James C Beattie, another of Montana's pioneers, died at his home in Riverside Wednesday evening, after a lingering illness, of dropsy. Deceased was a pensioner of the Mexican War. He was born near St. Joseph, Missouri, in 1825 and was therefore 70 years of age at the time of his death.
He came to Montana in the 1860's locating in the Gallatin valley where he engaged in stock-growing. Subsequently he removed his herd to the upper Yellowstone, making his headquarters near the present site of Gardiner (Lamar Valley). During a severe winter of 1876-1877 he lost a large number of cattle and subsequent unprofitable investments reduced him to financial straits so that his chief reliance for several years was a pension of $12 per month recieved on account of service in the war with Mexico.
Deceased had a brother who engaged in banking in California, and a nephew, WJ Beatie, residing in Salt Lake, Utah. The funeral took place at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon from the residence in Riverside, and the body was interred in Mountain View Cemetery.
*Livingston Enterprise December 7, 1895, page 5
**Cemetery Records indicate his name as Beattie, however, on his Pension file he spells his name Beatie, and states he was born in Virginia.
He came to Montana in the 1860's locating in the Gallatin valley where he engaged in stock-growing. Subsequently he removed his herd to the upper Yellowstone, making his headquarters near the present site of Gardiner (Lamar Valley). During a severe winter of 1876-1877 he lost a large number of cattle and subsequent unprofitable investments reduced him to financial straits so that his chief reliance for several years was a pension of $12 per month recieved on account of service in the war with Mexico.
Deceased had a brother who engaged in banking in California, and a nephew, WJ Beatie, residing in Salt Lake, Utah. The funeral took place at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon from the residence in Riverside, and the body was interred in Mountain View Cemetery.
*Livingston Enterprise December 7, 1895, page 5
**Cemetery Records indicate his name as Beattie, however, on his Pension file he spells his name Beatie, and states he was born in Virginia.
James C Beattie, another of Montana's pioneers, died at his home in Riverside Wednesday evening, after a lingering illness, of dropsy. Deceased was a pensioner of the Mexican War. He was born near St. Joseph, Missouri, in 1825 and was therefore 70 years of age at the time of his death.
He came to Montana in the 1860's locating in the Gallatin valley where he engaged in stock-growing. Subsequently he removed his herd to the upper Yellowstone, making his headquarters near the present site of Gardiner (Lamar Valley). During a severe winter of 1876-1877 he lost a large number of cattle and subsequent unprofitable investments reduced him to financial straits so that his chief reliance for several years was a pension of $12 per month recieved on account of service in the war with Mexico.
Deceased had a brother who engaged in banking in California, and a nephew, WJ Beatie, residing in Salt Lake, Utah. The funeral took place at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon from the residence in Riverside, and the body was interred in Mountain View Cemetery.
*Livingston Enterprise December 7, 1895, page 5
**Cemetery Records indicate his name as Beattie, however, on his Pension file he spells his name Beatie, and states he was born in Virginia.
He came to Montana in the 1860's locating in the Gallatin valley where he engaged in stock-growing. Subsequently he removed his herd to the upper Yellowstone, making his headquarters near the present site of Gardiner (Lamar Valley). During a severe winter of 1876-1877 he lost a large number of cattle and subsequent unprofitable investments reduced him to financial straits so that his chief reliance for several years was a pension of $12 per month recieved on account of service in the war with Mexico.
Deceased had a brother who engaged in banking in California, and a nephew, WJ Beatie, residing in Salt Lake, Utah. The funeral took place at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon from the residence in Riverside, and the body was interred in Mountain View Cemetery.
*Livingston Enterprise December 7, 1895, page 5
**Cemetery Records indicate his name as Beattie, however, on his Pension file he spells his name Beatie, and states he was born in Virginia.
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