Pratt City news: Orestus Batson visits his brother J. O. Batson
24 March 1903 · The Birmingham Age-Herald (Birmingham, Ala.)
Named here: John Ocie Batson, Orestus Batson, booker for the Standard Oil company in Birmingham, brother of J. O. Batson
Transcription
Read from the image (line breaks not kept); the last item of the column, which ends above the heading "Selma."
Orestus Batson, booker for the Standard Oil company in Birmingham visited his brother, J. O. Batson of this city yesterday.
Citation: Pratt City news column (heading and dateline above the clipped region), The Birmingham Age-Herald (Birmingham, Ala.), 24 March 1903, p. 3; image, Chronicling America, Library of Congress (https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85038485/1903-03-24/ed-1/?sp=3).
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| Person | Fact | Document says | Tree says | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Ocie Batson | Residence | "J. O. Batson of this city" (Pratt City, Jefferson County: see the notes), March 1903 | 1900, Rockford, Coosa County; 1910, Bay Minette, Baldwin County | new |
| John Ocie Batson | Sibling | his brother Orestus Batson, a booker for the Standard Oil company in Birmingham | the alternate name "Orestus Batson" on his own profile (FS-361) | conflicts (Orestus is his brother, not another name for him) |