Obits: BEATTY, Ebenezer S. 1822- ca. 1902: Butler, Butler Co, PA

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About 1902

     Ebenezer S. Beatty, aged 79 years, died at his home, Main street, Grove
City, at 3 0'clock on Tuesday afternoon from a complication of diseases.  Mr.
Beatty was one of the best known men of this immediate vicinity.  He was born
in Butler County, December 8, 1822.  His father was a veteran of the war of
1812 and his grandfather was a veteran of the revolutionary war.  In early
life, Mr. Beatty taught in the district schools of Butler county, but having
a talent for training quit that profession and engaged in the business of
buying and selling cattle before the advent of railroads in this part of the
State.  The cattle were bought in Western Pennsylvania and driven over the
mountains and sold in New York City and Philadelphia.  This business formed
for him a wide circle of acquaintances and keen insight into human nature.
     When Sumpter was fired upon he was living in a settlement of avowed
southern sympathizers, but with his brothers he enlisted as a volunteer and
was rejected on account of physical disability.  During the course of the war
he was an ardent sympathizer with the Union cause and his outspoken
utterances and assistance to the Union army often put him and his family in
danger of bodily harm.
     At the close of the war he removed from Butler to Venango county and
during the oil excitement in this immediate vicinity was engaged in the
mercantile business, conducting a store at the old Humboldt refinery near
Plumer, and later removed to the Union farm on Cherry run, where his business
was very successful.  With the decadence of that part of the oil field, he
removed in 1876 to Rouseville, where he lived for many years and gave all of
his time and attention to the oil producing business.
     In 1886 he retired from this business and removed to Harrisville, his
old home in Butler county, where he again engaged in the mercantile business,
retiring in  1890 on account of poor health.  Early in life he connected
himself with the United Presbyterian church and was not only a consistent
member and steady attendant, but was prominent in the local councils of that
denomination.  For a number of years he was a member of the United
Presbyterian church of this city (Grove City ).  He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Agnes Braham Beatty, and the following children:  Miss M. M. Beatty, at
home; Mrs. W. I. Womer, Woodsfield, O.; H. B. Beatty, Pittsburg, Pa.; E. C.
Beatty, Oil City: L. B. Beatty, Washington, Pa.
     The funeral services will be held at the family residence, Main street,
Grove City, at 2 p. m. Thursday.