From Rootsweb PML on Houston County, Laurel is the contact if you are looking for information on John Beatty ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laurel Baty" <laurelbaty@comcast.net> To: <gaila@merrington.net> Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 1:57 AM Subject: PML Search Result matching "Houston County, Ga" > ===================================================================== > A result of your requested PML search. To refine or cancel this > search, please visit http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > ===================================================================== > Source: BP2000-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Biography of John P. Beatty, GA, IRE > > > From "Memoirs of Georgia containing Historical Accounts of the State's > Civil, Military, Industrial and Professional Interests, and Personal > Sketches of Many of its People.", Vol. II, Atlanta, Ga. The Southern > Historical Association, 1895, p 1018: > > JOHN P. BEATTY, farmer, Preston, Webster Co., Ga., son of Robert and Sarah > (Peel) Beatty, was born in Jefferson county, Ga., Aug. 18, 1825. His > paternal grandparents, Henry and Margaret (Culbirth) Beatty, were natives of > Ireland, who emigrated to this country just after the revolutionary war and > settled in Jefferson county, Ga., where he followed farming. About 1830 he > moved to Houston county, Ga., whence, subsequently, he moved to Stewart (now > Webster) county, where he made his home with his son until he died at a > very advanced age, about 1850. His wife handled many years previously. Both > of them were exemplary members of the Presbyterian church. They were the > parents of seven children, all deceased: James (born in Ireland); John: > Robert; Hugh; Henry; Nancy (married Henry Young); Mary (married Thomas > Young). Mr. Beatty's father was born in Jefferson county in 1793, where he > received his education and grew to manhood and married; a happy incident of > his marriage being that his family and that of his wife were neighbors and > friends in Ireland; her parents, John and (Gamble) Peel, having emigrated > from Ireland just before the revolutionary war. In 1828 he removed to > Houston county, whence, after remaining eight years, he moved to Stewart > county, where he lived until Sept. 11, 1877, dying at the age of > eighty-four. His wife died Dec. 24, 1876, aged eighty-three. Mr. Beatty was > an "old-line whig" Of seven children born to Mr. Beatty's parents two died > in infancy, the others were: Margaret C., deceased wife of A. P. Lowry, > Texas; Sarah J., wife of J. H. Stapleton, Cordele, Ga.; John P., the subject > of this sketch; Nancy, wife of James F. Stapleton, Webster county; Eliza D., > married Robert Lowry, Texas, both dead. Mr. Beatty was about twelve years > old when his father moved from Houston county to near the place where he now > lives-receiving the principal part of his education in Houston county. He > grew to manhood on the farm and for many years superintended his father's > farming interests. In 1856 he was elected sheriff of Webster county-being > the second person who held the office. In 1861 he represented Webster county > in the general assembly, and since the war he represented the county twice > in the same body. In 1863 he enlisted in Company F, Forty-sixth Georgia > regiment, and was at once commissioned as its captain, and gallantly > discharged the duties incumbent on him until the surrender. In 1887 Capt. > Beatty moved to Preston, and for about six years acted as railway agent. He > has been treasurer of the county four years, and has recently been > re-elected for a third term. He is a hale and hearty gentleman for his age, > and no citizen of the county commands more profound and general respect. > Mr. Beatty was married Jan. 13, 1853, to Miss Eliza R. Prim, who was born in > what is now Webster county. Eleven children blessed this union, of whom > eight survive: Martha A., wife of John B. Nicholson, Webster county; Robert > A.; John T.; Albert S. J.; Mary E., wife of Harper Smith, Sumter county; > Gussie Lou, wife of T. C. Edwards, Lee county; Susie P., wife of G. A. Drew, > Marion county; and Katie H. The mother of these, an exemplary member of the > Baptist church, died Aug. 10, 1882, aged forty-eight years and eleven > months. Oct. 25, 1883, he contracted a second marriage with Mrs. Frances C. > Bell, of Webster county. Capt. Beatty is a master Mason, and himself and > wife are consistent members of the Baptist church. > > Laurel Baty, L252