The History of the Township and Village of Mazomanie, BY WILLIAM KITTLE, MADISON, WIS. STATE JOURNAL PRINTING CO. 1900. EDWARD BATTY was born December 11, 1847, in Black Earth, and lived on his father's farm until about the age of twenty. He then bought a farm in Iowa county, where he lived until 1893, when he moved to Mazomanie. He is now village trustee. In 1872 he married Miss Catherine Ellsworth. Their children are: Mrs. Collins, near Blue Mounds; Bessie Glee, Harry, Louie and Frankie.