Subject: NY then IA Beattie Believe this family is as follows; most of it from Rod Gammell, Evergreen Cementery in Salem and Iowa census. Samuel and Jean Beattie had son Walter b.12-1-1791 Salem, d.9-24-1859 Lockport NY buried Evergreen Cem Walter m.Jerusha Bennett b.7-27-1799 Sandgate VT dau of Silas and Sarah Bennet d. 9-30-1885 buried Evergreen Cem children; Samuel B. b.1821 Salem,NY d.2-25-1898 Lockport, NY bur. Evergreen Cem m.Elizabeth Goodwin b. 1834 Rupert VT James b. 1825 Salem NY d. 1859 Salem NY bur. Rev War Cem, Salem NY (SEE NOTE) m. Elizabeth Sprague b. 1826 Salem NY d.1879 bur Rev War Cem, Salem, NY Silas b. 1831 Salem NY d.10-21-1915 Tonawanda, NY " " " " " " widowed Sarah b.1835 Salem, NY d.7-15-1904 Lockport, NY " " " " " single Samuel 1821 and Elizabeth 1834 children; Byron b. 1857 NY John B. b. 1860 NY Windfred b. 1863 NY H.L. b.1869 IA William H. b.1877 IA .............see 1870 Fayette Co IA census for info of children note 1880 " " " " lists Samuel as divorced and as a boarder. Liz and the kids are gone!!!!! she must remarried. Can't find her in 1880 census. NOTE; can't proove this, but Rod Gammell is pretty sure of it (has seen it somewhere). Bruce Lawton L-464