Julie Miller has just given me the source of this biography of H. BEATTY, (Hiram BEATTY). While adding the title and publisher and date at the top, I noticed all of my late-night typos, so if anyone wants to keep this bio., use this one. E-mail has spoiled me, because it automatically does a spell check; whereas, when I type on a Word document, I have to remember to request a spell-check! Julie pointed out that the name "Battey" is one of the publishers' names! Lois Kortering, L-39 & L-134 History of STARK COUNTY, with an outline sketch of OHIO. Edited by William Henry Perrin CHIGAGO Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street 1881 CITY OF MASSILLON Page 659 H. BEATTY, coal business, Massillon; was born in Franklin Co., Penn., Dec. 16 1816, the fifth of a family of eight children, born to James and Mary (Kate) Beatty. James was born in the north of Ireland and settled in Baltimore, having four sons: James, John, Robert , and Hugh. The Beatty family came west in 1818, located in Kendal, but afterward moved across the river on to Judge Henry's farm, where they lived thirteen years, and then, moved to Lawrence Twp., where he had purchased land, and lived there until his death, which occurred in 1848; his wife died when our subject was small. They had a family of ten children, eight of whom grew to maturity: George, John, Hannah, James, Henry, Sarah, Jonathan, and Mary. Our subject had but poor school advantages, and remained at home until he was 21 years of age; he then learned the coopers' trade in Jackson Twp., at which he worked until 1850, running a shop of his own, when he went to California and worked at mining; returning in 1852, he engaged in the grocery and provision business, at which he continued twenty-seven years, retiring from the same in 1880. For several years past, Mr. Beatty has been engaged in the coal business. He was married in 1853 to Agnes Tinkler, born in England, and died in 1871, leaving three children: Harry T., Orrin C., and Mary E. He married, as his second wife, Jane Roberts, born in Indiana Co., Penn., whose parents were from England. He is a member of all the Masonic organizations, and has been interested in the political issues of the day, being a true Republican. This is Hiram Beatty, the same Beatty as in the Wood County, Ohio biography. A copy of the article was given to me by Gary S. Beatty here in Muskegon, Michigan in 1990. He obtained the pages of family history from his father, Alan S. Beatty. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lois" <lekort@comcast.net> To: <BP2000-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 2:06 AM Subject: [BP2000] Bio of Hiram Beatty, Wood County, OH > The H. Beatty Obituary I just posted was not found online, but I was glad to find this one, because the faded speckled copy was difficult to read. I was given that copy in 1990 by a local Beatty family we did not know and could not connect with in any way until I became familiar with some of the names in Lineage 134. Obviously, the "H" is for Hiram, and not Henry, and this is the same man. The Heritage Pursuit website administered by Alan L. Potts is a very useful site. The "POTTS" family has followed both sides of my family, I believe! I think they are also related to the POTTERS, because in Pennsylvania there is a Pottsville, a Pottstown, a Potter's Brook, a Potter Brooks, and in our Capital, there is the beautiful Potters Field. > > Maybe some of you have already seen this biography. I copied it off the website at the same time I was having a phone conversation! It just so happened that right after we connected, Sue Knost was getting ready to go out of town for ten days. I believe she is going to Ohio, so maybe she will learn some more pieces of family history while visiting her family. She might be sorry, though, to come up north and get caught in our Winter Storm Warning weather that is supposed to last for a while! > > http://www.heritagepursuit.com/index.html > > Lois Kortering L-39, soon merging with L-134