A historical sketch from the History of Bond and Montgomery Counties, Illinois, Edited by William Henry Perrin and Published in 1882 follows the pension information. On October 25, 1890 William A. Beatty, a resident of Raymond, Montgomery Co., IL filed a Declaration For Invalid Pension under the Act of June 27, 1890, stating that he was enrolled on June 21, 1864 as a Private in Company 'I', 26th KY Infantry. He was honorably discharged at Louisville, KY on June 10, 1865. He was partially unable to earn a support by reason of catarrh and bronchitis, which said disabilities were not due to vicious habits and that he had never applied for pension. On May 13, 1891 a Board of Surgeons located in Litchfield, IL stated that William A. Beatty was entitled to a disability rating. On the same date, Beatty certified that he had been in no military or naval service since June 10, 1865. On November 24, 1891, Beatty filed a second Declaration For Invalid Pension adding the name of his commander, a Captain William Knight and stating that he was honorably discharged at Salisbury, NC on July 10, 1865. He stated that he was disabled as follows. While on march from Wilmington, NC to Salisbury, NC about the month of March 1865 he was detailed to carry a medical knapsack, which was very heavy, and marching through the swamps with wet feet and clothing he contracted rheumatism. On December 14, 1891, Beatty testified again as to his disability. On April 28, 1892, a pension of $8 was approved. On May 16, 1892, Beatty applied for an increase in pension stating that he believed the pension of $8 per month was too low and not in accordance with the extent of his disability and that his disability has increased rendering it more difficult for him to perform manual labor. On May 5, 1905, an increase in pension to $10 per month was approved. This was after a series of applications for increase were filed over a period of 13 years. On February 3, 1909, an increase in pension to $12 per month was approved under the Act of February 6, 1907. On June 10, 1913, a new schedule of pension amounts was established as follows: $14 per month from November 1, 1912 $16 per month from January 29, 1913 $20 per month from January 29, 1917 $24 per month from January 29, 1922 Later laws allowed for increased pension amounts and William A. Beatty was receiving $72 per month at the time of his death on October 1, 1927. ****** >From the History of Bond and Montgomery Counties, Illinois, Edited by William Henry Perrin and Published in 1882: ZANESVILLE TOWNSHIP William A. Beatty, farmer, P. O. Raymond, born in Grayson County, Ky., January 20, 1847; received his education from the common schools of his native county. He remained with his parents in Kentucky until 1864, when he enlisted in the Federal army, Twenty-sixth Kentucky Volunteers, commanded by Burbridge, afterward by Maxwell, last by Col. Farley; served about thirteen months; mustered out in July, 1865; in 1866, removed to Montgomery County, where he commenced by working as a farm hand, continuing the same until 1872, when he rented a farm of 100 acres and worked it until 1876, when he bought 100 acres, and has since added 100 to it, now having 200 acres. In 1876, January 27, in Montgomery County, he married Sarah A. Bowles, a native of Greene County, Ill., born in 1857. When he commenced on his farm, there were no improvements; upon his farm he has a good residence; wheat, corn, oats, cattle and hogs of good stock; father was Joseph Beatty, born in Grayson County, Ky., in ! 1823; now lives near Raymond; mother, Sarah Akres (Akers), born in Kentucky; she died in 1847, aged about twenty-one years; parents had one child, our subject. Subject has had four children, three living---Oliver M., William A. (dead), Orrie, Bessie. Politically, Republican.