Educator, author, clergyman; A.B., M.A., D.D., LL.D. degrees, serving as President of Mercer University from 1872-1889. Weathered difficulties of the Depression of 1873 there, becoming the 1st President to live in the Mercer Administration Bldg., and establishing the School of Law with a nominal relationship to the University Arts program.
The son of Cullen and Jane Lamon Battle of NC, he was the brother of Mary Shorter, the wife of Alabama Governor John Gill Shorter. He was also the brother of Cullen A. Battle, Major General CSA who is buried in Petersburg, VA.
He married Mary Elizabette Guild in 1847 (She was the daughter of Dr. James Guild of Tuscaloosa, AL). They had five children, two of which were Cullen G. Battle, and Mary Battle Lowery.
** He moved to Alabama when he was 10 years old, educated there, and, graduated from the University of Alabama. He later became President of the Alabama Central Female College in Tuscaloosa (1860-62) .... was also believed to be President of Shorter College 1891-1898.
The Marion County Patriot, October 4, 1907
The Marion County Patriot, No. 38
Friday, October 4, 1907
Page Five
Rev. A.J. Battle Dies In Macon
Macon, Ga., Sept. 30 – Rev. A.J. Battle, one of the best known Baptist divines
in the South, and an educator of note, died Sunday evening at the residence of
his daughter, Mrs. T.S. Lowery, in Vineville. He was 81 years old and his
death was the result of old age.
The son of Cullen and Jane Lamon Battle of NC, he was the brother of Mary Shorter, the wife of Alabama Governor John Gill Shorter. He was also the brother of Cullen A. Battle, Major General CSA who is buried in Petersburg, VA.
He married Mary Elizabette Guild in 1847 (She was the daughter of Dr. James Guild of Tuscaloosa, AL). They had five children, two of which were Cullen G. Battle, and Mary Battle Lowery.
** He moved to Alabama when he was 10 years old, educated there, and, graduated from the University of Alabama. He later became President of the Alabama Central Female College in Tuscaloosa (1860-62) .... was also believed to be President of Shorter College 1891-1898.
The Marion County Patriot, October 4, 1907
The Marion County Patriot, No. 38
Friday, October 4, 1907
Page Five
Rev. A.J. Battle Dies In Macon
Macon, Ga., Sept. 30 – Rev. A.J. Battle, one of the best known Baptist divines
in the South, and an educator of note, died Sunday evening at the residence of
his daughter, Mrs. T.S. Lowery, in Vineville. He was 81 years old and his
death was the result of old age.
Educator, author, clergyman; A.B., M.A., D.D., LL.D. degrees, serving as President of Mercer University from 1872-1889. Weathered difficulties of the Depression of 1873 there, becoming the 1st President to live in the Mercer Administration Bldg., and establishing the School of Law with a nominal relationship to the University Arts program.
The son of Cullen and Jane Lamon Battle of NC, he was the brother of Mary Shorter, the wife of Alabama Governor John Gill Shorter. He was also the brother of Cullen A. Battle, Major General CSA who is buried in Petersburg, VA.
He married Mary Elizabette Guild in 1847 (She was the daughter of Dr. James Guild of Tuscaloosa, AL). They had five children, two of which were Cullen G. Battle, and Mary Battle Lowery.
** He moved to Alabama when he was 10 years old, educated there, and, graduated from the University of Alabama. He later became President of the Alabama Central Female College in Tuscaloosa (1860-62) .... was also believed to be President of Shorter College 1891-1898.
The Marion County Patriot, October 4, 1907
The Marion County Patriot, No. 38
Friday, October 4, 1907
Page Five
Rev. A.J. Battle Dies In Macon
Macon, Ga., Sept. 30 – Rev. A.J. Battle, one of the best known Baptist divines
in the South, and an educator of note, died Sunday evening at the residence of
his daughter, Mrs. T.S. Lowery, in Vineville. He was 81 years old and his
death was the result of old age.
The son of Cullen and Jane Lamon Battle of NC, he was the brother of Mary Shorter, the wife of Alabama Governor John Gill Shorter. He was also the brother of Cullen A. Battle, Major General CSA who is buried in Petersburg, VA.
He married Mary Elizabette Guild in 1847 (She was the daughter of Dr. James Guild of Tuscaloosa, AL). They had five children, two of which were Cullen G. Battle, and Mary Battle Lowery.
** He moved to Alabama when he was 10 years old, educated there, and, graduated from the University of Alabama. He later became President of the Alabama Central Female College in Tuscaloosa (1860-62) .... was also believed to be President of Shorter College 1891-1898.
The Marion County Patriot, October 4, 1907
The Marion County Patriot, No. 38
Friday, October 4, 1907
Page Five
Rev. A.J. Battle Dies In Macon
Macon, Ga., Sept. 30 – Rev. A.J. Battle, one of the best known Baptist divines
in the South, and an educator of note, died Sunday evening at the residence of
his daughter, Mrs. T.S. Lowery, in Vineville. He was 81 years old and his
death was the result of old age.
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