Mary Frances Battle (1843 - 1924)

Born Aug 1843 in Nolensville, Williamson, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Died 24 Sep 1924 at age 81 in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

"Confederate spy and social reformer. While Nashville was occupied by Union forces, she was one of many female spies who obtained a pass and visited town often to gather information. She and her sister were discovered smuggling documents, and were sent to prison in the former Tennessee State Penitentiary, and then later to the Old Capitol Prison in Washington DC. She was released after the war, and returned to Nashville, where she taught at several schools from 1870 to 1886. She helped form a relief society for Nashville, to help victims of floods, as well as other homeless and poor people, and served as its treasurer. In 1891 she established the first daycare in Nashville, which is still running and now called 'The Fannie Battle Day Home for Children.'"^[1]

• Fact: Also Known As Fannie
• Fact: Residence (1850) Davidson county, part of, Davidson , Tennessee
• Fact: Residence (1860) 6th District, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
• Fact: Residence (1870) Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
• Fact: Burial (September 1924) Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States

Sources

1. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVH-86SJ : 8 August 2020), Fannie Battle, ; Burial, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States of America, Mount Olivet Cemetery; citing record ID 9045551, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 28 April 2021, 15:39), entry for Mary Frances Battle (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KZXP-992 ); contributed by various users.
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDH-1RT : 23 December 2020), Mary F Battle in household of Joel A B Battle, Davidson, Tennessee, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).