OpenLLM-France/wikimedia huggingface dataset:
# Samer Ismail

Samer Ismail (Arabic: سامر إسماعيل; born 8 July 1985 in Homs, Syria) is a Syrian actor known for portraying the ancient character of Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second caliph of Islam in the pan-Arab television series Omar (TV series) directed by Hatem Ali. The series was produced and broadcast by MBC. Some questioned his portrayal of the character of Omar, demanding to know Ismail's religious origin. Ismail refused to reveal his religious denomination saying that this was a personal matter and was irrelevant to his role. He also played the role of Azzam in the TV series Minbar al Mawta directed by Rasha Sharbatji. He also appeared in the film Cello, directed by Darren Lynn Bousman.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2012 | Omar | Omar Bin Al-Khattab | TV series |
| 2023 | The Cello | | |
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# Himalayapotamon atkinsonianum

Himalayapotamon atkinsonianum is a species of freshwater crab in the family Potamidae. It is found in Nepal and parts of Northeastern India. It can be distinguished from other related species by the morphology of its gonopods.
# Divini Redemptoris

Divini Redemptoris (from the incipit "Divini Redemptoris promissio", Latin for "the promise of a Divine Redeemer") is an anti-communist encyclical issued by Pope Pius XI. It was published on 19 March 1937. In this encyclical, the pope sets out to "expose once more in a brief synthesis the principles of atheistic Communism as they are manifested chiefly in Bolshevism".
Mariano Cordovani O.P. (February 25, 1883 – April 4, 1950) professor of dogmatic theology at the College of Saint Thomas, the future Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum from 1912 to 1921 and Master of the Sacred Palace under Pope Pius XI contributed especially to the encyclical and afterward published his Appunti sul comunismo moderno treating the Church's position on communism.

## Description

The encyclical describes communism as "a system full of errors and sophisms" that "subverts the social order, because it means the destruction of its foundations".
Pius XI goes on to contrast Communism with the civitas humana (ideal human civilization), which is marked by love, respect for human dignity, economic justice, and the rights of workers. He faults industrialists and employers who do not adequately support their workers for creating a climate of discontent in which people are tempted to embrace Communism. He refers to two earlier papal writings on this topic, Rerum novarum and Quadragesimo anno.
The work expresses concern at the growth of communism in the Soviet Union, Spain, and Mexico, and it condemns the Western press for its apparent "conspiracy of silence" in failing to cover such events in those countries. It was published five days after the publication of the more controversial Mit brennender Sorge encyclical, which condemned the German Nazi regime and ideology.
# Jermaine Love

Jermaine Love-Roberts (born March 27, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for ONVO Büyükçekmece of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). A 6'3", 186 lbs combo guard, Love played for Prairie State College (where he became the school's first All-America selection in men's basketball) and at the University of Illinois at Springfield, before going overseas to Lithuania, to play for Palanga and Vilnius of the National Basketball League.

## High school

Love attended Rich East High School, in Park Forest, Illinois, where he played high school basketball. He earned All-Conference honors in basketball at Rich East, and was also a member of the conference champions in track and field as well.

## College career

Love played college basketball at the Prairie State College, from 2008 to 2010 and at the Illinois-Springfield from 2010 to 2012. As a senior, he averaged 16.5 points, 4.8 rebounds, and 1.7 assists per game.

## Professional career
### Perlas Vilnius (2014–2015)

On September 27, 2014, Love joined MRU Vilnius in Lithuania.

### Lietkabelis Panevėžys (2015–2016)

On August 24, 2015, Love moved to the Lithuanian First Division, after he signed with Lietkabelis Panevėžys.

### Nevėžis (2016–2017)

On August 12, 2016, Love moved to Nevėžis.

### Trefl Sopot (2017–2018)

The next year, after a successful tryout, he joined Trefl Sopot of the PLK. With Trefl Sopot, he went on to average 13.6 points, 3.3 rebounds and 3 assists per game.

### Holargos (2018–2019)

On July 4, 2018, Love joined Holargos of the Greek Basket League.

### Scaligera Verona (2019–2020)

Love started the 2019–20 campaign with the Italian 2nd Division club Scaligera Verona. However, he left the club in January.

### Kolossos Rodou (2020)

Love returned to Greece, and signed with Kolossos Rodou, on January 22, 2020, replacing the injured Donovan Jackson.

### Hapoel Holon (2020)

Love finished out the 2019–20 season with the Israeli Super League club Hapoel Holon, with which he averaged 11.9 points, 3.1 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game.

### PAOK Thessaloniki (2016–2021)

On July 31, 2020, Love signed with PAOK Thessaloniki of the Greek Basket League. On July 3, 2021, Love renewed his contract with the Greek club. During the 2021–22 campaign, in a total of 22 domestic Greek league games, he averaged 14 points, 2.8 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1 steal, while playing around 27 minutes per contest. He also served as the team's captain.

### Peristeri (2023–2024)

On December 18, 2023, Love returned to Greece, signing with Peristeri of the Basketball Champions League.

### Büyükçekmece Basketbol (2024–present)

On July 30, 2024, he signed with Büyükçekmece Basketbol of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL).
On October 15, 2024, Love was awarded the Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for Round 2. He had 30 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists for his team to beat Türk Telekom B.K..
# Sultan Mahmood (boxer)

Sultan Mahmood (born 15 May 1935) is a Pakistani former boxer. He competed in the men's middleweight (−75 kg) event at the 1960 Summer Olympics and the 1964 Summer Olympics.
# Cool Dudes

Cool Dudes were an Australian jazz band from the Hunter Valley in the late 1980s. Their self titled album was nominated for the 1989 ARIA Award for Best Jazz Album. The group split by the mid-1990s. Terry Widowson was a member of the Neville Ure Trio in mid-1999 with Andrew Wallace on double bass and Cary Bennett on drums.
The Cool Dudes re-united in early 2001 for a limited number of shows in that year with the four-piece line-up of Trevor Furner on reeds, Greg Henshaw on vocals and bass guitar, Terry Widowson on keyboards and Peter Young on drums. According to Newcastle's The Post's reporter, "the quartet performs mainstream interpretations of jazz standards... [they] press ahead with a low-key comeback."

## Members

* Trevor Furner – saxophone
* Terry Widowson – keyboards
* Howard Ward – bass guitar, vocals
* Peter Young – drums
* Milton Saunders – keyboards
* Paul Watters – guitar
* Greg Henshaw – bass guitar, vocals
* Giles Smith – bass guitar

## Discography
### Albums

List of albums, with selected details :
| Title | Details |
| Cool Dudes | Released: 1988 Format: LP Label: Sandstock Music (SSM 033) |
| Honestly, The Cool Dudes (with Su Cruickshank) | Released: 1990 Format: LP Label: Sandstock Music (SSM 040) |

## Awards and nominations
### ARIA Music Awards

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. They commenced in 1987.
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result | Ref. |
| 1989 | Cool Dudes | Best Jazz Album | Nominated | |
# Arif Suyono

Arif Suyono (born 3 January 1984 in Batu, East Java) is an Indonesian former footballer who plays as a winger, whose nickname is Keceng, refers to his skinny appearance.

## Club career

Before plays in Mitra Kukar, he played in the team Sriwijaya, Arema Indonesia and Persema Malang. He is one of the Indonesian football players in the sector of wing midfielder or attacker. Prior to his career in the senior national team, he also had involved in the U-19 national team and played in the U-23 team for the Southeast Asian Games in 2007.
He is among the squad for Arema Malang to win the Piala Indonesia in two consecutive years, 2005 and 2006.

## International goals

Arif Suyono: International goals :
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1 | 25 August 2008 | Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia | Myanmar | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2008 Indonesia Independence Cup |
| 2 | 25 August 2008 | Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia | Myanmar | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2008 Indonesia Independence Cup |
| 3 | 1 December 2010 | Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia | Malaysia | 4–1 | 5–1 | 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup |
| 4 | 4 December 2010 | Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia | Laos | 5–0 | 6–0 | 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup |

## Honours
### Club honors
#### Arema

* Copa Indonesia: 2005, 2006
* Indonesian Inter Island Cup: 2014/15
* Indonesia President's Cup: 2017

#### Sriwijaya

* Piala Indonesia: 2010

### Country honors
#### Indonesia

* Indonesian Independence Cup: 2008
* AFF Championship runner-up: 2010
# Taloja Central Jail

Taloja Central Jail is a prison in Taloja near Taloja Panchnand railway station on the outskirts of Kharghar, a suburb of the city of Mumbai in the state of Maharashtra in India. It was opened in 2008 and has capacity for 3000 inmates.
The Indian Jesuit Roman Catholic priest and tribal rights activist Stan Swamy was held there preceding his death in 2021.
# The Prisoners of Shanghai

The Prisoners of Shanghai (German: Die Gefangene von Shanghai) is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Géza von Bolváry and Augusto Genina and starring Carmen Boni, Jack Trevor, and Bernhard Goetzke. The film's sets were designed by the art director István Szirontai Lhotka. It focuses on similar themes to the subsequent Hollywood films Shanghai Express (1932) and The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933).

## Synopsis

Mary, the wife of a British consul Ralph Sinclair, is detained by Chinese General Hai Lung. He offers to spare her husband from execution if she will become his lover.

## Cast

* Carmen Boni as Maria
* Jack Trevor as Ralph Sinclair, English consul
* Bernhard Goetzke as General Hai Lung
* Kurt Vespermann as Teddy Knickerbocker, reporter
* Agnes Petersen-Mozzuchinowa as Chinese Li
* Nien Soen Ling as General's adjutant
# International Open Data Day

International Open Data Day is an annual event that promotes awareness and use of open data.
The event takes place globally, usually in February or March. Typical activities include talks, seminars, demonstrations, hackathons, training or the announcement of open data releases or other milestones in open data. In some countries it occurs along with Code Across coding events.

## History

International Open Data Day was first proposed by David Eaves in 2010. The idea followed discussions with Edward Ocampo-Gooding, Mary Beth Baker, Daniel Beauchamp, Pedro Markun, and Daniela Silva.
Today, the event coordination is done through its google mailing list. The date for the event is chosen by the group members taking into consideration different cultural events.
From 2015, Open Knowledge Foundation - in cooperation with other NGOs from the open data world - has offered mini-grants to support the facilitation of events around the globe.

### Dates

* December 4, 2010
* December 3, 2011
* February 23, 2013
* February 22, 2014
* February 21, 2015
* March 5, 2016
* March 4, 2017
* March 3, 2018
* March 2, 2019
* March 7, 2020
* March 6, 2021
* March 5, 2022
* March 4 - March 10, 2023
* March 2 - March 8, 2024
* March 1 - March 7, 2025

## Notable Announcements

In 2016, Megan Smith, United States CTO, endorsed Open Data Day with a special video. “ We need you the most. If it weren’t for you, this whole thing wouldn’t be happening. We need ideas, cheerleaders, and friends to spread the word.”
“This day is a chance for people around the world to support and encourage the adoption of open data policies by local, regional and central governments,” said New Zealand Land Information Minister Louise Upston in 2016.
# Ge with stroke and hook

The Cyrillic script :
Slavic letters :
| А | А̀ | А̂ | А̄ | Ӑ | Ӓ | Б | В |
| Г | Ґ | Д | Ђ | Ѓ | Е | Ѐ | Е̂ |
| Е̄ | Ё | Є | Є́ | Ж | З | З́ | Ѕ |
| И | І | І́ | Ї | Ꙇ | Ѝ | И̂ | Ӣ |
| Й | Ӥ | Ј | К | Л | Љ | М | Н |
| Њ | О | О̀ | О̂ | О̄ | Ӧ | П | Р |
| С | С́ | Т | Ћ | Ќ | У | У̀ | У̂ |
| Ӯ | Ў | Ӱ | Ф | Х | Ц | Ч | Џ |
| Ш | Щ | Ꙏ | Ъ | Ъ̀ | Ы | Ь | Ѣ |
| Э | Ю | Ю̀ | Я | Я̀ | ʼ | ˮ | |
Non-Slavic letters :
| А̊ | А̃ | Ӓ̄ | Ӕ | Ә | Ә́ | Ә̃ | Ӛ |
| В̌ | Ԝ | Г̑ | Г̇ | Г̣ | Г̌ | Г̂ | Г̆ |
| Г̈ | Г̊ | Ҕ | Ғ | | Ӻ | Ғ̌ | Ғ̊ |
| Ӷ | Г̡ | Д́ | Д̌ | Д̈ | Д̣ | Д̆ | Ӗ |
| Е̃ | Ё̄ | Є̈ | Ԑ | Ԑ̈ | Җ | Ӝ | Ӂ |
| Ж̣ | Ҙ | Ӟ | З̌ | З̣ | З̆ | Ӡ | И̃ |
| И̇ | Ҋ | Қ | Ӄ | Ҡ | Ҟ | Ҝ | К̣ |
| К̊ | Қ̊ | Ԛ | ᴫ | Л́ | Ӆ | Ԯ | Ԓ |
| Л̈ | Ӎ | ᵸ | Н́ | Ӊ | Ң | Ԩ | Ӈ |
| Ҥ | О̆ | О̃ | Ӧ̄ | Ө | Ө̄ | Ө́ | Ө̆ |
| Ӫ | Ԥ | П̈ | Р̌ | Ҏ | С̌ | Ҫ | С̣ |
| С̱ | Т́ | Т̈ | Т̌ | Т̇ | Т̣ | Ҭ | Ᲊ |
| У̃ | У̌ | Ӳ | У̊ | Ӱ̄ | Ұ | Ү | Ү́ |
| Х̣ | Х̱ | Х̮ | Х̑ | Х̌ | Ҳ | Ӽ | Х̊ |
| Ӿ | Ӿ̊ | Һ | Һ̈ | Ԧ | Ц̌ | Ц̈ | Ҵ |
| Ҷ | Ҷ̣ | Ӵ | Ӌ | | Ҹ | Ч̇ | Ч̣ |
| Ҽ | Ҿ | Ш̣ | ꚜ | Ы̆ | Ы̄ | Ӹ | ꚝ |
| Ҍ | Ҩ | Э̆ | Э̄ | Э̇ | Ӭ | Ӭ́ | Ӭ̄ |
| Ю̆ | Ю̈ | Ю̄ | Я̆ | Я̄ | Я̈ | Ӏ | |
Archaic or unused letters :
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Ge with stroke and hook or descender (Ӻ ӻ; italics: Ӻ ӻ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script, formed from the Cyrillic letter Ge (Г г Г г) by adding a horizontal stroke and a descender. In Unicode this letter is called "Ghe with stroke and hook". It is similar in shape to the Latin letter F with hook (Ƒ ƒ) but is unrelated.
The letter is only used for the Nivkh language, where it represents the voiced uvular fricative /ʁ/, like the r in French. There are two common designs: the original form with a straight descender (, ), and a variant with a hook designed by Просвещение (Enlightenment) publishing house.

## Computing codes

Character information :
| Preview | Ӻ | Ӻ | ӻ | ӻ |
| Unicode name | CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER GHE WITH STROKE AND HOOK | CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER GHE WITH STROKE AND HOOK | CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER GHE WITH STROKE AND HOOK | CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER GHE WITH STROKE AND HOOK |
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 1274 | U+04FA | 1275 | U+04FB |
| UTF-8 | 211 186 | D3 BA | 211 187 | D3 BB |
| Numeric character reference | &#1274; | &#x4FA; | &#1275; | &#x4FB; |
# MS Stena Spirit

Stena Spirit is a large cruiseferry owned by Stena Line. She entered service in 1988 as Stena Scandinavica and after a major refit in Gothenburg is now in service between Karlskrona and Gdynia.

## History

Stena Scandinavica was the second of four ferries ordered in 1980 by Stena Line for Scandinavian routes. She was launched in 1983 as Stena Germanica, but problems at the construction yard delayed her completion until 1988 when she entered service on the Gothenburg – Kiel route, joining her sister Stena Germanica (now Stena Vision). The remaining two hulls were planned to be Stena Polonica (completed for ANEK Lines as El Venizelos) and Stena Baltica (now Regent Sky; lengthened by over 50 m, but never completed).
In April 2011 Stena Scandinavia was replaced on the Kiel – Gothenburg route by a new Stena Scandinavica. Following a major refit she was renamed Stena Spirit and entered service between Karlskrona and Gdynia.

## Gdynia accident, Poland

On 17 May 2012 at 8:45am, the Stena Spirit was departing from Gdynia Ferry Terminal en route to Karlskrona, Sweden when she became involved in an accident at the Baltic Container Terminal. The bow of the cruiseferry struck one of the Gantry cranes causing it to catastrophically collapse onto the quay below as she was manoeuvring. Three employees of the container terminal were injured, all requiring hospital treatment. Two of the Three staff members are said to be in a serious condition. None of the passengers or crew on board the Stena Spirit were injured.

## Incident at sea

On June 29, 2023, a 38-year-old woman and her 7-year-old son fell overboard. The incident occurred around halfway between Gdynia, Poland and Karlskrona, Sweden. At 16.20 local time, the "man overboard" alarm was sounded on board the ferry and the engines were stopped. A MOB was launched and rescue services from Sweden, Germany and Poland participated in the search. At around 17.30, both victims had been located and was brought by helicopter to a hospital in Karlskrona, Sweden. Both victims died in the incident. In December 2023, it was concluded, that the incident was to be categorized as a "suicide/murder". Surveillance tapes from the ferry and interviews with witnessed determined that the cause was a deliberate jump overboard by the mother of the 7-year-old boy. She had him in her arms, when she jumped from the ferry. The Swedish authorities closed the case after this conclusion.
# Pascal Caffet

Pascal Caffet (b. 1962) is a World-Champion and Meilleur Ouvrier de France French pastry confectioner and chocolate maker. He specializes in chocolate pralines and has shops in France, Italy, and Japan.

## Early life

Caffet was born in 1962 and raised in Troyes, France, to Lydie and Bernard Caffet, who opened a chocolate shop, Le Palais de Chocolate, in 1979. He trained with Maison Peltier and with Gaston Lenôtre.

## Chocolatier

After his father's death in 1987, he and his wife, Florence, ran the shop.
In 1997 he launched a competition for early-career chocolatiers.
In 2004 the company opened another shop in Troyes and several shops in Japan. It opened its first shop in Paris in 2008. In 2010 it opened a shop in Turin, Italy. In 2013 it opened one in Nevers and one in Reims.
Caffet specializes in chocolate pralines. In 2017 he published Praline ISBN 9782732477008.
In October of 2018 a fire destroyed his workshop in Pont-Sainte-Marie.

## Awards

* Best French Pastry Confectioner (1989, Meilleur Ouvrier de France)
* Gold Medal Pastry & Chocolate World-Championship (1996, Champion du Monde). Milano, Italy
* Gold Medal Pastry & Chocolate World-Championship (2003, Champion du Monde). Lyon, France
* The Club des Croqueurs de Chocolat (2008)
* Best chocolate maker in France (2009)
* Living Heritage Company (2014)

## Personal life

Caffet was married to Florence. By 2020 he was married to Gaëlle.
# Rise (The Rasmus album)

Rise is the tenth album by the Finnish rock band The Rasmus, released on 23 September 2022. It is their first album after five years of inactivity, as a continuation of their previous album Dark Matters (2017).

## Background

Following the Dark Matters tour, the band held a series of concerts to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the release of their breakthrough album Dead Letters. Before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, they released the heavily pop-influenced "Holy Grail". Subsequently, two more songs were released during the pandemic, "Bones" in early 2021 and "Venomous Moon" at the end of the year, another collaboration with Apocalyptica. They have previously collaborated on "Life Burns!" and "Bittersweet".
At the beginning of 2022, the band's founder and lead guitarist Pauli Rantasalmi announced his departure. Emilia "Emppu" Suhonen was announced as his replacement, adding a female member to the line-up. The band later competed in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 with "Jezebel", after winning the Finnish national selection. At Eurovision, the band qualified for the final by finishing in 7th place in their semi-final, and ultimately finished in 21st place. According to the band's fans, "Jezebel" is reminiscent of the band's peak of popularity between 2003 and 2008, which they attributed to the involvement of producer Desmond Child, with whom the Black Roses album was recorded in 2008. The album's title track, "Rise", was released on 10 June 2022.

## Personnel

The Rasmus
* Lauri Ylönen – lead and backing vocals
* Eero Heinonen – bass (except Live and Never Die)
* Pauli Rantasalmi – guitar (Fireflies, Be Somebody, Odyssey, Endless Horizon, Clouds, Written in Blood, Evil)
* Emilia "Emppu" Suhonen – guitar (Live and Never Die)
* Aki Hakala – drums
Apocalyptica (feat. on Venomous Moon)
* Eicca Toppinen – cello
* Paavo Lötjönen – cello
* Perttu Kivilaakso – cello
Session musicians
* Janne Puurtinen – grand piano (Omen)
* Miguel Comas – guitar (Rise, Jezebel)
* David Santos – bass (Live and Never Die)
* Clay Perry – keyboards (Live and Never Die, Rise)
* Randy Cantor – keyboards, organ (Rise, Jezebel)
* Andy Reiner – violin (Rise)
* Joy Adams – cello (Rise)
* Rachel Grimes – cello (Evil)
* Neil Grimes – piano, effects (Evil)
* Justin Benlolo – backing vocals (Live and Never Die, Rise, Jezebel)
* Chris Willis – backing vocals (Live and Never Die)
* Gabe Page – backing vocals (Live and Never Die)
* Leo Dante – backing vocals (Live and Never Die)
* Turner Jalomo – backing vocals (Live and Never Die)

## Charts

Chart performance for Rise :
| Chart (2022) | Peak position |
| Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) | 4 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) | 34 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) | 37 |
| UK Album Downloads (OCC) | 39 |
| UK Independent Albums (OCC) | 40 |
# Ebenezer Battelle

Ebenezer Battelle (1754–1815) was an American Revolutionary War veteran, a bookseller in Boston, Massachusetts, and a settler of Marietta, Ohio, in the late 18th century.

## Life in Dedham

Battelle was born in 1754 in Dedham, Massachusetts, to Ebenezer Battle (d.1776) and Prudence Draper. He attended Harvard College (class of 1775); schoolmates included Fisher Ames and Benjamin Bourne. He was a member of the Sons of Liberty and the Free Brothers in Dedham.
He was also town clerk for a total of two years, having first been elected in 1778, and selectman for two terms, with his first election the same year.
He was one of three, along with Nathaniel Ames and Abijah Draper who erected the Pillar of Liberty in Dedham in 1766 to commemorate the repeal of the Stamp Act.

## Military

He "was a volunteer at the battle of Lexington. ... [In 1776, he] served nineteen days at Castle Island, Dec. 11 to Dec. 30, 1776; went on the expedition to Providence, R.I., May 8 to July 8, 1777; re-enlisted, and served from March 23 to April 5, 1778, and was commissioned captain of the Eighth Company in the Suffolk Regiment, July 2, 1778. He was promoted to be major, April 1, 1780, and became colonel of the Boston regiment in 1784." He joined the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts in 1786.

## Bookseller

After the war Battelle sold and published books from his shop in Boston on State Street (ca.1783-1785) and Marlboro Street (1785-ca.1787). In addition to books imported from London, he stocked American publications such as Isaiah Thomas' Almanack and Noah Webster's Grammatical Institutes.

## Personal life

Battelle married Anna Durant; children included Ebenezer Battelle (b.1778) and Thomas Battelle (b.1781). Battelle and his family settled in Marietta, Ohio, around 1789.
On July 26, 1783, Henry Belcher of Boston wrote to Battelle asking to be paid $8 ($244.00 in 2023) for a beaver skin hat that Belcher sold to Battelle but for which he had not yet received payment.