Hello BP2000 Beatty Group, I am Barry H. Beattie, L-98. I have a friend looking for his Beatty Family Lineage. Does any one recognize this Beatty Family? Can you help us? This is all the info I have todate. Descendant Indented Chart 1. John Guthrie Beatty, b. 1826, Ireland +unknown spouse 2.David Bale Beatty, b. 1857 2.John Campbell Beatty, b. 1855, Butler, PA +Mary Carr, b. 1858, NJ 3. Dr. John Francis Beatty, b. 20 Mar 1889, IL +Lyla Grace Horney, b. 1887, IA 4. Mary Alice Beatty, b. 1914, WA +John Norman Aamodt , b. 1913, WA 4. John Henry Beatty, b. 1916, WA +Elizabeth Kurtz Carroll, b. 1918 Memoirs of John Francis Beatty M.D. (Partial) My mother, MARY CARR, was born in Trenton, N.J. of Irish parents, my father, JOHN CAMPBELL BEATTY, was born in Butler county, Pa, probably at least for several generations of Native Pennsylvanians. I was the youngest of five boys, no girls, and first saw the light of day on March 20th, 1889. The story is that my birthplace was over a mortuary and livery stable. I can’t vouch for that. At least I am satisfied that my parents were living in E. St. Louis, III at the time I was born. In those days, as now, the summers were terribly hot. Little was known of food protection or food preservation. The result was many children suffered from stomach and bowel disturbances. The mortality rate was high during the early period for children. I was not immune. I had been told that during my first summer, I spent many nights on the Eads Bridge in order to partake of the benefit of the cooling breeze found over the river. My uncle Dave and aunt Annie Beatty were of valuable assistance taking me onto the bridge. Details of this period are meager. This I have learned, my father began working in the steel mills and when I was about two years old moved to Bessemer, Alabama. Our next move found us in Cincinnati, Ohio. We arrived there in 1893. I understand those were stringent times. We (several words are unreadable) west of fountain square and only a few miles from the Indiana line. It was a small community but it means a lot to me. The B & O and the Big 4 main lines to Indianapolis passed our doors. This community was on the banks of what at that time, seemed to be a major river-the Ohio. During our nine years residence in Cincinnati, I saw that river overflow its bank and wreak havoc over a considerable area. My childhood impressions were that on both the Ohio and Kentucky shores high hills arose with their woods comprised of walnut trees, pawpaw tree and some hickory nut trees. I have recollection of going out in the fall of the year, with my father and gathering the fruits of thes! e trees. ……………………..