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WILLIAM BEATTY, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Stewartstown,
County Tyrone, Ireland, in 1787; immigrated to the United States in 1807 and
settled in Butler, Butler County, Pa.;
was a sergeant in Captain Thompson's
company in the War of 1812; sheriff of Butler County 1823-1826; elected as a
Van Buren Democrat to the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Congresses (March 4,
1837-March 3, 1841);
member of the State house of representatives 1840-1842;
appointed deputy sheriff of Butler County; died in Butler, Pa., April 12,
1851; interment in the Old Butler Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949, page 830,
Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by HolliJoy.
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