I was noticing the other day that BP2000 is eleven years old this year. I would like to say a big thanks to those volunteers who have donated their time, talents and I am certain money to keep our site one of the best family sites on the web and our group churning along. Thank you for many years of being able to enjoy the fellowship of other Beatty researchers and have a sympathetic ear to listen when L-3 John seems more elusive than ever or smile with when we make a breakthrough on a lineage. Thanks for a lot of years of fun and <grin> frustration. Happy birthday BP2000. Donna L-3 Past and Present of Bureau co., Illinois -1906 (L-462) PHILIP HENSEL When Bureau county was a frontier district Philip Hensel was brought to Illinois and has since been an eye witness of the changes which have occurred here and of the work that has been wrought in transforming this region from a tract of wild, uncultivated prairie into rich fields dotted with good homes, while in their midst here and there stand enterprising towns, villages and cities. Mr. Hensel was born in New York township, Tuscarawas county, Ohio, August 28, 1833, and is a a son of James and Lydia (Fackler) Hensel. The father was born in Milford township, Somerset county, Pennsylvania, June 24, 1807, and after residing for some years in Ohio, from 1814 to October, 1853, he came to Illinois. He brought with him seven thousand dollars in gold and with this he made purchase of a tract of land, ultimately becoming one of the large landowners of the county, his possessions aggregating more than nine hundred acres. For a long period he was actively engaged in farming until 1886 when he removed to Princeton. He was married three times. His first wife died in Ohio and he afterward wedded Mary Frease. For his third wife he chose Mrs. Katherine Whitney, the widow of Joseph Whitney and a sister of his second wife. His first presidential vote was cast for Andrew Jackson, but he never gave his support to the democracy after that time. He died in his ninety-seventh year. Philip Hensel, whose name introduces this record, was a young lad at the time the family came to Bureau county. Here he was reared amid the environments of frontier life, acquiring a public school education and receiving ample training at farm labor as he assisted in the work of the fields from early youth. On the 28th of September, 1865, he secured a companion and helpmate for life's journey by his marriage to Miss Margaret McKirahan, who was born in Belmont county, Ohio, January 7, 1832. This marriage has been blessed with six children. James Grant, who was educated in Dover Academy and in the Northwestern University at Evanston, Illinois, from which he was graduated, is now a bookkeeper in the gas office in Chicago. Eva is the wife of Dr. W. E. Howard and for a long time was a teacher in Bureau county. George P. is engaged in farming on the home place. Jennie is the wife of F. E. Beatty, a resident farmer of Bureau county. John is on the Chicago Board of Trade. In the year of his marriage Mr. Hensel located upon his present farm, where he has resided continuously since, having bought the place in 1856. This land, for which he paid eighteen dollars per acre, is today worth. one hundred and seventy-five dollars per acre. He has here two hundred and eighty acres, constituting a very valuable farm, and his place is well improved with all modern conveniences and equipments. He cultivates the fields and also raises horses, cattle and hogs, and his intense and well directed activity, as manifest in his business career, has made him a prosperous agriculturist. Mr. Hensel exercises his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the republican party, which he has continuously supported since casting his first presidential ballot for Fremont in 1856. He belongs to the Methodist Protestant church and is a man of many good traits of character, a fact which is indicated when it is known that the circle of his friends is almost co-extensive with the circle of his acquaintances. ROBERT S. BEATTY. Robert S. Beatty, pleasantly situated upon a fine farm in La Moille township, manifests in his bUsiness career a spirit of enterprise and progress that has made him a leading agriculturist and he now owns a valuable place comprising one hundred and ninety-one acres of land. He was born August 10, 1865, in the township which is still his home his parents being Frank and Catherine (Smith) Beatty, the former a native or Canada and the latter of Massachusetts. They became residents of Bureau county about 1855 and were married here. Unto them were born nine children, of whom Robert S. was the fourth in order of birth. Three of the numberare now deceased. Reared UpOn the old homestead farm, Robert S. Beatty acquired his early education in the public schools of Bureau county and continued his studies In Fulton, Illinois. He has always followed farming and his advancement in business circles is largely attributable to his unfaltering diligence and keen business discermnent. He is now the oWner of one hundred and ninety-one acres of valuable land, on which he carries on the raisng Of grain and stock. This farm was settled by a man of the name of Perkins and. was purchased by Mr. Beatty four years ago at a cost of ninety-two dollars per acre. Today the place is worth from one hundred and seventy-five to two hundred dollars per acre by reason of the natural appreciation of land values and the improvements which he has placed upon the property. There are excellent buildings on this farm and the home is supplied with many of the comforts and luxuries of life. It is surrounded by broad fields of waving grain, giving promise of abundant harvests, and all of the equipments and accessories of the model farm of the twentieth century are here found. Mr. Beatty was married November 10, 1887, to Miss Lizzie Cheesman, who was born in Arlington, this county, April 27, 1868, her parents being John T. and Elizabeth Oheesman, who were natives of England. On coming to Bureau county in 1855 they settled in Arlington, Westfield township, and their daughter, Mrs. Beatty, was the fifth of their children. By her marriage she has become the mother of seven children: Charles, born November 2, 1888; Alta, December 3, 1889; Frank, June 10, 1892; Robert D., March 20, 1894; Alice, February 26, 1899; Viola, October 25, 1902; and Henry L., June 7, 1905. Mr. Beatty is a stanch republican, unfaltering in his allegiance to the party and yet without ambition for public office. He and his family attend the United Brethren church, of which his wife and children are members. In the community they are held in high esteem, occupying an enviable position in the social circles in which they move. Mr. Beatty has long been recognized as a stalwart friend of the cause or education and has done effective service in behalf of the schools during twenty years' connection with the school board. He owes his prosperity to his own efforts and the assistance of his estimable wife, who has indeed been a helpmate to him. They are both people of many excellent traits of character and the consensus of public opinion regarding them is altogether favorable. 1870 U.S. Census, IL - Bureau Co, Lamoille Twp Frank Beaty Age in 1870: 43 Estimated Birth Year: 1826 Birthplace: Canada Home in 1870: La Moille, Bureau, Illinois Race: White Gender: Male Value of real estate: View Image Post Office: La Moille Roll: M593_190 Page: 337 Frank Beaty, 43, Canada, farmer, $6000, $800 Catherine 35, MA Eliza A. 9 IL Mary L. 5 Robert 4 Charley 10 mos. Flora Cranson, 16, servant June 10, 1870 Household Record 1880 United States Census Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace Frank BEATY Self M Male W 54 UPPER CANADA Farmer IRE IRE Catherine BEATY Wife M Female W 40 MA Keeping House MA MA Eliza BEATY Dau S Female W 19 IL At Home CAN MA Mary BEATY Dau S Female W 17 IL At Home CAN MA Robert BEATY Son S Male W 15 IL At Home CAN MA Charles BEATY Son S Male W 12 IL At Home CAN MA Albert BEATY Son S Male W 10 IL At Home CAN MA Elmer BEATY Son S Male W 5 IL CAN MA Catherine BEATY Dau S Female W 3 IL CAN MA Lewis PHILLIPS Other S Male W 27 OH Laborer --- --- Source Information: Census Place Lamoille, Bureau, Illinois Family History Library Film 1254177 NA Film Number T9-0177 Page Number 150B 1900 U.S. Census, IL Bureau Co, Lamoille Twp Beatty, Frank Lived in: La Moille Township, Bureau County, Illinois Series: T623 Microfilm: 238 Book: 2 Page: 80 Frank Beatty, April 1822, IRE IRE IRE, immigrated in 1832, landlord Catharine, wife, Dec 1834, MA MA MA, 9 children, 7 living 1910 U.S. Census, IL - Bureau Co Beatty, Robert Age: 45 Gender: M Race: W Birthplace: IL State: Illinois County: BUREAU Locale: LA MOILLE TWP Series: T624 Roll: 231 Part: 2 Page: 263B Robert 45, md 22 yrs, IL CAN MA Lizzie 42, md 22 yrs, IL ENG, ENG Charles 21, son, IL IL IL Atta, 20, dau, Frank 17, son Robt. D.son, 16 Alice, dau, 11 Henry, son, 4 1900 U.S. Census, IL - Bureau Co Beatty, Elmer Lived in: La Moille Township, Bureau County, Illinois Series: T623 Microfilm: 238 Book: 2 Page: 90 Elmer Beatty, April 1875 md at 25, IL IR MA farmer Jennie, wife, May 1872, IL OH OH