Sedgwick County KS Archives Biographies.....Beatty, Charles W. 1868 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ks/ksfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com March 18, 2007, 3:01 am Author: O. H. Bentley (1910) Charles W. Beatty, of Wichita, Kan., head of the Beatty Realty Company, is a native of the Keystone state, having been born at Huntingdon, Pa., in 1868. His parents were Elliot D. and Susanna (Lefferd) Beatty. His education was obtained in the public schools and the Southwestern Business College, of Wichita. He came to Kansas with his parents in 1879, when only eleven years old, and has ever since been a resident of Wichita. After completing his education he entered the service of the Crystal Ice Company, with which concern he was connected sixteen years. After leaving the ice company he was with the Badger Lumber and Coal Company for a time, having charge of the plant. With Rodolph Hatfield he had charge of the ice output of the Dold Packing Company from 1896 to 1902. In the years following he was for a time connected with the Wichita Ice and Cold Storage Company, and in the flour agency business at the corner of Santa Fe and Louis streets. In 1908 Mr. Beatty established the Beatty Realty Company, the firm members being Charles W. and his brother, J. A. Beatty. The offices of the firm are at No. 122 South Market street, Wichita. Mr. Beatty is a member of the Chamber of Commerce. Additional Comments: Extracted from History of Wichita and Sedgwick County: past and present, including an account of the cities, towns and villages of the county Editor in chief: O. H. Bentley Chicago: C.F. Cooper & Co. (1910) File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ks/sedgwick/bios/beatty221gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ksfiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb