BUTLER COUNTY OHIO 
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A History and Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County Ohio, 
                    With Illustrations and Sketches of its

                     Representative Men and Pioneers

     Cincinnati Ohio. Western Biographical Publishing Company, 1882.


JAMES BEATTY.

James BEATTY, a wealthy banker and well-known land owner of Butler County, died in
March, 1880, at his residence, near Jones Station, of paralysis. Mr. BEATTY was a native of
Ireland, and about sixty-five years of age. He accumulated considerable wealth, most of which
was made in the pork busines. He owned one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight acres of
land, and was estimated to be worth about $800,000. He was for a number of years
vice-president of the First National Bank of Hamilton, and one of the principal stockholders.