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Homer J Beatty
HOMER J. BEATTY, who has served as auditor of Bethel township, Armstrong
county, and is one of the substantial farmers of that locality, was born Aug.
5, 1869, on the old Beatty farm in that township, son of Michael and Rebecca
J. (Davis) Beatty, both of Armstrong county. His grandfather, James Beatty,
was Scotch-Irish, and his grandmother, Catherine (Richards), was of German
descent.Michael Beatty was born Dec. 30, 1835, in what is now Bethel township, and
died July 17, 1904. He was a farmer and carpenter. On Oct. 13, 1859, he
married Rebecca J. Davis, born Feb. 18, 1837, and they had four children, two
sons and two daughters. Lizzie, who became the wife of W. F. Logan and died at
the age of twenty years; John, born Aug. 20, 1860; Homer J.; and Ida, born
Feb. 2, 1862, who died Jan. 8, 1864.Homer J. Beatty was reared and educated in Bethel township and has become
one of the well-to-do farmers of his section. He is a much respected citizen,
and his neighbors and friends in the community have shown their confidence in
him by electing him to the position of auditor.On Feb. 14, 1906, Mr. Beatty was married to Carrie I. Spang, born Aug. 12,
1886, and they have one son, Everett Homer, born Jan. 8, 1907. Mr. and Mrs.
Beatty attend the Methodist Church, in which he is an active worker serving as
deacon. Fraternally he is a member of White Rock Lodge, No. 979, I. O. O. F.
On political questions he is a Democrat.The Spang family, to which Mrs. Beatty belongs, is of German origin. Her
parents were Amos and Mary Ann (Klingensmith) Spang, the latter a daughter of
Joseph and Maria (Klingensmith) Klingensmith (they were not related, though
bearing the same name), who resided in Bethel township. They were General
Synod Lutherans.Source: Pages 717-718 Armstrong County, Pa., Her People, Past and
Present, J.H. Beers & Co., 1914
Transcribed September, 1998 by Joyce Sherry for the Armstrong County Beers
Project
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