Descendants of Samuel Beatty Generation No. 1 1. Samuel3 Beatty (James2 Beaty, Henry1 Beatty) was born December 26, 1837 in TN, and died January 11, 1877 in Marshall Co., TN. He married (1) Serina. He married (2) Xantippa Cerena Davis June 07, 1857 in Lewis Co., TN, daughter of Nicholas Davis and Rebecca Goodwin. Notes for Samuel Beatty: Samuel served as a private under his brother, Thomas, in the 19th TN Cav. and had some fingers shot off during the War, according to Mary Williams. Samuel and Xantippa were buried in the Beatty Family Cemetery on what is now the farm of G. W. Van Horn, Vanmeter Road(if memory serves), Marshall Co., TN. They were reinterred in the Beechwood Cemetery in Cornersville. Their graves are marked with a handsome stone. nearby are the graves of their daughter, Virginia Pearl and her husband, Reverand Henry Polk. Notes for Xantippa Cerena Davis: Married Samuel Beatty when she was 16 and he was 19. Widowed at 36, she took over the operation of the farm as she had done during the War for Southern Independence. She was fearless of carpetbaggers, spirited horses and marauders, as she was during the War, a pistol always at her belt. Xantippi was thrifty and had a good head for business. She was much admired by her father-in-law, James Beatty. She wore mourning black from the day of her husband's death until her own at the age of 70. (This from Mary Williams) She was possibly named for Socrates wife. Child of Samuel Beatty and Serina is: 2 i. Thomas4 Beaty, born in TN. Children of Samuel Beatty and Xantippa Davis are: 3 i. Thomas4 Beatty, born April 11, 1858 in Lewis Co., TN; died 1940. He married Mattie Bagley. Notes for Thomas Beatty: Buried with/ wife and parents Beechwood cemetery, Cornersville, Marshall Co., TN + 4 ii. Alice Lee Beaty, born November 17, 1860 in Lewis Co., TN; died 1947. 5 iii. Samuel Addison Beatty, born February 20, 1864 in Lewis Co., TN; died 1955 in Cornersville, TN. 6 iv. Virginia Pearl Beatty, born December 17, 1869 in Lewis Co., TN; died February 10, 1945. She married Samuel Henry Polk. Notes for Virginia Pearl Beatty: She and her husband, Reverand Polk are buried near her parents in Beachwood Cemetery, Cornersville, TN where they were reinterred from the Beatty family plot on the farm of G. W. Van Horn. Notes for Samuel Henry Polk: His and Virginia's graves are marked with a handsome stone in Beechwood Cemetery, Cornersville, TN. + 7 v. Edward Allison Beatty, born November 18, 1876 in Lewis Co., TN. Generation No. 2 4. Alice Lee4 Beaty (Samuel3 Beatty, James2 Beaty, Henry1 Beatty) was born November 17, 1860 in Lewis Co., TN, and died 1947. She married John Nelson Brintle. Notes for Alice Lee Beaty: Buried Beechwood Cemetery, Cornersville, Marshall Co., TN with/ husband & Parents Child of Alice Beaty and John Brintle is: 8 i. Era5 Brintle, born 1899 in TN. She married Robert Tillman Davis. 7. Edward Allison4 Beatty (Samuel3, James2 Beaty, Henry1 Beatty) was born November 18, 1876 in Lewis Co., TN. He married Maggie Gower. Child of Edward Beatty and Maggie Gower is: 9 i. John Samuel5 Beatty, born 1925.