Alvin C. Beaty

BEA'ITY, Alvin - {from The Fayetteville Daily} Mrs. Z.M. Pettigrew is in receipt of a letter announcing the death from heart disease of her brother, Capt. Alvin Beatty, at Bonden, Texas March 28th at the age of 63. Capt. Beatty was reared near Cincinnati, this county, where he was an esteemed citizen until about 20 years ago when he moved to Texas. He was a gallant Confederate soldier and served four years in the Southern army, reaching the grade of Captain. He leaves many relatives and friends in Washington County.

[The Springdale News 4/7/1899]

BEATY, Alvin C. - Alvin C. Beaty was the first-born of Thomas P. and Nancy (Odle) Beaty, being born on June 3, 1833. He married Miss Annie West, born April 15, 1843, and the union resulted in the birth of nine children, including a set of twins, Annie and Nannie on February 20, 1881. Other children were Thomas, July 2, 1867; Sallie, March 28,1869; George, June 13, 1871; Wallie, February 14, 1874; Mary, April 23, 1877; Hattie, May 7, 1879 and Ollie, September 13, 1887. At the beginning of the Civil War, Alvin organized a volunteer company and joined Gen. Stand Watie’s command of the Southern army at Fort Gibson, I.T. and he became Captain. His younger brothers, William J., Ollie and Travis L. “Bud” and a friend, Polk Crozier served under him. It was told that William was good at stirring up trouble to cause the others to fight when they didn’t particularly want to, so Captain Alvin and the others were kept busy keeping him in line of duty. After the close of the war, he married and farmed near his parents’ farm until about 1878, when the family moved to a farm near Audubon, Texas. It was there that he spent the rest of his life. [WCHS Flashback Vol. 14, No. 4]

Mrs. Z.M. Pettigrew is in receipt of a letter announcing the death from heart disease of her brother, Captain Alvin Beatty, at Bonham, Texas, March 28th, at the age of 63. Captain Beatty was reared at Cincinnati, this county, where he was an esteemed citizen until about 20 years ago, when he moved to Texas. He was a gallant Confederate soldier and served four years in the Southern army, reaching the grade of Captain. He leaves many relatives and friends in Washington County. [Fayetteville Democrat 4/6/1899]