Adams County News, ,Nov. 19, 1910 Died In Room Where He Was Born. John Beatty died in Latrobe, Pa. in the room where he was born eighty-four years ago. He was a grandson of Benjamin Beatty who crossed the Delaware with George Washington. L. Baty, L252 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna VanZandt" <[email protected]> To: "BP2000" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 27, 2007 3:11 PM Subject: [BP2000] L-103 Bio > HISTORY OF WESTMORELAND CO., PA-1906 > > JOHN BEATTY, JR. Among the many beautiful and fertile farms which abound > in > VVestmoreland county, Pennsylvania, which show the results, not alone of > thrift, industry, and cultivation, but also that the most progressive and > scientific methods have been called into play to render them the pride of > their Owners, we must not overlook that belonging to John Beatty, Jr., > which > ranks as a model farm in every respect. Mr. Beatty traces his descent to > Irish and German ancestry, who nobly bore their share in defense of the > country of their adoption. Benjamin Beatty, grandfather of John Beatty, > Jr., > and founder of the family in this country, was born in the county of > Derry, > Ireland, in 1745. He 'was quite young when he emigrated from his native > land, and upon his arrival here located in the eastern part of > Pennsylvania. > He was enthusiastic and patriotic, and when the colonies rose in revolt > against the tyranny and oppression of England he was one of the first to > enlist in the Continental army in 1776. He was one of that brave band of > patriots, who on the night of December 25, 1776, crossed the Delaware > amidst > snow and ice, and under the personal command of Washington fought and won > the battle of Trenton, and were equally victorious in other engagements > during that memorable > struggle. His honorable discharge from the army is attested by papers > still > in the possession of some of his descendants. He resided on a farm in > Adams > county, Pennsylvania, in 1785, and in 1809 sold this and removed to > Washington county, > Pennsylvania. The following year he purchased from Marmaduke Wilson, his > brother-in-law, the farm known as "Sportman," at Beatty Station, > Pennsylvania railroad, in Unity townnship, Westmoreland county, > Pennsylvania. He immediately made his home on it and built the first bank > barn in the township the following spring. This farm had been patented May > 7, 1790, by James Hunter, who had taken up six hundred acres of land prior > to securing the patent, but sold part of the farm, retaining for himself > two > hundred and seventy-six acres. The portion sold was purchased by Rev. > Theodore Bronwers, and is now the property of the Order of St. Benedict or > St. Vincent Abbey, He lived to a hale and hearty old age, his death > occurring at Beatty Station, Pennsylvania railroad, June 2, 1831. He > married, 1785, Martha Chamberlain, of German descent, born in 1755, died > September 6, 1845, in her ninety-first year. Their children were: > Hamilton, > of whom later; John, Jamison, Samuel, Ann, married ----- O'Brien: Mary, > married ---- Osborn; Elizabeth, married (first) ----- Sloan; married ( > second) John Lightcap; Martha, married William Cochrin; Marjora, married > William Mcfarland; Susan, married Jonathan Tittle. > Hamilton Beatty, son of Benjamin and Martha (Chamberlain) Beatty, was born > in Adams county, Pennsylvania, in 1786. Hamilton and his brother John > purchased the farm of their father in 1824, and at their death this > property > passed into the hands of John Beatty, Jr. Hamilton Beatty served with > honor > in the war of 1812, and aided in building Fort Meigs. He was an > industrious > farmer, a respected citizen, and served his town in various local offices. > Politically he was a Democrat, and his church affiliations ,were with the > unity Presbyterian church, of which he was one of the most consistent > members, and filled the office of elder for a period of fifty-six years. > He > died at his home at Beatty Station, July 10, I871. He married, > September I, 1817, Sarah Anderson, born September 27, I796, died May 25, > 1879 daughter of Colonel William and Nancy (Tittle) Anderson. They had > seven > children, three of whom died in infancy. Those who attained maturity were: > Nancy Tittle, born August 1, 1818, widow of John George, resides at > Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania; John, Jr., born September I4, 1826, of whom > later; Martha Chamberlain, born August 9, 1829, married Joseph Baldridge, > died in 1903. Sarah Ann, born March I, 1835, widow of Major Samuel Adams, > resides in Beatty Station. John Beatty, Jr., second child and only son of > the surviving children of Hamilton and Sarah (Anderson) Beatty, was born > and > reared on the farm which he now owns, September 14, 1826. His education > was > acquired in the common schools of the township and at Elders Ridge > Academy, > Indiana county. After leaving school he began his active career as a > farmer, > an occupation he has sucessfully followed all the busy years of his life. > The old Beatty homestead, his home, contains two hundred acres in all, in > a > fine state of cultivation. Mr. Beatty is a well read man on all subjects, > especially in agriculture in all its branches, and conducts his farming > operations in the most approved modern method. He is a Democrat in > politics, > and has served the township as school director for twenty years. He has > always taken the deepest interest in educational, religious and all > matters > pertaining to the welfare of the people. He is a member of the Unity > Presbyterian church, in which institution he served for many years as > trustee. He took an active part in the erection of the new church edifice > in > 1874, devoting time and labor to the preparation of the ground, and the > laying out of the beautiful cemetery at unity. He is a member of Gravel > Hill > Grange, No. 849, P. of H., and of Latrobe Lodge, No. 30, A. O. of U. W. > Mr. > Beatty married, June 20, 1855, Eliza Jane Chambers, born June 22, 1832, > only > daughter of William and Elizabeth (Leasure) Chambers, (see sketch of > William > Chambers), and sister of Eli Chambers, former treasurer of Westmoreland > county, Pennsylvania. Her education was obtained at the public schools and > at Sewickley Academy. She was a member of Unity Presbyterian church, and > died September 19, 189I. The children of John and Eliza Jane (Chambers) > Beatty were: 1. Charles Albert, who at the time of his death, March 31, > 1882, was a student at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, having > previously been graduated from Washington and Jefferson College. 2. Lizzie > Leasure, educated in the public schools of the township, the Latrobe high > school, and at the Washington Female Seminary. She is her father's > home-keeper and faithful daughter. 3. Jessie Quindora, died March 15, > 1863, > aged one year. 4. John Hamilton, educated in the township schools, and is > a > graduate of the Latrobe high school. He is a farmer and manages the > homestead farm, where he resides near his father. He married, October 12, > 1893, Nettie Beam, and has three children: Charles Albert, John Leasure, > and > Julia Elizabeth. John Hamilton is a Democrat. 5. Sarah Stella, educated in > the same schools as her sister Lizzie, and became a professional nurse, > being graduated from the western Pennsylvania Hospital at Pittsburg, where > she is now one of the head nurses. 6. Lillian May, educated in the same > schools as her sisters, and in addition was for three years a student at a > Chicago kindergarten college. She is now director of the kindergarten > department in the Bryant public school, in Chicago, Illinois. 7. William > Chambers, educated in the public schools, and is a graduate of the Latrobe > high school, Greensburg Seminary and Wyoming Seminary. After this thorough > preparation he entered Cornell University at Ithaca, New York, taking a > four > years' course in mechanical engineering, and graduating in 1903. After > leaving Cornell he was successively employed by the Osborne Harvester > Company and the Cambria Steel Company. He is now assistant superintendent > and mechanical engineer at the Iroquois Iron Works, Buffalo, New York. He > married, October 30, 1905, Edith R. 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