Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Beallis, I N R 1872 - 
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Author: History of Grundy County IL 1914

Beatty, I. N. R., one of the leading business men and lumber leaders of Morris 
owns a concern that was established in 1885 by Thomas Ross, who conducted it 
until 1898, when Mr. Beatty became his partner, the association continuing 
until 1902, when Mr. Ross died. For a short period, George Cotthurst was a 
partner with Mr. Beatty, but in 1907, Mr. Beatty became the sole owner. The 
following year, Mr. Beatty took Harvey R. Beatty, a cousin, into partnership, 
which connection still exists. That same year, the partners bought the lumber 
yard owned by Alexander Lumber Company, at Mazon, Ill., and added that 
business to what they already possessed. Their premises are on Liberty Street, 
the business being conducted by under the name of I. N. R. Beatty Lumber Co. 
The yards adjoin the railroad and are most conveniently located for 
transportation. Employment is given to from three to five men, and three teams 
are kept busy making deliveries.

I. N. R. Beatty was born at Waynesburg, Ohio, April 10, 1872, where he was 
reared and educated, attending the public schools until he entered the Iron 
City Commercial college of Pittsburgh. After completing his business course in 
the latter institution, he came to Morris and secured employment as bookkeeper 
with the man whose business he later purchased. All of his business experience 
has therefore been secured in connection with the lumber trade, and he has 
thoroughly mastered it. The parents of Mr. Beatty, George and Margaret (Ross) 
Beatty are still residents of Ohio, where the father is still engaged in 
agricultural occupations. Mr. Beatty was the only child of his parents, and 
attributes much of his success in life to the careful, healthy training they 
gave him on their farm. The father was a soldier during the Civil War, and Mr. 
Beatty is proud of the fact that he is the son of a veteran.

On June 25, 1902, Mr. Beatty married at Morris, Cordelia Widney, daughter of 
George Widney. They have one child, Ross Widney, born October 8, 1904, now 
attending the public schools. Mr. Beatty is secretary of the Morris Industrial 
Association. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity and has passed through all 
the subordinate lodges, now being a thirty-second degree Mason and a Mystic 
Shriner, his membership in the latter having been given to Medinah Temple, 
Chicago. He attends the Congregational Church and has served the congregation 
as trustee.  Having been kept very busy with his private affairs, he has never 
dabbled in politics. He is justly recognized as one of the solid young 
business men of Morris, and enjoys universal esteem.  

pages 763-764

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Source:  History of Grundy County, Illinois, Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co. 
Publishers; 1914

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