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 471, Banner Township
William L. Beets, farmer, sec. 19, Banner tp., was born in
Highland county, Ohio, Feb. 27, 1851. His parents are Elihu and Sarah
(Daugherty) Beets, the former a native of Virginia and the latter of
Ohio. William had the advantages of only the common schools of this
county at which to gain an education. He is been moderately successful
in his chosen calling.
