BIO: WILLIAM BATCHELOR, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
   
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  >From Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,
  Chicago: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905, pages 327-328
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    WILLIAM BATCHELOR (deceased) was born in England, and came to America when
  about forty years of age. In 1889 he married Mary Ann Snyder, of Mt. Holly
  Springs, daughter, of Abraham and Jane Snyder.

    Abraham Snyder was born in Adams county, and learned the tanning trade, and
  settled at Mt. Holly Springs in 1868, where he lived retired, dying in 1882;
  his wife died in 1893, both passing away at Mt. Holly Springs. Their children
  were: William, who lives on the hill road at Mt. Holly; John, Philip and
  James, who are also residents on the hill road; Libby and Mary Ann, twins,
  the former marrying Albert Myers, who lives on the hill.

    After their marriage William Batchelor and wife took up their residence at
  No. 107 Pine street, Mt. Holly Springs, which he had purchased a few years
  prior, to his marriage, and made into a very comfortable home. For a quarter
  of a century this truly good man was an employe of the Mt. Holly

    328  CUMBERLAND COUNTY.

  Paper Company, becoming in time boss of the rag room, a position he was ably
  filling at his death, which occurred in 1895, from paralysis, and his remains
  were laid to rest in the beautiful Mt. Holly cemetery.

    Mr. Batchelor was a well educated man, fond of reading, and he spent many
  happy hours among his beloved books. Fraternally he was a member of the K. of
  P. Lodge of Mt. Holly, and was very popular in that body. Both he and his
  excellent wife were consistent members of the Methodist Church of Mt. Holly
  Springs. In England he was a local preacher, and after coming to this
  country, he took a great interest in Sunday School and church work, and in
  every way endeavored to follow the teachings of the Master. In his death Mt.
  Holly Springs lost one of its best citizens, the church a faithful worker,
  and his family its honored head.