Laurel, a lot of the information in the biography was probably taken from this obituary, and then published in a commemorative book. Lois ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laurel Baty" <laurel.baty@verizon.net> To: <BP2000-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 8:58 PM Subject: Re: [BP2000] Massillon, Stark, Ohio > My email is very slow today--I am just now getting messages from this morning. > I still haven't gotten the message that I sent but I got this one from Donna and > decided to transcribe the article. I was wrong about Kentucky--just goes to > show, always look at the original source if you can! > > The Massillon Independent (Massillon, Ohio) May 15, 1899 > Mr. Beatty Dead > Funeral Services to be Held Friday Afternoon > Eighty-Three Years Old > Mr. Beatty spent practically his entire life in Kendal, Massillon, and vicinity > --He was a native of Pennsylvania. > Henry Beatty, another of Massillon's oldest and most honored residents, passed > away with the close of day whose break had found his friend and fellow citizen > of many years, Robert H. Folger, no longer among the living. Mr. Beatty was > conscious to the very last. Death, which was caused by the infirmities and > complications which come with advanced age, occurred shortly after 8 o'clock. > The funeral services will be conducted by Massillon Commandery, Knights Templar > at the residence at 275 East main Street, at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon. > Mr. Beatty was a son of James and Mary Beatty, and was born in Franklin County, > Pennsylvania on December 16, 1816, the fifth of eight children. The family came > west in 1818, locating first in Kendal, but later moving across the river. > Afterwards they took up residence in Lawrence township. Mr. Beatty's > educational advantages were few, but he made the most of them. He remained at > home until he reached his 21st year, then he went to Jackson Township, where he > learned the trade of Cooper, at which he worked until 1850, operating a shop of > his own a greater part of the time. > In 1850 he went to California, where he worked in the mines for two years, > returning to Massillon in 1852 and engaging in the grocery business. Mr. Beatty > also was identified with the coal trade for many years, locating several large > territories in this district. He retired from active business life in 1880. > Mr. Beatty's store was in his brick block in which the business of Messrs. > Schwalm & Doll are now located. Mr. Beatty always retained possession of this > building. > Mr. Beatty was married to Agnes Tinkler in Massillon in 1853. Mrs. Beatty died > in 1871, leaving three children -- Harry T. and Miss Mary E. Beatty of Massillon > and Orrin C. Beatty of Cleveland. Mr. Beatty's second marriage took place in > 1873, when Jane Roberts of Massillon became his wife. She survives him. > Two brothers and a sister survive Mr. Beatty -- George age 91 years, of Williams > County; Jonathan of Crystal Spring and Mrs. Mary McLaughlin of Williams County. > > Laurel Baty, L252 > > > > > > > Donna VanZandt wrote: > > > Laurel, > > That looks interesting. Is it this one? I'm interested. Any OH. Donna L-3 > > > > 1880-Massillon, Stark, Ohio > > > > Source: FHL Film 1255067 National Archives Film T9-1067 > > Page 156A > > > > Relation Sex Marr Race Age > > Birthplace > > > > Henry BEATTY Self M M W 62 PA > > > > Occ: Coal Operator Fa: MD Mo: PA > > > > Jennie BEATTY Wife F M W 34 > > PA > > > > Occ: Keeps House Fa: ENG Mo: ENG > > > > O. Charles BEATTY Son M S W 22 OH > > > > Occ: Law Student Fa: PA Mo: ENG > > > > Mary E. BEATTY Dau F S W 17 OH > > > > Occ: At School Fa: PA Mo: ENG > > > > Mary OHLMAN Other F S W 17 OH > > > > Occ: Servant Fa: BADEN Mo: OH > > > > Henry IHLER Other M S W 54 PA > > > > Occ: Gardener Fa: PA Mo: PA > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Laurel Baty" <laurel.baty@verizon.net> > > To: <BP2000-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 6:28 PM > > Subject: Re: [BP2000] Fayette co., KY Will > > > > > Has anyone seen the death notice/Biography of Henry Beatty on Ancestry.com > > in the newspaper section? {May 15, 1899, Massillion Indep.} > > > There is a lot of interesting information in this bio. It states that he > > was born in Franklin Co, PA on Dec. 16, 1816 the fifth of 8 children. The > > family came west in 1818 locating first in KY but later moving across the > > river." I can transcribe this if anyone is interested. There are also > > about 10 or so other mentions of Henry in the same paper, different dates. > > > Laurel Baty, L252 > > > > > > Lois wrote: > > > > > > > Donna and BP Listers, > > > > > > > > It is interesting that my great-aunt Hazel (Cowles) Beatty and my mother > > were convinced that this James Beatty (Below, Book O, page 238) was our > > James Beatty II, who went to Fayette County in 1790, and Hazel even found > > his grave, and made rubbings of the gravestone. I know Fayette County was > > formed in 1792, and according to our "Story," it was the father of our James > > IV who was born in Kentucky in 1791 a year after his parents settled in > > Fayette County. I have already been told by Ray that this James has been > > very well documented, so I am not trying to "Claim" him, but I still like to > > question and wonder. > > > > > > > > It seems that none of the Beattys in Lineage 134 ever went to Kentucky, > > but since we know nothing about the James we are going to be calling the > > grandfather of my James IV--except the "Story" that he came from Ireland > > when he was 2-4 years old and had four sons, Hugh, James, John, and Robert, > > not even his wife's name--then, any surprising story could develop. My > > James IV really does fit the description of their "Missing James," who was > > one of the 13-18 children of James with his first wife. Our James had > > listed all of the addresses where he lived during the years he was trying to > > get a pension, and they were the towns where, not only his children, but his > > siblings lived. Plus, a few of James' children and their spouses had > > written letters to the military to vouch for James' debilitating condition, > > and had signed their names on affidavits. He moved around and lived with > > his adult children for the last fourteen years of his life after his wife > > died in 1874. > > > > > > > > Now, it seems that my James' father who died in 1849, according to the > > family legend of Lineage 134, was born in Ireland and came here when he was > > 2-4 years old. We know nothing about the grandfather of my James. He and > > his wife, or maybe not a wife, brought the father of my James to this > > country after he was born in Ireland on 02 May 1782. who died in 1849. We > > might still be looking for a fourth James. > > > > > > > > There is the question of the birth date of my James Lewis Beatty. The > > 1813 date came from the 1880 census, but if he was born in 1813, he would > > have been 50 years old when he enlisted. His date of birth works out > > correctly to be 1819 knowing that he was 44 years old when he enlisted in > > 1863. However, one of the affidavits a had his age at 52 in 1864, a year > > after he enlisted, which would make his birth year 1812. > > > > > > > > I hate to bore everyone and keep going over this, but I am trying to > > understand a few more things, and I do intend to try to find out if anyone > > in our family has a birth record or a death record on James, and to ask how > > do we know that his middle name was Lewis, and how do we know that there > > were four with the same name? Just from the inquiring I have done on the > > internet, it seems impossible to get a birth record or a death record in the > > state of Ohio and in the state of Indiana, but I need to know how we got an > > exact birth and death date for our James Lewis Beatty. I do have a marriage > > record, and they were married in Mercer County, Ohio on 14 December 1840. > > The marriage record states that he was "of lawful age" when he married Ann > > Maria Wilcox. So if "Lawful Age" is 21 years, then that also makes his > > birth date 1819. The witnesses at their wedding were: Hallabuud or > > Hallabund H. Willcox (Spelled Hallaboo in the sentence that James L. Bea(t)y > > signed as having witn! > > > es! > > > > sed Hallabuud sign his name!). Under Hallabuud's name were the names > > Jennine or Jennie J. Willcox (sic), and Jane Willcox (sic). > > > > > > > > Back to Kentucky for a minute. My great-aunt Hazel (Cowles) Beatty > > copied these "Notes from the Editor," who must have been Mr. Coleman who > > wrote "Coleman's History," and he must have been the writer who covered the > > 100-year celebration, when ministers from all denominations met and had > > their pictures taken standing around outside the Meeting House. At the time > > of the centennial celebration, the original picture was hanging in an > > office of the Narcotics Hospital. The story was written using Rev. Asbury's > > Journal and Whatcoat's Journal. > > > > > > > > Hazel quotes Coleman: > > > > "Richard Masterson moved from Virginia to Fayette County, Kentucky about > > 1784(?) and erected the first Methodist Meeting House in the state. It was > > located five miles northwest of Lexington, near Greendale on the site now > > occupied by the U.S. Narcotic Hospital (Now a Federal Prison). The Federal > > Government gave the east portion to Lexington for a park, which part > > includes the site of the house. There is an Historical Marker set in > > concrete on the site with a wire fence around it. The cemetery is a short > > distance away. It contains James Beatty's grave among others. His is in > > the N.. West corner, 2nd from the west wall and beside the north wall." > > > > > > > > This is not the first time that I have noticed Louisville mentioned in > > connection with this James (below), whose daughter Barbara married Daniel > > Spurr. Louisville is a long distance from Lexington. Does anyone know for > > certain where this James (Below, Book O, page 238) is buried? Also, is this > > Robert (Will Book O, page 223) the brother of this James? It is difficult > > to find a map that shows exactly what Fayette County looked like in 1792. > > Did it encompass Louisville, as well as, Lexington? > > > > > > > > Now that our L-39 will be merging with L-134, we are looking for a > > Robert but the Robert below (Will Book O, page 223) has to be the generation > > before ours. > > > > > > > > Here is a surprising observation. Our James Lewis Beatty, who was born > > in Stark County, Ohio on 20 Nov. 1819 and died in South Bend, St. Joseph > > County, Indiana on 17 Oct. 1888, was examined by a Dr. William W. Dudley > > more than a few times during the 22 years that he was trying to get his > > pension, and James was in Field Hospitals in Lexington, Louisville, Alabama, > > Tennessee, Iowa, and Georgia. It could be that the two doctors were > > related, possibly brothers, but I understood that Dr. William W. Dudley was > > a military doctor from the "Pension House," as James L. Beatty had written > > in one of his letters. > > > > > > > > A very surprising thing happened a couple of days ago and I have > > e-mailed Sue Knost and Julie Miller about it. I remembered a Muskegon > > Beatty right here in our town and I searched for the 10-12 pages that he got > > from his father to give to me back in 1991 or 1992. I had seen a newspaper > > article about him, and later, I met his wife. The names on the pages he gave > > me did not mean much to me back then, but I know now, that the > > great-great-grandfather of his father was a brother of my > > great-great-grandfather, James Lewis Beatty! He had the death date (1849) > > of my James' father, and his John was born in Massillon, Stark Co., OH and > > died in 1877. Supposedly, there were 18 children, which is what L-134 > > believed, but there seems to be only 13 children, 8 by James' first wife, > > Anne Kehl, and 5 with his second wife, Anna Clayman. Possibly some died > > young, and, possibly a few children were in the other household during a > > census enumeration, and researchers picked up a few more ch! > > > il! > > > > dren that way. > > > > > > > > The local family has a copy of a biography published in the "City of > > Massillon," and "H. Beatty," born 16 Dec. 1816, was the subject of the > > article. Henry was he 5th in a family of 8 children of James and Mary > > (Kate) Beatty. The next sentence in this biography is "James was born in > > the north of Ireland, and settled in Baltimore, having four sons - James, > > John, Robert, and Hugh." Lineage 134 must have always had the same "City of > > Massillon" biography of H. Beatty. I guess Anne Marie (Kehl) and Mary > > (Kate) could be one and the same woman, and she could have had nicknames of > > "Polly, Molly, or Kate." > > > > > > > > Our family has grabbed onto the given names of Clinton, Clements, > > Martin, and Lewis, thinking that they could be maiden names, but when I look > > at all of the "BATES" Families in the book "HISTORY and GENEALOGY of the > > Families of Chesterfield, Massachusetts, 1762-1962 by Ruth A. Baker, pages > > 37-42, there were three generations before Solomon Bates, who was born 13 > > Aprl 1706, and these were given names of the generations before : > Joshua > > > Joseph > Clement, so the name Clement has nothing to do with our politics. > > There was also an early Clinton. There are families with the surname LEWIS > > in Ohio, but the name Lewis could, it seems that everyone has a few, just > > like the name "Jesse James." We have more than a few of those, so the > > "Story" gets started that we are related to the infamous Jesse James. I > > have saved a few online trees with the two surnames JAMES and BEATTY in > > them. > > > > > > > > One more thing bothering me. Since my James Lewis Beatty's name has not > > been seen on any legal document spelled that way, should I change his name > > to just James L. Beaty, or James L. Beaty III, until we find out if there is > > a fourth James L. Beaty? Or do I just let him be James Lewie Beatty IV > > until further notice? > > > > > > > > Lois Kortering > > > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Donna VanZandt" <donavan@netins.net> > > > > To: <BP2000-L@rootsweb.com> > > > > Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 11:43 AM > > > > Subject: [BP2000] Fayette co., KY Will > > > > > > > > > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > Fayette co., KY > > > > > Will Book O- Oct. 1838-Feb. 1841 > > > > > Will Book O pg. 223 Robert Beatty Will > > > > > > > > > > Being Low in health but of sound and disposing mind and calling to > > mind the > > > > > uncertainty of life and the certainty of death. I do make and ordain > > this > > > > > my last will and testament as followeth. First, I will and direct > > that my > > > > > body be buried as my wife shall direct. Secondly, I direct that all > > my just > > > > > debts shall be paid. I will and devise my whole estate of every > > description > > > > > to my beloved wife, Margaret Beatty and I do hereby constitute and > > appoint > > > > > my said wife executrix to this my will and should I hereafter acquire, > > my > > > > > estate real or personal of which I may be possessed or to which I may > > have > > > > > claim. I will and devise, also, all such estate as I may die > > possessed of > > > > > so after acquired. The true intent and meaning of this my will being > > to > > > > > give all my estate of every description and all interest in such > > estate as I > > > > > may die possessed of or in any wise entitled to, to my said wife > > during her > > > > > life. And it is my will that Dr. Benjamin W. Dudley who has been our > > friend > > > > > for the last twenty years shall continue his friendship and protection > > to my > > > > > wife with a view to secure her comfort and independence, and at her > > death > > > > > that he shall inherit all the property both real and personal that may > > > > > belong to the estate. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand > > and > > > > > seal this 29th day of January AD 1836. > > > > > > > > > > Robert Beatty > > > > > > > > > > Signed, Sealed and delivered in the Presence of: > > > > > John Henry > > > > > A. Gebney > > > > > Geo. W. Dozier > > > > > > > > > > Fayette County, to wit, September Court 1839 > > > > > > This writing purporting to be the last will and testament of Robt. > > Beatty, > > > > > deceased was produced in court and fully proved by John Henry, A. > > Gebney, > > > > > and Geo. W. Dozier, the subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to > > be > > > > > recorded which is truly done in my office. > > > > > > > > > > AH JC Rodes, Clk. > > > > > > > > > > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > Book O pg. 238 (L-1) (excerpts) > > > > > > > > > > The estate of James Beatty, deceased in acct. with William Potts, > > exor. and > > > > > Richard J. Spurr, admr. of Daniel Spurr, executor of said James > > Beatty, > > > > > deceased. > > > > > > > > > > List of debts: > > > > > Shroud, casket, etc. taxes due in 1820, head & foot stone, > > > > > (few of interest): > > > > > Traveling expenses to Paris > > > > > Traveling expenses to Winchester > > > > > Bourbon co. clerk's fee > > > > > Fayette clerk's fee > > > > > Clerk Louisville court > > > > > Paid James Beatty legacy $1500 > > > > >(2 pages) > > > > > Verified correct-22 July 1839 > > > > > > > > > > Dan Bradford > > > > > Jer'h Kertley > > > > > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > > > > Donna L-3 > > > > > > > > ==== BP2000 Mailing List ==== > > > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > > > > The Threaded Mail List Archiver at RootsWeb > > > > A powerful search engine.... 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