George William was born on January 15th 1883, in Illinois. His father James C. Beatty (39) and Mother Rebbecca J. Beatty (37) had been married 17 years by the time George came along. He must have been quite a surprise. The census of 1900 and 1910 show no other children. But the 1910 census shows his parents ages and how long they had been married by that time.
He served four years in the US Navy, bringing home with him a sword that would stay in the family.
By 1910 he was working in a factory as a draftsman, was unmarried, and living with his parents on N Pine Street in Decatur, Illinois.
He married Catherine Carroll and they had a boy, James Carroll, while still living in Illinois. Then they moved to Washington DC. Five years after the boy, and now living in DC, his wife gave birth to a girl, Mary Ellen. They became a family of four and spent the rest of George's working life in the Nation's Capitol.
George was an artist. He got a job with The War Department as a Draftsman/Chief Aid to the Engineering Bureau, and much later he is cited as Ordnance Engineer, still with the War Dept. He is credited with designing a gun for them. George loved to draw. He did a drawing in 1907 in the style of the Vargas girls, only it was not a nude. He felt the drawing (shown amongst the photos here) resembled his eldest granddaughter, Carroll, who was 27 years away from being born at the time of it's creation. So he, or they, gifted the drawing to her for the Christmas of 1945 when she was 11. It hung in her parent's dinning room until Carroll married and got her own home.
George was also an avid gardener. After he retired he and Catherine moved to St. Petersburg, Florida where he happily took care of his home, garden, cars, and Catherine who was debilitated with an unknown malady. George never complained a peep, nor seemed unhappy with having to do it all. He had no problems being known as a house husband.
Many summers both his daughter and son and their two families would drive to Florida and visit them. He is remembered as being warm and gregarious, a man people loved to meet and know, pulling money out of the grand-children's ears, bouncing them on his knees, telling stories, puttering in his garden, taking them sightseeing, and generally making everyone smile. He was much loved.
Anecdote: Evidently he was also a bit vain. His daughter told the tale of his coming home one day with a new look. Not certain whether she actually saw this or whether it was a well know family story. But Catherine asked him what happened, he looked a little different. He announced he had had his teeth pulled. All of them! He had decided his teeth were too little, so he had his dentist make him a new LARGER set of false teeth, and then had all of his perfectly healthy teeth pulled. Needless to say, his wife, Catherine, was NOT amused. But I guess she had to get over it, it's not like they could be put back. And George, well, he never expressed any regret in doing it.
George was survived by his wife; Catherine C Beatty, son; James Carroll Beatty, daughter; Mary Ellen Hopkins, and 11 grand children. Most of which were in attendance for his funeral.
He was buried with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery. May he rest in peace.
He served four years in the US Navy, bringing home with him a sword that would stay in the family.
By 1910 he was working in a factory as a draftsman, was unmarried, and living with his parents on N Pine Street in Decatur, Illinois.
He married Catherine Carroll and they had a boy, James Carroll, while still living in Illinois. Then they moved to Washington DC. Five years after the boy, and now living in DC, his wife gave birth to a girl, Mary Ellen. They became a family of four and spent the rest of George's working life in the Nation's Capitol.
George was an artist. He got a job with The War Department as a Draftsman/Chief Aid to the Engineering Bureau, and much later he is cited as Ordnance Engineer, still with the War Dept. He is credited with designing a gun for them. George loved to draw. He did a drawing in 1907 in the style of the Vargas girls, only it was not a nude. He felt the drawing (shown amongst the photos here) resembled his eldest granddaughter, Carroll, who was 27 years away from being born at the time of it's creation. So he, or they, gifted the drawing to her for the Christmas of 1945 when she was 11. It hung in her parent's dinning room until Carroll married and got her own home.
George was also an avid gardener. After he retired he and Catherine moved to St. Petersburg, Florida where he happily took care of his home, garden, cars, and Catherine who was debilitated with an unknown malady. George never complained a peep, nor seemed unhappy with having to do it all. He had no problems being known as a house husband.
Many summers both his daughter and son and their two families would drive to Florida and visit them. He is remembered as being warm and gregarious, a man people loved to meet and know, pulling money out of the grand-children's ears, bouncing them on his knees, telling stories, puttering in his garden, taking them sightseeing, and generally making everyone smile. He was much loved.
Anecdote: Evidently he was also a bit vain. His daughter told the tale of his coming home one day with a new look. Not certain whether she actually saw this or whether it was a well know family story. But Catherine asked him what happened, he looked a little different. He announced he had had his teeth pulled. All of them! He had decided his teeth were too little, so he had his dentist make him a new LARGER set of false teeth, and then had all of his perfectly healthy teeth pulled. Needless to say, his wife, Catherine, was NOT amused. But I guess she had to get over it, it's not like they could be put back. And George, well, he never expressed any regret in doing it.
George was survived by his wife; Catherine C Beatty, son; James Carroll Beatty, daughter; Mary Ellen Hopkins, and 11 grand children. Most of which were in attendance for his funeral.
He was buried with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery. May he rest in peace.
George William was born on January 15th 1883, in Illinois. His father James C. Beatty (39) and Mother Rebbecca J. Beatty (37) had been married 17 years by the time George came along. He must have been quite a surprise. The census of 1900 and 1910 show no other children. But the 1910 census shows his parents ages and how long they had been married by that time.
He served four years in the US Navy, bringing home with him a sword that would stay in the family.
By 1910 he was working in a factory as a draftsman, was unmarried, and living with his parents on N Pine Street in Decatur, Illinois.
He married Catherine Carroll and they had a boy, James Carroll, while still living in Illinois. Then they moved to Washington DC. Five years after the boy, and now living in DC, his wife gave birth to a girl, Mary Ellen. They became a family of four and spent the rest of George's working life in the Nation's Capitol.
George was an artist. He got a job with The War Department as a Draftsman/Chief Aid to the Engineering Bureau, and much later he is cited as Ordnance Engineer, still with the War Dept. He is credited with designing a gun for them. George loved to draw. He did a drawing in 1907 in the style of the Vargas girls, only it was not a nude. He felt the drawing (shown amongst the photos here) resembled his eldest granddaughter, Carroll, who was 27 years away from being born at the time of it's creation. So he, or they, gifted the drawing to her for the Christmas of 1945 when she was 11. It hung in her parent's dinning room until Carroll married and got her own home.
George was also an avid gardener. After he retired he and Catherine moved to St. Petersburg, Florida where he happily took care of his home, garden, cars, and Catherine who was debilitated with an unknown malady. George never complained a peep, nor seemed unhappy with having to do it all. He had no problems being known as a house husband.
Many summers both his daughter and son and their two families would drive to Florida and visit them. He is remembered as being warm and gregarious, a man people loved to meet and know, pulling money out of the grand-children's ears, bouncing them on his knees, telling stories, puttering in his garden, taking them sightseeing, and generally making everyone smile. He was much loved.
Anecdote: Evidently he was also a bit vain. His daughter told the tale of his coming home one day with a new look. Not certain whether she actually saw this or whether it was a well know family story. But Catherine asked him what happened, he looked a little different. He announced he had had his teeth pulled. All of them! He had decided his teeth were too little, so he had his dentist make him a new LARGER set of false teeth, and then had all of his perfectly healthy teeth pulled. Needless to say, his wife, Catherine, was NOT amused. But I guess she had to get over it, it's not like they could be put back. And George, well, he never expressed any regret in doing it.
George was survived by his wife; Catherine C Beatty, son; James Carroll Beatty, daughter; Mary Ellen Hopkins, and 11 grand children. Most of which were in attendance for his funeral.
He was buried with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery. May he rest in peace.
He served four years in the US Navy, bringing home with him a sword that would stay in the family.
By 1910 he was working in a factory as a draftsman, was unmarried, and living with his parents on N Pine Street in Decatur, Illinois.
He married Catherine Carroll and they had a boy, James Carroll, while still living in Illinois. Then they moved to Washington DC. Five years after the boy, and now living in DC, his wife gave birth to a girl, Mary Ellen. They became a family of four and spent the rest of George's working life in the Nation's Capitol.
George was an artist. He got a job with The War Department as a Draftsman/Chief Aid to the Engineering Bureau, and much later he is cited as Ordnance Engineer, still with the War Dept. He is credited with designing a gun for them. George loved to draw. He did a drawing in 1907 in the style of the Vargas girls, only it was not a nude. He felt the drawing (shown amongst the photos here) resembled his eldest granddaughter, Carroll, who was 27 years away from being born at the time of it's creation. So he, or they, gifted the drawing to her for the Christmas of 1945 when she was 11. It hung in her parent's dinning room until Carroll married and got her own home.
George was also an avid gardener. After he retired he and Catherine moved to St. Petersburg, Florida where he happily took care of his home, garden, cars, and Catherine who was debilitated with an unknown malady. George never complained a peep, nor seemed unhappy with having to do it all. He had no problems being known as a house husband.
Many summers both his daughter and son and their two families would drive to Florida and visit them. He is remembered as being warm and gregarious, a man people loved to meet and know, pulling money out of the grand-children's ears, bouncing them on his knees, telling stories, puttering in his garden, taking them sightseeing, and generally making everyone smile. He was much loved.
Anecdote: Evidently he was also a bit vain. His daughter told the tale of his coming home one day with a new look. Not certain whether she actually saw this or whether it was a well know family story. But Catherine asked him what happened, he looked a little different. He announced he had had his teeth pulled. All of them! He had decided his teeth were too little, so he had his dentist make him a new LARGER set of false teeth, and then had all of his perfectly healthy teeth pulled. Needless to say, his wife, Catherine, was NOT amused. But I guess she had to get over it, it's not like they could be put back. And George, well, he never expressed any regret in doing it.
George was survived by his wife; Catherine C Beatty, son; James Carroll Beatty, daughter; Mary Ellen Hopkins, and 11 grand children. Most of which were in attendance for his funeral.
He was buried with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery. May he rest in peace.
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GEORGE W BEATTY
CTC
SPANISH AMERICAN WAR
JAN 15, 1883
OCT 31, 1966
Gravesite Details
His wife, Catherine (Carroll) Beatty was buried with him in Aug of 1968.
