Representative John P. Beatty View All Years
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John P. Beatty
Jasper County
Farmer and stock raiser; Newton; born in Fayette Co., Ohio, Dec. 8, 1828. He married Miss Phebe E. Condit in Albany, Athens Co., Ohio, in 1856. They had one child. Mrs. Beatty died July 3, 1858. Mr. Beatty came to Iowa, October 1855; bought his farm and returned to Ohio in March 1856; returned to Iowa and settled on his farm, which he now owns, in March 1858. He married, for his second wife, Elizabeth J. Kerr, in Ohio, in 1860. She was born in Ross Co., Ohio, in April 1835. They have six children. Mr. Beatty was elected to the 14th General Assembly for two years; has held the office of Board of Supervisors four years, and held numerous township offices. Mr. and Mrs. Beatty are members of the Congregational Church.