Bennington - BATCHELDER, Clark Asa

Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography: A Series of Authentic Biographical 
Sketches of the Representative Men of Vermont and Sons of Vermont in Other 
States. Dodge. Burlington: Ullery, 1912, p 113

Clark Asa BATCHELDER, lawyer, Fitchburg [Worcester County], Massachusetts, 
was born 23 February 1848 in Peru [Bennington County, Vermont], son of Edmund 
and Sophia (SIMMONDS) BATCHELDER. Educated in the public schools of Peru, 
Westfield State Normal School, Westfield [Hampden County], Massachusetts; 
Williston Seminary, East Hampton, Massachusetts; and Boston University, 
Boston, Massachusetts. Commissioner of insolvency, Middlesex County, 
Massachusetts; member school board, Ayer [Middlesex County], Massachusetts; 
member of school board, Fitchburg, Massachusetts; after that in Ayer. 
Commissioned for life as commissioner to qualify civil officers; commissioned 
associate judge municipal court, Fitchburg, 1903, now held by the appointee. 
Practice in United States and District Courts; largely engaged in equity 
practice. 

In 1874 he [Clark Asa BATCHELDER] married Catherine W. HARD of Manchester 
[Bennington County, Vermont]. They have three children: (1) Mary C., Mrs. 
Edward FLETCHER, San Diego [San Diego County], California; (2) Louise S., 
San Diego; and (3) Eugene C., San Diego. Mr. BATCHELDER is a Republican. 
He has never held or been a candidate for political office. He is a member 
of Rollstone Congregational Church; past master of St. Paul Lodge, Free & 
Accepted Masons, Ayer, Massachusetts; at present affiliated with Aurora Lodge 
of Fitchburg.

[The Vermont Historical Magazine, No XI, October 1867, page 212, mentions 
BATCHELDER brothers who were early settlers of Peru, Bennington County, 
Vermont: "In the early settlement of the town, three BARNARD brothers: 
Josiah, Benjamin, and Stowell; three BATCHELDER brothers: John, Israel, and 
Edmund; and three STONE brothers: Samuel, Josiah, and Joseph, came into the 
place. Of these nine but three are now living in town; but their descendants 
form quite an important portion of the inhabitants. Is Clark Asa BATCHELDER 
descended from one of these BATCHELDER brothers? Bracketed material added by 
submitter, who is not researching these surnames, to support or clarify 
information given in the biography, and to raise questions.]

Submitted by Cathy Kubly