Brief Life History of John Thomas
When John Thomas Beatty was born on 25 May 1869, in Toquerville, Washington, Utah, United States, his father, John Batty, was 23 and his mother, Mary Ann Duffin, was 17. He married Helena Augusta Lamb on 26 January 1887, in St. George Utah Temple, St. George, Washington, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Toquerville, Kane, Utah, United States in 1870 and Kane, Utah, United States in 1880. He died on 26 October 1946, in Toquerville, Washington, Utah, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Toquerville Cemetery, Toquerville, Washington, Utah, United States.
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- John Thomas Beatty, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- John T Batty, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- John Thomas Beatty, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
1870 · Giving all the right to vote
The Act was an extension of the Fifteenth Amendment, that prohibited discrimination by state offices in voter registration. It also helped empower the President with the authority to enforce the first section of the Fifteenth Amendment throughout the United States. Being the first of three Enforcement Acts passed by the Congress, it helped combat attacks on the suffrage rights of African Americans.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Name Meaning
Scottish and Irish: Anglicized form of Irish Mac (an) Bhiadhtaigh, Scottish Gaelic Mac a' Bhiadhtaigh ‘son of the victualer’ (from biadhtach ‘victualer’); compare McVittie .
Scottish: from the personal name Beatie, a variant of Baty (see Baty and Batey ), a pet form of Bartholomew .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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John T. Beatty
I am the son of John Batty who came to Toquerville direct from England in 1862. When Father first came here, he farmed; afterward he was a merchant and postmaster. I remember Brigham Young very well …
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