Levi L. Batchelor
Nov. 5, 1857 – Nov. 1, 1929
Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Friday, November 1, 1929, page 4, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library
Levi L. Batchelor, 72, died this morning about 4 o’clock at his home east Niles in Howard township, after being sick for about five years. Mr. Batchelor was born in Michigan on Nov. 5, 1857, and had spent practically his entire life in this vicinity. He was a farmer until his health failed. Mr. Batchelor is survived by a widow who was formerly Miss Ella Blanchard and it is on the old Blanchard homestead that Mr. and Mrs. Batchelor have made their home. Besides the widow, Mr. Batchelor is survived by a daughter, Mrs. William Chapman, of Niles; one granddaughter and a brother, Lafayette Batchelor, of Toledo, Ohio. The funeral services will be held on Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock in the Troost and Augustine chapel. The Rev. Stanley Collins, retired Baptist minister, will officiate. Burial will be made at Silver Brook Cemetery.