Margaret J. Beattie

b. 11 April 1822, d. 9 October 1867
FatherDavid Beattie1,2 b. bet 1784 - 1790, d. Nov 1847
MotherNancy Clark1 b. 19 Feb 1787
Birth11 Apr 1822 Margaret J. Beattie was born on 11 Apr 1822.3 
Marriage22 Sep 1842 She married her second cousin James Orr Ryburn, son of Mathew Ryburn and Martha Orr, on 22 Sep 1842.4,5 
22 Sep 1842 She was 20 and he was 22. 
 The date of James and Margaret's marriage is not recorded in the Washington Co. records, but was probably Sept. 22, 1842, which is incorrectly listed in Early Southwest Virginia Families as the date of James's second marriage to Margaret's cousin, Elizabeth Clark. James and Margaret's marriage date is also listed as September 22, 1842 in unsourced Ryburn notes on file at the Historical Society of Washington County and in a manuscript titled Ryburn History authored by Peggie Shugart. 
Cens-18509 Aug 1850 James and Margaret were recorded on the 1850 census living next to his uncle, Beatie Ryburn. James's father, Mathew Ryburn Jr., had died in 1836 and James was most likely living on the land Mathew and Beatie had inherited from Mathew Ryburn Sr. James and Margaret were also providing a home for James's two youngest brothers, Mathew and William, who moved in with them after their mother remarried in 1846. James and Margaret's three children, David 7, Martha 5 and Nancy 3, were also enumerated that year.6 
Cens-18607 Jul 1860  By 1860 James reported that his real estate had risen in value to $10,000. He also listed personal property worth $4,000. This included one 22 year old male slave. James and Margaret were enumerated with five children in 1860: David, Martha, Nancy, William and Isabella. Two other children, Mary Elizabeth and Mathew, were born in the 1850s but died as young children.7,8 
Death9 Oct 1867 Margaret died at age 45 on 9 Oct 1867 in Washington County, Virginia. She suffered from dropsey.9 

Research Comment:

Margaret is listed here as a daughter of David and Nancy Beattie based on an entry in the Washington County death records which identified them as her parents. However, she was not mentioned in David's will and other family records do not include her among David and Nancy's children. She did however name her eldest son David Beattie Ryburn and her second daughter Nancy Clark Ryburn (her eldest daughter was named for her husband's mother).1,2

Family

James Orr Ryburn b. 30 May 1820, d. 12 Jan 1881
Children
ChartsDescendants of James Clark and Isabella Breckenridge
Last Edited1 Dec 2013

Citations

  1. [S12] D.E. Brown, Unfiled Death Records of Washington Co. VA, Entry #2116. Death record lists parents as David and Nancy Beattie.
  2. [S140] "Ryburn History," compiled by P. Shugart, p. 3. Ms Shugart incorrectly states that Margaret was a daughter of John Beattie.
  3. [S29] Leonidas Littleton Papers titled "Ryburn Family."
  4. [S5] Elizabeth Kelly Allison, Early Southwest Virginia Families, p. 104. This source incorrectly lists 22 Sept 1842 as the date of James's marriage to his second wife Elizabeth Armstrong Clark.
  5. [S140] "Ryburn History," compiled by P. Shugart, p. 3.
  6. [S367] Jas Ryburn household, 1850 U.S. Census, Washington Co., VA, pop. sched., 67th District, p. 92 (stamped), dwelling 357, family 357, viewed online at Ancestry.com, May 2003, image 49 of 289. Jas Ryburn, 30, farmer, owns property valued at $4,200; Margaret 27; Mathew 19; William 14; David 7; Martha 5; Nancy 3; all b. VA.
  7. [S234] James O. Ryburn household, 1860 U.S. cens, Washington Co., VA, pop. sched., Western District, p. 454 (added script), dwelling 640, family 625, viewed online at Ancestry.com, June 2003, image 92 of 361. Reported data includes: James O. Ryburn, 40, farmer, owns real estate valued at $10,000, personal property at $4,000; Margaret 38; David 17; Martha 15; Nancy 13; William 3; Isabella 6/12; all b. VA.
  8. [S1308] James O. Ryburn, owner, 1860 U.S. census, Washington Co., Virginia, slave schedule, p. 8 (original script), line 24, viewed online at Ancestry.com.
  9. [S12] D.E. Brown, Unfiled Death Records of Washington Co. VA, Entry #2116.
  10. [S5] Elizabeth Kelly Allison, Early Southwest Virginia Families, p. 102-6.
  11. [S6] Thomas Colley, Washington Co. VA Marriages 1853-1880, p. 178. Transcription reads: Samuel J. Hutton, 28y, sgl, b. & resid WCV, s/o Arthur & Ellen Hutton AND Martha Orr Ryburn, 22y, sgl, b. & resid WCV, d/o James O. & Mgt J. Ryburne; marr 12 Dec. 1867.
  12. [S2205] Jack Hockett, compiler, "Washington County, Virginia and Smyth County Virginia Abstracted Death Records 1912-1915" (unpublished manuscript; microfilm records viewed at the Library of Virginia, Jan. 2009), Mrs. Nancy Ryburn McNew entry (provides mother's maiden name).
  13. [S3] Moore and Stephens, Washington Co., VA Birth and Death Records, p. 126. Mathew Ryburn, b. 21 March 1854 to James O. & Margaret Ryburn.
  14. [S6] Thomas Colley, Washington Co. VA Marriages 1853-1880, p. 318. Transcription reads: William A. Ryburn, 20y, sgl, b. & resid Washington Co., VA, s/o James O. & Mary Ryburn AND Margaret A. McCready, 21y, sgl, b. Smyth Co., res WCV, d/o Joseph & Lucinda; marr: 5 Sept 1877. Note: mother's name should be Margaret, not Mary.
  15. [S3] Moore and Stephens, Washington Co., VA Birth and Death Records, p. 126. Isabella J. Ryburn, b. 10 Dec. 1859, parents: James O. & Margaret Ryburn.