Beatty - Stewart, Unadilla Times, September 10, 1915: A quiet but pretty home wedding was solemnized at 1:30 p.m. Friday, September 3rd at "Graystones" [Unadilla, Otsego Co., nY]when Mrs. Clarissa Arnold Stewart was united in marriage to Mr. Harrison L. Beatty of Bainbridge, N.Y. [Chenango Co., NY], in the presence of immediate friends of the bride and groom. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Yale Lyon of St. Matthew's, Mrs. S.S. North, aunt of the bride giving her away. Mr. and Mrs. Betty left on the afternoon train for a short wedding journey and returned Monday to Unadilla, going from here to Bainbridge, the home of Mr. Beatty Tuesday, where they will reside. The bride and groom have many friends who will extend a wealth of best wishes. Those present at the wedding were: Mrs. S.S. North, Mrs. Yale Lyon, Miss Jane Sands of Bainbridge, Mrs. Gilbert, a sister of Mr. Beatty, Master James Stewart and Miss Clara Stewart, children of the bride.
Harrison L. Beatty, Norwich Sun, February 26, 1919: Harrison L. Beatty, prominent Chenango county resident and secretary of the local exemption board, died suddenly in a New York hospital at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning. The body was brought to the family home in Bainbridge Wednesday where private funeral services will be held at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon, February 28th. Burial will be made in the family plot. Mr. Beatty went to New York city at the invitation of the federal reserve bank to attend a conference of upstate men relative to the appointment of county chairmen in the War Savings Stamps drive. It was the intention of those in charge of the drive in this district to appoint Mr. Beatty chairman for Chenango county. hen he failed to report at the conference, Postmaster E.S. Moore of Norwich was reached over the phone by the secretary of the conference. Mr. Beatty had left Bainbridge for New York city and an investigation was immediately conducted. It was earned that his death occurred from pneumonia which developed following an operation for appendicitis. Relatives at Bainbridge were immediately notified and the body sent home Wednesday. Harrison L. Beatty was a descendant of a prominent pioneer family, well known throughout Chenango county and New York state, especially in New York city where he transacted a great deal of his banking business. About 30 years ago he came to Bainbridge with his mother and two other children following his father's death in Newark, N.J., where he was engaged in the importation of tea. In Bainbridge Mrs. Beatty and the children made their home with an uncle, Joseph Bush, on the estate known a Harmony Farms. Harmony Farms, one of Bainbridge's most beautiful estates, was settled about 150 years ago by Jaben Bush, its original owner. While still a young man, Mr. Beatty entered the banking house of Strong & Strong in Binghamton where he gained prominence in banking circles and remained until the failing health of his uncle, Joseph, forced him to return to Bainbridge and assume control of Harmony Farms. The death of his uncle followed soon afterwards, and Mr. Beatty inherited a large fortune including the Bainbridge estate. He has since fostered many charities in the village of Bainbridge, being influential in erecting the town hall there. A bed in the name of Chenango county is maintained in the Albany hospital from a fund provided by Harrison L. Beatty. About five years ago, he married Mrs. Stewart of Unadilla, a daughter of Frank Arnold, who was well known in the county. Always a conscientious and diligent worker, no better choice for secretary of the Chenango county draft board could have bene made than Mr. Beatty. He was injured some time ago in an automobile accident at Bainbridge, but whether or not injuries sustained at that time brought on his later ill health is not known. He is survived by his wife, one brother, William Beatty of Newark, and a sister, Mrs. Maurice Gilbert of Jamaica. Mr. Beatty was a member of the Chenango County Board of Child Welfare, having been appointed by Judge James P Hill when the board was first organized in September, 1915. He was a school director in the town of Bainbridge and held positions and appointments of public interest upon many occasions.
Norwich Sun, February 27, 1919: Harrison L. Beatty, whose death occurred in a New York hospital Tuesday morning, will be buried tomorrow, Friday, February 28th, in the family plot on Harmony Farms at his late home in Bainbridge. Mr. Beatty was an extensive traveler. A number of years ago he encircled the globe, visiting many of the countries in the old world. About twelve years ago he was appointed by the Governor of New York state as the commissioner from this state to the Charlestown exposition. Half of the cost of Bainbridge's town building was paid by Mr. Beatty. This building contains the village opera house, and rooms where the trustees and town board meet, the town clerk's office and the offices of other village officials' also the police and fire departments and a small public banquet or gathering hall which is open for use at all times. His work on the local exemption board in cooperation with W.H. Sullivan and E.H. Doody was especially commendable. Chenango county was always among the first in the state to make their reports, keeping their records up to the minute, being among the earliest in sending in all required accounts. Mr. Beatty went to New York early in the week for the purpose of undergoing an operation. In the meantime, Guy Emerson, chairman of the War Saving Stamps board of the second federal reserve district had asked Mr. Beatty to meet him in New York, to confer over the matter of the chairmanship for Chenango county. It had been the desire of Mr. Emerson to name Mr. Beatty as the chairman of Chenango county in the War Savings Stamps drive. A message came to Postmaster Edward S. Moore of Norwich, asking him to locate Mr. Beatty. It was then that Mr. Moore called up the Beatty home in Bainbridge, later learning that Mr. Beatty had passed away in a New York hospital.
Clarissa Sands (Arnold) Stewart Beatty, Bainbridge News, October 14, 1926: Clarissa Sands Arnold, wife of the late Harrison L. Beatty of Bainbridge and daughter-in-law of Mrs. James Stewart of this city [Oneonta, Otsego Co., NY], died about half past six o'clock Monday evening at the Fox Memorial hospital. Mrs. Beatty had been ill for the past two months, and only a week before her death had been brought to the hospital. Though her condition was known to be critical, her family and friends had been hopeful, and it was not until a few days before her demise that it became sadly evident that the end was at hand. The funeral services will be held on Thursday at 10:30 a.m. at her late home in Unadilla. The rector, Rev. Yale Lyon, will officiate and interment will be in the family plot at Glenwood cemetery in Oneonta, beside her first husband, the late Dr. William B. Stewart. Mrs. Beatty was born about 49 years ago, and was a daughter of Hon. Frank B. and Clara (Sands) Arnold of Unadilla in which village nearly al her life was spent. She was educated in a Young Ladies' seminary at Auburndale, Mass., near Boston, and after finishing its work, spent a year in travel abroad in company with an instructor and a group of graduates. Returning to Unadilla she was married December 31, 1902, to Dr. William B. Stewart, then of this city but afterwards of Bennington, Vt. Later the family moved to Unadilla where Dr. Stewart died in 1910. In 1915 she again married, her second husband being Harrison L. Beatty of Bainbridge. Mr. Beatty died in 1919, and following his death she returned to Unadilla, where save for the three winters spent in the south, the remainder of her life was passed. The immediate surviving members of her family are one son, James W. Stewart, residing in the south, and a daughter, Miss Clara Sands Stewart of Unadilla. Her father Hon. Frank B. Arnold was a former state senator, and it was to his influence and energetic effort that Oneonta largely is indebted for its State normal school. Her uncle, Father Edward, for several years deceased, was a distinguished member of the Roman Catholic priesthood in the city of New York. The deceased was a woman of fine mental attainments; but, more than this, she had such qualities of gentleness of spirit, of helpfulness and of unostentatious generosity as endeared her to all with whom she came in contact. She was a life long member of St. Matthew's Episcopal church in Unadilla, and during the war devoted herself untiringly and unselfishly to the work of the Red Cross. In her death the community and the church of her native town are bereaved; and the grief which there is felt has its counterpart in the hearts of all who knew her. Oneonta Star.
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