Ella Maria (Blinn) Beatty (1857 - 1933)

Born 26 Jan 1857 in Stryker, Springfield Township, Williams, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Melvin Theodore Beatty — married 1 Aug 1878 in Stryker, Springfield Township, Williams, Ohio, United States

Descendants

Died 2 Jan 1933 at age 75 in Brady Township, Williams, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Ella Maria Blinn was born in 1857. She was the daughter of Chester Blinn and Martha Boyden. She passed away in 1933 at age 75.^[1]

Ella Maria Blinn married Melvin Theodore Beatty on 1 August 1878 in Stryker, Springfield Township, Williams, Ohio.

Children:

1. Carl Chester Beatty (1879–1950).
2. Olive May Beatty (1881–1951).
3. George Glenn Beatty (1884–1959).
4. Nellie Lenore Beatty (1886–1910).
5. Francis Willard Beatty (1888–1942).
6. Harry Miller Beatty (1890–1946).
7. Martha May Beatty (1893–1970).

From County of Williams Ohio. Historical and Biographical, Pgs. 707, 708:

CHESTER BLINN was born in Cleveland, Ohio, June 15, 1815. His parents, Richard H. and Electa (Hamilton) Blinn, were natives of Massachusetts. Richard H. Blinn came to Cleveland when that city was in its infancy, and, in company with Maj. Dame, owned and operated a large distillery. They also owned and built the first vessel that ever sailed from Cleveland harbor - the Neptune, which was used in the transportation of beef to Fort Mackinaw for the use of soldiers stationed there, of which Messrs. Dame & Blinn had the supply contract. They also supplied Gen. Harrison's army with provisions, hauling the same with ox teams from Cleveland to Fort Meigs, on the Maumee River. After disposing of the distiller,y Messrs. Dame & Blinn took the contract of building a mud pike from Fremont to Perrysburg, which was completed in 1826. Mr. Blinn served with the Ohio State Militia during the war of 1812, and was a member of the A., F. & A.M. He died at Perrysburg March 15, 1829. At the age of eighteen, Chester Blinn was employed by the Hollister Brothers, at Orleans, engaged in fur trade, where he remained nearly seven years, when he went to Fort Wayne in the same business until 1849, when he removed to West Unity, formed a partnership in mercantile business with William Letcher, under firm name of Blinn & Letcher. In 1853, this firm took a grading contract under Carlton C. Douglas on the L.S. & M.S.R.R.^[2]; and in 1854, started a branch store at Stryker, the first in the place. Both were operated until 1857, when the partnership was dissolved, Mr. Blinn retaining the stock at Stryker, which he sold in 1859. In 1861, he was employed in Quartermaster's Department at Gallatin, Tenn., under Capt. Hunter, remaining two years. After his return, the firm of Messrs. Blinn & Douglas began operations in Stryker as grain and stock dealers, and are doing a very extensive business in this line. Mr. Blinn and Miss Maria Boyden were married at Medina, Mich., August 25, 1847. Miss Boyden is a native of New York, and her parents of Massachusetts. Mr. and Mrs. Blinn are members of the Universalist Church, and parents of four children, three living, viz., Martha E., Ella (Blinn) Batey, of West Unity, and Ada (Blinn) Duffey, of Toledo, Ohio. Mr. B. is a member of the A., F. & A.M. Carlton C. Douglas, of the firm of Blinn & Douglas, is a native of New York, born April 26, 1828. At the age of sixteen, he accepted a clerkship in Fredonia, N.Y., where he remained nine years. He came to Fulton County, Ohio, in 1853, having taken a grading contract on the L.S. & M.S.R.R., which was completed in 1855. He engaged in mercantile trade at Stryker in 1856, remaining three years, when he disposed of his business and formed the partnership above mentioned. Mr. D. is one of the most prominent citizens of Stryker and at one time was Postmaster.

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Sources

1. ↑ Information from Sharon, Massachusetts, history and genealogy, and Boyden family researcher Nick Dann, 20 Jan 2018.
2. ↑ Then called the Air Line Rail Road, probably the Northern Indiana Air Line. See Wikipediw: L.S. & M.S. Railway

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LHCB-V6G
• "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZVL-C2X : Wed Oct 18 15:23:07 UTC 2023), Entry for Melvin T. Beatty and Ella Blinn, 01 Aug 1878.
• County of Williams Ohio. Historical and Biographical, With An Outline Sketch of the Northwest Territory of the State and Miscellaneous Matters, Weston A. Goodspeed, Historical Editor and Charles Blanchard, Biographical Editor. F.A. Battey & Co., Publishers Chicago, 1882. Chester Blinn, Springfield Township. Pgs. 707, 708
• 1860 US Census: Springfield, Williams County, OH, 9 Jul 1860, Pg. 119^[3]
• 1870 US Census: Springfield, Williams County, OH, 21 Jun 1870, Pg. 48^[4]
• Find A Grave: Memorial #84167115; Ella Blinn Beatty, Floral Grove Cemetery, West Unity OH, Plot: section 4
• "United States Census, 1880", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M83Z-PWM : Sat Oct 07 00:43:49 UTC 2023), Entry for Melvin T. Beaty and Ella Beaty, 1880.
• "United States Census, 1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMXG-5KH : Thu Oct 05 10:54:22 UTC 2023), Entry for Melvin F Beatty and Ella M Beatty, 1900.
• "United States Census, 1910", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLDZ-6G8 : Fri Oct 06 09:45:21 UTC 2023), Entry for Melvin T Beatty and Ella M Beatty, 1910.
• "United States Census, 1920", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6MW-25X : Fri Dec 22 09:04:18 UTC 2023), Entry for Melvin T Beatty and Ella M Beatty, 1920.
• "United States Census, 1930", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4Z1-QPY : Wed Oct 04 13:44:42 UTC 2023), Entry for Melvin T Beatty and Ella M Beatty, 1930.
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVL3-FGHT : 18 July 2020), Ella Marie Blinn Beatty, 1933; Burial, , ; citing record ID 84167115, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
• "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X63B-G22 : Tue Dec 19 22:04:23 UTC 2023), Entry for Ella Maria Beatty and Chester Blinn, 02 Jan 1933.