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==Background==
==Background==
Born in [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]], Batton was the older of two sons of James Bryant Batton (1880-1939) and Nolie K. Batton (1881-1971). Batton graduated in 1929 from Minden High School and for a year thereafter attended Tyler Commercial College in [[Tyler, Texas|Tyler]], [[Texas]].<ref name=candidacystatement>"J. D. Batton Issues Statement Giving Candidacy", ''Minden Herald'', October 24, 1947, pp. 1, 5.</ref>
Born in [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]], Batton was the older of two sons of James Bryant Batton (1880-1939) and Nolie K. Batton (1881-1971). Batton graduated in 1929 from [[Minden (Louisiana) High School|Minden High School]] and for a year thereafter attended Tyler Commercial College in [[Tyler, Texas|Tyler]], [[Texas]].<ref name=candidacystatement>"J. D. Batton Issues Statement Giving Candidacy", ''Minden Herald'', October 24, 1947, pp. 1, 5.</ref>
Batton's father, J. B. Batton, a native of [[rural]] Dubberly in south Webster Parish,<ref name=jbbgrave>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/122605540|title=James Bryant Batton|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=September 12, 2014}}</ref> was a former Webster Parish deputy sheriff, a two-term Minden police chief,<ref name="Minden Herald 1947, p. 1">''Minden Herald'', October 24, 1947, p. 1.</ref> and an unsuccessful candidate for sheriff in an all-Democratic [[special election]] conducted on June 6, 1933. Held barely a month after a devastating [[tornado]] struck the city on May 1, the election was required to replace Sheriff Arthur Montgomery Hough (1873-1933), who died on May 7 of [[influenza]].<ref>"Parish Pays Final Tribute to Sheriff Hough Monday", ''Minden Signal-Tribune'', May 9, 1933, p. 1.</ref>
Batton's father, J. B. Batton, a native of [[rural]] Dubberly in south Webster Parish,<ref name=jbbgrave>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/122605540|title=James Bryant Batton|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=September 12, 2014}}</ref> was a former Webster Parish deputy sheriff, a two-term Minden police chief,<ref name="Minden Herald 1947, p. 1">''Minden Herald'', October 24, 1947, p. 1.</ref> and an unsuccessful candidate for sheriff in an all-Democratic [[special election]] conducted on June 6, 1933. Held barely a month after a devastating [[tornado]] struck the city on May 1, the election was required to replace Sheriff Arthur Montgomery Hough (1873-1933), who died on May 7 of [[influenza]].<ref>"Parish Pays Final Tribute to Sheriff Hough Monday", ''Minden Signal-Tribune'', May 9, 1933, p. 1.</ref>