Clackamas-Umatilla County OR Archives Biographies.....Beatie, Alfred Lee 1871 - April 1925 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ila L. Wakley iwakley@msn.com April 23, 2006, 12:31 am Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Volume II, Pages 117-118 ALFRED LEE BEATIE, formerly a well known dentist, is now numbered among the successful business men of Oregon City and has also been active in community affairs. A native of Oregon, he was born in 1871 at Beaver Creek, seven miles from Oregon City, and in both the paternal and maternal lines represents old and prominent families of this district. His father, Charles F. Beatie, was born near Wheeling, West Virginia, and was educated in that state, but spent much of his youth in Missouri. In 1849 he went to California with two of his brothers, one of whom remained in that state. At San Francisco, Charles F. Beatie boarded a sailing vessel bound for Portland, Oregon, and at the mouth of the Columbia river encountered a storm so severe that the ship was unable to reach Portland until a number of days later. In 1851 he filed on a donation land claim near Beaver Creek and two years later married Nancy Jane Litell, a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She had made the journey to Oregon in 1852 in company with her father, William Litell, who located in the Molalla country. For a time Charles F. Beatie was identified with educational affairs, teaching on Dickey prairie and also in the Molalla country. In 1877 he established his home in Oregon City and here spent the remainder of his life. He was one of the lock commissioners and a citizen of worth to the community. His demise occurred in 1881, and Mrs. Beatie passed away in 1902. They had ten children, all of whom were born on the old donation land claim. William, their first son, is deceased. Mary Rhoda is the wife of David Caufield and lives in Oregon City. Caroline Maria is the widow of J. D. Myers. Charles Luther, the second son, has also passed away. Robert B. engaged in the practice of dentistry for a number of years and is now living on his father’s donation land claim. Henrietta Jane became the wife of Charles Hathaway of Los Angeles and has passed away. Lenora Evelyn was united in marriage to J. J. Cooke, who is engaged in the real estate business in Oregon City. The younger members of the family are Laura Ellen, the wife of Edwin F. Carter, of Gladstone; Alfred Lee; and Jennie Belle, the wife of Judge L. T. Harris, of Eugene, Oregon. In the acquirement of an education Alfred L. Beatie attended the public schools of Oregon City and afterward went to Pendleton, Oregon, entering the dental office of his brother, Dr. Robert Beatie, for whom he worked for two years. On the expiration of that period he went to Ann Arbor and matriculated in the University of Michigan, from which he was graduated in 1895 with the degree of D. D. S. For five years he followed his profession in Pendleton and then returned to Oregon City, forming a partnership with his brother Robert, who retired from practice about five years later. For two years thereafter Dr. Alfred L. Beatie practiced alone and was then joined by Dr. Clyde Blount, who was twice elected president of the Oregon State Dental Association. They had a well equipped dental office and their professional services were in constant demand, owing to their ability and skill. Meanwhile Dr. Beatie had acquired an interest in the business originally conducted by the Oregon Commission Company and in 1912 he withdrew from the dental profession, reserving all of his energies for this concern, which became known as the Beatie Brothers Company, composed of Alfred L. and Robert Beatie and L. R. Noble. It is now owned by Beatie & Walters, who handle feed, grain, hay, seeds, etc., and is located at No. 1021 Main street. The members of the firm are enterprising, capable business men of high standing and their patronage has assumed large proportions. In 1898 Alfred L. Beatie was married in Pendleton to Miss Della Livermore, a daughter of Lot and Clara (Cheadle) Livermore, now deceased. Mr. Livermore settled in Umatilla county, Oregon, in pioneer times and was a prominent business man and politician of Pendleton. He died in April, 1925. Mr. and Mrs. Beatie have two children. The daughter, Margaret Ann, is the wife of J. R. Guynes, formerly of El Paso, Texas, at present residing in Oregon City, and they have become the parents of one child, James Lot. The son, Alfred L. Beatie, is a native of Oregon City, in which his sister was also born, and is engaged in the restaurant business at Klamath Falls, Oregon. Dr. Beattie is a York Rite Mason, being a member of Multnomah Lodge No. 1, the oldest Masonic lodge west of the Missouri river, and he is also a noble of the Mystic Shrine. Both he and his wife are members of the Episcopal church and closely observe its teachings. Mrs. Beatie is one of the King’s Daughters and also belongs to the Woman’s Club. Dr. Beatie’s public-spirit has been expressed as a school director and as a councilman. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce and an earnest worker for the good of his city, in which he has a wide acquaintance of many steadfast friends. Dr. Beatie is affiliated with the democratic party. 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