Bios: Austin BEATTY, 1844-: Bell Twp, Clearfield Co, PA

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Austin BEATTY- Excerpts from "History of Clearfield County" pages 721 & 722
		Original author unknown

AUSTIN BEATTY, one of the best known residents of Bell Tpwnship, where he
has lived for many years, having settled on his present farm when he was
twenty one years of age, was born October 19, 1844, in Indiana County, Pa., 
and is a son of James O. and  Christiana  (Miller ) Beatty.  James O.
Beatty was born in 1819 in the old Beatty homestead in Indiana County,
where his parents, Joseph and Catherine (Orr ) Beatty had settled when
they came from Ireland In 1831 he came to Bell Township, settling on the old
Samuel McGee farm, which he partly cleared and lived on until 1860, when he
moved to Chest Falls where he resided for seven years. From there he moved to
the present Beatty farm and during the remainder of his life was engaged in
farming and lumbering.  His death occurred in Sept. 25, 1891.  He was a member
of the Methodist Protestant Church.  In politics he was a Democrat and on
numerous occasions was elected to office.  He married Christiana Miller who
was born in October 1819, a daughter of John and Catherine McLaren Miller. 
Three children of James O. Beatty and wife still survive, namely ; Austin,
Foster, who is a farmer in Bell Township; and Huston who lives in Clarion
County, Pa. 
	  Austin Beatty was not more than twelve years of age when he became his
fathers chief helper on the homestead and he assisted his parents until he
was twenty one years old, when he came to the farm he has occupied ever
since. He was one of the first settlers in this section of the township,
north of McGee Mills and built the first log cabin.  He has followed general
farming and lumbering since twenty one years of age and has spent almost all
his life here, his longest period of absence being when he served in the
Civil War. He enlisted in 1864 in Company H, Fifty Eighth Pa. Vol. Inf. and
was mustered out near Richmond, Virginia, where he had been mainly detailed
on picket duty, following the surrender of General Lee.  He then returned home
and engaged in saw milling and farming.  He has long been recognized as one of
the representative men of his township, and his judgement is consulted and
his opinion is asked in all public matters in his section.  He is a Democrat
in politics and has served many terms as a School Director. 
  	On October 5th, 1865 Mr. Beatty was married to Miss Rachel Young, who was
born in Clarion County, Pa. in 1842.  A daughter of Joseph and Mary Hawk
Young, the former of whom died in 1856 and the latter in 1851. They were
natives of Butler County, Pa.  Mrs Beatty has one brother, Joseph Young, who
lives in Indiana County.  Mr. and Mrs. Beatty have had the following children;
Clark, who is a farmer, married Letha Baker and they have 6 children; Annis D.
who is the wife of C. Flory who works in the tannery at Mahaffey, and they
have 6 children; Willis who lives in Newtonburg, Pa. married Elizabeth
Stigers and they have 5 children; John who lives near Clearfield married
Myrtle Coleman and they have 5 children; and George, Mary, and Ward, all 3 of
whom are deceased.  Mr. Beatty is a leading member of the Methodist Protestant
Church in Bell Township and is one of the church Trustees. 

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