My mistake if I said this was a different lineage. This is L-142. Donna L-3 From: "Laurel Baty" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: [BP2000] John R. Beatty, widow Laura E., MN, PA Date: Friday, March 24, 2006 4:36 PM John R. Beatty, Company "H" 2 Minnesota, Certificate #980,608; widow Laura E. Beatty, Certificate # 822,622 On May 21, 1912 John R. Beatty, aged 80 and a resident of Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minnesota filed a claim for pension under the act of May 11, 1912. "That he is the identical person who was enrolled at Fort Snelling on the 15th day of July 1861 as a 1st Lieutenant in Co. H 2nd Minnesota Inft. in the service of the United States, in the Civil War, and was Honorably Discharged at Goldsborough So. Car. on the 30th day of March 1865. That he was not employed in the military or naval service of the United States otherwise than as stated above. That his personal description at enlistment was as follows: Height, 6 feet __inches; complexion fair; color of eyes, gray; color of hair, light; that his occupation was teacher; that he was born Nov. 5th, 1831 at Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania. That his several places of residence since leaving the service have been as follows: Mankato Blue Earth County, Minnesota. That he is a pensioner under certificate No. 980608." On form 3-489, dated March 22, 1915, John R. Beatty states that his Post Office at enlistment was Mankato, Minnesota. He was married to Laura E. Maxfield on Feb. 16, 1864 at Mankato, Minn. by Rev. B. Y. Coffin. He lists the following children, living or dead: James Maxfield Beatty born Nov. 14, 1864, not living; Isabel Beatty born July 20, 1869; John Guthrie Beatty born May 6, 1872; Emma E. Beatty born July 29, 1874, not living; Laura E. Beatty born Aug. 1, 1877; Anna M. Beatty born Dec. 11, 1881. John R. Beatty was last paid at the rate of $30.00 per month to April 4, 1916; he was dropped from the pension rolls due to his death April 7, 1916. A copy of his death certificate is in the file. His full name was John Reid Beatty and he was 84 years, 5 months and 2 days old at his death. His father's name is shown as John G. Beatty and his mother as Isabella Walker; both parents were born in Pennsylvania. He was buried in Mankato, Minn. April 9, 1916. On October 26, 1916 Laura E. Beatty, aged 75 and a resident of Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minnesota, filed a claim for pension as the widow of John R. Beatty. Her maiden name was Laura E. Maxfield and she married John R. Beatty on February 16, 1864 in Mankato, Minnesota. A certified copy of her marriage record is in the file showing that George Maxfield, Wesly Maxfield and Andrew Hanna were witnesses to her marriage. Laura E. Beatty was last paid at the rate of $45 per month to September 30, 1933; she was dropped from the pension rolls due to her death October 11, 1933. 1850 Loyalhanna, Westmoreland Co., PA, page 434 John G. Beatty 50 PA Isabella 50 PA Jane 24 PA Sarah 22 PA Nancy 20 PA John 18 PA Margaret 16 PA Eliza 14 PA Isabella 12 PA Mary 10 PA Alexander 8 PA William 6 PA 1860 Bell, Westmoreland Co., PA p. 76 Isabella Beatty 60 PA Jane 29 PA Sarah 27 PA Nancy 25 PA Eliza 23 PA Alexander 20 PA William G. 18 PA 1860 Mankato, Blue Earth MN p. 20 Catherine Rathbone 42 PA Jane 11 PA Rebecca 9 PA John R. Beaty 28 school teacher PA 1870 Mankato, Ward 2 Blue Earth, MN p.531 Beaty, John R. 35 PA Laura E. 29 OH Jamison 5 MN Bell S. 1 MN 1880 Mankato, Blue Earth, MN p. 438A Beatty, John R. 49 limestone dealer PA, PA, PA Laura 39 wife OH, VA, PA James 15 son MN, PA, OH Belle 10 dau MN, PA, OH John 8 son MN, PA, OH Emma 5 dau MN, PA, OH Louisa 2 dau MN, PA, OH OHearn, Kate 17 servant ILL, IRE, IRE 1900 Mankato, Ward 4 Blue Earth MN p. 10A Beatty, John Nov. 1831 68 married 36 years PA, PA, PA Laura May 1841 59 married 36 years OH, VA, PA Isabell B. July 1870 29 MN, PA, OH Laura E. dau Aug. 1877 22 MN, PA, OH Anna M. dau Dec. 1881 18 MN, PA, OH 1910 4 WD Mankato, Blue Earth MN p. 139 B [indexed Benty on Ancestry.com] Beaty, John R. 78 married once 46 years PA, PA, PA Laura E. 68 married once 46 years, 6 children, 4 living OH, WVA, PA Isabel S. dau 39 MN, PA, OH John G. son 35 married once, 3 years MN, PA, OH Lillie (?) dau-in-law 24 married once, 3 years, no children, ?, Germany, Germany Anna M. dau 27 MN, PA, OH Laurel Baty, L252 -------------------- Wills: Samuel Beatty B, 1837: Perry Twp, Armstrong County, PA (son of John Beatty & Jane Guthrie bro to John Guthrie Beatty) excerpt from father's will: And I bequeath to my son, John G. Beatty ten Dollars, and to my sons Samuel and William I bequeath all the remainder of my land, which is two hundred and fifty acres, be the same, more or less, with all appurtenances thereunto belonging with all the movable property and livestock thereon with household and kitchen furniture to them, their heirs and assigns forever Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Don Beatty B. [email protected] USGENWEB NOTICE: Printing this file by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. ____________________________________________________________ Note: This will has been re-written by Register, so handwriting and signature are not original. Will Registered June 17, 1839 Volume 1 Page 211, Estate 489 In the name of God, Amen. I, Samuel Beatty B, of Armstrong County, Perry Township, and State of Pennsylvania, being in sound mind, memory and understanding, thanks be to Almighty God for the same, being remindful of my mortality, do make and constitute this, my will and testament. First, and principally, I recommend my mortal soul to God, who gave it, in hopes of a joyful resurrection, and my body to the earth when it shall please God to separate my soul and body, to be buried decently at the discretion of my executors, and as to my worldly estate it has pleased God to bless me, I give and dispose thereof as follows: I nominate and appoint my friends, William Beatty B and David Hertetson (??), both of the State and County aforesaid to be the executors of this, my last will and testament. It is further my will that my executors shall lay off one hundred acres of land of the east end of a tract of land lying on the Allegheny River that was wilt to me, the testator, and William Beattyy John Beatty B, Esq., deceased, which I bequeath to Jane Campbell, Nancy Sheppard, Margarer Hall, John Guthrie Beatty B, Elizabeth Fowler, and John B. Guthrie, my sister Martha's son, to be divided equally amongst them, by sale, or in the land as the above named heirs may think best, and I do authorize my executors, if called to do so, to make a conveyance out of the original deed. And I also bequeath unto William Beatty B the rest of my land which is twenty five acres, more or less, together with all and singular, my personal. I publish and declare this, and no other to be my last will and testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this eighteenth day oof February in the year of our: Lord, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty Nine Signed and sealed in the presence of T.W. Sedwick and William Porter Samuel Beatty B (x)