Gordon Battelle (minister)

Gordon Battelle
BornNovember 14, 1814
Newport, Washington County, Ohio, US
DiedAugust 7, 1862
Washington, D. C., US
Alma materAllegheny College
Occupation(s)Methodist Minister, educator, chaplain
Known forabolitionist, helped establish West Virginia
SpouseMaria Louise Tucker

Gordon Battelle (November 14, 1814 – August 7, 1862) was a Methodist minister, educator, abolitionist, chaplain and one of the founders of the state of West Virginia during the American Civil War.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ "e-WV | Gordon Battelle".
  2. ^ Otis K. Rice, West Virginia: The State and its People (Parson, West Virginia: McClain Printing Co, 1972) p. 201
  3. ^ Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography p. 195