Samuel Beatty and Unknown

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Husband Samuel Beatty ¹

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           Born: Abt 1800
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         Father: [Unk] Beatty (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Unknown (      -Abt 1830)

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1 F Mary A. Beatty ³

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2 M Preston Beatty ³

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3 F Elizabeth Beatty ³

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         Spouse: [Unk] Smith (      -      ) 3

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4 F Gazella Beatty ³

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General Notes: Husband - Samuel Beatty

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He served in the War of 1812 with his father and brothers.
He engaged in the manufacture of woolen goods at New Haven, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, soon removed to Belleville, Washington County, and there engaged in the mercantile business, which he followed till 1840, when he moved to "Little" Washington, Washington County, and engaged in the woolen business. For twenty-five years he was considered one of the largest wool dealers in the county.

He and his two brothers, James and John, came over the mountains from New Jersey and settled in Dunbar township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, near Laurel Furnace about 1816, they being accompanied by their mother.
He was first engaged in the manufacture of paper. Later he became interested in the manufacture of woolen goods at New Haven, Fayette County, and accumulated great wealth, and afterwards engaged in the mercantile business in Philadelphia. He moved to Bellville, Washington County, where he was engaged in the mercantile business. About 1840 he went to Washington, Pennsylvania, where he for twenty years was considered as the largest wool dealer in the county.

1 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 413.

2 Editor, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 955.

3 Editor, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 956.