Samuel Beattie, Deceased. The old pioneer whose name heads this sketch was a native of Washington county, Virginia, where he was reared and educated. He came to Boone county, Missouri, in company with his brother, David, as early as 1818. He was married in this county, May 11, 1820, to Miss Mary Denny, and the young couple made their bridal tour to Garrard county, Kentucky, on horseback, the trip requiring some three weeks. He had settled on Thrall’s Prairie some time in the year 1818. Two sons and three daughters were born to Mr. and Mrs. Beattie, named William N., David F., Sarah A., Mary E., and Elizabeth J. Samuel Beattie was the first constable of Perche township, having been appointed to that office in 1821. He was always a farmer, and the place he settled is now the one occupied by his son, William N. Beattie. It lies one and a half miles north of Columbia court-house. He died in Boone county, January 31, 1831, and is buried by the side of his wife, on the old homestead, she having died September 29, 1836.524