Isabella Holt Beattie1

b. 8 November 1830, d. 21 July 1880
FatherRobert Beattie2 b. circa 1788, d. 11 Nov 1870
MotherPauline White2 b. circa 1801, d. 1 May 1862
Isabella Holt Beattie|b. 8 Nov 1830\nd. 21 Jul 1880|p6299.htm|Robert Beattie|b. circa 1788\nd. 11 Nov 1870||Pauline White|b. circa 1801\nd. 1 May 1862||William Beattie|b. bet 1760 - 1762\nd. 4 Apr 1860|p1976.htm|Mary Allison|b. 1763\nd. 16 Apr 1830|p1977.htm|Richard White|d. 1826|||||
Birth8 Nov 1830 Isabella Holt Beattie was born on 8 Nov 1830.3,4 
Marriage10 Aug 1864 She married Minter Jackson, son of Stephen Pomeroy Jackson and Hannah Bailey, on 10 Aug 1864 in Smyth County, Virginia.5,1 
11 Aug 1864 She was 33 and he was 39. 
 Isabella's 1864 marriage to Minter Jackson created an instant family for the young woman. Minter, widowed in 1856, was the father of a son and daughter who were approximately 13 and 9 when their father remarried. Though Minter was originally from West Virginia, and his children were born there, he had lived in the Smyth County, Virginia area during the Civil War. After his marriage to Isabella the extended family settled in Virginia. 
  Minter was a successful merchant and businessman, owning the Colonnade Hotel in Abingdon (Washington Co., Virginia) from the late 1870s on. He was also the founder and president of the Bank of Marion in Smyth County. It was chartered in Feb. 1874.6,7 
Cens-188018 Jun 1880 By 1880 Isabella's stepchildren were married. She, Minter, and the two children from their own marriage lived in Marion. The family, which included their son Walter and daughter Hannabelle, were recorded in June 1880 residing in a hotel.8 [probably rooms at the Exchange Hotel whose lower floors at one time were used by the bank] 
Death21 Jul 1880 Isabella died on 21 Jul 1880 at age 49.3 
Burial She was buried at Westwood Memorial Gardens in Smyth County, Virginia.3 

Family

Minter Jackson b. 20 Sep 1824, d. 13 May 1907
Children
Last Edited12 May 2011

Citations

  1. [S1198] Virgil Lewis, "Residents of Washington County," in Virginia and Virginians, p. 733.
  2. [S850] Robert Beattie will (1870), Smyth Co., Virginia Will Book 4: 400. The will was dated 2 Sept. 1870 and recorded 21 Nov. 1871 with CW Beattie, James Greever and J.S. Buchanan executors.
  3. [S1037] Mack Sturgill and Kenneth Sturgill, Smyth Co., Virginia Cemeteries, Vol. 3, p. 211. Stone reported to read: Isabella H. Jackson, wife of Minter Jackson, b. 8 Nov. 1830, d. 21 Jul 1880.
  4. [S1526] Jane Jackson Kimble (transcriber), "Jackson Ledger - 1887 by P.A. Jackson", Jackson Family Genealogy (http://www.jacksonfamilygenealogy.com/pages/… : viewed Jul. 2006). Data from p. 52.
  5. [S60] Thomas Hockett and Shelia Steele Hunt, Smyth Co. VA Marriages 1851-1891 & 1860 Census, p. 90. Transcription states: Minter Jackson, 39, widow, b. Harrison Co. VA, living Gilmore Co., VA, s/o Stephen P. & Hannah AND Isabella Beatie, 31, d/o Robert & Poline; marr 10 Aug. 1864.
  6. [S35] Nanci C. King, Places In Time Vol. II, p. 13.
  7. [S2645] "About Us", Bank of Marion (http://bankofmarionva.com/about.htm : viewed Apr 2011).
  8. [S521] Minter Jackson household, 1880 U.S. cens., Smyth Co., Virginia, pop sched., Marion, ED 82, page 52C (stamped), dwelling 371, family 431, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Jan. 05, image 45 of 57. Family is living in what appears to be a hotel run by Jno Da_st. Family enumeration includes: Minter Jackson, 55, marr, occup: general merchandise, b. WV; I. H., wife, 49, marr, "boarding", b. VA; Walter B., son, 15, at school, b. VA, father b. WB, mother VA; Hannabell, dau, 10, at school, b. VA, parents same as bros.
  9. [S1020] Thomas Hockett and Shelia Steele Hunt, Smyth Co. VA Marriages 1892-1905, p. 87. Record reported as: Phipps Miller, 26, b. Hawkins Co. [TN], s/o D.C. & Charlott, teacher & Hannadell Jackson, 22, d/o Minter & Bell [Isabella Beatie], 27 Dec. 1892 by F. F. McFaden.
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