Mary Elizabeth Beattie1

b. 26 February 1839, d. 1 December 1859
FatherWilliam Beatie1 b. 15 Apr 1804, d. 26 Aug 1873
MotherRhoda White1 b. abt 1805
Birth26 Feb 1839 Mary Elizabeth Beattie was born on 26 Feb 1839 in Missouri.1,2 
Death1 Dec 1859 Mary died of consumption on 1 Dec 1859 at the home of her uncle, Col. Robert Buchanan Edmondson in Washington County, Virginia, at age 20.1,2 
Burial She was buried at Old Glade Spring Cemetery in Washington County, Virginia, where her stone mistakenly identifies her surname as Edmondson. She was buried next to her aunt and uncle, Wm Byars and Elizabeth (Beattie) Byars.1 

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Last Edited17 Sep 2013

Citations

  1. [S2] Catherine McConnell, High On A Windy Hill, p. 179. Stone reported to provide this information: Mary Elizabeth Edmondson, d/o William & Rhoda Edmondson, formerly of Virginia, now of Missouri, 26 Feb. 1839-1 Dec. 1859, age 19y 9m 4d "Died at the house of her Uncle R.B. Edmondson". [Note: Mary's surname, as well as that of her parents, was Beattie, not Edmondson]
  2. [S2268] Research of Tom Colley, Hanceville, Alabama; Mr. Colley cites the 1860 U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedule for Washington Co., Virginia. The entry for Mary E. Beatie states she died in Dec [1859] at age 19 of consumption; b. Missouri.