HUGH BEATTIE, M. D.

Sacramento County

Biographies

HUGH BEATTIE, M. D.

HUGH BEATTIE, M. D.--Prominent among the physicians of eminent ability in Sacramento County, who have done so much to make life worth the living here, and have thus helped to attract and to hold the would-be settler and resident, is undoubtedly Dr. Hugh Beattie, who hails from the great Dominion of Canada, noted for its large percentage of finely-equipped professional men in almost all fields of scientific activity. He was born in Ontario, on February 7, 1866, the son of William and Isabella (Walker) Beattie, and obtained his early training in the public schools and the Collegiate Institute.

Having decided to take up medicine as a mature study, he attended the University Medical School of Toronto, where he enjoyed the finest of modern courses; and then he came into the United States and, in 1893, entered the Cooper Medical School of San Francisco, and in 1896 received from that eminent institution the coveted M. D. degree. After that, he was with Dr. G. A. White, in Sacramento, at the County Hospital, where he materially enlarged his experience, and got better acquainted with other California medical men, and with Californian ways.

In 1897, Dr. Beattie came to Elk Grove, which then had only about eighty voters and by growing up with the progressive town, he has been fairly successful. From the beginning, he has believed in Elk Grove, and Elk Grove has always pinned its faith to Dr. Beattie; and he was one of the organizers of the Elk Grove Bank, and has been a director since it was established. He belongs to the American Medical Association, and to the Sacramento County Medical Society, in both of which he seeks to be something more than a mere member.

In 1902, Dr. Beattie married Miss Ada Gage, a native daughter of Sacramento County, and they have had twin daughters, Marion and Margaret, the latter of whom died at the age of thirteen, mourned by many. Dr. Beattie, belongs to the Foresters, the Odd Fellows, the Rebekahs, and the Royal Arch Masons, and he is fond of both hunting and fishing. He has developed an eighty-acre fruit ranch about a mile northwest of Elk Grove.

Transcribed by Sally Kaleta.

Source: Reed, G. Walter, History of Sacramento County, California With Biographical Sketches, Pages 290-293. Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA. 1923.