William C. Beaty, Private Company "G" 68th Ohio Infantry; widow Martha Beaty (certificate # 16,482); Alfred J. Moore, guardian for minor heir Perry Beaty (certificate # 154,649) On October 1, 1862 Martha Beaty, aged twenty and a resident of Franklin Township, Fulton County, Ohio applied for a widow's pension. She states that she is the widow of William C. Beaty who was a Private in Company "G" commanded by Captain Comstock in the 68th Regiment of Ohio Volunteers in the was with "the so called Confederate States." William C. Beaty enlisted on November 8, 1861 and died "at or in the vicinity of St. Louis, Missouri, on or about the sixteenth day of April 1862 of typhoid fever. Martha was married to William Beaty on September 18, 1861 at Seneca, Lenawee County, Michigan and her maiden name was McGowen. A certified copy of her marriage record is in the file-it shows that William was 28 years old and Martha was 19 and that both he and Martha were residents of Fulton County, Ohio. Martha has one child, aged 10 months named Perry W. Beaty. Martha's Post Office address is West Unity Post Office, Williams County, Ohio. In August of 1867 Martha applied for an increase in pension. On this form she gives Perry's date of birth as December 12, 1861. Lydia Osborn and Jane Borton state that they were present at the birth of Perry Beaty. On April 27, 1871 Alfred J. Moore files a "Claim of Guardian of Orphan Children for Pension." Alfred is 42 and a resident of Madison, Williams County, Ohio. He states that he is the guardian of Perry Beaty. He states that William C. Beaty died "on board the steamer Empress near St. Louis, Missouri of typhoid fever." A copy of the marriage record of Martha Beatty to Alfred J. Moore is in the file. They were married on December 8, 1870 in Fulton County, Ohio. Official "Guardian's Letters" appointing Alfred J. Moore guardian of Perry Beaty aged 9 are in the file and dated Dec. 11, 1870. 1870 Franklin Township, Fulton County, Ohio p91A McGowan, Susan 62 NJ Baty, Martha 27 OH Harry 8 OH Elizabeth 40 OH 1880 Ransom, Hillsdale, Michigan, p231 A Alfred Moore 51 PA, PA, PA Martha Moore 37 OH, PA, NJ Perry Moore 18 OH, OH, OH Thomas 6 MI, PA, OH Irvin 2 MI, PA, OH Laurel Baty, L252