Beaty, Isaac bio

History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co., Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 750, Kerton Township
Isaac Beaty, farmer, sec. 7; P. O., Marbletown. Levi Beaty, the father of Isaac, was a native of Virginia and a farmer by occupation. He married Miss Sarah Meredith and there was born to them a family of 14 children, 11 of whom grew to mature years. Isaac was born in Newcastle township, Coshocton Co., O., in 1815, where he passed his childhood, youth and grew to manhood. At the age of 20 he was married to Esther Conner, daughter of Daniel Conner, of Virginia. They were blessed with 9 children, 8 of whom are living, - Andrew J., Peter, Robert L., Hiram, Daniel, Sarah J., Lydia and Isaac L., who resides on the old homestead and is one of the enterprising young men of the township. In 1851 Mr. B. came to Fulton Co. and settled in Kerton tp. on the property he now owns, and has since kept pace with the advance of the county.