San Joaquin County Biographies
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Transcribed by: Linda Diane Jackson 10/5/2009
CHRISTOPH M. BATTERMAN
A useful and prominent citizen, whose success as a grain-farmer has given him an enviable influence in helping to shape the destiny of San Joaquin County as a great agricultural region is Christoph M. Batterman, who resides near Banta. He was born at San Francisco on May 1, 1868, and when a mere babe-in-arms was brought into San Joaquin County by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H.H.C. Batterman, pioneers and community builders of the West Side. They were natives of Germany, and brought with them the industrious and thrifty habits and that knowledge of agriculture for which their native land was so long famous; and they were not long in acquiring the home-ranch near Banta.
When, therefore, our subject reached his fourteenth year, he went to work on the farm; and there he has been engaged as a successful agriculturist ever since, having as a boy received a good common-school education. He remained at home with his parents until he was twenty-nine years old, and then, at Mt. Eaton, near Hayward, in Alameda County, he was married to Miss Anna Rippe, who first saw the light near San Lorenzo, and enjoyed a good training in the common schools in Alameda County. Her parents, Christian and Doris (Dunker) Rippe were also natives of Germany, and they settled in California in 1877. One son, Henry C. Batterman, was born to this fortunate union, and he is attending the West Side Union high school. The father of our subject passed away at Tracy on October 17, 1918, preceded, on May 19, 1905, by his devoted wife.
Mr. Batterman now owns the western half-section of No. 24, a portion of which is cut off by the townsite of Banta; and as he cultivates the soil there, bringing forth exceptional crops and maintaining a modest ranch of permanent attraction to all well-versed in agricultural pursuits and problems, he prosecutes his arduous labors with greater satisfaction, recollecting that he is continuing to operate what has been the widely-known Batterman home-place since the late nineties, long the center of a generous hospitality, shared by many an appreciative guest, neighbor, fellow-citizen, and wayfarer.
History of
SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY
CALIFORNIA
With A
Biographical Review
of
The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been
Identified with Its Growth and Development
from the Early Days to the Present
HISTORY BY
George H. Tinkham
HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
1923
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