Beatty, William J., D. D. S.

William J. Beatty, D. D. S. Prominent among the professional men of Butler is William J. Beatty, who has practiced dentistry for thirty-five years, twenty-nine years of which have been in this city. He is the son of Thomas S. and Jemima (Sutton) Beatty, and was born December 28, 1867, in Parkers Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania.

Thomas S. Beatty was born April 2, 1837, and died November 18, 1899. His wife was born February 15, 1839, and died February 4, 1924. Both Mr. and Mrs. Beatty are buried at Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania. Mr. Beatty enlisted during the Civil war on February 26, 1864, in the Fourteenth Pennsylvania Volunteers. His two brothers, George W. and Reed Beatty, were also Civil War soldiers. Thomas S. Beatty followed farming and stock raising and was a prominent man in his community. To Thomas S. and Jemima (Sutton) Beatty eight children were born: (1) Emma, married C. E. McCracken, farmer and stockman, resides near Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania ; (2) William J., the subject of this sketch ; (3) J. F., with the Butler Water Company, Butler; (4) Elizabeth, married John Hines, resides in Elwood City, Pennsylvania ; (5) Blanche, married C. P. Rhoades, Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania ; (6) Stella, married 0. A. Hines, oil operator, Slippery Rock ; (7) Effie, deceased ; and (8) Thomas E., a farmer, lives near Slippery Rock.

William J. Beatty attended the public schools of Butler County, and Slippery Rock State Normal School. He then entered Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, University of Maryland, and graduated with the class of 1892, with the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery. He first practiced his profession at Harmony, Pennsylvania, later removed to Williamstown, Pennsylvania, and in 1897 came to Butler, where he soon built up a splendid practice, which he has continued.

History of Butler County, Pa, 1927