The First Families Project - GA - Richmond County Robert Battey Robert Battey, of Rome, Georgia, was born November 26, 1828, in Richmond county, that State. He is a son of Cephas Battey, a native of Pern, Clinton county, New York, and Mary A. daughter of George Magruder, of Richmond county, Ga. His ancestors, who were English , settled at Providence, Rhode Island. He was educated at Augusta, Georgia, and at Phillips; Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, and studied medicine at Booth's Laboratory, Philadelphia, the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, the University of Pennsylvania, and Jefferson Medical College, graduating from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, March 17, 1856, and from Jefferson Medical College, March 07, 1857. He has resided in Rome, Georgia, from December, 1847, to the present time, excepting the interval from November, 1872, to October, 1875, during which he resided temporarily at Atlanta, Ga., as Professor of Obstecrics in the Atlanta Medical College, and editor of the Atlanta Medical and Surgical Journal. Dr. Batey has been established in the town of his present residence devoting his attention to gynecological practice. He is one of the most noted surgeons of the South and his skill as an operator