Mary Allison Beattie1
b. March 1816
Father | John Beattie2 b. 3 Dec 1786, d. 1 Mar 1861 |
Mother | Sarah Edmiston b. 30 Jul 1790, d. 23 Dec 1868 |
Birth | Mar 1816 | Mary Allison Beattie was born in Mar 1816 in Kentucky.3 |
Marriage | 16 Mar 1841 | She married Andrew Jackson James, son of Daniel F. James and Eleanor Evans, on 16 Mar 1841 in Pulaski County, Kentucky.4 |
Cens-1850 | 1850 | Mary and Andrew spent the first years of their marriage in the town of Somerset (Pulaski County) where Andrew was a busy young lawyer. By 1850 their family also included 3 children: John, Daniel and Eliza.5 |
Public Serv | 1855 | In 1855 Andrew was elected to represent Pulaski County in the State Legislature.6 |
Cens-1860 | 22 Jul 1860 | In the late 1850s the family moved to the state capital of Frankfurt in Franklin County where Andrew continued to practice law. In 1860 he owned land worth $7,000 and personal property worth $13,000. That year's census enumeration recorded 7 children with Andrew and Mary.7,6 |
Public Serv | At the time Andrew was also serving as Attorney-General of the state of Kentucky, a position he held for four years. In the late 1870s he also served for a year as Secretary of State.6 | |
Cens-1880 | 10 Jun 1880 | The 1880 census enumeration found Andrew and Mary living in Frankfurt with their daughter and son-in-law, Eliza and Chapman Todd.8 |
Widowed | 4 Apr 1883 | Mary was widowed in April 1883 when Andrew died of tuberculosis at the family farm in Fayette County, Kentucky.9 |
Cens-1900 | 5 Jun 1900 | She continued to make her home with family in Frankfurt. At the turn of the century Sarah was enumerated living with her daughter Sarah Chesney, who was also a widow. Their residence was at 220 Ewing Street in Frankfurt, near a bend in the Kentucky River. Sarah's two daughters and brother Campbell also lived with Sarah and Mary. Mary's census entry indicated that she was the mother of 8 children, only 6 of whom were living. This suggests Mary and Andrew had 2 children in addition to those listed below. They probably died young.3 |
Family | Andrew Jackson James b. 14 Jun 1817, d. 4 Apr 1883 | |
Children |
Last Edited | 16 Sep 2013 |
Citations
- [S2464] Kentucky Deaths and Burials 1843-1970, index, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : accessed Jul 2010), John Beattie James entry, 1930, Frankfurt, Franklin Co., Kentucky, FHL film# 1913064.
- [S2445] Pulaski Co., Kentucky Deed Book 20: 139. The deed records the results of a survey conducted 30 Dec. 1862 to divide the land of John Beatie dec'd into 7 parts, after laying off the dower land. Each part was assigned to an heir. The resulting deed was recorded 17 Dec. 1863.
- [S2473] Sarah J. Chesney household, 1900 U.S. cens., Franklin Co., Kentucky, pop. sched., Frankfurt Dist 1, ED 66, sheet 9A (p. 9 stamped), dwelling 148, family 162, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Jul 2010. Household included: Sarah J. Chesney, 56, wid, mother of 2 children, both living, b. Feb. 1844, b. KY/KY/KY; Mary J., dau, 27, sgl, b. Jan. 1873 [last number was overwritten; difficult to tell if it was 1872 or 1873], teacher, b. KY/KY/KY; Letitia, dau, 25, b. Feb. 1875, b. KY/KY/KY; Mary A. James, mother, 84, wid., b. Mar 1816, mother of 10 children, 6 are living, b. KY/VA/VA; Campbell E., brother, 47, sgl, boarder, b. Jul 1852.
- [S2451] Mary Weddle Kaurish, Pulaski County Marriage Records 1798-1851, p. 145.
- [S2441] A.J. James household, 1850 U.S. cens, Pulaski Co., Kentucky, pop. sched., Somerset, dwelling 3, family 3, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Jul 2010. Household included: A.J. James, 33, lawyer; Mary A., 34; Sarah E., 6; John B., 5; Daniel, 3; Eliza, 1; all b. KY.
- [S2467] Biographical Encyclopedia of Kentucky (Cincinnati, Ohio: J.M. Armstrong, 1878).
- [S2463] A.J. James household, 1860 U.S. cens, Franklin Co., Kentucky, pop. sched., Frankfurt District 1, p. 75 (original script), dwelling 513, family 510, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Jul 2010. Household includes: A.J. James, 43, lawyer, owns land worth $7,000 and personal property of $13,000; Mary A., 44; Sarah E., 16; John B., 14; Daniel, 13; Anna E., 11; Clara, 9; Campl E., 8; Samel E. 6; Emma 2; all b. KY.
- [S2465] Andrew J. James household, 1880 U.S. cens, Franklin Co., Kentucky, pop. sched., Frankfurt, ED 7, page 30B, dwelling 228, family 320, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Jul 2010. Household includes: Andrew J. James, 63, lawyer, b. KY/KY/KY; Mary A., 64, wife, b. KY/VA/VA; Samuel E., 26, son, b. KY/KY/KY; Chapman Todd, 30, son-in-law, marr, US Naval officer, b. KY/KY/KY; Eliza J., 28, dau, marr, b. KY/KY/KY.
- [S2472] "History - Secretaries Biographies", Secretary's Desk - Kentucky Secretary of State (http://sos.ky.gov/secdesk/ : July 2010), Entry for Andrew Jackson James, 1871-1872.
- [S775] Ruth Nelms Hooker, Genealogies of Kentucky Families From the Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, Vol A-M.
- [S2464] Kentucky Deaths and Burials 1843-1970, index, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : accessed Jul 2010), Samuel E. James entry, 1911, Frankfurt, Franklin Co., Kentucky, FHL film# 1904667.