Isaac Batchellor, 1872-1894
Dates
- 1872-1894
Language of Materials
The material is in English.
Biographical / Historical
Isaac Batchellor was born in 1928 in Lincoln County, Maine. He joined the Navy when he was 17 and served on a man-of-war suppressing the slave trade. While in the Navy he witnessed the revolutions on 1948 in France and Italy. In 1859 he came to Colorado, drawn by Pike's Peak gold fields. In 1872 he married Ellen C. Chatfield. He was a farmer, miner and partnered in a livery stable "Chatfield and Batchellor" with his wife's brother. He was a member of the territorial legislature in 1872 and 1876. He was a County Commissioner for Denver, and Street Commissioner for Leadville in 1881. His last official position was superintendent of irrigation for the State under Governor Routt.
Extent
1 Items : file folder
Scope and Contents
Series 1 contains cards, invitations and newspaper clippings to, from and about Isaac Batchellor.
Arrangement
Series 1 is in one file folder.
Creator
- From the Collection: Batchellor, Isaac, 1828-1894 (Person)
- From the Collection: Chatfield, Clark S., 1838-1906 (Person)
- From the Collection: Chatfield, Charles H., 1840-1864 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository