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'''Schuyler Morris Batson, Sr.''' (February 10, 1923 – October 9, 1996),<ref name=geni>{{cite web|url=https://www.geni.com/people/Rev-Schuyler-Batson/6000000048479594874|title=Rev. Schuyler Morris Batson|publisher=Geni.com|accessdate=July 26, 2018}}</ref> was a [[Southern Baptist]] [[clergy]]man from [[Louisiana]] and his native [[Mississippi]].
'''Schuyler Morris Batson, Sr.''' (February 10, 1923 – October 9, 1996),<ref name=geni>{{cite web|url=https://www.geni.com/people/Rev-Schuyler-Batson/6000000048479594874|title=Rev. Schuyler Morris Batson|publisher=Geni.com|accessdate=July 26, 2018}}</ref> was a [[Southern Baptist]] [[clergy]]man from [[Louisiana]] and his native [[Mississippi]].
==Biography==
His grandfather, Randolph "Ran" Batson (1863-1956), built a vast acreage of timberland across Mississippi and started a major reforestation program.<ref name=johnobatsonobit/> Batson was one of four children of John Oscar Batson, I (1884-1956), and the former Nellie Mae Nickolson (1884-1973).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/11206095/person/112014855466/facts|title=Nellie Mae Nickolson|publisher=Ancestry.com|accessdate=February 23, 2019}}</ref> He was named for an uncle, Schuyler Batson (1901-1949).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.myheritage.com/names/schuyler_batson|title=Schuyler Batson|publisher=Myheritage.com|accessdate=July 26, 2018}}</ref> Batson was the twin brother of Ellen Rose Breed (1923-2012), a Baptist laywoman from [[Jackson]], Mississippi. The brother and sister were born in the [[rural]] Hillsdale community south of Lumberton in southern Mississippi and reared in Lyman and Gulfport in Harrison County. The two graduated in 1940 from Gulfport High School.<ref name=elbreed>{{cite web|url=http://wright-ferguson-ridgeland.tributes.com/dignitymemorial/obituary/Ellen-R.-Breed-94270840|title=Ellen Breed obituary|publisher=Tributes.com|accessdate=July 26, 2018}}</ref>
His grandfather, Randolph "Ran" Batson (1863-1956), built a vast acreage of timberland across Mississippi and started a major reforestation program.<ref name=johnobatsonobit/> Batson was one of four children of John Oscar Batson, I (1884-1956), and the former Nellie Mae Nickolson (1884-1973).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/11206095/person/112014855466/facts|title=Nellie Mae Nickolson|publisher=Ancestry.com|accessdate=February 23, 2019}}</ref> He was named for an uncle, Schuyler Batson (1901-1949).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.myheritage.com/names/schuyler_batson|title=Schuyler Batson|publisher=Myheritage.com|accessdate=July 26, 2018}}</ref> Batson was the twin brother of Ellen Rose Breed (1923-2012), a Baptist laywoman from [[Jackson]], Mississippi. The brother and sister were born in the [[rural]] Hillsdale community south of Lumberton in southern Mississippi and reared in Lyman and Gulfport in Harrison County. The two graduated in 1940 from Gulfport High School.<ref name=elbreed>{{cite web|url=http://wright-ferguson-ridgeland.tributes.com/dignitymemorial/obituary/Ellen-R.-Breed-94270840|title=Ellen Breed obituary|publisher=Tributes.com|accessdate=July 26, 2018}}</ref>
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