HISTORY OF NOTHERN WISCONSIN-1881 Pierce Co., WI pg. 713 JOHN S. BEATY, proprietor of Forest House. Ellsworth, was born in Crawford co., Pa. Nov. 20, 1837. Came to Wisconsin in June of 1864, and settled in Pierce County, on a farm. In the Spring of 1865 he enlisted in the late war; in the 50th Wis. Vol. Inf., Co. G, serving until June of 1866, when he returned to his home on tbe farm, where he lived until February, 1876. He then moved to tbe village of Ellsworth. and started a general merchandise store, in company with B. Elliot, which he ran unlil 1879, when he sold out to his partner, and has since been running the stage line from Ellsworth to Prescott and Red Wing. In September of 1881 he commenced keeping hotel. He was married, in 1861, to Miss Martha Mumford, of Iowa, who is also a native of Pennsylvania. Mr. Beatty was Chairman of the Town Board of Hartland in 1867, and is a memher of the I. O. O. F., Ellsworth Lodge, No. 150. (L-365/178) J. B. MAYNARD, Jr., furniture store, Ellsworth, was born in Washington Co., Wis. Feb. 13, 1851, and lived there. until 1862, when his parents removed to Pierce County, settling in the town of Ellsworth, one mile north of the village. Here the subject of this sketch lived at home until 1874, when he began work in the village at the carpenter trade, which he followed for two years, after which he started a furniture store in company with C. V. Bisell, occupying the building which now joins his store on the east. In 1878 the firm dissolved, Mr. Maynard continuing the business, and in the Fall of the same year moved into the building which he now occupies. He was married in the following December to Miss Annis M. Beatty, who was born in Iowa. Mr. Maynard is a member of the I. O. O. F., Ellsworth Lodge, No. 150. (L-365/178) Donna L-3