Thomas Beatty Inness, of Brockton, one of that city’s enterprising and progressive citizens, is a native of Pennsylvania, born at Pottsville March 4, 1848, only son of the late James A. and Mary Williams (Beatty) Inness, and a descendant of sturdy Scotch-Irish.
George Mignon Innes, Canon and Rector of St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, is a son of John Boutet Innes, clergyman, and Mary nee Evans, and was born at Weymouth, England, January 21, 1826. The Inneses are of Scotch extraction, the father of our subject, being a cousin of the late Duke of Roxborough. It is an old military family. The Mignons, (Mignon is the family name of the grandmother on the father’s side), were Huguenots, Count Mignon de Chasseau, escaping from France in 1688, concealed in a soap barrel Canon Innes was educated at Millhill grammar school, studied and passed examination … Read more