The following is from the newspaper on February 3, 1928:

Shown at left is W.E. Batten and Anna Jane Morkert Batten on their wedding day in 1897. They were grandparents of Frances Hupke. The following is from the newspaper on February 3, 1928:

ENGINE STRIKES W. E. BATTEN AT CARLISLE YARDS
Dies at Home of Son Half Hour Later; Burial at Pleasantville Today. “W. E. Batten, 66 years old, of Carlisle, died Friday night at 5 o’clock or just a half hour after he had fallen beneath the drive wheels of a Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific freight engine as it was switching in train yards in Carlisle. Batten, who had but recently moved to Carlisle from Beech, was walking along the platform and had started across the tracks, according to witnesses when he toppled under the engine.
He was known to be somewhat deaf and to have rather poor eyesight. He was still alive when taken from beneath the wheels although his legs had been severed and many bones broken. He was taken immediately to the home of his son, Lee, who is a barber in Carlisle. There he died a short time after.
He is survived by a wife and several children. The coroner’s verdict, which was reserved until Saturday morning due to the coroner’s absence from town Friday night, was returned as death due to accidental causes. Funeral services were held at Beech at 10 a.m. Sunday and burial services took place at Pleasantville. The Rev. David Fye officiated.”