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Pioneer - BEATTIE, John
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Early Settlers of Wellington County
Information from: Historical Atlas of the County of Wellington, Ontario.
Toronto: Historical Atlas Publishing Co., 1906
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BEATTIE, John
(d.), J. P., Fergus, Ont., was b. in
Aberdeenshire, Scot. on Apr. 22, 1821, and d. in Fergus in
1897. He was a son of William and Elizabeth (McDonald) Beattie,
his parents being both natives of Aberdeenshire. William Beattie
pursued the calling of a farmer, and emigrated to Canada in
1839, settling in the township of Nichol, Wellington Co.,
taking up a farm there, and continuing upon the same until his
death in 1862.
John Beattie received a common school education in Scot. and came to Canada with his parents in 1839. He remained for awhile with his father upon the farm, but afterwards took up land for himself which he continued to farm until 1867, in which year he was appointed agent of the Royal Canadian Bank, at Fergus, this position he held until the suspension of that institution in 1870. He shortly afterwards opened an office for himself as private banker, which he continued to the time of his death. He was Lieutenant in the old Canadian Militia at the time Sir Edmund W. Head was Governor. In 1851 Mr. Beattie was elected to the Township Council, Nichol, and continued to sit in that body until 1860 when he was elected Reeve of the township. This office he held in 1867, when he resigned. In 1871 he was appointed Clerk of the Co. of Wellington, and this office he held to the time of his death. Mr. Beattie was among one of the first J. P.'s appointed in the county. He was sec-treas. of the Nichol Mutual Fire Ins. Co. from 1860 to 1897, and was a member of the Mercer Lodge, No. 347, Freemasons of Fergus, and treasurer of the same. In politics he was a Conservative, and a member of the Conservative Association of Wellington. In religion he was a steadfast Presbyterian. Mr. Beattie m. in 1850, Janet, dau. of Thomas Wilson, a farmer of the township of Garafraxa, Wellington Co., and a native of Lanarkshire, Scot. Of his family surviving is Mrs. Alex. Mills, Mrs. Hugh Black, Mrs. William Murray, John T., James, George, Mrs. Robert Phillips, Charles M., Frederick, Thomson. James Beattie, County Clerk, was born on the Beattie homestead known as "Maple Grove" in the township of Nichol, and was educated at the Public School in said township and at the village of Fergus Public and High Schools. In 1881 he entered his father's office as clerk, and acted as Assistant Secretary-Treasurer of the Nichol Mutual Fire Insurance Company. In 1883 he commenced attending the Sessions of the Wellington County Council as assistant County Clerk and continued until the death of his father, in April, 1897, at which date he was appointed County Clerk and also Secretary-Treasurer of the Nichol Mutual Fire Insurance Company. He is a Commissioner for taking affidavits in the High Court of Justice for the county and transacts a general conveyancing, loan, financial, investment and insurance business in Fergus. He is also Inspector of the Wellington House of Industry and Refuge and acts as treasurer for said institution. In 1889 he entered the 30th Regiment, Wellington Rifles as 2nd Lieutenant of No. 3 Company, Fergus, and was promoted to the offices of 1st Lieutenant and Captain. He holds a Second Class Grade A Certificate from the Royal School of Infantry at London, and was a zealous, active, efficient and popular officer in said Regiment, but owing to pressure of business he retired in 1904 as Captain. He is a Past Master of Mercer Lodge No. 347 A. F. & A. M., and a member of the Sons of Scotland, and acted as Secretary for both Societies for a number of years. He has always taken an active interest in athletic sports and played with the Thistle Lacrosse team and Fergus Curling Club, and for many years acted as secretary of the Lacrosse Club. In religion he is a Presbyterian and a member of the Board of Managers of Melville Church, Fergus. In 1892 Mr. Beattie m. Helen S. daughter of Robert Stewart, Lumber Merchant, Guelph, and he and his family reside at "Hyldene" their residence in Fergus. From: Historical Atlas of the County of Wellington, Ontario. Toronto: Historical Atlas Publishing Co., 1906 |
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