PORTRAIT AND BIGRAPHICAL RECORD of FAYETTE, PICKAWAY and MADISON COUNTIES, OHIO Chicago-Chapman Bros.-1892 Pg. 436 Scott Beatty, a resident of Perry Township, Pickaway County, Ohio, is a native citizen of Marion Township, Fayette County, having had his birth September 9, 1850. The father bears the name of I. N. Beatty, and is one of the most prosperous farmers and stock-raisers in Pickaway County. A sketch of the father will be found elsewhere in this book. The mother was known in her maidenhood by the name of Margaret Hidy, and with her husband, was a native of Ohio. Our subject received the advantages of a common-school education, supplemented by a course of two years at the Southwestern Normal at Lebanon, Ohio. At the age of twenty-one years he commenced in active life for himself, taking up farming and stock-raising on the same farm he now occupies and which occupation he still carries on successfully. Mr. Beatty was married in July, 1875, to Mary Decker, a native of Ohio, and a daughter of A. S. Decker, a native of Switzerland. The father came to this country at an early age and engaged in the business of harness-making, which vocation he has ever since continued. He married, in 1850, Catherine Timmons, a native of Ohio, and by this union two children have been born, Mary, the wife of our subject, being the elder. J. B. is now living in Fayette County. One child has come to bless the home and fireside of our subject and his estimable wife, to whom they have given the name of Maggie Alma, who was born July 3, 1876. Our subject is a staunch Republican in his political views, and, in his religious belief, is a Universalist. He is a member of F. & A. M. Lodge No. 392, at New Holland, and also belongs to the John A. Logan Lodge, K. of P., and has belonged to the school Board, and been President of the same for years. His farm consists of two hundred and forty broad and fertile acres of finely improved land and is located three and one half miles from New Holland. On this place he carries on general farming, and is an extensive dealer in stock, having some of the best in the township. He is a man who is well liked by everyone who meets him, and is a whole-souled and genial man, who has hosts of friends and acquaintances.