1875 A. T. Andreas Atlas
1880 Dubuque County History
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Eugene Anderson
Sanford A. Atherton
Honorable Isaac W. Baldwin
Dickson Beatty
F. E. Behrens
Henry Bockenstedt
John Bomacke
General Caleb Hoskins Booth
Nicholas Bray, M. D.
William Bray, M. D.
Edward Brown
John D. Bush
Edward Butler
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Dr. Rodolphus Clark
Bernhard Claus, Jr.
Frank W. Coates
Honorable Dennis Nelson Cooley
Reverend Mark Cooney
Hugh Corrance
Patrick F. Cunningham
Mell H. Cushing
Peter Dawson
John Driscoll
Charles Henry Eighmey
Jesse P. Farley
George Fengler
Mrs. Catherine Fries
Albert Gasser
Henry Gehrig
A. P. Gibbs
Theodor Goerdt
John R. Goldthorp
Honorable Julius Graves
Charles H. Gregoire
Ezra Gregory
Daniel Hallahan
Nicholas Hansen
Honorable Thomas Hardie
Henry Henkels
Rev. James Hill
Nancy R. Hill, M. D.
Asa Horr, M. D.
James Howie
Edward R. Jackson, M. D.
Francis Jaeger
Henry J. Jecklin
Reverend Clement Johannes
Evan E. Jones
General George Wallace Jones
John Kantlehner
Joseph K. Kaufmann
James Kelly
John Kleinschmidt
F. H. Klostermann
A. R. Knight
Honorable Frederick M. Knoll
Paul Lattner
Honorable Wendelin Lattner
Thomas Lochner
Christian Loetscher
Norton J. Loomis
Delos E. Lyon
J. E. Maguire, M. D.
W. A. Manhart
George Marshall
M. H. Martin
Honorable James McCann
Benjamin McCluer, M. D.
Susan Ann McCraney
A. S. McDermott
James and Martha McGee
James McGrath
M. F. McNamara
Jacob Michel
Charles Miller
Adam Mink
George Mollart
William J. Morgans
James Mullin
Dorrance Dixon Myers
Nicholas P. Nicks
Frederick R. Nitzsche, M. D.
J. J. E. Norman
Honorable Peter Olinger
Bernard J. O'Neill
John P. Page
Frank Paley
John Palmer
Rev. Frederick William Pape
Thomas Phillips
Joseph Platz
Andrew Rahe
Honorable James Rowan
Reverend Roger Ryan
George Salot
Colonel C. J. W. Saunders
John Sauser, Jr.
Joseph Schemmel
George Schmitt
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John F. Sloan
Charles F. Smyth
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Ralph Spensley
Daniel Stallard
J. Peter Stendebach
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Oren Stuart, M. D.
James Sweeney
John Tibey
Paul Traut
Matthew Tschirgi
Hon. Christian Anton Voelker
Chester H. Walker
William Watson, M. D.
F. W. Wieland
Louis Witter
Jacob Zollicoffer

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DICKSON BEATTY, In the annals of Dubuque County the name of Beatty stands out in great prominence as belonging to a family whose members have been very closely identified with its highest interests since the very first days of its settlement. Our subject is an influential pioneer and is President of the Farmers' and Merchants' Bank in Cascade, besides having in his possession an estate comprising over seven hundred broad and well cultivated acres. With his family he occupies a large frame residence, located one mile northwest of Cascade, which is one of the most imposing structures in the county and is furnished in a style indicating the refined taste and ample means of its inmates.

Our subject is a native of Ireland, having been born in County Tyrone, December 17, 1832. His father, James Beatty, was also born in the above county, where the family were prominent and substantial residents. The father was engaged in cultivating the soil of his native place and was numbered among the prosperous in his section. Deciding to try his fortunes in the New World, he set sail in June, 1844, and after a voyage of eight weeks and three days, landed on American soil. His destination being this state, he came hither immediately and entered three hundred and eighty acres of land from the Government. He was among the first to locate here, and erecting a small frame house on his property lived in that with his family for many years, in the meantime applying himself industriously to the task of cultivating his land. Indians roamed at will about the country, but Mr. Beatty made friends with them and thus avoided trouble. His death occurred very suddenly when seventy-one years of age, resulting from lung fever. He was a member of the Baptist Church and aided in the organization of the congregation in this township and contributed liberally of his means toward its support. In politics he was first a Whig and later a Republican.

The maiden name of our subject's mother was Agnes Dixon, She too was born in the Emerald Isle, and by her union with James Beatty became the mother of six sons and three daughters, bearing the respective names of Margaret, Sarah A,, Esther, James, Alexander, David, John, Benjamin and Dickson. Mrs. Beatty lived to be sixty-eight years old, and was a devoted member of the Baptist Church and active in all good works in her neighborhood. Her father was an Elder in that congregation and often was called upon to fill the pulpit.

The original of this sketch came to America with his parents when a lad of thirteen, in the meantime having attended school in Ireland. He remained under the parental roof until attaining his majority, and proved of great assistance to his father in clearing and placing under cultivation their new farm in Dubuque County. Young Beatty was very fond of hunting and when out shooting deer he has often counted as many as fourteen in one drove. He made friends with the Indians, who on various occasions invited him to partake of the venison which they had cooked.

Dickson Beatty began the struggle of his life on his own account when reaching his majority, and his father giving him a tract of forty acres, he erected a frame house thereon and the same year was married to Miss Ann J. Barton, who was born in Ireland and came to America with her parents when four years of age. To our subject and his wife has been born a family of eleven children, of whom nine are living. They are named respectively, Henry, John, Maggie, James D., Lucilius S. (deceased), Eliza A., Sarah, Mabel A., George W. and Fred C., and one died in infancy.

Mr. Beatty although beginning in life with but forty acres of land, is now the proud possessor of seven hundred acres, which he devotes to mixed farming. He makes a specialty, however, of stock raising and dairying, having on his place one hundred and fifty head of cattle, besides a number of fine draft horses.

Our subject was interested in securing the location of the Cascade & Bellevue Railroad at this place and gave liberally of his means toward that enterprise. He is a man of great intelligence am force of character and has exerted a marked influence in the civil and political life of the county. He was a Director in the Cascade Bank and President of the Farmers' and Merchants' Bank in this city. Mr. Beatty is one of the largest landholders in this section and attributes his success to hard work and economy. He has ever taken a deep interest in the welfare of his community and has borne a prominent part in promoting its rise and progress.

Our subject and his family are members of the Baptist Church and are people of consistent Christian character. In politics Mr. Beatty is a stanch Republican and he has held the office of School Director for a period of nine years and of President of the School Board six years. Our subject was one of the founders of the Cascade Co-operative Creamery and is now Director and President of the same.