Bruce Beatty promoted to claim agent of the Southern Railway at Knoxville; his sisters Mrs. S. A. Rector, Mrs. W. W. Britt and Miss Grace Beatty of Asheville
16 December 1912 · The Asheville Gazette-News (Asheville, N.C.)
Named here: Grace Beatty, Bruce Beatty, Mrs. S. A. Rector, Mrs. W. W. Britt
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MR. BEATTY PROMOTED.
Is Made Claim Agent of Southern Railway With Office at Knoxville.
The following taken from the Knoxville Sentinel concerning the promotion in the Southern railway service of Bruce Beatty will be of interest to his friends in Asheville. Mr. Beatty is a brother of Mrs. S. A. Rector, Mrs. W. W. Britt and Miss Grace Beatty of this city:
"Announcement has been made by T. B. Haynes, assistant chief claim agent for the Southern Railway company at this point, of the promotion of Bruce Beatty from the position of baggage master to that of claim agent, his territory extending from Coster to Harriman and Fonde with branches, and from Corryton to Middlesboro and branches, including L. & N. joint trackage."
Citation: "Mr. Beatty Promoted," The Asheville Gazette-News (Asheville, N.C.), 16 December 1912, p. 8; image, North Carolina Newspapers (DigitalNC, NC Digital Heritage Center) (https://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn84020685/1912-12-16/ed-1/seq-8/).
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| Person | Fact | Document says | Tree says | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grace Beatty | Residence, December 1912 | "Miss Grace Beatty of this city" (Asheville) | residence 1900, Montgomery County, Virginia; 1930, Asheville; nothing between | new |
| Grace Beatty | Brother | Bruce Beatty, of the Southern Railway at Knoxville, Tennessee, "a brother of … Miss Grace Beatty" | no siblings in the tree | new |
| Grace Beatty | Sisters | Mrs. S. A. Rector and Mrs. W. W. Britt, of Asheville | no siblings in the tree | new |
| Grace Beatty | Name and marital state | "Miss Grace Beatty" in December 1912 | married Ethel Day in 1931 (FS-140) and James Pleasant Webb in 1951 | agrees |