George Beatch Biography


	This biography appears on pages 1163-1164 in "History of South 
	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904) and was scanned, 
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	GEORGE BEATCH, one of the successful representatives of the 
agricultural and stockgrowing industries of Hanson county, is a native 
of Houston county, Minnesota, where he was born on the 16th of October, 
1871, being a son of John and Annie (Goetzinger) Beatch, both of whom 
were born and reared in Germany. The father of the subject came to 
America in 1854 and located in the state of Ohio, where he was engaged 
in farming for four years, at the expiration of which he removed to 
Minnesota, taking up government land in Houston county and becoming one 
of the successful pioneer farmers of that section, where he continued to 
make his home until 1882, when he came with his family to Hanson county, 
South Dakota, where he and his sons took up government land under the 
homestead laws, being now associated in the ownership of a fine farm of 
two hundred and forty acres, of which one hundred and ten are under 
cultivation. The subject is also one of the successful stock raisers of 
the county, where he has been indefatigable in his efforts, assisting in 
developing the great resources of this section of the state. His boyhood 
days were passed on the homestead farm in Minnesota, in whose public 
schools he secured his early educational training, later attending the 
schools in South Dakota. He is one of a family of eight children, the 
others being Philip, Maggie, Kate, John, Mary, Minnie and Annie, and the 
parents and all the children are residents of South Dakota. Mr. Beatch 
is a Democrat in his political proclivities; fraternally is identified 
with Spencer Lodge, No. 47, Ancient Order of United Workmen, at Spencer, 
South Dakota, of which his brother John is likewise a member, while the 
family are valued members of the Lutheran church.