Erde W. Beatty, The enormous increase in the demand for carriages and wagons of all grades has rendered their manufacture a prominent industry in the United States. There are few branches of industrial trade in which such a vast amount of capital has been invested , and none other in which the American manufacturer has by his skill and ingenuity so far outstripped his competitors. Among the most widely known and deservedly popular concerns, whose productions are in constant and ever-increasing demand, is that of the Beatty Bros. It has from the outset, owing to the superior merits and general excellence of its productions , been recognized as a leader in its line, and has had the benefit of the executive management of responsible and influential officers. They are men trained in the art of manufacture, and possess an intimate knowledge of all the details of the business and requirements of the public.
Erde W. Beatty was born in Quincy, Ill., in May 1859, to Thomas and Sarah (Owens) Beatty, the former of whom was a farmer by occupation, and at the same time carried on a general repairing business in Ellington Township, Adams County. He is now residing in Quincy. The mother was born in Melrose Township, Adams County, Ill., a daughter of John Owens, an early settler and one of the substantial farmers of Adams County. Their son, Erde W., received a common-school education, and in his early manhood learned the carriage-maker's trade of his father, whom he assisted, like a dutiful son, until he attained his majority. He was then in partnership with his father until 1890, when the father retired and the three brothers, Erde W., John E., and Thomas M., succeeded to the business, under the firm name of Beatty Bros. These young men are all practical and skillful workmen, thoroughly experienced and shrewd business men, and are well fitted by nature, also, to successfully conduct the business of which they are the proprietors. Their establishment, which is located at the southwest corner of Twelfth and Hampshire Streets, is well equipped for the successful conduct of the business, and about eight skilled mechanics are employed in the works. They manufacture only the very best articles, built of the most carefully selected materials by competent judges, under the supervision of men with acute perception and vast experience, and they have established a reputation which has secured for them a large and constantly increasing trade, which they most successfully maintain.
These gentlemen are courteous and obliging, and their reputation for sterling integrity and personal worth is too well known in this city to require mention. They have every facility for meeting the wants of their patrons in the most satisfactory manner, and all orders receive prompt attention. Erde W. Beatty is a member of Bodily Lodge No. 1, of the A. F. & A. M., also the Modern Woodmen. His residence is at No. 137 North Twelfth Street.
[Source:Portrait and Biographical Record of Adams County, Illinois
containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens,
Chicago: Chapman Bros. 1892, transcribed by Debbie Gibson]
Marriages of Adams County, Illinois 1891-1899 Vol IV
Cert#8690 Erde W. Beatty married Anna C. Wild 19 Oct 1893
Cert#8730 John E. married Mary A. Lampe 8 Nov 1893 [Source: Marriages of Adams
County, Illinois Vol IV, transcribed by Debbie Gibson] |
