William Jasper Beaty

BEATY, William Jasper - William Jasper Beaty was the second son of Thomas P. and Nancy Odle Beaty. He was born in 1835 and died August 14, 1912 somewhere in Texas. He married Mary Ann Brookshiner while still living in Arkansas. Their first child, Joe, was born January 18, 1875 and died July 28, 1877 and was buried in the family cemetery. Shortly afterward, they removed to Coryell County, Texas where he was engaged in business and freighting at Turnersville. He and his wife had five children that lived into adulthood, Z.T.; Margaret Catherine; Sarah Ann; William Walker and Mary London. During the Civil War he served in his brother’s company of Arkansas Confederate Cavalry. [WCHS Flashback Vol. 14, No. 4]