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3. Van Buren Guthrie, who in. a Miss Hinderliter.
4. Abner Guthrie, who also in. a Miss Hinderliter. They live in Falls Creek, Pa.
5. Joseph Guthrie, who d. about 1890.
6. John Guthrie, who in. a Miss Hinderliter. They live in Falls Creek, Pa.
7. Lillie Guthrie, who in. Boyd Reitz. She d. about 1918, survived by her husband and little daughter, Alta Reitz.
Thomas Guthrie (p. 411) married Elizabeth Turner. He died March, 1893.
Children:
1. George Guthrie, who lives in Punxatawny, Pa.
2. Henry Guthrie.
3. Clara Guthrie, who in. Henry Schick. She d. leaving a daughter, an only child.
4. Elizabeth Guthrie, who in. Rev. Milton Kelley.
Children:
(1). John Kelley.
(2). Hershey Kelley.
(3). Ella Kelley.
(4). A son, given name unknown.
5. Katherine Guthrie, who m. Edward Sweets. They had no children.
6. Myrtle Guthrie, who in. a Mr. Meyers.
James C. Guthrie (p. 411) married about 1870, Mary Wolfe, who was born March 31, 1854; died Dec. 5, 1890. He died Aug. 8, 1930.
Children:
1. Samuel P. Guthrie, b. Dec. 20, 1872; in, Bertha Address-La
Jose, Clearfield County, Pa., Route No. 2.
Children:
(1). Udell Guthrie.
2. Elsie L. Guthrie, b. Aug. 22, 1878; in. George Kerr. Address-Mahaffey,
Clearfield County, Pa., Route No. 1.
Children:
(1). Walter Kerr.
(2). Ambrose Kerr.
(3). Frank Kerr.
3. Martha A. Guthrie, b. Aug. 23, 1878; in. James C. Rainey.Address-
Kerrmore, Pa., Route No. 2.
Children:
(1). Bruce Rainey. (5). Ruby Rainey.
(2). Mary Rainey. (6). Elsie Rainey.
(3). Wibert Rainey. (7). Ralph Rainey.
(4). Hazel Rainey. (8). Dorothy Rainey,
4. Mabel L. Guthrie, b. Oct. 22, 1880; in. Harry McMasters. Address-37
Elliott St., Rittman, Ohio. No children.
5. Annie E. Guthrie, b. July 14, 1884; in. Emerson M. MeMasters. Address
-1092 Lane St., Akron, Ohio.
Children:
(1). Alvirda McMasters. (4). Paul McMasters.
(2). Irvin McMasters. (5). Malvin McMasters.
(3). Jessie McMasters.
6. Harry C. Guthrie, b. Sept. 6, 1889; in. Grace L. Selzer. For seventeen years he has been confined to his bed with chronic arthritis. Notwithstanding this terrific handicap, which would have utterly crushed
CAPTAIN WILLIAM 413
a man of weaker spirit, he has built up a successful magazine business. He is known as the "Subscription Specialist" and has an extensive clientelle. Address-9181/2 Pitkins Ave., Akron, Ohio.
Children:
(1). Irene M. Guthrie, b. April 26, 1910; d. Oct. 24, 1910. (2). Ruth L. Guthrie, b. Sept. 3, 1912. ("i). Fiith S. Guthrie, b. Dec. 19, 1915.
Katherine Guthrie (p. 411) married June 9, 1865, John Wolfgang, who was born Jan. 17, 1842. Both died prior to 1922.
Children:
1. James Wolfgang, b. May 23, 1866.
2. George Wolfgang, b. March 16, 1868; d. Nov. 3, 1868.
3. Maneah C. Wolfgang, b. Oct. 16, 1869; d. Nov. 8, 1869.
4. Elizabeth A. Wolfgang, b. Oct. 4, 1870; d. Dec. 4, 1871.
5. Josiah Cambray Wolfgang, b. Jan, 19, 1872.
6. Thomas Wolfgang, b. Jan. 9, 1877.
7. Tillie M. Wolfgang, b. May 2, 1879; d. March 21, 1880.
8. Infant, Wolfgang, b. Jan. 27, 1881; d. Jan. 29, 1881.
9. Evie Jane Wolfgang, b. March 9, 1882; m. Oct. 12, 1904, Reed Brosius, who was b. Dec. 22, 1879.
Children:
(1). Willis Brosius, b. April 30, 1908.
(2). Hazel Brosius, b. Oct. 19, 1918.
10. F. Alice Wolfgang, b. June 13, 1884.
11. Caskins Asa Wolfgang, b. Feb. 24, 1888; lives in Cleveland, Ohio.
William Guthrie (p. 411) married 184-, Harriette Fuller, who was born Nov. 13, 1819; d. Nov. 10, 1899, in Summerville, Pa. William Guthrie died Oct. 14, 1902, in Summerville, Pa.
Children:
1. Lucinda Guthrie, b. Feb. 2, 1845, at Summerville, Pa. (Below)
2. Curtis Elmer Guthrie.
3. Edward Guthrie, who was twice m.; d. July, 1916.
4. Hiram Fuller Guthrie, b. April 25, 1851, at Summerville, Pa., (p. 414).
5. William Guthrie, b. about 1853; m. - -; d. April, 1920, in Summerville, Pa.
Lucinda Guthrie married Jan. 1, 1867, Stewart D. Carrier of Summerville, Pa. The Carriers together with James Guthrie, Sr., were about the first whites to settle in the vicinity of Summerville. They were a very hardy vigorous race and many tales are told of their pioneer exploits.
Lucinda Guthrie Carrier, after an illness of six weeks, died of pneumonia at her residence in Summerville, Pa., March 13, 1922. She was the last one of the children of William Guthrie and Harriette Fuller to pass away. She was a member of the M. E. Church of Summerville.
Children:
Seven children were born to them, the following five of whom survived their mother.
1. A daughter Carrier, who in. H. 0. King of Curwensville, Pa.
2. Eliza Carrier, b. - -, -; m. - King, Summerville, Pa.
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3. Olive Carrier.
4. Ella Carrier.
5. Clara Carrier.
The three last named all of Summerville, unm. at mother's death.
Hiram Fuller Guthrie (p. 413). In 1884 he opened a general store in Summerville which he kept until his death. He was for thirty years Justice of the Peace and was known as "Squire" Guthrie far and near. He married (1) Jan. 16, 1878, Ida Maye Carrier, daughter of Hiram Carrier. She had a sister Hilda married - McBride and brothers H. W. and Phillip P. Carrier, perhaps others. She died in 1892 leaving besides her husband and other relatives a daughter Alice J. Guthrie, who, it appears, died before her father.
Hiram Fuller Guthrie married (2) in 1897, Mrs. Mabel (Simpson) Kennerson. No children were born to this union, but they raised an adopted son. Mr. Guthrie died suddenly of heart disease while at work in his store in Summerville, April 24, 1921, thus lacking but one day of being seventy years of age.
James Guthrie, (p. 411) fourth child and fourth son of James Guthrie and Margaret McRea, married (1) 1840, Dorcas Jones, who was born July 23, 1821; died Jan. 8, 1848. He married (2) Aug. 23, 1850, Susan Alexander, who was born Aug. 8, 1830; died June 3, 1912. James Guthrie died May 28, 1899, in Summerville, Pa.
Children of James Guthrie and Dorcas Jones:
1. John James Guthrie, b. July 1, 1844, in Summerville, Pa. (Below)
2. Leslie Guthrie, b. April 3, 1847, (p. 415).
Children of James Guthrie and Susan Alexander:
1. Perry Carlton Guthrie, b. July 4, 1852, (p. 415).
2. Tillie Guthrie, b. - 1855, (p. 416).
3. Lizzie Guthrie, b. - 1858, (p. 415).
4. Susan Guthrie, b. - 1861, (p. 416).
5. Ada Guthrie, b. - -, 1865; unm.; Address-Summerville, Pa.
6.Annie Guthrie, b. - -, 1868, (p. 416).
John James Guthrie (above) when the Civil War broke out he enlisted in Company B, 2nd Battalion, P. V. I., and served for six months, later enlisting in Company H, Ilth Pennsylvania Cavalry. He was made a corporal and served until the end of the war.
He was carpenter by trade and followed this occupation all his active life in Summerville. He was a member of the Summerville Presbyterian Church and for many years was a ruling elder of the same. He was a charter member and past officer of the Summerville Lodge of the 1. 0. 0. F.
John James Guthrie married (1) Dorcas (or Jane) McLaughlin; (2), Miss Angeline Sowers.
He died at his home in Summerville, Pa., at 8:00 A. M., Tuesday, March 31, 1921, after an illness which had lasted for nine years beginning with a fall in which he sustained a broken leg. He was buried with military honors Saturday April 2, 1921, in the Carrier Cemetery, Summerville, Pa.
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Children of John James Guthrie and Dorcas McLaughlin:
1. Dorcas Guthrie, b. - -, -; m. William King. They live in
New Bethlehem, Pa.
Children of John James Guthrie and Angeline Sowers:
1. Boyd L. Guthrie, b, - -, -; lives in Brookville, Pa.
2. Mary Catherine Guthrie, b. Sept. 9, 1874. (Below)
3. Laura Guthrie, b. m. Armour J. MeGiffin, They live
Pittsburgh, Pa.
4. Ella Guthrie.
Mary Catherine Guthrie married Sept. 24, 1918, Starks 0. Packer, of Summerville, Pa. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church. She died at her home at 3:15 P. M., Friday, April 1, 1921, just a fortnight after her father's death. Her illness of cerebro-spinal meningitis lasted three weeks. No children.
Leslie Guthrie (p. 414) married (1) Harriet Morrison. He mar
ried (2) -. He died May 21, 1922.
Children of Leslie Guthrie and Harriet Morrison.
1. Wade Guthrie.
2. Frank Guthrie.
Perry Carlton Guthrie (p. 414) married July 1, 1875, Mary Ellen
Motter, who was born in Beaver Township, Jefferson County, Pa.
She is the daughter of Daniel Nlotter and Fannie Bailey, natives of
Dauphin County, Pa., and parents of eleven children, seven girls and
four boys. Daniel Motter married (2) four children,
three daughters and one son.
Children of Perry Carlton Guthrie and Mary Ellen Motter, all born at the old home in Summerville, Pa.:
1. Infant, b. June 1, 1876; d. in infancy.
2. Homer Guthrie, b. Nov. 2, 1877; d. Sept. 24, 1891.
3. Willis Guthrie, b. March 8, 1879; m. Belle Wareham. No children.
Address-Leechburg, Pa.
4. James Guthrie, b. Nov. 3, 1883; m. Address-Sapulpa, Okla.
5. Fannie Jane Guthrie, b. Jan. 20, 1886; m.; lives in May Port, Pa.
6. Ross Guthrie, b. May 23, 1889; m. Address-Hinsdale, N. Y.
7. Carlton Guthrie, b. July 24, 1892; m. Address-Massillon, Ohio.
8. Anna Guthrie, b. - -, 189-; d. in infancy.
9. Bess Guthrie, b. March 29, 1899; m. Joseph W. Theetge, Address-Sum-
merville, Pa. Children:
(1). Dolores Guthrie Theetge, b. Dec. 26, 1923.
Tillie Guthrie (p. 414) married July 30, 1877, Henry Davis, ad-
dress, Big Run, Pa.
Children:
1. Susan Davis. 4. Ruth Davis.
2. Elizabeth Davis. 5. Frances Davis.
3. Percy Davis. 6. Flora Davis.
Lizzie Guthrie (p. 414) married Dec. 26, 1889, D. M. Davis, address, Summerville, Pa. No children.
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Susan Guthrie (p. 414) married John Ross. One child, died in infancy, Susan Guthrie Ross, died May, 1919.
Annie Guthrie (p. 414) married Aug. 29, 1889, Albert Garvin; one child Elizabeth Garvin. Annie died Sept. 4, 1922.
Joseph Guthrie, (p. 411) fifth child and fifth son of James Guthrie and Margaret McRea, was born March 31, 1823, in Clarion County, Pa. He married (1) Nov. 10, 1844, Elizabeth Brown, who was born Nov. 11, 1824; died April 6, 1863, in Summerville, Pa. He married (2) Jan. 16, 1866, Mary Jane Patterson-Cathcart, who was born Nov. 14, 1838; died
Joseph Guthrie died Dec. 11, 1907, in Summerville, Pa.
Children, all born in Summerville, Pa.:
1. Nancy A. Guthrie, b. Dec. 26, 1845; m. C. Warnick.
2. Dorcas Guthrie, b. May 9, 1848.
ii. Charles Guthrie, b. March 11, 1850.
4. Henrietta Guthrie, b. May 21, 1851; m. D. M. Hindman.
5. Mary E. Guthrie, b. June 19, 1853; d. when a young lady.
6. William R. Guthrie, b. March 17, 1856. (Below)
7. James C. Guthrie, b. June 19, 1859.
8. Harvey E. Guthrie, b. April 1, 1861.
Children of Joseph Guthrie and Mary Jane Patterson-Cathcart:
1. Carmer Guthrie, b. - -, -; m. Emma Vandevest. They live
at Summerville, Pa.
2. Roland Guthrie, b. m.
3. Elmer Guthrie, b. m. Mary Cathcart. They live in St.
Paul, Minn.
4. John Guthrie, b. m. Elizabeth Simpson.
5. Norman C. Guthrie, b. m. Summerville,
11.1.
6. Jennie Guthrie, b. m. A. A. Muth, Big Run, Pa.
William R. Guthrie, son of Joseph Guthrie and Elizabeth Brown,
married June 18, 1877, Miss C. E. Scott, who wa-. born Nov. 29, 1856, in Summerville, Pa., the daughter of Edwin Scott. She died Oct. 20, 1888. He married (2) Mary A. Bomett, who was born July 29, 1877, at New Brighton, Pa. They live at Hookstown, Washington County, Pa.
Children of William R. Guthrie and C. E. Scott:
1. Calvin C. Guthrie, b. Nov. 29, 1878, at Summerville, Pa.; m. in 1920,
2. Margaret Elizabeth Guthrie, b. Oct. 26, 1880, Summerville, Pa.; m. 1915,
3. Carlos E. Guthrie, b. July 29, 1883, Summerville, Pa.; m.
4. J. Floyd Guthrie, b. April 16, 1887, DuBois, Pa.; m. -
Children of William R. Guthrie and Mary A. Bomett:
1. George R. Guthrie, b. July 17, 1919, Hookstown, Pa.
Elizabeth ("Betsey") Guthrie, (p. 410) third child of Capt. Wil-
liam Guthrie and Elizabeth (Guthrie) Brownlee, was born in 1788.
JAMES OF JOHN 417
She married a Mr. Boles and removed to Ohio. They had five sons and five daughters.
Nancy Guthrie, (p. 410) daughter of Captain William Guthrie and Elizabeth (Guthrie) Brownlee, was born in 1794. She married
Coon. She died March 15, 1826, of consumption, leaving a little daughter Mary Coon, who was born May 1, 1824. She was adopted and raised by her grandmother Guthrie. She married Robert Brown.
Joseph Brownlee Guthrie (p. 410) tenth and youngest child of Captain William Guthrie and Elizabeth (Guthrie) Brownlee, was born Dec. 29,1798; married March 16, 1837, Mary Ann Fleming, who was born April 22, 1811; died March 1, 1883. They lived at Licking, Porter Township, Clarion County, Pa., where he died Sept. 23, 1883.
Children:
1. Sara Everetta Guthrie, b. Jan. 29, 1839; m. James fleiidersoii.
2. William Fleming Guthrie, b. Nov. 5, 1840; m. Jennie Guthrie Beatty, who was b. - -, 1837; d. Feb. 21, 1904. William Fleming Guthrie d. June 16, 1899, in Clarion County.
3. Joseph Brownlee Guthrie, Jr., b. March 25, 1843; d. Jan. 13, 1862, of diphtheria.
4. Elizabeth Ann Guthrie, b. Oct. 16, 1849; d. Jan. 4, 1862, of diphtheria.
JAMEs GUTHRIE, (p. 408) son of John Guthrie and Mary Jane Reed, was born in Londonderry, Ireland, about 1770. He settled in 1796 in what became Armstrong County, being then a part of Westmoreland County, purchasing a farm of three hundred acres from the heirs of William Penn, the receipt given by them being in the hands of William G. Guthrie, a descendant at last account.'
James Guthrie was in active service in the War of 1812 and in later life received a pension. In politics he was a staunch Whig. He was an influential member and a ruling elder of the old Saltsburg Presbyteran Church. He married Jan. 15, 1796, Margaret Dixon (sometimes incorrectly written Dickson). He died Dec. 16, 1848; his wife, April, 1849.
Children, all born at Kiskimintas, Pa.:
1. Jane Guthrie, b. Oct. 9, 1796; m. Joseph Henderson, of Blairsville, Pa.
2. Nancy Guthrie, b. Nov. 15, 1798; m. Samuel Marshall.
Children:
(1). James Marshall.
(2). William Marshall.
(3). Milton Marshall.
(4). Andrew Marshall.
3. Samuel Guthrie, b. March 11, 1801, (p. 418)
4. John Guthrie, b. Sept. 19, 1804.
5. Mary Guthrie, b. Feb. 5, 1806, (p. 419).
6. James Guthrie, b. May 30, 1808; d. in infancy.
7. William Guthrie, b. March 30, 1810, (p. 419).
8. Andrew Dixon Guthrie, b. June 2, 1812, (p. 419).
9. Joseph R. Guthrie, b. July 22, 1816; "when a young man was drowned, both he and his horse."
10. James L. Guthrie, b. March 10, 1819.
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Samuel Guthrie (p. 417) married (1) Hannah Speer, who died Jan. 19, 1846; he married (2) Mary Russell, of Connellsville, Pa. He died in Illinois at the age of about eighty years. He had no children by his second marriage.
Children:
1. William H. Guthrie, b. March 19, 1832. (Below)
2. John Milton Guthrie, b. Dec. 8, 1833. (Below)
3. James S. Guthrie, b. July 15, 1835; d. Oct. 25, 1846; unm.
4. Andrew S. Guthrie, b. June 5, 1836; d. Oct. 24, 1881
William H. Guthrie (above) married Oct. 15, 1869, Jennie Stewart, of Penn Run, Pa. He died in 1923 at his home 815 Leland Ave., Chicago, 111.
Children:
1. Samuel Guthrie. Address-Garden City, Kan.
2. Archie Stewart Guthrie.
3. Clara Guthrie.
4. Jean Guthrie.
5. Anna Guthrie.
John Milton Guthrie (above) married (1) Jennie Wallace, who
died in 1862. He married (2) October, 1864, Annie M. Donaldson,
who was born Feb. 10, 1845; died April 14, 1918. He died Oct.
19, 1918.
Children, first marriage:
1. Speer Wallace Guthrie, b. March 27, 1862, in Kent, Pa. (Below)
Children, second marriage:
1. William Alexander Guthrie, b. Aug. 29, 1865; d. April 4, 1921; unm.
2. Mary Ellen Guthrie, b. Feb. 10, 1870; unm.
3. Murray H. Guthrie, b. May 28, 1872, (p. 419).
4. Clyde G. Guthrie, b. Sept. 20, 1880, (p. 419).
Speer Wallace Guthrie (above) was educated in the public schools of Indiana County, Pa., and continued his studies for two years in Fayette College. He married Aug. 27, 1885, Abbie Alden Wilson, who was born Nov. 23, 1863, in Indiana, Pa. Mr. Guthrie is a well known business man of that place.
Children, the eldest was born in Homer City, Pa.; the others in Indiana, Pa.:
1. John Milton Guthrie, b. June 11, 1887; m. June, 1911, Claire Riley. They
live in Phillipsburg, N. J.
Children:
(1). Margaret Guthrie, b. in 1914.
(2). John Riley Guthrie, b. Dec. 29, 1921.
(3). Carolyn Guthrie, b. April, 1925.
2. Carolyn Guthrie, b. Aug. 2, 1892; m. June 6, 1926, Edwin Fox Elberts.
They live at 5402 Wilkins Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa.
Children:
(1). Edwin Fox Elberts, Jr., b. March, 1927. (2). Carolyn May Elberts, b. July 2, 1928.
JAMES OF JOHN 419
3. Speer Wilson Guthrie, b. June 19, 1897; m. June 9, 1926, Hazel Smith, of Du Bois, Pa. They have no children.
4. Wallace Donaldson Guthrie, b. July 26, 1900.
5. Abigail Alden Guthrie, b. Nov. 1, 1902.
Murray H. Guthrie (p. 418) married Sept. 17, 1902, Mary Mackay, of Chambersburg, who was born in Path Valley, Franklin County, Pa. They lived in Indiana, Pa., where she died March 15, 1910.
Children:
1. William Mackay Guthrie, b. Aug. 9, 1903.
2. John Milton Guthrie, b. April 15, 1908 .121
Clyde G. Guthrie (p. 418) is a practicing physician of Cincinnati, Ohio. He married June, 1920, Isabel Hill.
Children:
1. Anna Donaldson Guthrie, b. Sept. 22, 1922.
2. Isabel Burns Guthrie, b. April 6, 1924.
3. William Alexander Guthrie, b. Sept. 8, 1925.
Mary Guthrie (p. 417) married Abraham Dally.
Children:
1. Charles Dally. 4. William Dally.
2. Samuel Dally. 5. Martha Dally.
3. Guthrie Dally.
William Guthrie (p. 417) married (1) Margaret Chambers; married (2) Eliza M. Robinson.
Children of William Guthrie and Margaret Chambers:
1. Jane Guthrie. 4. Margaret M. Guthrie.
2. James Guthrie. 5. Malissa C. Guthrie.
3. Dixon Guthrie. 6. W. Chambers Guthrie.
Children of William Guthrie and Eliza M. Robinson:
1. Eva L. Guthrie. (Below)
2. Sara 0. Guthrie, twin to Eva L. (Below)
Eva L. Guthrie (above) married a Mr. Robinson, who died February, 1921. They had an only child, a daughter, who married and lives in Blairsville, Pa.
Sara 0. Guthrie (above) married They live in
Kahoka, Mo.
Andrew Dixon Guthrie (p. 417) lived on the old homestead of his father. He was an energetic, hard-working farmer and added many improvements to the farm. In politics he was a Republican but never held any political office. He died Sept. 24, 1860, at the age of forty-eight years and is buried in the cemetery of Beulah Church, near his home. He married about 1842, Margaret Cummins, who was born May 12, 1813; died in 180i.
She was the daughter of William Cummins a native of the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, who came to Indiana County, Pa., where he purchased a farm near Two Lick. A little later he sold this and
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moved to Crooked Creek. He was a very successful stock dealer
and at the time of his death he owned nearly a thousand acres of
land. He was an old time Whig in politics and a Presbyterian in
church affiliation. He married Margaret Todd.
Children of William Cummins and Margaret Todd:
1. David Cummins. 7. Mary Cummins.
2. Susan Cummins. 8. William Cummins.
3. Samuel Cummins. 9. Joseph Cummins.
4. Jane Cummins. 10. Margaret Cummins.
5. Ellen Cummins. 11. John Cummins.
6. Elizabeth Cummins.
William Cummins, Sr., died in 1833.
Children of Andrew Dixon Guthrie and Margaret Cummins:
1. and 2. Twins, b. Sept. 5, 1844.
3. Margaret J. Guthrie, b. Aug. 28, 1845.
4. John A. Guthrie, b. Dec. 16, 1846.
5. William Cummins Guthrie, b. Dec. 16, 1848. (Below)
William Cummins Guthrie, youngest child of Andrew Dixon Guthrie and Margaret Cummins, was educated in the public schools of Kiskimintas Township and Elder's Ridge Academy. After leaving school he engaged in farming for seven years and then became a contractor in the charcoal business at Apollo, Pa. Later he became interested in the natural gas business and ]eased a large amount of land for the Pine Run Gas Company. He owned the farm on which his father lived and had the receipt given for the purchase money by the Penn Heirs to his grandfather, James Guthrie.
In 1864 he enlisted in a militia regiment of 100 day men and marched to the relief of Chambersburg, Pa., when it was burned by the Confederates under McCausland in July, 1864. He was discharged from the service November, 1864.
William Cummins Guthrie was a Republican in politics and served
as public School director for seven years . He was a member of the
Boiling Springs Presbyterian Church. He was a Knight Templar in
the Masonic Fraternity. He died Feb. 7, 1907. He married Dec. 5,
1878, Margaret McAdo, who was born July 17, 1848; died Oct. 6,
1921. She was the daughter of William McAdo, of Kiskimintas
Towns * hip.
Children:
1. John Andrew Guthrie, b. Aug. 25, 1879; single; lives in Avonmore, Pa.
2. Nancy T. Guthrie, b. April 11, 1881.
3. Margaret J. Guthrie, b. Jan. 15, 1884.
4. William J. Guthrie, b. Sept. 19, 1885. (Below)
William J. Guthrie, son of William Cummins Guthrie and Mar-
garet McAdo, married Myrna Townsend.
Children:
1. Helen Guthrie.
2. William Guthrie.
3. John Guthrie.
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Nancy Guthrie, (p. 408) daughter of John Guthrie and Mary Jane Reed, married in Westmoreland County, Pa., James Porterfield. She was the last surviving child of the above and was living among her children in 1853.
Children:
1. Jennie Porterfield, who in. a Mr. Kinkaid.
2. John Porterfield, who in. (1) a Miss McKee; (2) Elizabeth Thompson.
3. Samuel Porterfleld, who in. (1) Nancy Davis; (2) - Heiner.
4. Sarah Porterfleld, who in. James Cowan.
5. James Porterfield, who in. a Miss McClatchey.
6. William Porterfield, who in. (1) a Miss Cowan; (2) Leanna Parker.
7. Nancy Porterfield, who in. James Kinkaid.
8. David Porterfield.
William Guthrie, (P. 408) youngest child of John Guthrie and Mary Jane Reed, bought the interests of the other heirs in his fathers homestead and lived on it all his life. He married (1) in 1803 Agnes Dixon, sister of Margaret, who married his brother James, (see p. 663). Agnes died about 1806. He married (2) in 1808, Mary Hill. The old stone house in which they lived on Beaver Run, Westmoreland County, Pa., is still standing.
Children of William Guthrie and Agnes Dixon:
1. John Guthrie, b. Dec. 12, 1803.
2. Samuel Dixon Guthrie, b. March 5, 1805; never in.; lived his entire life on the old homestead.
3. James Guthrie, b. Sept. 20, 1806. (Below)
Children of William Guthrie and Mary Hill:
1. Nancy Guthrie, b. Nov. 1, 1809, (p. 423).
2. Martha Hill Guthrie, b. Aug. 7, 1811; in. John B. Chambers.
3. Jane Guthrie, b. Sept. 1, 1813; d. in infancy.
4. Elizabeth Guthrie, b. April 3, 1816.
5. Mary Guthrie, b. Nov. 24, 1818; in. James McQuaid.
6. Jane H. Guthrie, b. Dec. 20, 1823, (p. 423).
7. Sarah Guthrie, b. Aug. 10, 1826, (1). 423).
James Guthrie (above) when a young man located at Apollo, Pa., in early times known as "Warren's Sleeping Ground." He purchased a nearby farm upon a part of which a portion of Apollo stands today. He engaged in a number of business enterprises and was very successful in his adventures. He was a heavy stockholder in the old Warren Bridge; was a strong Whig and one of the founders of the Apollo Methodist Episcopal Church. He married (1) Sara Beatty, daughter of John Beatty and Jane Guthrie, (see the Beattys, Allied Families). He married (2) Margaret (Beatty) Hall, a sister to Sara. No children by the second marriage. He died in Apollo, Pa., in 1883.
Children:
1. John Beatty Guthrie, b. in 1835, at Apollo, Pa.
John Beatty Guthrie received a very good education, studied law and was admitted to the bar of Armstrong County, Pa., in 1857. He
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took up the practice of his profession in his home town. At the beginning of the Civil War, he raised a company of volunteers in Armstrong County and served his country faithfully as their captain. After the war he resumed the practice of his profession, but with greatly impaired health. He spent several winters in the South and made an extended trip through the west for the benefit of his health but experienced little relief.
"Shortly after General Hartrauft's inauguration as Governor of Pennsylvania, Captain Guthrie became a clerk in the Surveyor General's Office and served as such for two years. Through the summer of 1876 he failed gradually, and during the Autumn days (Sept. 21st) passed peacefully away into the Great Beyond."
"He was a Republican, a Free Mason and one of the charter members of the Masonic Lodge of Apollo. He had been for many years a prominent and devoted member of the M. E. Church, of whose Sunday School he had been superintendent for several years. He was an exemplary Christian, a kind friend to those in distress and a conscientious man in all that he did. As a citizen, as a lawyer and as a man, none stood higher in his section of Armstrong County than did Captain John B. Guthrie."
He married Mary Jane Freetly, daughter of Jacob Freetly.
Children, both born at Apollo, Pa.:
1. Walter James Guthrie, b. Sept. 9, 1863. (Below)
2. Lauretta Amelia Guthrie, unm.; lives in Apollo, Pa.
Walter James Guthrie began his education in the public schools of Apollo, afterwards attended Blairsville Academy and in 1880 entered Allegheny College, of Meadville, Pa., from which he graduated in 1884. He then entered the office of Joshua Reynolds and commenced the study of law and completed his reading of law under his grandfather, Jacob Freetly, of Apollo. During two years of this time and for a number of years afterward he was the editor of the Apollo Herald. He was admitted to the bar of Armstrong County in 1887 and immediately thereafter began the practice of his profession in Apollo. On April 1, 1890, he entered a law partnership under the firm name of Freetly and Guthrie. Later he removed to Pittsburgh, Pa., where he is one of the outstanding corporation lawyers of western Pennsylvania and a man of large financial interests. He is a Republican in politics and prominent in the Masonic fraternity of Pittsburgh. He married Isabella S. Giles.
Children:
1. Laura Jean Guthrie.
2. Giles Douglas Guthrie, twin to Laura Jean.
3. Margaret Ruth Guthrie.
4. Walter James Guthrie.
5. Richard Giles Guthrie, twin to Walter James.
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Nancy Guthrie (p. 421) married David McConnell. Children:
1. Martha McConnell, who d. unm.
2. Margaret McConnell, who m. a Mr. Steele.
3. Mary Jane McConnell, who d. unm.
4. Agnes McConnell, who d. unm.
5. Samantha McConnell.
6. William McConnell.
7. Samuel McConnell.
Jane H. Guthrie (p. 421) married Archie McQuaid, a brother of James, who married her sister Mary. Archie purchased the interests of the other heirs of William Guthrie in the old homestead and they lived on it all their lives. Her brother Samuel Dixon Guthrie making his home with them.
Children:
1. William McQuaid.
2. James McQuaid.
3. Agnes McQuaid, who after the death of her parents kept house for her brother Samuel and half uncle, Samuel Dixon Guthrie.
4. Simuel McQuaid, who, after the death of his parents, became the owner of the old Guthrie homestead and was the last of the descendants to own it.
Sarah Guthrie (p. 421) married a Mr. Kelly. Children:
1. Mary Kelly, who m. a Mr. Brenner.
2. Belle Kelly, who m. a Mr. Waltour and lives in Sharpsburg, Pa.
3. Tillie Kelly, unm.; lived with Mrs. Waltour.
4. William Kelly.
JAMES GUTHRIE
James Guthrie of Bucks County, Pa., (p. 384) came to America before the Revolutionary War and fought for American independence in it. He was a brave soldier. It is said that he was one of four brothers who came to America, that they kept together for a time after which they became separated and lost track of one another. James married Nancy Waite, who was of English parentage. They had a son, William Guthrie, who was born Dec. 3, 1787, in Bucks County, Pa.
WILLIAM GUTHRIE was a soldier in the War of 1812. He married Mary Congill. They had a son John Crawford Guthrie, who was born March 2, 1829, in Warren County, Ohio.
John Crawford Guthrie married April 21, 1851, Martha Hunter, who was born April 26, 1834, in Warren County, Ohio; died Dec. 19, 1901. He died Jan. 9, 1904.
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Children:
1. Annis Guthrie.
2. Harold Guthrie.
3. Belle Guthrie.
4. Demas Guthrie.
5. Frank Thomas Guthrie, b. May 19, 1862, in Warren County, Ohio. (Below)
6. Mary Guthrie.
7. Olive Guthrie.
8. Clemmie Guthrie.
9. Lucy Guthrie.
10. Grace Guthrie.
Frank Thomas Guthrie married May 30, 1901, Susia Polk Wilson, who was born Oct. 1, 1872, at Greenwood, Ind. She is a daughter of Dalton Wilson, who was born May 2, 1844, in Johnson County, Ind. He married Oct. 25, 1870, Elizabeth Francis Polk, who was born June 16, 1847, on a plantation in Bullitt County, Ky., daughter of William Polk, born in 1805; married Sarah Shoptaugh, both of Nelson County, Ky. Elizabeth F. Polk Wilson died May 25, 1908. Dalton Wilson died in 1924. Children: Susie Polk Wilson, (above); Burr L. Wilson, deceased; Clifton H. Wilson, deceased; Bessie Dean Wilson, deceased; and Hal. W. Wilson. All were born at Greenwood, Ind.
Frank Thomas Guthrie died Aug. 16, 1919, survived by his widow and leaving an only child-John D. Guthrie, who was born March 19, 1903, in Detroit, Mich. He is unmarried; lives with his mother at 58 Douglas Ave., Yonkers, N. Y.
JOHN GUTHRIE OF NORTH CAROLINA
It is said by a descendant that John Guthrie (p. 384) and his brother came to this country from Scotland. John settled in North Carolina, his brother in Kentucky. John served in the Colonial Army during the Revolutionary War. He married Frances Wilbern and had a son Samuel. No other children are mentioned.
Samuel Guthrie married Jane Kinningham, daughter of John Kinningham and Mary Reins. Samuel had a son John Wilbern Guthrie. No other children are mentioned.
John Wilbern was born in North Carolina about the year 1790. He was a physician in the United States Armv. He married Mary Elizabeth MacDaniel. They lived at Washing~on, N. C. She was a daughter of William MacDaniel and Mary Hare, his wife. William MacDaniel was a son of William Tennant MacDaniel, who married Mary Ann Curry. John Wilbern Guthrie had a son John Julius Guthrie. No other children are mentioned.
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John Julius Guthrie was born in Washington, N. C., in 1814. He was appointed a Cadet to West Point in 1833 but after one year's instruction at that famous school he received an appointment in the Navy, which he entered as a Midshipman in 1834. He was ordered to the Sloop-of-War, John Adams, bound for the Mediterranean, where that ship was to join the squadron under command of Commodore Patterson. While abroad, Midshipman Guthrie traveled with the Commodore's family through a great part of Europe and a tour of the Holy Land. On his return from Europe, he was ordered (in 1838) to the frigate Columbia, due to sail from Norfolk, Va., for China. After three years he returned to the U. S. and passed his examinations with credit. He was appointed a lieutenant of the U. S. Navy, in 1842. Afterwards he served in the Pennsylvania (receiving ship), steamers, Poinsett and Macedonian, Sloop-of-WarWarren, steamers Huron and On-ka-hye. From the latter he was transferred in 1845 to the Flirt and sailed for the Gulf of Mexico, where he served through the Mexican War, his vessel performing varied and arduous services as a member of the squadron blockading Vera Cruz. At the end of the war he returned to the United States and after a short term of service at home was ordered to the frigate Brandywine, bound for Brazil. He spent several years in the service in South American waters. In 1853 he was ordered to report for duty at the Naval Observatory under Matthew Fontaine Maury (see p. 201) and spent two years in the full enjoyment of the confidence and affection of that great man. When detached from the observatory he reported to Captain Biglow, on board the Levant, under orders for the East Indias. While on this tour of duty he made his second visit to the coast of China and under conditions far more exciting than the first. The Anglo-French War with China was on and at the Barrier Forts on the Canton River the infuriated Celestials had wantonly fired upon the American flag. Having refused reparation for this outrage the Americans landed two forces of seamen and marines under a very heavy fire from the Chinese forts. Lieutenant Guthrie commanding one of these led his men up the beach and after a fierce struggle with the Chinese pulled down their flag with his own hands.
Early in April, 1858, he arrived at Boston in the Levant and was granted the customary three months leave, during which time he presented the flag captured at the Barrier Forts to his native State, which had voted him a sword of honor for his conspicuous gallantry on that occasion.
Following the thread of his eventful life, we find him presently on board the Sloop-of-War Saratoga, under Commander Alfred Taylor, under orders from Philadelphia for Africa. While crusing along that desolate and torrid coast intelligence came of a large ship lying in the Congo River freighted with nine hundred Africans destined for slavery. Her captain was a notoriously daring man, who was resolved never to be captured. An expedition was at once fitted out
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against this enemy of humanity, with Lieutenant Guthrie in command. In this desperate enterprise he was successful, liberating the slaves in Liberia and bringing the slaver Nightengale to the United States as a prize. He reached New York in July, 1861, only to find the Republic embroiled in awful civil strife. Here he met his old friend, Captain, afterwards Admiral Foote, who said to him, "Guthrie, I hope you will remain in the Service." To which he made a characteristic reply-"I shall do that which my conscience enjoins me, as I understand my duty ... .. I know you will," was Foote's reply and this was all that was said between these brave seamen and life!ong friends on the momentous topic. Lieuterant Guthrie conceived it to be his duty to resign from the United States Navy and to offer his services to the Confederate States Navy. He served as a commander in it with honor when he might have amassed a fortune with a Liverpool firm as commander of a blockade runner. After the war his lot was a hard one but he bore it like a hero. Better than that, he bore it like a good Christian, for he was a devout and pious man. He was as modest as he was brave and his courtesy was the offspring of his genuine benevolence. He was a scholar, having
patiently built upon the limited classical education of his youth from the wide experiences of his life and by careful study a structure of learning which surprised and delighted his friends. He was a remarkable linguist and his mind a storehouse of copious information.
In 1875, John Julius Guthrie was appointed Paymaster and Superintendent of the Life Saving Stations along the Atlantic Coast and in this capacity he met a seaman's fate on the storm-vexed coast of North Carolina, in the Autumn of 1877, when, impelled by his customary high conviction of duty, he attempted to save the lives of the crew of the ill-fated U. S. S. Huron. By a strange fatality this wreck was near the spot where his maternal grandfather Captain William MacDaniel perished many years before while attempting to return from Cuba.
He married in 1840 Miss Louise Sarah Spratley, of Portsmouth, Va. She was a descendant of the Compte de Dejon.
Children:
1. Joseph Alfred Guthrie. (Below) 2. Annette C. Guthrie, unm.
Others, if any, are unknown.
Joseph Alfred Guthrie was appointed May, 1883, to the U. S. Naval Academy by President Arthur, a friend of his father's. He resigned a year later and studied civil engineering at Philadelphia. He entered the University of Virginia in 1887, took a course in chemistry and then one in medicine from which he graduated in 1890. He took post graduate and clinical courses until 1891 when he was commissioned Assistant Surgeon in the United States Navy, from which he rose to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander, Medical Corp,
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United States Navy. He is a member of various professional organizations, patriotic societies, orders and clubs. He lives in Portsmouth, Va.
JAMES GUTHRIE OF NORTH CAROLINA
According to a tradition among descendants, James Guthrie (p. 384) came from the North of Ireland sometime in the seventeen hundreds, and that he had seven sons. One of these, John Nelson Guthrie settled near Lincoln, North Carolina. He was according to tradition a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He married Kate and had several children, among whom were:
1. James Madison Guthrie, b. about 1812, in North Carolina. (Below).
2. Thomas Madison Guthrie, b. in 1814, in North Carolina. (Below)
JAMES MADISON GUTHRIE (above) married and moved to the State of Mississippi, settling at Ripley, where his children were born.
Children:
1. John A. Guthrie, b. Dec. 3, 1847; moved to Paris, Texas, in 1871. He
m. (1) - -. After her death, he moved in 1905, to Lawton,
Okla., where he opened a monument shop. He m. (2) September, 1910,
Anna Stephenson. He d. Sept. 24, 1923, at his home in Lawton, Okla.
Children, flrst mari,iage, all b. at Paris, Texas:
(1). Charles P. Guthrie, who lives in Fort Worth, Texas. (2). Luther H. Guthrie, who lives at Brownwood, Texas.
(3). Minnie Guthrie, who m. a Mr. Blair and lives in Brownwood, Texas.
(4). Laura Guthrie, who m. a Mr. Bencini and lives in Brownwood, Texas.
Children, second marriage:
(1). Anna Alberta Guthrie, b. in 1918, in Lawton, Okla.
2. James 0. Guthrie, who was a minister of the M. E. Church South. Address-Weatherford, Texas.
3. Agnes Guthrie, who m. a Mr. Bonner and had several daughters. The family moved from Texas to Lawton, Okla., in 1901. Mrs. Bonner lived later in Turlock, Calif.
4. A. S. Guthrie, who lives in Paris, Texas.
THOMAS MADISON GUTHRIE (above) married in North Carolina, Miss M. E. Proctor. They moved to Tippah County, Miss., where their children were born and where Mrs. Guthrie died in 1863. He died in 1897.
Children:
1.Thomas Madison Guthrie, Jr., b. in 1843; m. in 1867, Mary E. Hines,
who was b. in 1848, in Hardin County, Tenn. They moved to Texas
in 1871 and lived near Paris.
Children:
(1). May Guthrie.
(2). J. K. Guthrie.
(3). M. W. Guthrie.
(4). Ella Guthrie.
(5). M. H. Guthrie.
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2. Mary Guthrie.
3. Fannie Guthrie.
4. Minerva Guthrie.
5. M. J. Guthrie.
6. Martha Guthrie.
7. R. P. Guthrie.
8. Kate Guthrie.
9. Nancy Guthrie.
GARNER GUTHRIE
Garner Guthrie, (p. 384) according to tradition of descendants, was related to the Rev. James Guthrie, of Stirling, Scotland, who was put to death by order of the Crown, June 1, 1661. He came, from Ireland to America and settled in Virginia, where his son Charles and his presumptive son Nathaniel Guthrie served in the Revolutionary War.
At the close of that war Charles Guthrie is found a resident of Halifax County, Va. He was a Whig in politics and a Presbyterian in church affiliation. He removed to Kentucky with some of his children in 1830 and died soon afterward.
Children:
1. John Guthrie.
2. Vincent Guthrie. (Below)
3. Patrick Guthrie.
4. Jesse Guthrie.
5. Erby Guthrie.
Others, names unknown, of whom, presumably, Harrison Guthrie, (p. 430) was one.
Vincent Guthrie was born in Virginia and was a soldier in the War of 1812. He moved to Kentucky with his father in 1830. He married Sarah Stowe, who was born in Virginia. They were the parents of fifteen children, ten of whom lived to be grown. Of these ten, five were sons, five daughters. When the Civil War broke out, Vincent with three of his sons joined the Confederate Army, while the other two sons joined the Union Army. One of these served four years in it and died in Illinois. The names of but two of these are known.
1. John James Guthrie. (Below)
2. Asa Guthrie, (p. 429).
John James Guthrie was born Dec. 27, 1821, in Virginia, married Feb. 6,1848, Nancy Crisman Jones, who was born Nov. 6, 1824; died Feb. 2, 1906, in Christian County, Ky. John James Guthrie died at his home near Cerulean Springs, Trigg County, Ky., Nov. 21, 1914.
Children, all born at Bainbridge, later called Sinking Fork, near Cerulean, Ky.:
1. Sarah E. Guthrie, b. December, 1848; m. N. A. Morgqn; lived at Blackford, Ky., where she d. about 1900, leaving five children.
2. Moses A. Guthrie, b. in 1849; m. - --; d. about 1918, at Cambria, 111. No children.
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3. Charles J. Guthrie, b. in 1852; m. d. in 1896, at Canadian,
Texas, leaving foui- cliiltfi~(~ii.
4. Frances A. Guthrie, b. in 1854; m. Charles A. Warren. They live at Cerulean, Ky.
5. Susan J. Guthrie, b. in 1856; m. Eugene Thomas Aldrige. They live at Cerulean, Ky., and are the parents of seven children.
6. Mary Catherine Guthrie, b. in 1858; m. Richard H. Talley. She d. at Hopkinsville, Ky., in 1904, leaving three children.
7. Louisa Mildred Guthrie, b. in 1862; m. James Spurlin Keys. She d. in 1900, in Cobb County, Ky., leaving four children.
8. Louis P. Guthrie, b. Feb. 14, 1863; m. - -; they live in Indianapolis, Ind., where a daughter is assistant librarian in the Indiana State Library.
9. Lucian IVallace Guthrie, b. May 14, 1870; m. April 21, 1909, Mary Eliiiiii.i Wood, who was b. Sept. 15, 1873, at Sinking Fork, Ky. The Wood family migrated to Kentucky from North Carolina, about 1830. Lucian Wallace Guthrie and family live in Hopkinsville, Ky.
Children:
(1). Mary Ethel Guthrie, b. Oct. 22, 1915.
Asa ("Acie") Guthrie (p. 428) married Eliza Jane Turner. Children:
1. Jefferson Guthrie.
2. Robert Vincent Guthrie, b. Dec. 21, 1857. (Below)
3. John Guthrie.
4. Ross Guthrie.
5. James Guthrie.
6. William Guthrie.
7. Alice Guthrie.
8. Lucie Guthrie.
9. Lee Guthrie.
Robert Vincent Guthrie (above) married Nov. 21, 1877, at Cerulean Spring, Ky., Lucy Bell Dyer, who was born Feb. 7, 1861. He died July 21, 1922, in the sixty-sixth year of his age. He was a highly esteemed and a valuable citizen.of Trigg County. He was noted for his high sense of honor and his integrity. He was a lifelong Christian, a devoted member of the Baptist Church. He was a fariner.
Children, all born near Cerulean, Ky.:
1. Cleloii F. Guthrie, b. June 24, 1879.
2. Beulah G. Guthrie, b. April 27, 1881; d. young.
3. Hermione Hille Guthrie, b. June 8, 1882; m. in 1918, William Robert Randolph, who was b. Aug. 4, 1868, in Trigg County, Ky. The Randolphs claim descent from the Indian maid, Pocahontas.
Children:
(1). William Robert Randolph, Jr., b. March 29, 1919. (2). Louise Randolph, b. Nov. 11, 1920.
4. Ollie Ray Guthrie, b. April 4, 1885; m. Robert Lee Rickman, who was b. Sept. 12, 1880, in Christian County, Ky. They live in Garden City, Kan.
Children:
(1). Robert Lee Rickman, Jr., b. March 30, 1905. (2). Thelma May Rickman, b. Aug. 29, 1906. (3). Frank Kenneth Rickman, b. July 12, 1908.
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(4). William R. Rickman, b. Oct. 8, 1910.
(5). Bernice Elizabeth Rickman, b. Nov. 13, 1920.
(6). Philip Clinton Rickman, b. March 23, 1923.
5. Verna B. Guthrie, b. July 23, 1888.
6. Nora E. Guthrie, b. June 5, 1891; m. Dec. 20, 1910, Clarence Moorefield,
who was b. Sept. 7, 1888, in Christian County, Ky. The Mooreficids
moved from Virginia to Kentucky, in 1852. Clarence Moorefleld and
family live at Herndon, Ky.
Children, all b. in Christian County, Ky.:
(1). Robert Moorefield, b. Oct. 7, 1912.
(2). Josephine Moorefield, b. July 18, 1914.
(3). Hazel Moorefield, b. Dec. 11, 1916.
7. Robert W. Guthrie, b. July 25, 1893.
8. Asa T. Guthrie, b. June 27, 1896; deceased.
9. Almond Bryan Guthrie, b. Dec. 27, 1897.
10. Lucy B. Guthrie, b. June 27, 1900.
Harrison Guthrie (p. 428) married Miss Polly Tarian, in Halifax County, Va. It appears that they moved to Kentucky about 1830. He died in 1831.
Children:
1. Harrison Guthrie, b. May 8, 1831, at Pee Dee, Christian County, Ky. (Below)
Polly Tarian Guthrie married (2), a Mr. Gee. Children:
1. George Gee.
2. Harriet Gee.
3. Mattle Gee.
Harrison Guthrie (above) married in 1860, Miss Tempee Southall, who was born May 25, 1834, in South Carolina. The Southalls were Scotch Irish and removed from South Carolina to Kentucky in 1847. Tempee was one of seven children, the others being-Henry, Lucy, James, John, Sallie, and Bettie. Harrison Guthrie lived at Pee Dee, Ky.
Children, all born at Pee Dee, Ky.:
1. Deale Guthrie, b. and d. in 1861.
2. Allie Guthrie, b. May, 1862; d. in 1878.
3.Rebecca Guthrie, b. July 25, 1864; m. in 1883, James Cardin.
Children:
(1). Corinne Cardin.
(2). Earl Cardin.
4. Edward Guthrie, b. Feb. 20, 1866; m. in 1894, Fanny Berry.
Children:
(1). Joseph Guthrie.
(2). Hallie Guthrie, who m. Otis James. They live in Gracia, Ky.
(3). James Guthrie.
5.Margaret Reeves Guthrie, b. June 20, 1869; m. in 1891, Quint C. Ingram.
They live at Guthrie, Ky.
Children:
(1). Esther Ingram, m. in 1913, Charles Erskine, of Indiana. One
child-Ernestine Erskine.
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(2). Quint Ingram, Jr., m. Gladys Simpson, of Pennsylvania. (3). Margaret Ingram. (4). James Malcolm Ingram.
6. James Malcolm Guthrie, b. Aug. 13, 1873; unm. Lives in Hopkinsville, Ky.
JAMES GUTHRIE OF MARYLAND
James Guthrie, (P. 384) immigrant from Ireland between 1765 and 1770, settled in Maryland, whence he moved to North Carolina before the Revolutionary War. Descendants are unable to give positive information as to his service in that war, though it is believed that he was a soldier in it. He settled near Hillsboro, county seat of Orange County.
Children of James Guthrie:
1. James Guthrie, b. about 1765 in Ireland. (Below)
2. Robert Guthrie, (p. 432).
Ilrobal)ly other sons.
Six or seven daughters whose names are not known.
JAMES GUTHRIE (above) married Jane Smith a younger sister of Mary Smith who married Robert Guthrie, his brother. They removed to Sumner County, Tenn.
Children:
1. A son who served in the 1812 war and d. in the hospital.
2. Robert Guthrie. (Below)
3. Joseph Guthrie, (p. 432).
4. William H. Guthrie, (p. 432).
5. Andrew H. Guthrie, (p. 432).
6. Euiiiee Guthrie, (p. 432).
7. Martha Guthrie, (p. 432).
8. Lorena Guthrie, (p. 432).
ROBERT GUTHRIE (above) was born in the northwestern part of Sumner County, Tenn., and he spent his life in that county. He married Acenith Motheral, who was reared near the Cumberland River in Wilson County, Tenn. He located -on a farm on Dry Fork near Dry Fork Church and Meeting Ground.
Children:
1. James Irvin Guthrie. (Below) 4. Henry Guthrie, (p. 432).
2. William Porter Guthrie. (Below) 5. Sallie Guthrie, (p. 432).
3. Allen Guthrie, (p. 432). 6. Mary Ann Guthrie, (p. 432).
James Irvin Guthrie was born and died in Sumner County, Tenn. He married Elizabeth Guthrie, daughter of Robert Wesley Guthrie, (see p. 437). Three children survived them.
1. Callie Guthrie, who m. Albright.
2. R. W. Guthrie, R. F. D. No. 4, Gallitin, Tenn.
3. -Guthrie.
William Porter Guthrie never married; lived and died in Sumner County, Tenn.
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Allen Guthrie (p. 431) removed to Missouri, location unknown.
Henry Guthrie (p. 431) married Survived by one
child. Mrs. Elizabeth Breedlove.
Sallie Guthrie (p. 431) married - Bogan.
Children:
1. E. V. Bogan, Franklin, Ky.
2. Mrs. Dr. H. C. Boaz, Green St., Henderson, Ky.
Mary Anne Guthrie (p. 431) born September, 1832; married
Griffin.
Children:
1. Z. K. Griffin, 345 Highland Ave., Jackson, Tenn.
2. F. M. Griffin, R. F. D. No. 4, SpringfleId, Tenn.
Joseph Guthrie (p. 431) married He first settled
on a farm near his father, then contrary to the general custom re
moved into the Cumberland mountain country and became lost to
other members of the family.
William H. Guthrie (p. 431) prepared himself for the ministry and was ordained by the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He became quite a prominent preacher in middle and western Tennessee. At the close of the Civil War he crossed the Mississippi and located in southwestern Missouri, later he removed to Howell County, Mo. He was twice married, but the names of his wives are not known. He had several children. His eldest son was a captain in the United States Army and at the close of the war returned to Tennessee and engaged in the mercantile business.
Andrew Guthrie (p. 431) was a large and powerful man. He passed his life in Tennessee. He was twice married, wives and children unknown.
Eunice Guthrie (p. 431) married in 1830 George Latimer, the son of a Connecticut Yankee, who settled on a farm in Tennessee. They removed to Abbington, Ill., where she died some years afterwards leaving several children.
Martha and Lorena Guthrie (p. 431) the youngest children of James Guthrie and Jane Smith, both married, but of their husbands and children, nothing is known.
Robert Guthrie, (p. 431) son of James Guthrie, was born near Hillsboro, N. C., Nov. 3, 1770. He remembered distinctly the battle of Guilford Court House, fought March 15, 1781, between the Continental Army of the South under General Greene and the British under Lord Cornwallis. He often told his children of hearing the roar of the cannon all day during that battle.
He married -, 1791, Mary Smith, who always spoke with pride of her full blood Scotch ancestry. One year after their mar
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riage they moved to Greenville, in eastern Tennessee, and thence to Sumner County, settling near the present town of Gallatin. Like most all Scotch Irish of that day they were Presbyterians. In 1814 he became a candidate for the Gospel ministry and was ordained to the ministry by the Cumberland Presbyterian Church at Stoner's Creek meeting-house April 6, 1820. In 1831 he with his wife removed to Chariton County, Mo., on the west side of the Chariton River five miles northeast of Keytesville. Some of his sons had gone there the preceding year built houses and made preparations for the coming of their parents. Rev. Robert Guthrie died at his home near Keytesville, Mo., September, 1843; his widow, Mary, died in 1846.
Children:
1. Anna Guthrie, b. in North Carolina in 1791. (Below)
2. James S. Guthrie, b. about 1795. (Below)
3. Andrew Harvey Guthrie, b. 1797, (p. 435).
4. Robert Wesley Guthrie, b. 1799, (p. 437).
5. Eli Guthrie, b. 1801, (p. 437).
6. Betsey Guthrie, b. 1803, (p. 438).
7. Sarah Guthrie, b. 1805, (p. 438).
8. Harriet Guthrie, b. 1809, (p. 438).
9. Jane Guthrie, b. 1811, (p. 439).
10.Allen Washington Guthrie, b. Nov. 26, 1813, (p. 439).
11.Nancy Kerr Guthrie, b. April, 1816, (p. 440).
Anna Guthrie (above) married in Summer County, Tenn., William Burney of Robertson County, Tenn.
Children:
1.Stanford Guthrie Burney, b. April 16, 1814. Although born and bred in
a country where educational advantages were few, his thirst for
knowledge led him to the acquirement of a good education. He be
came a minister of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, was an
eloquent preacher and a power for good. He m. a Miss Grey of Prince
ton, Ky., and settled at Oxford, Miss. He bore a large part in making
Oxford the "Athens of the South-west."
2. Harris Locky Burney, b. He m. when but eighteen years
of age and settled in Montgomery County, Tenn. He became a minister
and though not noted, he was a useful pastor.
Children:
Several children were b. to this couple but are unknown.
3. A son, -Burney.
4. Eli Burney, who was of a literary turn and became a well known instructor.
James S. Guthrie (above) although very near sighted was a great lover and judge of horses. He felt the call to the ministry early in life and under great difficulties prepared himself for that calling by acquiring as good an education as the times and place afforded. He was ordained by the Nashville Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church about 1820. He preached all over Tennessee in the isolated settlements and literally brought the fear of God with him
to the rough communities where he labored.In 1827, or 1828, he
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went to Alabama as a home missionary, locating at Elyton. Here he married about 1830 Eleetha Austell. She was the beautiful and petted daughter of a well-to-do family. Mr. Guthrie later went to Mississippi as a missionary and in 1845 the family removed to Denton County, Texas, settled near Weatherford. He died of pleurisy at the home of Dr. James Wills in Texas in 1853. Two brothers of Dr. Wills married sisters of James Guthrie.
Children:
1. A daughter,
2. Robert Burns Guthrie, b.
in Alabama, Oct. 1, 1831. (Below)
3. Amanda Guthrie, b. She in. - -, who was
killed while in the Confederate Army in the Civil War.
4. Aurelia Guthrie, b. She in. - -, who was
killed while in the Confederate Army in the Civil War.
Robert Burns Guthrie moved with his father to Texas when fourteen years of age. Two years later he returned to Alabama where he attended school for about three years. Returning to Texas he married 1850 Nancy A. Killain who was born in Mississippi in 1829. She was of Irish ancestry. They made their home near Weatherford, Texas. At the outbreak of the Civil War he joined the Confederate Army and served during the entire war. He came out without having received a wound of any kind but the privations suffered afterwards caused almost total blindness from which in late life he recovered. In 1870 with ox teams and a few cattle and horses he set out across the burning sands of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona for California. After trying two or three locations he permanently settled in what is now Orange County, Calif. He was active and influential in establishing orange culture in California and in developing the Santa Anna Valley Irrigation system. He was a pioneer in handling the marketing problems of the fruit-growers and up until the time of his death was president of the Orange County Fruit Growers Association.
Nancy A. (Killain) Guthrie died May, 1907, at Santa Anna.
Children:
1. Mary Eudora Guthrie, b. in Parker County, Texas, July 4, 1851. (Below)
2. Sarah Emma Guthrie, b. in Parker County, Texas, 1852, (p. 435).
3. James E. Guthrie, b. in Parker County, Texas, 1854; d. at Santa Anna, Calif., Feb. 15, 1913, (p. 435).
4. Vienna E. Guthrie, b. in Denton County, Texas, 1856, (p. 435).
6. Rose Guthrie, b. in Denton County, Texas, March 4, 1870, (p. 435).
6. Robert E. Lee Guthrie, b. at Los Nietos, Calif., Oct. 19, 1874, (p. 435).
Mary Eudora Guthrie was noted for her beauty and was more distinguished for her gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity. She married 1873 Francis Monaghan. She died Nov. 11, 1912.
Children:
1. A daughter.
2. A daughter.
3. Francis E. Monaghan, Missila Park, New Mexico.
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Sarah Emma Guthrie (p. 434) married (1) Ranous; married (2) Harris. Lives in California. Had three children, their names not given. Mr. Harris died -- --
James E. Guthrie (p. 434) married Died Feb. 15,
1913. Left widow who claims descent from Robert Bruce. A
daughter born about 1905.
Vienna E. Guthrie (p. 434) married - Chisholm. Children's names not given. Address 706 Galena Street, Los Angeles, Calif.
Rose Guthrie (p. 434) married (1) 1886 Ed. E. Adams, who was born in Austin, Texas, Aug. 10, 1864; died 1894. He was the son of Frank E. Adams and Alberta Goodrich. The family moved to California in 1868.
Children:
1. Darrel Goodrich Adams, b. in Los Angeles, Calif., Aug 14, 1887; d. in
Riverside, Calif., in 1907. He was a student in medicine at the University of Michigan at the time of his death.
Rose Guthrie Adams married (2) 1897 Charles Schieffelin, who was born in Jackson County, Ore., April 26, 1862, and was the son of Clinton Schieffelin and Jane Walker. Charles Schieffelin died in 1919. No children.
Mrs. Schieffelin became interested in club work and in recent years in the political affairs of Oregon. She is a forceful public speaker and she has done a great deal of campaign work throughout the length and breadth of her state in the interests of the Democratic Party, of which she is an ardent adherent. She is Democratic National Committee-woman of the State of Oregon. (1923)
Robert E. Lee Guthrie (p. 434) has been twice married. Two children by the first wife and three by the second. There are two sons to carry on the Guthrie name.
The eldest is Robert Burns Guthrie, II, born in 1903, of the first wife. He took a course in engineering at the University of Arizona and expected to go to South America. The younger son, Donald Guthrie, was born in 1920, son of the second wife.
Andrew Harvey Guthrie, (p. 433) third child and second son of Robert Guthrie and Mary Smith, was born 1797. He married (1) Peggy Kirkpatrick, daughter of the Rev. Hugh Kirkpatrick, a minister of high standing in Sumner County, Tenn. Mrs. Guthrie died about ten years after her marriage, leaving three sons.
1. John Guthrie.
2. -Guthrie.
3. Hugh Kirkpatrick Guthrie, b. April 26, 1833, in Sumner County, Tenn.,
(p. 436).
Andrew Harvey Guthrie married (2) Jane Kirkpatrick, daughter of James Kirkpatrick. She was a first cousin of the first wife.
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Children-They had two sons, and one daughter who married Mack Webb in Tennessee.
A. H. Guthrie had much trouble during the Civil War and he died shortly after its close.
Hugh Kirkpatrick Guthrie (p. 435) married June 4, 1854, in Perry County, Tenn., Martha Ann Norman, who was born in Bedford County, Tenn., Oct. 26, 1829, and was the daughter of Robert, Norman, and Martha Coffee. The Guthries moved to Missouri in 1856, but returned to Tennessee in 1859. Mr. Guthrie served in the Federal Army during the Civil War. Was wounded in the shoulder. In 1870 the family removed again to Missouri. Hugh Kirkpatrick Guthrie died of dropsy Sept. 21, 1890.
Children:
1. Mary Jane Guthrie, b. in Perry County, Tenn., Sept. 2, 1855. (Below)
2. William Anderson Guthrie, b. in Green County, Mo., April 30, 1857.
(Below)
3.James R. Guthrie, b. in Green County, Mo., Feb. 26, 1859; lives in St.
Maries, Idaho.
4. Margaret Eugenia Guthrie, b. in Perry County, Tenn., Nov. 26, 1861,
(p. 437).
5. Martha Elizabeth Guthrie, b. in Perry County, Tenn., June 19, 1865,
(p. 437).
Mary Jane Guthrie married Feb. 19, 1879, J. D. Parks, who was born at Marionville, Mo., July 26, 1850. His parents moved from Bedford County, Tenn., to Missouri in 1846. His mother's maiden name was Fanville, and her mother's maiden name was White.
Children, all of whom save the youngest were born at Billings, Mo.:
1. E. D. Parks, b. March 30, 1880; m. - --; lives at Carthage, Mo.
2. J. K. Parks, b. Oct. 21, 1881; lives at Crane, Mo.
3. R. W. Parks, b. Nov. 27, 1882; m. - lives at Crane, Mo.
4. C. F. Parks, b. Jan. 14, 1885; m. - lives at Goodman, Mo.
5. W. 0. Parks, b. Aug. 17, 1886. Address-1535 N. St. Francis St., Wichita,
Kan.
6. May Parks, b. June 25, 188§, Marionville, Mo.
7. Maude Parks, b. Nov. 5, 18PO; d.
8. A daughter, b. in Bradfield, Mo., Nov. 26, 1892. She m. C. A. Mills and
lives in Hanna, Ind.
William Anderson Guthrie married 1877 Margaret Ann who was born in Christian County, Mo., 1857; she died March, 1915.
Childien:
1. James Fred Guthrie, (p. 437).
2. William Efton Guthrie, m. Lizzie Jones.
3. Carrie Guthrie, m. Ben Garroull.
4. Bertha Guthrie, m. George Mitchell.
5. Cora Guthrie, m. Huston Garrett.
6. Jane Guthrie, m. Con. Pearce.
7. Wesley Guthrie, m. Bonnie Roppes.
8. Edith Guthrie, m. Hobert Estes.
9. Grace Guthrie, deceased.
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James Fred Guthrie (p. 436) was born in Stone County, Mo., Sept. 5, 1879. He married Jan. 17, 1903, Oaykube Gould, who was born in Christian County, Mo., Oct. 20, 1885. The Goulds were early settlers in Christian County.
Children:
1. Blanche Guthrie, b. Sept. 30, 1904.
2. Clyde Guthrie, b. July 23, 1906.
Margaret Eugenia Guthrie (p. 436) married Ghau. Ad
dress 428 S. Main St., Springfield, Mo.
Martha Elizabeth Guthrie (p. 436) rnarried - Parsons. She died -. Three sons survive her, living at Oto, Mo.
Robert Wesley Guthrie, (p. 433) fourth child of Robert Guthrie and Mary Smith, learned the trade of cabinet maker. He married 1819 or 1820 Nancy Foster, sister of the Rev. David Foster, who removed to Illinois.
Children:
1. Mary Guthrie, never m.
2. William - Guthrie. (Below)
3. Elizabeth Guthrie, who m. James Irvin Guthrie, (see p. 431).
William Guthrie, a promising youth while a student in Cumberland University, with hope of graduating with high honors in a few weeks, was stricken with an acute cerebral disease and died in a few days. He was preparing for the ministry.
Eli Guthrie (p. 433) the fifth child of Robert Guthrie and Mary Smith, was born in 1801. He possesses fine mechanical ability and became a carpenter, wheelwright and cabinet maker. At the age of twenty-one he placed himself under the care of the Nashville Presbytery and prepared for the ministry. He became a minister of great ability and usefulness.
He married 1830 (February or March) Eliza Caldwell of Dixon County, Tenn. The following May after his marriage he went to Missouri to prospect for a location, leaving his young bride at home. He decided on Chariton County, Mo. He returned to Tennessee where his glowing account of the west led his brother and three brother-in-laws to go with him and make preparations for the removal of their families the following year. This they did, the parents accompanying them. Their pioneer experiences form an interesting story.
Eli Guthrie was drowned near Dewitt, on the Missouri, on the night of Dec. 17, 1837, while attempting the rescue of a man and boy whose boat had capsized and who were clinging to a snag in the ice gorged river. His widow died during the Civil War.
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Children:
1. Robert Guthrie, b. in 1832, d. 1840.
2. William Guthrie, d. in youth of congestive chills.
3. Mary Guthrie, m. Dr. Perkins; d. some years later leaving a boy and a girl.
Betsey Guthrie, (p. 433) sixth child and second daughter of Robert Guthrie and Mary Smith, was afflicted with rheumatism during childhood which affected her ankles and left her permanentl5 lame. She was a very active woman notwithstanding. She married 1824 George Wills of Robertson County, Tenn. They moved to Chariton County, Mo., in 1831. She died there in the spring of 1836.
Children:
1. Jane Wills, m. at the age of flfty, and d. shortly afterwards.
2. Margaret Wills, m. James Gardner of Chariton County, Mo. He later became quite prominent in the county as a farmer and business man. She d. 1870. Children: Bettie, who m. a Mr. Brooks and moved to the state of Oregon; Nannic, who m. Sam Staples; Fannie, who m. another Mr. Brooks and lived in the neighborhood where she was raised. The fourth child, Pocahontas Gardner, m. another Mr. Brooks, and the remarkable thing about it was that the three Brooks who married sisters were in no way related to one another.
3. Letha Wills, who m. (1) - -. He lived only a short time after their marriage. She had a son b. after his father's death. She m. (2) Lloyd Cash and had several children. She d. some years after her second marriage.
Sarah Guthrie, (p. 433) seventh child of Robert Guthrie and Mary Smith, married (1) Thomas Culbertson, who was raised near Springfield, Robertson County, Tenn. They moved to Missouri in 1831 settling in Chariton County. He died after a few years of married life. Sarah (Guthrie) Culbertson married (2) Abram Cash, a well-to-do widower.
Children:
1. James Culbertson, m. and went to Oregon.
2. Mary Culbertson, m. John Findley. They lived for a time in Chariton
County but later moved to St. Charles County, Mo., where he was
raised. In the Civil War both he and his eldest son lost their lives.
Two younger sons survived him. Mary m. (2) who d.
some years later.
Harriet Guthrie, (p. 433) eighth child of Robert Guthrie and Mary Smith, inarried Mathew Wills, a brother of George, who married her sister Betsey. They settled in Robertson County, Tenn., but a few years later moved with others of the family to Chariton County, Mo. He died in middle life. Harriet (Guthrie) Wills married (2) Frank Moss, a Tuckahoe Virginian, who died a short time afterwards leaving her a good deal of money. She married (3) Abram Cash, who had been left a widower the second time after the death of her sister Sarah. He was killed when a spirited team of young horses ran away with him one cold winter morning.
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Children, first marriage:
1. Martha Wills, m. Marrou Cash, son of Abram Cash, (above) by his first wife.
2. Sarah Wills, m. William Chrame, who was b. in Copenhagen, Denmark. Had a large family.
3. Robert Wills, b. Oct. 18, 1829. He had a natural aptitude for mathe-
matics and with few advantages became a mathematician of local
note. He studied for the ministry and was ordained by the Cum
berland Presbyterian Church. He m. Miss Sarah Breeze. They lived
in Chariton and Macon Counties, Mo., until 1876 when he moved to
Washington Territory where he d. July 18, 1889.
Children:
(1). Melissa J. Wills, b. Sept. 7, 1851, m. J. B. Gooding.
(2). William J. WiIIs, b. Sept. 7, 1854.
(3). Robert E. Wills, b. Feb. 18, 1859.
(4). Ella WiIIs, b. Dec. 11, 1860; m. a Mr. Wilson.
(5). Jennie Wills, b. Sept. 18, 1862.
(6). Mack S. Wills, b. Dec. 27, 1867.
(7). Lizzie Wills, b. June 1, 1869.
(8 to 11). Children, who d. young-Melvina H. Wills, Thomas W. Wills, J. E. Sharp Wills and Mary L. Wills.
4. Hodge Wills.
5. Eliza Wills, m. James Cash and raised about a dozen children. He was another son of Abram Cash.
Jane Guthrie, (p. 433) ninth child of Robert Guthrie and Mary Smith, came with her brothers to Missouri in 1830. She married 1832 John Capper, an Englishman. They had several children all of whom save one daughter died young. She married a gentleman from Carroll County, Mo., and had one child.
Allen Washington Guthrie, (p. 433) the tenth child of Robert Guthrie and Mary Smith, was born in Sumner County, Tenn., NOV 26, 1813. He moved to Chariton County, Mo., in 1830; was a pioneer Cumberland Presbyterian preacher. He married Sept. 6, 1838, Elizabeth Ann Young, daughter of Benjamin Young of Calloway County, Mo. He died in 1891. Ten children were born to this union, but only four lived to adult ages. These were:
1. Ben Eli Guthrie. (Below) 3. Virginia Guthrie, (p. 440).
2. Robert J. Guthrie, (p. 440). 4. Luvenia Guthrie, (p. 440).
Ben Eli Guthrie was born near Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo., May 31, 1839. He was the eldest child. When but a small boy his father moved to "Platt's Purchase," (Platt County, Mo.). He later moved with his family to Savannah, Mo., afterward to St. Joseph, Mo. As a youth Ben Eli had a thirst for learning. He studied at Chapel Hall College in Lafayette County, Mo. In 1856-58 studied at St. Joseph, Mo. In the fall of 1858 with his brother Robert entered Magee College at College Mound, Mo.
In 1861, when General Jackson issued his call for 50,000 volunteers, Ben Eli Guthrie, when within two weeks of his graduation, laid aside his books and entered the Confederate service under the command of General Sterling Price. The same year he was placed
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in command of a company which became known as the Company 1, Fifth Missouri Infantry, C. S. A., and later was under General F. M. Cockerell. He suffered many hardships and privations; was taken prisoner and held until May, 1865, when paroled at Jackson, Miss.
In 1867 Ben Eli Guthrie was elected to the chair of Classic Languages in Magee College, where he continued until 1874, then became superintendent of schools of Macon Co., Mo. He took up the study of law, was admitted to the bar and attained eminence as a corporation lawyer. He was reporter for the Kansas City Court of Appeals. The degree of LL.D. was conferred upon him by Missouri Valley College.
He married Aug. 31, 1873, Susan Ann Middleton Mitchell, daughter of Robert Craig Mitchell, president of Magee College. She was born in St. Louis, Mo., March 21, 1841. Her father was born in Abington, Va., Feb. 22, 1811; her mother was Elizabeth Almira Wright of St. Louis. Ben Eli Guthrie died July 27, 1918.
Children:
1. Robert Allen Guthrie, b. at College Mound, Mo., Jan. 2, 1875.
2. Andrew Ellison Guthrie, b. June 15, 1879; d. July 17, 1892.
Robert Allen Guthrie graduated from Missouri Valley College, studied law and serves the Macon Telephone Company of Macon, Mo., in a legal capacity.
He married Nov. 7, 1900, Miss Effie Sharp of Macon, Mo., who was born July 28, 1873. The Sharps were from Lynchburg, Va., where they were a prominent family, having for generations held offices of trust and responsibility in county and state.
Children, all born in Macon, Mo.:
1. Roberta Allen Guthrie, b. Feb. 9, 1903.
2. Mary Sue Guthrie, b. Jan. 31, 1907.
3. Jean Sharp Guthrie, b. March 13, 1915.
Robert Guthrie (p. 439) entered the Confederate army in the Civil War and at its close settled in Mississippi, where he married Miss Anna Bunton.
Virginia Guthrie (p. 439) married J. W. Mitchell. He died She died -. One daughter, married B. P. Fullerton.
Luvenia Guthrie (p. 439) married John Fox. They moved to Idaho; had three children whose names are not known.
Nancy Kerr Guthrie, (p. 433) eleventh and youngest child of Robert Guthrie and Mary Smith, came with her parents to Chariton, County, Mo., in the fall of 1831. Two years later Daniel Culbertson, a brother of Thomas, who married her sister Sarah, came out to Missouri and in the spring of 1834 they were married. They settled in Chariton County where he improved several farms and became a man of means.
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Nancy Culbertson died 1882; Daniel died -. Of the five boys and three girls born to them we have knowledge only of the following:
1. Frances Guthrie Culbertson, the eldest child, was b. 1836. She m.
Owens. He d. about 1866. She was living in 1922. They had four children. The eldest one, a daughter, m. Ben Ford. She d. leaving one son.
2. J,,tne Culbertson m. Newton Cash, another son of Abram Cash.
3. Benton Culbertson m. a Miss Davis. He was an industrious and successful farmer and stockman. They had seven children and, as Mr. Culbertson facetiously remarked, "All boys but six."
4. Elizabeth Culbertson, b. 1845; m. James Moorman. They lived on t.he Daniel Culbertson place and he with them until his death. The Moormans had four children, one son and three daughters. The eldest daughter, Fannie E. Moorman, lives with her mother, (1922) in Keytesville, Mo.
ADAM GUTHRIE OF KENTUCKY
Adam Guthrie (p. 384) was born Oct. 1, 1762, in Cork, Ireland.' When twelve years of age he migrated to America, landing in Norfolk, Va., in 1774. He lived in Augusta County, Va., with his sister Margaret (Mrs. Walker), who was unkind to him, but his brotherin-law did all that he could for him. In 1788 he determined to go to what was then the west-Kentucky. On the way he fell in with the party of Edmund Polk, a veteran of the Revolution, who with his family was going to Kentucky to settle on a grant of land which the Government had given him in recognition of his services in the war. In this way Adam became acquainted with Mr. Polk's eldest daughter Hannah. Love was often a flower of rapid growth in those days and must have been particularly so in their case sinc;e we are told that their marriage which occurred Nov. 5, 1788, took place somewhere along the Monongahela River, while they were enroute for the new country.
Edmund Polk was remarkable for his integrity and piety, as well as his handsome person. He married Mary Fultz. They were the parents of five sons and five aaughters. He died at the age of eighty-seven.
Adam Guthrie settled at Bardstown, Ky. In later life he was known as "General" Guthrie, presumably from his activities in the Kentucky Militia on the frontiers. He died Jan. 31, 1826. His wife Hannah, who was born Dec. 25, 1765; died March 17, 1842.
Children, all born at Bardstown, Ky.:
1. Elizabeth Guthrie, b. Oct. 9, 1789; very brilliant; d. March 27, 1809.
2. Edmund Guthrie, b. Jan. 28, 1791; became a distinguished lawyer; d. Aug. 27, 1826, of yellow fever, unm.
3. James Guthrie, b. Dec. 5, 1792, (p. 442).
4. John Guthrie, b. April 23, 1794; m. May 26, 1825, Lucy Fore; d. Jan. 11, 1833; no children.
5. Polly Guthrie, b. July 22, 1796; m. Sept. 1, 1816; Spence Ulinor, of Bloomfield, Ky.; d. - -, -; left children.
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6. Sally Guthrie, b. March 18, 1798; m. Oct. 1, 1829, Thomas L. Wilson,
a lawyer of Louisville, Ky. No children.
7. Nancy Guthrie, b. Jan. 11, 1800; m. Oct. 5, 1823, Daniel Stephens; d.
Aug. 18, 1824, in Breckinridge County, Ky.
8. Hannah Guthrie, b. Sept. 20, 1801; m. May 18, 1823, Daniel King, of
Gallatin County, Ky.; d. March 17, 1842.
JAMES GUTliRIE (p. 441) was educated in the Bardstown Academy. He became a lawyer and in 1817 located in Louisville, Ky. He was prosecuting attorney for his county and was a representative in the Kentucky legislature for nine years. He was in the state senate for six years and presided over the state constitutional convention in 1851. He became a banker and financier, organizing and becoming the first president of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. He was Secretary of the United States Treasury in President Pierce's cabinet 1853-1857-
"Mr. Guthrie was one of the ablest of the secretaries of the Treasury who have held that office since Alexander Hamilton. He was a prominent candidate for the presidency in 1860 and had he been nominated it is more than probable that there would have been no civil war in 1861." -
He was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in 1864 and was elected a United States Senator to succeed Lazarus W. Powell. He resigned in February, 1865, on account of failing health.
He married May 13, 1821, Eliza C. Prather, who was born Nov. 24, 1799, in Nelson County, Ky., daughter of Richard Prather, who married Feb. 24, 1797, Polly Churchill.
Hon. James Guthrie died March 13, 1868, in Louisville, Ky.
Children:
1. Mary E. Guthrie, b. Jan. 6, 1823; d. April 23, 1901.
2.Ann Augusta Guthrie, b. Jan. 14, 1825; m. May 13, 1847, William R.
Caldwell, who was b. April 3, 1818; d. May 19, 1892. She d. Jan. 8,
1872, leaving children.
3.Sarah Julia Guthrie, b. March 4, 1827; d. July 24, 1901.