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Cameron Texan Titan Batte A Pioneering Milam County Banker
The profile outlines R U Batte a Cameron Texas magnate owner of mills gins and farms with vast holdings across Milam County. It details his early work from brick yard to jailer his role in law enforcement and convict guarding and his rise to wealth through cotton trade cottonseed products and West Texas cattle ventures. It notes his 7 000 acre farming operations 500 workers payroll figures and major philanthropic yet private goodwill largely through church ties. It highlights his ancestry from Captain G A Batte born 1813 and his emphasis on hard work honesty and civic improvement.
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Mr. Batte
G. A. Batte
Brunswick
Virginia
Yale University
Horace Greeley
Mississippi
Louisiana
Cameron
Texas
Walker's Creek
Milam County
Allen Springs
Wolf Home
Mary Ann Lightfoot
Huntsville School
Huntsville
Ala
J. H. Lightfoot
West Texas
Fort San Salba
Fort Concho
Fort Menard
Pecos
Junction City
Liane
Riverside
Atte
Ile
J.C. Martin