Sketch of Edward Beatty, Audrain County, Missouri

>From "A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri, with numerous
sketches, anecdotes, adventures, etc., relating to Early Days in 
Missouri" by William S. Bryan and Robert Rose, Published by Bryan,
Brand & Co., St. Louis Missouri, 1876.
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James Beatty was born in Maryland in 1742.  He married Elizabeth Ramer,
whose father fled from Germany to avoid religious persecution by 
Charles V.  Mr. Beatty settled in Fayette County, KY., among the first
white people who sought homes in that State, and he experienced all the
dangers and trials of the long and bloody Indian War that followed.
After the return of peace he gave his assistance to the development of
the country, and was one of the party who opened the first road to Ohio.
His children were: Mary, Michael, James E., Lydia, Edward, Jonathan,
Ann, Ruth, Amy and Barbara.  James E. married and lived in Mobile, Ala-
bama.  Edward married Malinda Price, by whom he had: James E., John P.,
Elizabeth S. and William.  He was married the second time to Anna S.
Smith, and they had Joseph and Martha J.  He was married the third time
to Eliza J. Holmes, but they had no children.  Mr. Beatty settled in
Audrain County in 1837.  John P. Beatty married Elizabeth J. Clark, and
they had: Edward H., John W., Lycurgus, Mary E., Leonidas, Helen S.,
Lawrence, James and Oliver, all of whom live in Missouri.

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