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A. R. Hogue: Part Two, Personal Sketches, p. 91, 92
William A. Beaty. 1877
Parents: James R. Beaty and Mary Jane (Greer) Beaty. Great-grandfather: Rev. Sam Greer,
q. v.
Andrew Beaty, W. A.'s great-great-grandfather, fought at the battle of King's Mountain,
and later drew a pension for his service in the Revolutionary War. William I., a brother
of Andrew and a relative of Andrew Jackson, fought with Jackson in the battle of New
Orleans, January 8, 1815. His great grandfather Benjamin Davis was also an American
soldier in the Revolution.
W. A. Beaty was educated at A. B. Wright Institute, American Temperance University,
Harriman, Tennessee. He graduated at Drauahon's Business College in 1910.
He taught several schools in Fentress, and two in Cumberland. He taught one year at
Stoval, La., one at Boatner, La., and one at Wyatt, La. After completing the course in
business college he taught one year in Draughon's Business College at Paducah, Ky., and
was then transferred to Augusta, Ga.; after four months at this place he was made manager
of Draughon's College at Biloxi, Miss. He resigned this position and came back to Fentress
County and took charge of a farm he owned near Little Crab. He is now teaching in a school
run by the Methodist Church at Baxter, Tenn.
He married Etta Stephens, a daughter of M. B. Stephens and a granddaughter of Zorel
Stephens, one of the old settlers of Fentress County.
He is a democrat. A member of Lodge No. 614, F. & A. M., and Crossville Lodge No. 316,
I. O. O. F. He is also a member of the M. E. Church, South.
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