Burrill B. Battle
Burrill B. Battle | |
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Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court | |
In office 1885–1910 | |
Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives | |
In office 1871 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Burrill Bunn Battle October 24, 1838 Hinds County, Mississippi |
Died | December 21, 1917 Little Rock, Arkansas | (aged 79)
Spouse(s) | Josephine A. Witherspoon
(m. 1871; died 1899) |
Education |
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Occupation | Politician, jurist |
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Burrill Bunn Battle (October 24, 1838 – December 21, 1917) was a Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court from 1885 to 1910.
Early life, education, and military service[]
Born in Hinds County, Mississippi, Battle's father was Judge Joseph J. Battle of Raleigh, North Carolina, who emigrated to Arkansas in 1844.[1] Battle received a B.A. from Arkansas College in 1856,[2] and an LL.B. from the Law Department of Cumberland University of Lebanon, Tennessee in 1858.[2][3] Returning to Arkansas, he entered the practice at Lewisville, in Lafayette County.[1] At the outbreak of the American Civil War he enlisted as a private in the artillery of the Confederate States Army, where he "serve under Gens. Cheatham and Cleburne",[3] and "participated in all the great battles of the Army of Tennessee",[1] including "the battles of Shiloh, Perryville, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, and others".[3]
Legal and political career[]
After the war, Battle resumed the practice of the law at Lewisville, moving to Washington, in Hempstead County, in 1869.[1] He served in the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1871. In 1880 he moved to Little Rock, where he formed a partnership with Judge . This continued until 1885, when Battle was elected Associate Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Judge . Battle was continually re-elected until his voluntary retirement in 1911, at the expiration of his fourth term. After his retirement he continued to reside in Little Rock until his death.[1] Battle was described as quiet and reserved, and having disliked the turmoil of the trial courts.[1] He was considered to be conservative as a justice.[1]
Personal life[]
In his private life, Battle was "a leading member of the Baptist Church".[1] He married Mrs. Josephine A. Witherspoon, née Cannon on November 29, 1871.[4] She died in 1899. They had no children.[1][3]
Burrill B. Battle died at his home in Little Rock on December 21, 1917.[3]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i "Judge Burrill B. Battle", Report of the Proceedings of the Bar Association of Arkansas (1918), p. 118-19.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Burrill Bunn Battle (1838–1917)". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Retrieved September 23, 2019.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Judge B. B. Battle". Batesville Guard. December 28, 1917. p. 7. Retrieved January 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. VI. James T. White & Company. 1896. p. 21. Retrieved November 24, 2020 – via Google Books.
- Justices of the Arkansas Supreme Court
- 1838 births
- 1917 deaths
- People from Hinds County, Mississippi
- Members of the Arkansas House of Representatives
- Confederate States Army personnel
- Cumberland School of Law alumni
- 19th-century American judges