a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Rhode Island. He was converted in early life; educated for the ministry at Kent's Hill, Me.; and after one year's service under the presiding elder, joined the Maine Conference. About six years later, 1848, he became superannuated, and held that relation to the close of his life. He died at Bucksport, Me., Oct. 9, 1849. Mr. Battey was a devout man, a devoted minister, and a faithful pastor. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1850, p. 480.