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JOHN BEATTY, farmer, P.O. Harmonsburg, was born in Vernon Township, this county, March 2, 1809, and is a son of Joseph and Susan (Litner) Beatty, natives of Pennsylvania, who settled near Harmonsburg in 1806, and brought up a family of nine children: Alexander, died at the age of one year; Eliza, now Mrs. Cotton; Margaret, now Mrs. Denne; Sarah, now Mrs. Powell; Wilhelmina; Susan, now Mrs. Gibson; John, our subject; James, deceased, and William, deceased. Our subject married, September 5, 1837, Mary, daughter of William and Margaret Hope, by whom he had four children: William H., who married Eva Taylor, and occupies the beautiful farm of his father’s near Harmonsburg, and is a first- class farmer; Wilhelmina L., married March 1, 1877, to Jesse R. Sitler, now living in Marshall County, Kan.; Ellen, (deceased), was married to Mr. Brown, and an infant, deceased. John Beatty has been one of the leading citizens of the township, having held the office of School Director, Collector, Assessor, etc. He is a member of the United Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Beatty died March 24, 1867.
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