Spouse:
Kate E. Davis (married on July 12, 1858)
Children:
Three children: Georgia L. (daughter); Chas. S., and John D. (sons)
Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:
He was of English ancestry.
He was a member of the Sigma Phi Society and Phi Beta Kappa.
Toensing, the Minnesota Legislative Manuals, 1869, 1870, and 1872; The Fifteenth Legislature of Minnesota, 1873; and Progressive Men of Minnesota, 1897 list his last name as Batchelder. The Minnesota Legislative Manual, 1873 lists both Batchelder and Bachelder.
Toensing, Progressive Men of Minnesota, 1897 and The Fifteenth Legislature of Minnesota, 1873 list his middle initial as W. The Minnesota Legislative Manuals, 1869 and 1870 list F.
The Fifteenth Legislature of Minnesota, 1873; Progressive Men of Minnesota, 1897; and the Minnesota Legislative Manuals, 1872 and 1873 list he came to Faribault, Minnesota in May 1855. The Minnesota Legislative Manuals, 1869 and 1870 list 1857.
The Minnesota Legislative Manuals, 1872 and 1873, and Progressive Men of Minnesota, 1897 list his birth state as Vermont. The Minnesota Legislative Manuals, 1869 and 1870 list New Hampshire. According to Progressive Men of Minnesota, 1897, his grandfather lived in Portsmouth, New Hampshire before moving to Vermont around 1796.
He was a candidate for District Judge in 1865; and for the United States Congress in 1867. (The Fifteenth Legislature of Minnesota. St. Paul: Press Printing Company, 1873)
The Minnesota Legislative Manual, 1869 lists him as a Republican but Progressive Men of Minnesota, 1897 says he "always identified with the Democratic party." The Fifteenth Legislature of Minnesota, 1873 identifies him as a member of the Democratic party.