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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 of 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 town site 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 agriculture 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.
Transcribed by Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
528. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 Gerald Iaquinta.
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