BIO: JOHN S. BEATTIE, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Joe Patterson OCRed by Judy Banja Copyright 2004. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/pa/cumberland/ _____________________________________________________________ >From Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Chicago: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905, pages 485-486 _____________________________________________________________ NOTE: Use this web address to access other bios: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/pa/cumberland/zeamer/ JOHN S. BEATTIE, a retired farmer of Shippensburg, was born in this county, upon a farm three miles east of Shippensburg, in the vicinity of Leesburg, Jan. 1, 1836. James Beattie, his grandfather, was born in Ireland, and soon after coming to the Colonies became a soldier in the Revolutionary war, serving seven years. He married Mary Quigley, born in Cumberland county, on what is known as the 'old Harrisburg pike. James Beattie, son of James and father of John S., was born in Cumberland county, five miles east of Shippensburg, on what is known as the old Beattie homestead, Jan. 26, 1800, and he became one of the prosperous farmers of his section. He was a Presbyterian in religious faith, and an old line Whig politically, until the formation of the Republican party, when he entered its ranks. He married (first) Miss Isabella Clarke, daughter of Robert Clarke, who was three times married, and who reared a large 486 CUMBERLAND COUNTY. family. Mrs. Beattie died in 1843, the mother of eight children, seven sons and one daughter: Robert C., a farmer who died in Ohio; James A., a retired farmer of Shippensburg; William Q., a farmer of Richland county, Ohio; Charles, who died in childhood; John S.; Thomas G., a farmer in Nebraska; Henry C., a retired farmer in Cumberland county; and Mary Q., who died in infancy. For his second wife James Beattie married Rachel Work, of near Mercersburg, who bore him two daughters, Lydia Bell and Mary Jane, both unmarried. John S. Beattie was reared on a farm, and received his education at the district schools, well remembering attending school in a little log building. He remained with his parents until reaching manhood, when at the age of twenty-four years, he married Miss Eleanor Sharp Wallace, of Cumberland county, born Jan. 4, 1836, in Ohio, to which State her parents had moved, the father dying soon thereafter. The mother returned with the family, to Cumberland county, when Mrs. Beattie was six years of age, and she was reared here. Mrs. Beattie is one in a family of six children: Sarah Elder, deceased; Caroline B., widow of William B. Morrow; Mary S., deceased, wife of John Robertson; Elizabeth J., deceased; John McCune; and Eleanor Sharp. After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Beattie settled on the old Beattie homestead, and engaged in farming and stock raising. A few years later, Mr. Beattie purchased a well improved farm of 140 acres in Franklin county, to which he moved, making many improvements upon his property and residing upon it until 1878, when he returned to Cumberland county, and settled at Shippensburg, renting his farm. Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Beattie: James, a salesman at Pittsburg, married Miss Sarah Snyder; Lillie Belle married David Glenn Duncan, a farmer; George Allen, residing in Clarke county, Iowa, married Miss Ida Hogue, of that State; William Wallace McCune, a clerk in a wholesale drug store in New York City, married Miss Bessie N. Lutz, of Shippensburg. In politics Mr. Beattie is a strong Jeffersonian Democrat. Both he and his wife are consistent members of the Presbyterian Church, of which for three years Mr. Beattie was trustee. They are most highly respected people, and have many friends in both Franklin and Cumberland counties.