John D. Beattie applied for pension May 23, 1888 a resident of Starkville, Oktibbeha county, Mississippi. He states that he is 61 and was born at Leesburg VA on the 7th of April, 1827 . He was a sergeant in the Company of Morgan B. Cook in the 2nd regiment of Tennessee Volunteer Infantry commanded by Col. Wm. T. Haskell in the War with Mexico and enlisted at Memphis TN in June 1846 and was discharged at New Orleans in June 1847. He states he is dependent on his son Emmitt(?, hard to read) M. Beattie of Memphis for his support. He states that his wife's maiden name was Susan E. Parker and they married at Memphis, TN on April 10, 1856 and his wife is still living. R. M. Beattie of Memphis, Tennessee is an attorney for John D. Beattie. J. L. Martin, undertaker, states that he "buried the late John D. Beattie, a citizen of Starkville, November 19th, 1900, he having died November 17th, 1900." R. A. Parker "I am sixty four years of age and have resided in said city of Memphis nearly all of my life. I am brother of Susan E. Beattie...This marriage on April 10th, 1856, to said John D. Beattie, is also shown in the family record in my possession, at my residence, 92 Poplar Street, this city, where it can be inspected at any time...I also have hanging upon my wall in my said residence a lithographed copy of our family tree, the original having been drawn by my late mother's sister, the late Mrs. M. J. Stovall, of Memphis, March 18th, 1861...." In 1900, Susan E. Beattie states that she is 67 years of age and was born on the 19th of September in Sommerville, Tennessee. Robt M. Beattie and Fannie M. Beattie are witnesses on this document. N. J. Le Master, of Memphis, TN, states: "I was intimately acquainted with the late John D. Beattie from the time I was about ten years of age. In his youth and young manhood, he spent a good deal of time at my parents home; in fact, his mother died at our home in 1861....I am also acquainted with his widow, Susan Elizabeth Beattie...I was present at their marriage in April 1856, at her father's homestead, named "Magnolia." on Rayburn Avenue...The said John D. Beattie came to Memphis from Virginia when he was a small boy.." In a deposition by G. E. Crutchfield, May 1901: "Susannah E. Beattie the claimant commonly called in our family Bettie is my sister...I have a record of this marriage in our famliy Bible..said John D. Beattie was about 32 years old when he married my said sister..my said sister was born on Sept. 19, 1833. This record is also taken from our family bible now in my possession..." An original marriage certificate (lovely) is in this file. H. A. Beattie, of Starkville, Miss. writes several letters for "my mother." Susan E. Beattie died 1/27/1918 and her last pension check for $60.00 was returned. This file is 53 pages long. Laurel Baty, L252