If any of these look interesting let me know and I will try and copy them at the National Archives. A guardian was appointed if a deceased soldier had surviving children under the age of 16--these tend to have a lot more genealogical information than a pension filed by an invalid soldier. I copied one of these and posted a summary awhile back (Nicholas Beaty of Tennessee)--there was testimony from parents and siblings as well as the widow. L. Baty, L252 Civil War Pensions involving Guardians Samuel J. McClelland, widow Julia Batey, Illinois; Julia Batey, Guardian James S. Beattie, New York; James Beattie, Guardian Peter Reno, Michigan; Mary Beattie, Guardian Aaron N. Beatty, widow Catherine Beatty, Illinois; C. McMullen, Guardian Alpheus Beatty, West Virginia, John E. Fries, Guardian Andrew J. Tole, Maine; Emily J. Beatty, Guardian Bartley Beatty, Ohio; William M. Gorrell, Guardian Clarence B. Beatty, widow Carrie I. Beatty, Kansas; Carrie Maritt, Guardian Cornelius F. Davis, Ohio; Joseph M. Beatty, Guardian Daniel Francis Beatty, Francis Beatty, widow Dora Beatty Kine, New York; Dora Beatty Kine, Guardian Darius C. Lindsey, widow Mary A. Lindsey, Ohio; John C. Beatty, Guardian Elasha M. Sweetland, widow Ellen Sweetland, Michigan; Ellen Beatty, Guardian Eli Stiles, widow Jemima Stiles, Ohio; William W. Beatty, Guardian Elisha Rowe, widow Mary Beatty, Indiana; William M. Bledsoe, Guardian Finlan Beatty, widow Rhoda Beatty, Iowa; Rhoda B. Eckles, Guardian George W. Beatty, widow Sarah A. Beatty, Illinois; Daniel Bain, Guardian Harvey Beatty, widow Becky Beatty, Arkansas; Rebecca Beatty, Guardian Jacob H. Beatty, widow Mary E. Beatty, Kansas; Mary E. Beatty, Guardian James Beatty, New York; William Rossiter, Guardian James Davidson, widow Cassandra M. Beatty, Ohio and Illinois; Cassandra M. Beatty, Guardian James Eckles, widow Eliza Eckles, Michigan; Eliza Beatty, Guardian James P. Beatty, widow Anna Beatty, Missouri; Anna Pohlman, Guardian James Stutesman, widow Nancy Stutesman, Ohio; S. S. Beatty, Guardian John Beatty, widow Helen M. Beatty, Pennsylvania; Thomas R. Evans, Guardian John S. Clendenin, Illinois; Eliza J. Beatty, Guardian Joseph Beatty, widow Mary J. Beatty, Ohio; John Burk, Guardian Joshua Crouse, widow Catherine Sampsell, Ohio, John G. Beatty, Guardian Robert Beatty, widow Angeline Beatty, Iowa; W. S. Casteel, Guardian Robert S. Beatty, Ohio; Evelyn Sturgeon, Guardian Sylvester Beatty, widow Margaret M. Beatty, Ohio; Henry R. Beatty, Guardian Thomas Beatty, widow Ann Beatty, New York; Bridget Cantwell, Guardian William Beatty, widow Anna Beatty, Ohio; Anna Beatty, Guardian William H. Beatty, widow Maggie J. Beatty, Ohio and Indiana; Alesander M. McClary, Guardian William P. Beatty, widow Ann Beatty, Wisconsin and Illinois; Mary L. Williams, Guardian Andrew J. Beaty, widow Jane Beaty, Tenn.; J. Gunter, Guardian David Hoover, widow Josephine Hoover, Indiana; J. Beaty, guardian David W. Beaty, widow Nancy Beaty, Indiana; Christophe Harreson, Guardian Franklin Moore, widow Louisa J. Moore, West Virginia; Felix Beaty, Guardian George W. Beaty, widow Malinda J. Beaty, Illinois; William Beaty, Guardian James Beaty, Arkansas; William E. Cotton, Guardian James Beaty, widow Mary F. Beaty, Iowa; J. A. Chilcoat, Guardian John Beaty, widow Nancy A. Beaty, Indiana; John F. Loritenschlage, Guardian John K. Beaty, widow Sirinos I. Beaty, Tennessee; W. J. Gauslin, Guardian John M. Beaty, widow Sarah J. Beaty, Indiana; W. C. Kemp, Guardian Maurice P. Beaty, Minnesota; George W. Warrant, Guardian Nicholas Beaty, widow Sarah E. Beaty, Tennessee; Lauther F. Chandler, Guardian (COPIED AND SUMMARY POSTED) Parker Beaty, widow Lydia E. Beaty, Pennsylvania; Robert Beaty, Guardian COPIED Reuben D. Southurn, Kansas, Agnes D. Beaty, Guardian Robert M. Beaty, widow Sarah Beaty, Indiana; B. A. Simmons, Guardian Samuel F. Beaty, Nebraska; Frank E. Vickery, Guardian William C. Beaty, widow Martha Beaty, Ohio; Alfred J. Moore, Guardian William R. Beaty, Tennessee; John Sells, Guardian, COPIED L2 William W. Beaty, widow Emma J. Beaty, New York; William Beaty, Guardian