James P. Beattie, "A" 38 Pa Infantry, Mother Elizabeth (#163,627) In 1868 Elizabeth Beattie a resident of Newtownbreda(?) County of Down, Ireland aged 65 applies for a Mother's pension. She is the mother of James P. Beattie who was a 1st Lieutenant in Company "A" commanded by Captain Smith of the 9th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteer Reserve Corps in the war of 1861 and who was killed at White Oak Swamp, Virginia on or about the 28th day of June 1862 in action. She is the widow of Robert W. Beattie, whom she married at Drumbo Parish County Down, Ireland on June 30, 1826. Robert Beattie died on November 14, 1859. There is an extract from the Marriage Register parish of ???Co of Down, Ireland: "1826, June 30 Robert Welsh Beaty & Elizabeth Patterson both of this parish, by license" Elizabeth states "now one daughter only lives with her, and that since her husbands' death, and the death of her promising sons the aforesaid James P. Beattie and her son John D. Beattie Corporal also in the Northern Army who was killed near Spottsylvania about the 1st of June 1864 she has suffered much, and has not that vigour of mind and body she once possessed. That she finds great difficulty in obtaining the means to support a comfortable subsistence since the contributions to her support from her son ceased." In 1870, Eliza Beattie aged 66 a resident of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania sates she applied for a pension "after her son's death while she was a resident of Ireland in the Kingdom of Great Britain." James Shaw and John Beatty are witnesses to her signature. They state "we knew John D. Beattie another son of said Eliza Beattie, the claimant, and that he the said John D. enlisted as a Private in Company "G" 102 Regt. Pennsylvania Volunteers in the war of 1861 and who was also killed in action on the 10th day of May AD 1864 at Spotsylvania Virginia." Laurel Baty, L252