Daniel K Baty (1878 - 1973)

Born 19 Jul 1878 in Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States

Ancestors

Died 7 Dec 1973 at age 95 in Liberal, Seward, Kansas, United States

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Biography

Pvt D. K. Baty served with the United States Army during the Spanish-American War.
Service Started: 1898
Unit(s): 3rd Missouri Infantry, Company C
Service Ended: 1898

Daniel was born 19 Jul 1877 at Sedgwick County, Kansas the son of Clark F and Sarah Ellen (McLaughlin/McGlothlin) Baty.^[1]

Except as otherwise footnoted, the following abstracted from Plains Kansas 100 Years.^[2]

Daniel's father, Clark Baty, first came to Kansas in 1869 as a buffalo hunter. D.K., as he was known to all, was the second child of Clark and Ellen Baty, born in 1877.^[3] After his education, D.K. left the family farm in Barton County and in 1898 enlisted in the Spanish-American War serving as a private with Company C of the Third Missouri Infantry and was discharged 1898.^[4] He received a teaching certificate from the Central Normal College of Great Bend, Kansas. He left teaching and in 1910 came to Seward County, Kansas purchasing the headquarters of the old Crooked L ranch. He married Augusta Meckenroth of Barton County on 2 May 1910 and moved to Plains, Kansas where he was a well-known farmer. Augusta passed away in 1928 after having four daughters. In 1945, D.K. moved to Liberal, Kansas where he married Hannah Johnson in 1950. Hannah passed away in 1972.

D.K. Baty contributed to many endeavors of the Plains community and is remembered for his sponsorship of the annual Christmas banquet for students returning home over the holiday. He passed away 7 December 1973 at Liberal, Kansas and is interred at the Plains Cemetery, Plains, Kansas.^[5]

Children

• Vida - b 19194
• Elsie - b 2 Dec 1915
• Ruth M - b 30 Jan 1918
• Clara Francis - b 26 Jul 1921

Sources

1. ↑ United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. Kansas; Registration County: Seward; Roll: 1643845
2. ↑ Knott, Joyce, ed and compiler, Plains Kansas 100 Years -- 1885-1985, privately printed, Plains, Kansas, 1985, pp 150-151
3. ↑ US Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Greeley, Sedgwick, Kansas; Roll: 396; Family History Film: 1254396; Page: 333B; Enumeration District: 219; Image: 0449
4. ↑ General Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers who Served During the War with Spain. Microfilm publication M871, 126 rolls. ARC ID: 654543. Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1780s–1917, Record Group 94. The National Archives at Washington, D.C.
5. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #11723067