 1962). Authorities said he was stricken while chopping wood in the basement of his home. The Westfield emergency unit was called and administered oxygen. He was pronounced dead by Dr. Van Laughlin.

He was born Aug. 12, 1904, in Clear Lake, Wisc., the son of Willis N. and Lillian Mills Batson. He moved to Sherman in October 1919 and graduated from Chautauqua High School in 1923. He had lived on the Sherman Road for 19 years and had been employed at the Welch Grape Juice Factory for more than 30 years. In addition he operated a small farm.

He was a member of St. James Roman Catholic Church, and was married June 29, 1930 to the former Mary Samec who survives. Other survivors are two daughters, Mrs. Maurice Horton and Mrs. Ernest Mason, Westfield; three sons, Emil J. Batson, serving with the U.S. Army in Germany, Stephen Batson and William Batson, Westfield. 14 grandchildren; one brother, Clifford Batson, Sherman; two sisters, Mrs. Amy Shroeder, Erie, Pa., and Mrs. Verne Jenkins, Oil City, Pa. He was preceded in death by tow children, Mrs. Theresa Batson Ward, who died in 1960; and Charles G. Batson, who died in 1949.

Funeral arrangements are in charge of the Barber Funeral Home, Westfield.

Jamestown Post-Journal, August 30, 1962

W. GRANT BATSON

WESTFIELD—A Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. today in Barber Funeral Home for W. Grant Baston, 58, of the Sherman Road who died Monday (Aug. 27, 1962) in his home. A Requiem Mass will be celebrated at 9 a.m., Friday in St.James Catholic Church. Burial will be in New St. James Cemetery.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
April 27, 19104654	Clear Lake, Polk, Wisconsin	Willis Newton Batson Lillian Amelia Mills Willis Grant Batson Amy Elizabeth Batson
January 14, 19203579	Chautauqua, Chautauqua, New York	Willis Newton Batson Lillian Amelia Mills Willis Grant Batson Amy Elizabeth Batson Clifford Batson Julia A. Sarafolean
April 24, 19304655	Chautauqua, Chautauqua, New York	Willis Newton Batson Lillian Amelia Mills Willis Grant Batson Clifford Batson Julia A. Sarafolean
April, 19403625	Westfield, Chautauqua, New York	Willis Grant Batson Mary Emily Samec Daughter Daughter Daughter Son
May 18, 19509521	Westfield, Chautauqua, New York	Willis Grant Batson Mary Emily Samec Daughter Daughter Daughter Son Son