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Children, all born in Armstrong County, Pa.
1. William Cochran Guthrie, b. July 12, 1815. (Below)
2. James Guthrie, b. 1817; d. 1895.
3. Alexander Guthrie, b. Oct. 7, 1819, (p. 305).
4. John Guthrie, b. Oct. 10, 1821, (p. 307).
5. Nancy Guthrie, who, it seems, m. a Mr. McCausland; had a son David McCausland and was deceased at the time (1851) her father made his will.
6. Margaret Guthrie, who m. a Mr. Whitacre.
7. Jane (or "Jennie") Guthrie, who m. a Mr. Jesse Henderson.
William Cochran Guthrie (above) was a carpenter by trade. He married (1) Eliza Hoover, (2) Eliza Jane Kinley, who was born Sept. 9, 1817; died Nov. 1, 1859. He married (3) in 1863, Sarah Ann Stewart (or Sarah Ann Stewart "Hull"), who was born May 6, 1833, in Armstrong County, Pa. He died July 16, 1893, at his home one fourth of a mile from his father's homestead, having lived his entire life on the two places. His children were all born near Atwood, Pa.
Children of William Cochran Guthrie and Eliza Hoover:
1. John C. Guthrie, b. Oct. 22, 1842; d. Aug. 26, 1843.
Children of William Cochran Guthrie and Eliza Ja.ie Kinley:
1. Nancy Jane Guthrie, b. Aug4 22, 1848; d. Aug. 30, 1861.
2. William Aikens Guthrie, b. Dec. 12, 1853; d. Aug. 20, 1861.
3. Cunningham Kinley Guthrie, b. Oct. 29, 1855; d. Sept. 1, 1861.
Children of William Cochran Guthrie and Sarah Ann Stewart:"
1. Lillie Elizabeth Guthrie, b. May 16, 1864. (Below)
2.Daniel Webster Guthrie, b. Feb. 13, 1866; m. Elizabeth McColgin; d.
Jan. 15, 1898; one child, Edna, who m. Ernest Snyder.
3. Alexander Stewart Guthrie, b. March 13, 1868. (Below).
4.William Findley Morgan Guthrie, b. April 28, 1870; d. March 31, 1874.
5. Mary Cordila ("Dillie") Guthrie, b. Sept. 3, 1872; unm.
6. Margaret Jane Guthrie, b. Jan. 10, 1875, (p. 305).
7. Jesse Gilson Guthrie, b. April 20, 1877, (p. 305).
8. James Sylvester Guthrie, b. Jan. 27, 1880; d. Oct. 22, 1900; unm.
Lillie Elizabeth Guthrie (above) married about 1882, Simon Yount. They live in Sagamore, Pa.
Children:
1. Sarah Jane Yount, b. July 23, 1884; d.
2. Margaret Wilda Yount, b. Feb. 19, 1886.
3. William Harrison Yount, b. Aug. 20, 1888.
4. Lewis Dwight Yount, b. Dec. 25, 1890.
5. Emma D. Fern Yount, b. July 12, 1893; d. May 16, 1919.
6.Infant son, b. Jan. 10, 1896; d. Jan. 12, 1896.
7. Jesse Marlin Yount, b. Jan. 6, 1897.
8. Roy Guthrie Yount, b. July 14, 1899; d. Nov. 1, 1901.
9. Ruth LoueIla Yount, b. Oct. 10, 1901.
10. Darrell Paul Yount, b. Dec. 1, 1903.
11. Clarence Raul Yount, twin to Darrell Paul.
12. Mildred Elizabeth Yount, b. Aug. 9, 1906.
13. Thelma Laverne Yount, b. Oct. 17, 1910.
Alexander Stewart Guthrie, (above) married at Elderton, Pa., Oct. 18, 1894, Sarah Wilda McCullough, who was born at Elderton, Feb.
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25, 1868. They live in Apollo, Pa., where Mr. Guthrie is engaged in the automobile business.
Children, all born in Apollo, Pa.:
1. Walter J. Guthrie, b. Feb. 20, 1896. (Below)
2. William Mack Guthrie, b. Aug. 14, 1900; m. (1) March 20, 1920, Ethel Long, who d. April 4, 1921; m. (2). Aug. 28, 1923, Roxie Elizabeth Felmley. One son by second marriageWilliam Clark Guthrie, b. April 29, 1930. William Mack Guthrie is engaged in the automobile business in Apollo, Pa.
3. Dwight R. Guthrie, b. Sept. 6,1902; A.B. Grove City College; B.D. Western Theological Seminary; Post graduate, University of Edinburgh, Scotland; pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Cedarville, Ohio; m. July 15, 1931, Julia Ingebea Cleavenger, of Pittsburgh, Pa.
4. Wilda B. Guthrie, b. Jan. 1, 1907; A.B. Grove City College, Grove City, Pa.
Walter J. Guthrie, (above) married July 3, 1919, Gertrude H. Rothemayer. He is engaged in the automobile business, Apollo, Pa.
Children:
1. Walter Robert Guthrie, b. April 17, 1920.
2. Harold Edwin Guthrie, b. Oct. 30, 1923.
3. Duane Stewart Guthrie, b. Feb. 19, 1926.
Margaret Jane Guthrie (p. 304) married April 24, 1901, William Edward MeGarvey, who was born in Armstrong County, April 7, 1867, son of William and Ellen (Shay) MeGarvey. They reside in Kittanning, Pa.
Children:
1. George Edward McCarvey, Jr. b. June 29, 1903; graduate Thiel College.
2. Helen Kathleen McGarvey, b. Nov. 4, 1906; graduate Theil College.
3. James Russell McGarvey, b. Aug. 16, 1908.
4. Margaret Elizabeth MeGarvey, b. Oct. 24, 1909; graduate Theil College.
5. William Guthrie McGarvey, b. Aug. 5, 1912.
6. Alexander Clayton McGarvey, b. Feb. 23, 1914.
Jesse Gilson Guthrie (p. 304) married June 28, 1913, Lena Myers, who was born Sept. 15, 1889, in Los Angeles, Calif. They live in Los Angeles, Calif.
Children:
1. Henrietta Sarah Guthrie, b. May 9, 1916, in Tyrone, N. M.
2. Wilda Jean Guthrie, b. Feb. 24, 1920, in Los Angeles, Calif.
Alexander Guthrie, (p. 304) third child of James Guthrie and Sally Cochran, married April 1, 1852, Nancy Kenley, who was born in Westmoreland County, Pa., July 10, 1831; died May 5, 1913. Alexander Guthrie died June 22, 1902.
Children, all born in Armstrong County, Pa.:
1. Alexander Kenley Guthrie, b. Feb. 2, 1854, (p. 306).
2. Mary Isabelle Guthrie, b. Feb. 4, 1856; d. Aug. 6, 1861.
3. James Calvin Guthrie, b. Aug. 2, 1858; d. Feb. 22, 1861.
4. Sarah Guthrie, b. March 2, 1861, (p. 306).
5. William Westley Guthrie, b. Nov. 10, 1863.
6. Austin Lewis Guthrie, b. April 3, 1866, (p. 306).
7. Jackson Boggs Guthrie, b. Feb. 1, 1869, (p. 306).
8. Jennie Elizabeth Guthrie, b. April 26, 1873, (p. 307).
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Alexander Kenley Guthrie, (above) married in 1888, Sarah McCall. Children:
1. Forrest Guthrie, b. 1889. 4. Frank Guthrie, b. 1897.
2. Nancy Beryl Guthrie, b. 1893. 5. Luella Guthrie, b. 1899.
3. Octa Belle Guthrie, b. 1895.
Sarah Guthrie (p. 305) married in 1880, Joseph Wilson Long. Children:
1. Luella Belle Long, b. April 4, 1881.
2. Harry B. Long, b. Aug. 23, 1882.
3. Westley B. Long, b. April 26, 1884.
4. William Earle Long, b. Jan. 26, 1887.
5. Leo LeVerne Long, b. Dec. 3, 1888.
6. Jackson Clare Long, b. Dec. 10, 1890.
7. Joseph Long, b. Sept. 28, 1895; d. April 17, 1908.
8. Martha Long, b. Sept. 24, 1898; d. April 19, 1910.
9. James Eugene Long, b. Sept. 26, 1900.
10.Nancy Elizabeth Long, b. May 28, 1903.
Austin Lewis Guthrie (p. 305) married April 9, 1889, Mary Carothers Work, who was born at Marion Center, Pa., Aug. 7, 1872, daughter of James M. Work, born April 8, 1830; married Oct. 13, 1853, Margaret Hamilton; died Nov. 23, 1895. Margaret Hamilton was born March 15, 1833; died Sept. 7, 1874. Austin Lewis Guthrie for a number of years was manager of the home furnishing section of the MeCreery Department Store, Pittsburgh, Pa. He died January, 1932.
Children, all born in Marion Center, Indiana County, Pa.:
1. Annie Margaret Guthrie, b. Jan. 23, 1890; m. May 14, 1912, Wm. Steele.
Children:
(1). Betty Steele, b. April 9, 1918.
2. Lena Estella Guthrie, b. May 3, 1891; m. May 26, 1913, Albert M.
Meanor.
Children:
(1). Mary C. Meanor, b. May 21, 1916.
3. James Alexander Guthrie, b. Oct. 31, 1892; m. in 1915, Helen Shannon.
Children:
(1). Robert Wayne Guthrie, b. February, 1917.
(2). Austin L. Guthrie, b. October, 1919.
4. Jay Walter Guthrie, b. April 17, 1894.
5.Leslie Eugene Guthrie, b. Feb. 12, 1896; d. Aug. 31, 1896.
6. Janet Aileen Guthrie, b. Oct. 11, 1898; m. May 15, 1920, Henry H.
George.
Children:
(1). Henry H. George, Jr., b. Feb. 14, 1926.
7. Charlotte Isabelle Guthrie, b. March 2, 1908.
Jackson Boggs Guthrie, (p. 305) seventh child of Alexander Guthrie and Nancy Kenley, married 1896, Margaret Work.
Children:
1. Infant daughter, b. June 4, 1897; d. June 7, 1897.
2.Aaron Steele Guthrie, b. Jan. 26, 1900.
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3. Charles Raymond Guthrie, b. Feb. 17, 1902; d. Dee. 28, 1924.
4. Richard Work Guthrie, b. Aug. 4, 1904.
5. Arthur Guthrie, b. 31, 1906.
6. Herbert Earl Guthrie, b. Nov. 24, 1908.
7. Mary Elizabeth Guthrie, b. May 1, 1911.
8. Margaret Hamilton Guthrie, b. Dec. 23, 1917.
Jennie Elizabeth Guthrie, (p. 305) eighth child of Alexander Guthrie and Nancy Kenley, married June 12, 1895, Joseph C. Weitzel. Children:
1. Frederick G. Weitzel, b. June 12, 1896.
2. Marion E. Weitzel, b. Aug. 2, 1898.
3. Paul Eugene Weitzel, b. Oct. 16, 1900.
John Guthrie, (p. 304) fourth son of James Guthrie and Sally Cochran, married Oct. 21, 1852, Fannie Love, who was born Feb. 12,1831, in Westmoreland, died in Armstrong County, May 20, 1881. John Guthrie died May 13, 1895. He was a soldier in the Civil War. Children:
1. James W.,Guthrie, b. Feb. 28, 1854; d. May 20, 1880.
2. William Love Guthrie, b. Nov. 8, 1856. (Below)
3. John Leander Guthrie, b. April 10, 1859. (Below)
4. Susan M. Guthrie, b. July 1, 1861. (Below)
5. Alexander Nelson Guthrie, b. April 17, 1866, (p. 308).
6. David Chambers Guthrie, b. July 30, 1873, (p. 308).
William Love Guthrie (above) married Anna McCory. He died 192? . They lived in Kittanning, Pa. Children:
1. Denton Daniel Guthrie.
2. Edith Guthrie, who m. Rev. Thompson, a minister of the Church of God.
3. Irene Guthrie, who m. a Mr. Jack.
4. Effie Guthrie, who m. a Mr. Slagle.
5. Bessie Guthrie, b. about 1904, a school teacher.
6. William Guthrie.
7. John Guthrie.
8. Lee Guthrie, deceased.
9. May Guthrie.
John Leander Guthrie (above) married Sept. 15, 1891, Ann Elizabeth Bowser, who was born April 23, 1864. They lived in Ford City, Pa.
Children:
1.Fannie Elizabeth Guthrie, b. May 20, 1893; a nurse in Kittanning
Hospital, (1926).
2.Ira David Guthrie, b. October, 1897; m. in 1919, Grace Burline.
Children:
(1). John Darwood Guthrie, b. May 30, 1920.
3. Adeline Lenore Guthrie, b. Aug. 3, 1899.
Susan M. Guthrie, (above) daughter of John Guthrie and Fannie Love, married (1) Tom Patton; married (2) Mortimer Houser. She died May 11, 1906.
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Children of Tom Patton and Susan Guthrie:
1. Lee Patton, of Kittanning, Pa.
2. Lina Sleeth Patton, who m. a Mr. Klepper.
Children of Mortimer Houser and Susan Guthrie Patton:
1. John Houser.
2. Hazel Houser, who m. a Mr. McLaughlin.
3. Saddie Houser, who m. a Mr. Frick.
Alexander Nelson Guthrie, (p. 307) fifth child of John Guthrie and Fannie Love, married Mattie Hutton. They lived in Tulsa, Okla., where he died Aug. 24, 1932; one child, Dorothy Ann Guthrie, born Jan. 24, 1903.
David Chambers Guthrie, (p. 307) sixth child of John Guthrie and Fannie Love, married Mattie Artman.
Children:
1. An infant, d. at the age of ten days.
2. Glenn Guthrie, d. at the age of three yrs.
3. Rhoda Guthrie, d. at the age of fourteen yrs.
THE FIFTH AND SIXTH DECADES
There is a tradition in the writer's family which says"There were seven Guthrie brothers who came over from the North of Ireland." Genealogists, generally, give little heed to such traditions. While believing that the statement is true, we will not attempt to state who these seven brothers were. But it is an interesting coincidence that there are seven in the following group, which falls within the period of these decades.
ROBERT GUTHRIE, who emigrated in 1744Family record. (p. 309).
CORNELIUS GUTHRIE, "Married Oct. 249 1748, Cornelius Gutrey & Jane Peterson." (Holy Trinity, "Old Swedes" Church Records p. 405, Wilmington, Del.) Nothing further is known of him.
JAMES GUTHRIE, first known American record1748, (p. 354).
WILLIAM GUTHRIE, first known American record1753, (p. 356).
ARCHIBALD GUTHRIE, traditional date1750, (p. 376).
FRANCIS GUTHRIE, first known American record1751, (p. 379).
JOHN GUTHRIE, first known American record1759, (p. 383).
Undoubtedly some of these were brothers. For example, James and William lived at the same place in Delaware, Cornelius, too may have lived at this same place. Robert lived first in or near Philadelphia, then Lancaster and Carlisle. During the Indian troubles in the Cumberland Valley, seems to have retired for safety for family
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to Coleraine Township, Lancaster County, in which Francis lived. Archibald is first found in the Cumberland Valley, later lived in the western part of Pennsylvania. John is first found in Chester County, later may have lived in Westmoreland County.
ROBERT GUTHRIE, of Carlisle, Pa., (p. 308) left behind him the family tradition that he was the great grandson of the Rev. James Guthrie, the martyr, of Stirling, Scotland. The tradition is probably true. Rev. James Guthrie married Jane, daughter of Ramsey of Sheilhill. She with a son William and a daughter Sophia survived him. On Feb. 8, 1666, the widow and daughter were brought before the Privy Council, charged with possessing a treasonable book (understood to have been one of Rev. James Guthrie's writings). They were sentenced to banishment and removed to the North of Ireland. It seems likely that the son was absent from home at this time, perhaps at St. Andrews. Jan. 15, 1669, the widow and daughter were permitted to return to Edinburgh for one month on the occasion of the son's fatal illness. He died on the eve of his licensure for the ministry. He was then quite a young man, but probably married and had a son, who became the father of Robert Guthrie.
This Robert was a Covenanter of the strictest principles, was a carpenter by trade, and we have it on the reliable authority of Robert Walker Guthrie, a descendant, "a well educated man,familiar with the classics."
Of Robert Guthrie, a descendant, Bayard Guthrie, Esq., writes"I know little that is certain and can quote no definite or positive authority. He was born in Londonderry in 1711, came to this country in 1740 and settled in Connecticut. He remained there only a short time and moved to Pennsylvania where, among the Irish colonists in Lancaster County, were friends and relatives of himself and wife. He lived in the town of Lancaster and worked at his trade.
"Sometime between 1751 and 1754 Robert moved to Cumberland County where he engaged in land speculation. His speculations, however, proving unprofitable, he established himself in Carlisle and returned to his carpenter's bench."
With reference to the statement in the foregoing that this Robert settled first in Connecticut, based probably on the assumption that he was a brother of James and John, the writer would express dissent on the grounds that this Robert was not old enough to have been a brother of these two emigrants. The writer takes the position, on very meagre grounds to be sure, that "Robert Guttery" of Fallowfield Township, 1732, and of Nantmeal Township, (Chester County, Pa.,) 1734 and 1735, (see p. 169) was the one who came from Connecticut. Let readers draw their own conclusions.
The principal available information from the descendants of Robert Guthrie, of Carlisle, concerning him is contained in the fol
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lowing extract from a letter written by George Wilkins Guthrie, Esq., of Pittsburgh, Pa., under date of June 29, 1893, to his first cousin, Mrs. William J. Lyster, nee Martha Guthrie Doughty."
"My Dear Martha:
In 1872, Uncle James Guthrie sent to my father (John B. Guthrie), a paper in the handwriting of his grandfather, John Guthrie, and it was endorsed in the bandwriting of his father, James Verner Guthrie, showing the descent of the Guthrie family from one Robert Guthrie, who was born in the City of Derry, Ireland. In his letter Uncle James said, 'There was another letter or record containing the Scotch Guthrie branch back to 1702 in Scotland, before leaving for Ireland, but I cannot find it, which I very much regret.' The paper which I have is in the handwriting of John Guthrie, our great grandfather, and endorsed in the handwriting of James Verner Guthrie, our grandfather, and dated 1807. It begins with Owen Dougherty, of Cardonough, County Donegal, Ireland, who is said to have been engaged in the wars; to have been blind for fifteen years, and then to have recovered his sight, to have died at the age of 120 years. He left two sons, (1) Edward, commonly called 'Eman Moiie,' on account of his remarkable size and strength, and (2) John, and four daughters, (1) liose, (2) Bridget, (3) Sarah, and (4) Mary. Bridget Dougherty was boi~n in Donegal, Cardonaugh County,278 in 1711. She married Robert Guthrie in 1736. Their first son, Robert, was born in 1737; their second son, James, in 1739; and a daughter, Jane, in 1741 (the daughter died when she was three years of age). RoberL Guthrie, born perhaps 1700, even earlier,~19 and his son, Robert, came to America in 1744, and were followed by his wife and son, James, in 1745. They settled and lived for three or four years in Philadelphia, and from there removed to Lancaster, Pa., where John Guthrie was born Jan. 11, 1749 .2~l N"en John was a year old they moved to Carlisle, Pa., and there they had a daughter, Margaret, who was born May 6, 1753.
"James Guthrie, the second son of Robert and Bridget, died in 1763; Robert, the father, died in 1782, and Bridget, the mother, in 1794.
"John Guthrie was married to Sarah Davis, in 1775; Margaret Guthrie was married to George Brown, in 1774, and had a son called George, in 1775, and died in Carlisle, in 1795. Robert Guthrie, the eldest son of Robert and Bridget, died in Pittsburg, in 1804."
An earnest effort made in recent years to discover the old record referred to in George Wilkins Guthrie's letter, has been fruitless. It was a copy of the record written by Robert Guthrie in his family Bible, giving the names and dates of birth of his children and some information about his coming to this country.
The records of Cumberland County show that a parcel of ground was "granted unto Robert Guthrie the elder in 1750 on the south side of Pomfret street of Carlisle known on the general plan as lot No. ~9O." ' This is where the Guthries lived in Carlisle and lies at the extreme eastern end of the street as originally laid out. At one time Robert and his sons Robert and John had three lots at this place. Robert, Sr., was a holder of taxable property in Middletown Township in 1751.' Middletown then included Carlisle.'
Robert Guthrie served in the French and Indian War.'
From the preceding statement and from inferences drawn from the state of affairs at the time,' though family history is silent on the point, it is believed that after Braddock's defeat, and with the renewal of Indian atrocities, which followed it in the Cumberland Valley, Robert Guthrie and family retreated for safety to Coleraine
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Township, Lancaster County, Pa. He was active during that time of retirement, with other heroic defenders of the frontiers, in repelling the savage invaders. Just when the family returned to Carlisle is not known, but they were there again in 1762," when both Robert, Sr., and Robert, Jr., took up land. It is said that Robert Guthrie was the organizer of the Carpenters' Guild of Carlisle, famed as the predecessor of the American trade union.
It is thought that both Robert Guthrie and his wife, Bridget," were buried in the old cemetery one block south and about a block west of where they lived in Carlisle.
Children:
1. Robert Guthrie, b. in Ireland, in 1737. (Below)
2. James Guthrie, b. in Ireland, in 1739, (p. 312).
3. Jane Guthrie, 1). in Ireland, in 1741; d. in 1744.
4. John Guthrie, b. in Lancaster, Pa., Jan. 11, 1749, (p. 313).
5. George Guthrie, b. (p. 334).
6. Margaret Guthrie, b. in Carlisle, Pa., May 6, 1753, (see p. 310).
7. PossiblyPolly Guthrie, who m. Nov. 24, 1789, Thomas Dodds. (Record First Presbyterian Church, Carlisle, Pa.)
ROBERT GUTHRIE, (above) son of Robert Guthrie and Bridget Dougherty, took over his father's lands, and property in Carlisle when the latter became insolvent in 1771." Robert, Jr., like his father, was a carpenter by trade, and seems to have been energetic, enterprising and possessed of considerable business acumen. For six or eight years he farmed the Guthrie lands in West Pennsboro Township." In 1779 he moved to Carlisle, where he followed his trade. About 1785 he moved with his family to Chartiers Township, Washington County, Pa., living there the remainder of his life.'
No definite Revolutionary War service can from present information be credited to Robert Guthrie, Jr., of Carlisle, however he may have been in the war:"'certainly was unless for some reason it was not possible for him to serve. In Washington County he was a prosperous pioneer farmer.'
Robert Guthrie married Agnes Gordon, daughter of James Gordon, of West Pennsboro Township, Cumberland County;' died January, 1808, in Chartiers Township, Washington County, Pa. His wife, Agnes, survived him.'
Children:
1. William Guthrie. (Below) 6. James Guthrie. (Below)
2. Jean Guthrie. 7. Isabel Guthrie.
3. Elizabeth Guthrie. 8. Robert Guthrie, (p. 312).
4. Martha Guthrie. 9. Joseph Guthrie, (1). 312).
5. Mary Guthrie.
William Guthrie (above) was living in Chartiers Township, Washington Co., Pa., in 1802.'
James Guthrie, (above) son of Robert Guthrie and Agnes Gordon, received lands from his father.'
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Robert Guthrie, (p. 311) son of Robert Guthrie and Agnes Gordon, purchased lands from his father. It appears that he died in 1854.'
Joseph Guthrie, (p. 311) son of Robert Guthrie and Agnes Gordon, was living in Mt. Pleasant Township, Washington County, Pa., in 1826.'"
JAMEs GUTHRIE, (P. 311) son of Robert Guthrie and Bridget Dougherty, is said by one account to have died in 1763, (see p. 310). It would seem that this is an error, as a James Guthrie of East Pennsboro appears to have been the son of Robert. Among the "Freemen" taxables of this township, 1778, 1779, 1780, 1782, and 1785 was James Guthrie.' Apparently it was this James who was a member of the Cumberland County Militia in 1779,~ though there were two other James Guthries, father and son, of Hamilton Township, (see p. 183), one of whom may have been the party in question.
Did this James Guthrie marry Margaret, daughter of Robert Brown?' Perhaps so. Did he live for a period of time in Chester County? This James Guthrie died in East Pennsboro in 1792'
Was he the father of Robert D. Guthrie?"
Robert D. Guthrie was born in Chester County, Pa., November, 1765; died in Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 25, 1840.' He married
, who died in Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 28, 1832.' Their eldest son was John Guthrie, who died in Carlisle March 11, 1828." They are supposed to have been the parents of James Guthrie and Robert Guthrie, who were born "near Harrisburg" in 1803.
James Guthrie, of Carlisle, Pa., presumptive son of Robert D. Guthrie, (above) for a number of years was engaged in the jewelry business. He married Eliza Cunningham. They had no children. He died in Carlisle, about March, 1857, leaving by will his entire estate to his wife.' Afterwards, she removed to Chambersburg, Pa., where she died September, 1888.*
Robert Guthrie, presumptive son of Robert D. Guthrie, of Carlisle, (above) married in 1826, Sarah Leatherman, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1805. About 1848 they moved to Allen County, Ohio, where he died in 1887; his wife in 1897.
Children, all save two youngest, born in Pennsylvania:
1. John Guthrie.
2. Margaret Guthrie.
3. Joseph Guthrie.
4. Robert Guthrie.
5. Maria Guthrie.
6. Sarah Guthrie.
7. May Guthrie, b. March 10, 1849, in Allen County, Ohio.
8.William R. Guthrie, b. March 10, 1849, in Allen County, Ohio.
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Of these only William R. Guthrie is traced. He is a minister of the Church of the Brethren, lives at Lafayette, Ohio. He married Feb. 4, 1877, Jane Hawk, who was born in 1851; died Dec. 7, 1923, daughter of Jacob Hawk, who married Sidney Murray, who was born in 1827.
Children, all born in Allen County, Ohio:
1. Joseph L. Guthrie, b. March 16, 1879; is a minister of the Church of
the Brethren; m.
Children:
(1). Morris B. Guthrie, also a minister.
2. Lulu N. Guthrie, b. Dec. 2, 1878. 6. Bessie Guthrie.
3. James A. Guthrie, b. May 17, 1880. (Below) 7. William Guthrie.
4. Sadie Guthrie, b. Aug. 15, 1883. 8.John Guthrie.
5. Jacob Guthrie, b. December, 1885. 9. Charles Guthrie.
James A. Guthrie, (above) is a minister of the Church of the Brethren, resides at Delta, Ohio; married June 18, 1902, Gertrude Jacobs, who was born in Van Wert County, Ohio, July 21, 1883, daughter of Melvin Jacobs, who married Anna Hull.
Children:
1. Herman Claire Guthrie, b. May 22, 1904, in Allen County, Ohio.
2. Paul Bennett Guthrie, b. Nov. 21, 1906, in Allen County, Ohio.
3. Silas Varian Guthrie, b. Feb. 7, 1909, in Handeock County, Ohio.
4. Naomi Guthrie, b. Feb. 17, 1911, in Handeock County, Ohio.
5. Mabelle Guthrie, b. Nov. 18, 1912, in Handcock County, Ohio.
6. Davis Guthrie.
7. Margaret Guthrie.
8. James Guthrie.
9. Betty Guthrie.
10. Janice Guthrie.
JOHN GUTHRIF,, (p. 311) son of Robert Guthrie and Bridget Dougherty, took neither to his father's carpenter shop, nor to books, but to the forests and streams of his native land. He was a frontiersman, expert with the rifle, an Indian fighter, a soldier, and an officer in the Revolutionary War. It is difficult to tell exactly what all his military services were, but from various accounts, tradifions and records the attempt is here made to give a coherent, chronological statement of his heroic and notable career in the defense of his country.
He "volunteered as a soldier under General Armstrong, from Carlisle in 1774, and again under General Lacey in 1776." "
A family tradition statesthat he served as a commissioned officer in one of the Pennsylvania Regiments in Lord Stirling's Brigade, of Sullivan's Division at the battle of Long Island where he was wounded and captured, and that he served as a commissioned officer in a Pennsylvania Regiment at the battle of Trenton, where he was again wounded. ' Next he was in the 8th Pennsylvania Regiment in its New Jersey campaign of 1777, until "attached to Morgan's
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Rifle Command, 17771778. This famous brigade was made up of 500 picked men from all the regiments in the Continental service, selected under the personal supervision of George Washington. Pennsylvania furnished most of the men; the 8th Regiment, more than any other one organization. After the Saratoga campaign, Morgan's Command, returned, was disbanded. John Guthrie passed the winter at Valley Forge. March, 1778, finds him marching with the 8th Regiment under command of Gen. Daniel Brodhead for Fort Pitt. He was on the expedition the following July up the West Branch of the Susquehanna, returned to Fort Pitt and from there went in the Eighth to Fort McIntosh, where he was appointed an ensign."'. He continued in Brodhead's Command until Aug. 1, 1780.
Afterwards he appears to have been in the Cumberland County Militia in 1781 and 1782." He was with Massey Harbison in the Border Troubles for two years."'
In recognition of his distinguished services Washington proffered him a captaincy in the Regular Army, but he declined the appointment."
As a frontiersman John Gtithrie was well acquainted with and in the western settlements and during the Revolution was absent on long campaigns, but Carlisle remained his official home for many years. He is found a taxable of that place in 1779 and subsequently. On the list of 1782 he is styled "butcher,"" but this seems to have been but a temporary employment. He was prominent politically and was a member of a commission connected with the boundary dispute between Pennsylvania and Maryland. This accounts for the presence of his family in Annapolis, where one of his children was born. He was living in Carlisle in 1790 but soon afterward sold his property there and removed to Unity Township, Westmoreland County. Though not wealthy, he seems to have prospered in Westmoreland and to have been fairly welltodo.
Prior to 1797 he removed with his family to Meadville, Pa., or its vicinity, where he lived a number of years. During the last years of his life he lived with one of his children at Lexington, Ky., and one at Pittsburgh, Pa.
John Guthrie married in 1775 Sarah Davis, who seems to have preceded him in death by several years. He died in Pittsburgh, Pa., Aug. 12, 1832, and was buried with military honors in the cemetery of the First Presbyterian Church.
Children:
1. Robert Guthrie, b. Feb. 15, 1776, in Carlisle, Pa., (p. 315).
2. James Verner Guthrie, b. June 27, 1778, in Carlisle, Pa., (p. 317).
3. Margaret Guthrie, b. Nov. 16, 1781, in Carlisle, Pa.; m. (1) Samuel
Miller; m. (2) a Mr. Linderman.
4. Prudentialis Guthrie, b. May 4, 1789, in Annapolis, Md.; m. Samuel
Gillespie; two sons.
5. Sarah Guthrie, b. April 4, 1792, in Unity Township, Westmoreland
County, Pa.; m. (1) a Mr. Fowler; they had four sons; m. (2) a Mr. Graves; they had four daughters.
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6. Eleanor Guthrie, b. Aug. 27, 1797, Meadville, Pa.
7. Helen Guthrie, b. in Meadville, Pa.; m. Duncan McCallum; they had four children.
8. John Guthrie, b. Nov. 3, 1800, Meadville, Pa., (p. 333).
Robert Guthrie (p. 314) was a soldier in the War of 1812, in which he was wounded.
He married Mary Gillespie; lived in or near Pittsburgh, Pa., where he died in 1816.
Children:
1. Thomas Guthrie, b. about 1801; m. they had one son
and six daughters.
2. John Guthrie, who was burned to death in infancy.
3. James Gillespie Guthrie, b. August, 1809. (Below)
4. William Guthrie, b. Feb. 4, 1811. (Below)
James Gillespie Guthrie married (1) about 1838 Jane Stephenson; married (2) Mary Bowles, of Georgia, who died about 1858; married (3) Mary Prescott, of Newburyport, Mass; married (4) Delia Merriam, of Charlestown, Mass.
Children of James Gillespie Guthrie and Jane Stephenson:
1. William Guthrie, who d. about 1859.
2. James Guthrie, who d. about 1859.
3. Nancy Guthrie, who d. about 1853.
Children of James Gillespie Guthrie and Mary Bowles:
1. Mary Guthrie, b. in 1853.
2. Oscar Bowles Guthrie, b. in 1855; m. November, 1886, Lulu Woesten, a wealthy hatter, of St. Louis, Mo. They had no children. He died in Joplin, Mo., about 1922.
Children of James Gillespie Guthrie and Mary Prescott:
1. Prescott Guthrie.
Children of James Gillespie Guthrie and Delia Merriam:
1. Minnie Guthrie, who d. in infancy.
William Guthrie, (above) fourth and youngest child of Robert Guthrie and Mary Gillespie, studied law, was admitted to the Bar and for several years practiced in Mercer County, Pa. In 1853 with his family he moved to Missouri, where he became prominent in his profession before the Civil War. After the war he and Senator James B. Greene formed a law partnership in St. Louis where they enjoyed a large practice. Among the many important cases which they handled was one for General U. S. Grant, which involved a large sum of money.
William Guthrie married (1) about 1832, Mary Bash, who died 183 . He married (2) in 1840 Susan Bash, who was born in Westmoreland County, Pa., April 10, 1824; died Sept. 19, 1907. She was a sister to Mary, his first wife. William Guthrie died May 18, 1889.
Children of William Guthrie and Mary Bash:
1. John Guthrie, who d. in infancy.
2. Amelia Guthrie.
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Children of William Guthrie and Susan Bash, all save the two youngest were born in Mercer County, Pa.:
1. Thomas Guthrie, b. about 1841; d. at the age of two yrs.
2. Jane Ann Guthrie, b. Feb. 2, 1843. (Below)
3. Mary Ellen Guthrie, b. July 17, 1845; d. September, 1884, unm.
4. Robert Peel Guthrie, b. Oct. 21, 1847. (Below)
5. John Bash Guthrie, b. July 26, 1850, in Clarksville, Pa. (Below)
6. Belle Key Guthrie, b. Aug. 8, 1852; d. Aug. 2, 1859.
7. Presley Guthrie, b. in St. Louis County, Mo., in 1854; d. in infancy.
8. William Rufus Guthrie, b. in Edia, Knox County, Mo., Dec. 21, 1855,
(p. 317).
Jane Ann Guthrie (above) married Oct. 28, 1865, John Goldsmith; they had a daughter Cora Belle Goldsmith, born about 1866. It would appear that John Goldsmith died early and his wife married again and moved to Texas. At any rate she moved to Texas about 1880. Cora Belle Goldsmith married in 189 , William Bardens.
Children:
1. Philip Bardens, b. 189 m. July 3, 1926, Rose , of Hammond, Ind.
2. Gerald Bardens, b. 189 m. in 1922,
Children:
(1). John Witcomb Bardens, b. March 14, 1924.
3.Irene Bardens, b. Dec. 23, 1899; m. April 27, 1917, Edwin Heeman Foss.
Children:
(1). Betty Marie Foss, b. Feb. 12, 1921.
Robert Peel Guthrie (above) married Sept. 9, 1873, Margaret Campbell. They moved to Boscobel, Wis., later lived in Madison, Wis.
Children:
1. Herbert L. Guthrie, b. June 17, 1874.
2. Prescott Guthrie, twin to Herbert, d. Sept. 19, 1887.
3. William Guthrie, b. Dec. 27, 1886.
4. Susan Belle Guthrie, b. May 30, 1891.
John Bash Guthrie, (above) fifth child of William Guthrie and Susan Bash, married Oct. 14, 1886, Barbara Lavina King, who was born in Joliet, Ill., Sept. 21, 1858, daughter of Joseph King. She died at her home in Chicago, Ill., Feb. 12, 1921. Mr. Guthrie lives at 4534 Ashland Ave., Chicago, Ill.
Children:
1. Barbara Bernice Guthrie, b. Jan. 6, 1889. (Below)
2. Forest King Guthrie, b. Feb. 17, 1890; m. August, 1915, Grace Gilic.
No children.
Barbara Bernice Guthrie (above) married August, 1913, George M. Richards; died March 15, 1922.
Children:
1. Stephen George Richards, b. Oct. 30, 1914.
2. John Guthrie Richards, b. Dec. 10, 1916.
3. William Chambers Richards, b. Jan. 8, 1919.
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William Rufus Guthrie, (p. 316) youngest child of William Guthrie and Susan Bash, married in Chicago, Ill., in 1883, Ida Patterson. They removed to Crawford County, Wis. At the outbreak of the SpanishAmerican War he enlisted in the Fourth Wisconsin Regiment. Afterwards they lived in Chicago, Ill., where he died May 5, 1923; his wife, November, 1926.
Children:
1. Mabel Gertrude Guthrie, b. November, 1884.
2. Olive Guthrie, b. in 1887; d. about 1915.
3. Susan Guthrie, b. in 1893; d. about 1917.
James Verner Guthrie, (p. 314) second son of John Guthrie and Sarah Davis, married Aug. 21, 1804, Martha Brandon, who was born March 24, 1786, near Kittanning, Pa. (See the Brandons, Allied Families.) For some years after their marriage they lived in Kittanning. He engaged in boat building on the river and as early as 1811 acquired an interest in a shipyard on the north side of the Allegheny River, on or near the site of Allegheny City." In 1815 he moved with his family to Pittsburgh," where he purchased property which later became very valuable.
James Verner Guthrie died at the home of his brother John, in Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 5, 1827; was buried in the cemetery of the First Presbyterian Church, of Pittsburgh.' His wife died in Pittsburgh, May 21 (or 22), 1846.
Children of James Verner Guthrie and Martha Brandon; the first four were born at Kittanning, Pa., the others in Pittsburgh, Pa.:
1. John Brandon Guthrie, b. June 17, 1807. (Below)
2. James Verner Guthrie, b. Dec. 8, 1809, (p. 320).
3. Sarah Guthrie, b. , 1812, (p. 321).
4. William Woodward Guthrie, b. Aug. 24, 1814, (p. 321).
5. Mary Brandon Guthrie, b. March 24, 1817, (p. 329).
6. Presly Neville Guthrie, b. Aug. 1, 1819, (p. 330).
7. Robert Bruce Guthrie, b. Feb. 4, 1822, (p. 331).
8. Martha Guthrie, b. May 17, 1824, (p. 333).
9.Isabella Johnson Guthrie, b. Dec. 3, 1827, (p. 333).
John Brandon Guthrie (above) became a prominent and publicspirited citizen of Pittsburgh.' He "was twice Mayor of Pittsburgh, was Inspector of Customs under President Buchanan, who was an intimate friend. He with Charles Spang had the first contract from the Government for large coil ropes for drawing the rail cars into Philadelphia on the incline . . . He was a remarkably handsome man, tall, commanding and bore a striking resemblance to James Guthrie, the Martyr. He had beautiful graybrown eyes and dark hair when young, which became snowy white in later years." '
John Brandon Guthrie married Dec. 8, 1833, Catharine Stevens Murray. (See the Murrays, Allied Families). He died Aug. 17, 1885; his widow, Sept. 28, 1891.'
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Children, all born in Pittsburgh, Pa.:
1. Alexander Murray Guthrie, b. , 1842. (Below)
2. Martha Guthrie, b. March, 1844; d. March, 1864 .324
3. Robert Walker Guthrie, b. March 28, 1846. (Below)
4. George Wilkins Guthrie, b. Sept. 5, 1848. (Below)
5. Annie Stevens Guthrie, b. , 185; unm.
6. Kate Guthrie, b. , 1856; d. March 31, 1885.15
Alexander Murray Guthrie (above) married (1) about 1870, Mary Hussey, daughter of Dr. Curtis Hussey, a merchant of Pittsburgh. She died ' leaving an infant daughter, Mary Hussey Guthrie, who was raised by their grandparents.
Alexander Murray Guthrie married (2) Catherine Rhodes, who was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., about 1854. They had no children. He died Nov. 30, 1899;' his widow, in New York City, May 8, 1917.'
Mary Hussey Guthrie married Frederick C. Walcott, of Norfolk, Conn. They are the parents of two sons.
Robert Walker Guthrie, (above) son of John B. Guthrie and Catherine S. Murray, married Priscilla Benney Sellers, (see the Sellers, Allied Families). She died April 1, 1917, aged 68, in Atlajitic City, N. J.; was buried in the Homewood Cemetery of Pittsburgh, Pa.' The following appeared in a Pittsburgh, Pa., newspaper after his death:
"Col. Robert Walker Guthrie, aged 76, died Sunday, at his home, 14 Forbes Terrace, East End, after a long illness."
"Col. Guthrie was born in Pittsburgh, and except for a few years spent in New York and Altoona, had always lived here. He was a brother of the late George W. Guthrie, former U. S. Ambassador to Japan and Mayor of Pittsburgh. Col. Guthrie was well known in local, state and national politics and was a delegate to the two Democratic conventions at which former President Wilson was nominated. He had not engaged in business for several years, though he had the care of the interests of many relatives, who own large properties in the Pittsburgh district.
"He was a member of Franklin Lodge No. 22, Free and Accepted Masons, The Consistory, The Sons of the American Revolution and of the Masonic Veterans' Association. He leaves three daughtersiMrs. J. Mcllvaine, of Detroit, and Mrs. Francis J. Le Moyne and Miss Alice S. Guthrie, of Pittsburgh; two sonsFrancis S. Guthrie of Pittsburgh, and John B. Guthrie, of Chicago, and a sisterMiss Anna S. Guthrie of New York and Washington." 131
In addition to the places of residence of Robert Walker Guthrie mentioned in the foregoing, it should be noted that he lived for a time in New Jersey. He died July 23, 1922, was buried in the Homewood Cemetery of Pittsburgh, Pa.'
Children:
1. Francis S. Guthrie.
2. Catherine Guthrie, who m. Francis J. Le Moyne.
3. John B. Guthrie.
4. Marian Guthrie, who m. J. McIlvaine.
5. Alice S. Guthrie.
George Wilkins Guthrie, (above) fourth child and third son of John Brandon Guthrie and Catherine S. Murray, was born in Pitts
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burgh, Pa., Sept. 5, 1848. He received his preliminary education in the public schools of his native city and later entered the University of Western Pennsylvania, now the University of Pittsburgh, graduating in the class of 1866. He then studied law in the office of Hon. Robert J. Walker, in Washington, D. C., later entering the law department of Columbia College, (now George Washington University), from which he graduated in 1869. The same year he was admitted to the bar of Washington and of Allegheny County, Pa., being enrolled in the latter organization, Nov. 5, 1869. He engaged in the practice of Law in Pittsburgh and attained great eminence in his profession. He had a clientelle which was simply immense and a reputation of ability which was equalled by few of his contemporaries. He had a broad comprehensive grasp of all questions that came before him and an unusual facility in getting to the bottom of every contention, possessing that judicial instinct which makes its way quickly through immaterial details to the essential points upon which the determination of a cause must turn.
Politically, Mr. Guthrie was a staunch Democrat. In 1892 he was nominated by his party for Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania and in 1898 his name was brought forward as a possible candidate for governor. In 1896 he was nominated by the Citizen's Municipal league for mayor of Pittsburgh, and though defeated at the polls made a brilliant campaign,failing of an easy victory,so it was stated at the time,only by the agency of fraud. Pittsburgh was swept by a wave of political and moral reform in 1905, and Mr. Guthrie, as a leader of the reformers, permitted his name to be again put forth as a candidate for the mayoralty, and on Feb. 20, 1906, 7as elected for a term of three years by the largest vote ever polled in the city. His administration is conspicuous in the annals of Pittsburgh as an era of municipal reform.
In May, 1913, President Wilson appointed Mr. Guthrie Ambassador to Japan. It is said that he received the appointment on account of his intimate legal knowledge of the constitutional relations between the States and the Federal Government. His appointment met with national approval and he served his country at the Court of Japan with ability and distinction until his death which occurred March 8, 1917, from a stroke of apoplexy. His remains were escorted home by a Japanese guard of honor and were laid to rest in the Allegheny Cemetery, with military honors, May 31, 1917.
In personal appearance Mr. Guthrie was tall and fine looking. His features manifested in every line the nervous, energetic determination so strikingly shown throughout his entire career. He bore the aspect of the thinker combined with the forceful observant look,most noticeable in the piercing glance of his eyesof the man of action. He was always courteous, dignified and kindly and possessed the winning faculty of attaching friends to himself. He was the soul of integrity and through a long public life proved that a man need never sacrifice honor in it.
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George W. Guthrie married Dec. 2, 1886, Miss Florence J. Howe, daughter of the Hon. Thomas M. Howe, of Pittsburgh. He was a man of wealth and influence. Mrs. Guthrie was a woman of rare charm and combined with other traits an unerring judgment which was of greatest value to her husband, to whom she was not only a charming companion but a trusted confederate as well. She died in 1929. No children.
James Verner Guthrie, (p. 317) second child of James Verner Guthrie and Martha Brandon, as a young man located in Cincinnati, Ohio. At the beginning of the Civil War he challenged the neutrality of the State of Kentucky; was appointed Colonel by President Lincoln and authorized to raise two regiments of troops in that state, This he did and commanded the First Kentucky Regiment in the war. After the war he was appointed Inspector of Boilers at Cincinnati, which position he held for a number of years.
James Verner Guthrie married in 1837 Catherine McCord, who was born in Urbana, Ohio. She was a granddaughter of Simon Kenton, the pioneer of Kentucky. She died in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1867. James Verner Guthrie died in 1896.
Children:
1. Sarah Guthrie, who m. at Urbana, Ohio, Gilbert Clemens; d. in 1898. He d. some years later. No children.
2. Martha Guthrie, who d. in 1871, unm.
3. Mary Guthrie, who d. in 1864, unm.
4. John Brandon Guthrie, who wa§ commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the llth Infantry, U. S. Regulars, May 9, 1866; was transferred to the 29th Infantry, Sept. 21, 1866; became First Lieutenant, December, 1866. He rose to the rank of Captain and was transferred to the Ilth Infantry, April 25, 1869. He d. unm. at Urbana, Ohio, Dec. 30, 1871, and was buried from the Presbyterian Church at that city with military honors.
5.Juliet K. Guthrie, b. Sept. 10, 1848.
Juliet K. Guthrie married in Cincinnati, Ohio, Oct. 4, 1866, Frank White Wilson, who was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, May 20, 1840. He was a son of James Wilson, born in Worcester. Mass., married Eliza Bogie. Their children wereJohn, Sarah, James, Frank, and Belle Wilson.
Children of Frank White Wilson and Juliet K. Guthrie:
1. Edith Wilson, b. in Cincinnati, Ohio, April 12, 1872. (Below)
2. Frank Guthrie Wilson, b. in Cincinnati, Ohio, Aug. 6, 1876; unm.
Edith Wilson (above) married William Crose. He was one time U. S. Governor of Samoa.
Children:
1. Janet Crose, (p. 321).
2. Catherine Crose.
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Janet Crose is a noted singer. She married Lieutenant Henry Stanley, of the U. S. Navy. They have one sonHenry Turner Stanley, Jr.
Sarah Guthrie, (p. 317) third child of James Verner Guthrie and Martha Brandon, "married James Ewan, a Methodist. Her family were of the old Scotch Covenanters as were all the Guthries and Brandons. She evidently set the example for her three sisters, Mary, Martha, and Isabella, for they also married Methodists. Sarah Ewan died at the age of thirtyfive." (From "Records of the Guthrie Family," Dunn & Dunn, 1898, p. 122).
Children:
1. James Verner Ewan, who m. Caroline Hopple, of Cincinnati, Ohio. Both
d. in: early life.
2. John Brandon Ewan, who m. Emma Greer, daughter of Alexander Greer,
a wealthy and influential citizen of Covington, Ky. Children:
(1). Sarah Ewan, who m. William Curry, of Harrodsburg, Ky. They have two children~Verner and John Curry.
(2). James Verner Ewan, who m. Louie Motch, daughter of N. C. Motch, of Covington, Ky. Children,~ Charles Doughty and a son Ewan.
William Woodward Guthrie, (p. 317) fourth child of James Verner Guthrie and Martha Brandon, was a man of fine Christian character. For a number of years he was Inspector of Customs and Boilers at Cincinnati, Ohio. His brother James V. Guthrie, later held the same position.
William Woodward Guthrie, married (1) in 1839 Elizabeth Ivester. "She was of the Ivester family of Pittsburgh, a bright, joyous creature, handsome, and beloved by all." She was born in Pittsburgh, Feb. 8, 1816, a daughter of George Ivester, born in Pennsylvania, March 11, 1787; died October, 1820; married Ann Tomlinson, who was born June 23, 1796; died in 1826.
Elizabeth Ivester Guthrie died in Cincinnati, Ohio, July 19, 1850, at 10 o'clock P. M.; was buried in the Wesleyan Cemetery of Cummingsville, Cincinnati.
William Woodward Guthrie married (2) 185 , Maria Vanderwater, daughter of Joshua Vanderwater.
Children of William Woodward Guthrie and Elizabeth Ivester:
1. James Verner Guthrie, b. March 29, 1840, in Allegheny City, Pa., (p. 322).
2. Presly Neville Guthrie, twin to James Verner, (p. 322).
3. George Ivester Guthrie, b. Jan. 10, 1842, in Russell County, Ala., oppo
site Columbus, Ga. He "was drowned when still a youth at Vevay, Ind., while swimming with his brothers, James and Presly. He was seized with cramps and sank before aid could reach him." He d. Aug. 8, 1851, at 5 o'clock, P. M.
4. John Brandon Guthrie, b. June 16, 1844, in the old Tomlinson house,
Lawrenceville, Pittsburgh, Pa., (p. 323).
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5. William Woodward Guthrie, b. Jan. 21, 1846, in Pittsburgh, Pa. He
served as a private and sergeant in Company F, First Marine Artillery,
U. S. N., in the Civil War;m d. in hospital in Baltimore, July 3, 1863.
6.Sarah Ewan Guthrie, b. July 16, 1848, in Pittsburgh, Pa., (p. 329).
Children of William Woodward Guthrie and Maria Vanderwater:
1. Joshua Guthrie, who lived in Oil City, Pa. He d. about 1910.
James Verner Guthrie (p. 321) was a major in the Nineteenth Illinois Regiment, Turchin's Brigade; during the Civil War. "He was wounded and carried on the Roll of Honor."
James Verner Guthrie married (1) Emma Harrison; married (2) Mary Harrison, a sister to Emma.
Children of James Verner Guthrie and Emma Harrison:
1. James Verner Guthrie.
2. Harrison Guthrie, who m. d. in 1924.
Children:
(1). Helen Guthrie.
(2). James Verner Guthrie.
Presly Neville Guthrie, (p. 321) twin to James Verner (p. 321), from his youth up was a lover of military affairs. He and his brother James joined the Elsworth Zuaves at the same time. Later they both joined the Nineteenth Illinois Regiment and served to the close of the war. Presly was taken prisoner but later exchanged. He attained the rank of Captain. After the war he lived in Pittsburgh, Pa., where he was identified with the Pennsylvania State Militia, in which he was Adjutant General under Governor Pattison.
The following incident, related to the writer by a gentleman who was an eye witness to the affair, illustrates the character of Presly Neville Guthrie.On a certain occasion the local Guards were parading through one of the principal thoroughfares of Pittsburgh, on which orders had been issued that all traffic should be suspended during the parade. As the Guard marched briskly along, headed by Colonel Guthrie, they overtook a man in a buggy driving leisurely along and holding the middle of the street, heedless of commands and shouts that he give way for the troop to pass. Outraged at such incivility, Colonel Guthrie spurred his mount alongside the horse attached to the buggy and struck the animal on the side of his head with the flat of his sabre, thus turning him out of the way. The driver, foaming with rage followed the men to the armory, which he entered with drawn revolver, swearing all kinds of vengeance on the officer in command. When told of the fact by way of warning, Colonel Guthrie, though partly disrobed, rushed down the armory with brobdingnagian strides to meet his adversary. . The latter, however, quailed before the towering figure and stern eye of the officer and beat a hasty retreat.
Presly Neville Guthrie married about 1869 Marian Sellers, a sister of Priscilla Benney Sellers, who married Robert Walker Guthrie. (See the Sellers, Allied Families). They lived on Fifth Avenue,
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Pittsburgh. A strong friendship existed between Presly and his cousin, Alexander M. Guthrie.
Presly Neville Guthrie died Feb. 24, 1902, aged 61 years, 10 months and 26 days; is buried in the Homewood Cemetery, of Pittsburgh, Pa.
Children:
1. Priscilla Guthrie, b. in 1870; d. Dec. 21, 1921, aged 51 years; is buried in the Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh.
2. James Verner Guthrie. (Below)
3. Presly Neville Guthrie.
James Verner Guthrie (above) enlisted in the United States Army, April 5, 1897, and served in the Spanish American War with Company D, 13th Infantry, participating with his company in the battle of San Juan Hill, July 1, 1898, and the subsequent siege and surrender of Santiago de Cuba. He served as Regimental Commissary Sergeant, 13th U. S. Infantry, during the insurrections in the Philippine Islands from May 29, 1899, until Aug. 11, 1900. On Aug. 12, 1900, he accepted a commission as 2nd lieutenant of Infantry, U. S. Army, and served as such with the 20th Infantry until May 31, 1903, when he resigned his commission. On Feb. 1, 1904, he entered the U. S. Navy and served on the U. S. S. Denver in West Indian waters and in Cuba during the insurrection in 1906. He was out of the military service until Aug. 16, 1916, when he joined a company of California Engineers and served on the Mexican border during the border trouble between Mexico and the United States. At the declaration of war, in April, 1917, this company of Engineers was mustered into the United States service as Company D, 117th Engineers, Rainbow Division, and with this organization he served in France from November, 1917, until September, 1918, taking part in the major engagements AisneMarne and ChampaignMarne. In September, 1918, he was found to be disabled physically and was sent by a board of medical officers to the 20th Engineers, south of Bordeau, France, where he remained until January, 1919, when he was ordered to the United States. In March, 1919, he was transferred to the Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army. In this Corps he reached the grade of master engineer and is now on duty in the Office of The Chief of Engineers, U. S. Army, Washington, D. C.
John Brandon Guthrie, (p. 321) fourth child of William Woodward Guthrie and Elizabeth Ivester, at the beginning of the Civil War volunteered from Ohio and was made a corporal in Company C, of the First Kentucky Volunteers, June 7, 1861. He was made a sergeant in the same company, April 1, 1862; was commissioned 2nd lieutenant in same, Dec. 7, 1862; was mustered out of the service, June 18, 1864.
Follows the subsequent
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MILITARY RECOftD OF JOHN BRANDON GUTHRIE, U. S. A.
by his son
Bayard Guthrie
After being commissioned in the Regular Army in 1866 John B. Guthrie served first at Fort Leavenworth, where he met Esther Bayard, who became his wife and who, at the time, was visiting Mrs. General Handeock. After his marriage in the Fall of 1868, Mr. Guthrie (subaltern officers were not given titles in those days) proceeded to join his regiment at Fort Shaw, Montana. There were no railroads out there in those days and the trip was by steam boat up the Missouri River to Fort Benton and from there 400 miles overland to Fort Shaw, all the way through country ranged by the hostile tribes of the Blackfeet. Mr. Guthrie and his bride had the good fortune to make the trip With General Philip H. Sheridan, who was going that way on a tour of inspection. He was assigned to duty as 2nd Lieutenant of Company K, 13th U. S. Infantry, Captain Arthur McArthur. During his tour of duty at Fort Shaw, the most important expedition on which he served was that of Major E. M. Baker, 2nd Cavalry, against the winter quarters of the Piegan Indians. The Piegan were the most powerful of the Blackfeet tribes and were the ones that kept those Indians on the war path. Baker's force consisted of four troops of the 2nd Cavalry, a detachment of mounted infantry from the 13th, under command of Captain G. H. Higbee and Company A, 13th Infantry under Capt. Robert A. Torrey. Mr. Guthrie was with Higbee's mounted detachment. He said they were mounted on mules.
They left Fort Shaw Jan. 19, 1870, and returned on the 28th, having burned the Piegan village, destroyed their food supplies, killed a large number of them and driven the rest out into the mountains without food or shelter where many of them died of exposure. This expedition broke the power of the Piegan and put an end to the hostilities of the Blackfeet.
In 1871 he was promoted Ist Lieutenant of Company A and went to Wyoming under command of Captain Torrey, who built the post at Camp Brown on the Little Wind River near the Shoshone Agency. In 1874, the regiment went to Utah, where Company A was stationed at a place called Provost and where Mr. Guthrie lived at the house of a Mormon who was the proud possessor of seven wives.
The following year the regiment was ordered to the South; and Captain Torrey, who had acquired large cattle interests in Wyoming, going on leave, left Mr. Guthrie in command of his Company. He was stationed at Vicksburg, New Orleans, Jackson Barracks and the old Mount Vernon Arsenal where he was in command of the post. In 1877 he was appointed Regimental Adjutant and in that capacity went with the regiment to Scranton, Pa., for service in the railroad riots.
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The next year he was given a detail on recruiting service and was stationed at Davids Island near New Rochelle, N. Y., and at Columbus Barracks, Columbus, Ohio. He rejoined his regiment in Colorado in the Spring of 1881 and was assigned to command of a detached post at Old Fort Lewis near Pagosa Springs.
That year the War Department decided to regarrison Fort Cummings in southwest New Mexico, a post that had been abandoned in 1877, on the removal of the Minbreno Apaches to San Carlos; and companies A and D, 13th Infantry, were ordered to that station. The post was under command of George A. Forsyth, Lieut. Col. of the 4th Cavalry; and the following spring he took the field against the Indians, taking Mr. Guthrie along as his Adjutant. Forsyth's expedition left Fort Cummings on April 18, 1882, and on the 23rd fought an action with the Indians in a horseshoe canon about 18 miles north of Steins Peak. The Indians occupied a strong position high up among the rocks near the top of the canon walls, but after a three or four hours fight troops stormed the post and dislodged them.
Forsyth followed the Indians on their retreat through the Chirriecahua Mountains and across the border into Mexico to the headw,iters of the Janos River where the Indian camp was surprised by a Mexican force under command of Colonel Lorenzo Garcia of the 6th Mexican Infantry, the women and children all killed or captured and the men dispersed. This settled the Indians for that year and Forsyth returned to his post.
Upon arrival at Fort Cummings, Mr. Guthrie found himself promoted Captain of Company A vice R. A. Torrey resigned.
Captain Guthrie was not again in the fle)d until 1886 and was not then in any action with the Indians. li) 1883 he was left in command of Fort Cummings and in 1885 of Fort Bayard while the cavalry was out.
After that the 13th went to Oklahoma and Captain Guthrie was stationed at Forts Sill and Reno during the next few years. He was at Kingfisher during the opening of the Oklahoma lands; and, in 1893, was sent with his company to Antlers to compose the political difficulties of the Choetaws.
In 1894 the regiment was ordered East, Captain Guthrie being stationed at Fort Porter, Buffalo, N. Y. While there he had command of the G. A. R. Encampment held in the city and went from there to the Spanish American War. The 13th was in the 3rd Brigade of Kent's Division and suffered heavy loss at San Juan Hill. Captain Guthrie succeeded Major Ellis in command of his Battalion when that officer was hit by a piece of shell; and, shortly after crossing the Aguadores River, was shot through the knee and had to retire. He was succeeded in command by Captain Fornance who was killed soon after.
Captain Guthrie had become very popular in Buffalo and received quite an ovation upon his return wounded from Cuba. He was not
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again in active service; but was assigned to mustering out duty, serving in Cuba and in Iowa. He was then appointed Representative of the War Department on the Government Board of the Pan American Exposition and was on that duty at the time of his death.
John Brandon Guthrie married Oct. 22, 1868, Esther E. Bayard, who was born March 6, 1844, daughter of Samuel Bayard and sister of Dasheill Bayard of the U. S. Army. She was related to Thomas F. Bayard, exminister to England; to the Fairfax family of Virginia and to the wife of General Handeock, of the U. S. Army. (See the Bayards, Allied Families).
John Brandon Guthrie died Jan. 12, 1900; his widow, Oct. 7, 1901.
Children:
1. Mary Guthrie, b. Jan. 28, 1870, at Fort Shaw, Montana, Ty. (Below)
2. Bayard Guthrie, b. Jan. 7, 1871, at Camden, N. J., (p. 329).
3. Esther Bayard Guthrie, b. Feb. 25, 1875, at Camden, N. J.
Mary Guthrie married Sept. 30, 1894, Peter Charles Harris, who was born Nov. 10, 1865, at Kingston, Ga., son of Charles Hooks Harris, who was born February, 1835; died August, 1917; married in 1857 Margaret Monk, who died in 1901.
A BRIEF STATEMENT OF SERVICES OF MAJOR GENERAL PETER C. HARRIS,
U. S. ARMY, RETIRED
Cadet, (ap'd Ga.) U. S. Military Academy, June 15, 1884; 2nd Lieutenant, 13th U. S. Infantry, June 11, 1888; lst Lieutenant, 13th U. S. Infantry, July 5, 1895; Captain, 9th U. S. Infantry, March 16, 1899; Major, 5th U. S. Infantry, March, 3, 1911 ; transferred to 13th U. S. Infantry, Sept. 17, 1912; detailed Adjutant General, Sept. 1, 1914; Lieutenant Colonel, Adjutant General, July 1, 1916; Colonel Adjutant General, May 15, 1917; Brigadier General National Army, Dec. 17, 1917; The Ad jutant General of the Army, with the rank of Major General, Sept. 1, 1918; retired, Aug. 31, 1922.
Participated in the Battle of San Juan Hill and siege of Santiago de Cuba,
1898; in active service against Philippine insurgents, 18991900; Representative of the War Department at Pan American Exposition, Buffalo, New York, 1901; Duty in Philippine Islands, 190507; War Department General Staff, 19071911; again in the Philippines 191215; duty in Office of The Adjutant General of the Army, 191622.
Nominated by the President Brevet Captain "for gallantry in battle" at Santiago, de Cuba, July 1, 1898; awarded Distinguished Service Medal, Feb. 13, 1919, "for exceptionally meritorious and conspicuous service during his service in the Adjutant General's Department."
Graduate, U. S. Military Academy, 1888; honor graduate, U. S. Infantry and Cavalry School, 1895; graduate Army War College, 1908.
Commander, Legion of Honor (France), and Commander, Order of the Crown (Italy).
General and Mrs. Harris reside in Washington, D. C.
Children:
1. Bayard Guthrie Harris, b. Oct. 8, 1895, at Fort Porter, N. Y.; d. Sept. 4, 1909.
2.Charles Dashiell Harris, b. Jan. 25, 1897, at Fort Niagara, N. Y., (p. 327).
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3. John Guthrie Harris, b. June 22, 1898, at Fort Porter, N. Y.; d. Sept. 6, 1899.
Charles Dashiell Harris began his education in the public schools of Washington, D. C., continued in Plattsburg, N. Y., and at St. John's School, Manlius, N. Y. He prepared for the U. S. Military Academy at the Columbia Preparatory School, Washington, D. C., entered West Point in June, 1914; was graduated therefrom Aug. 30, 1917, of the Class of 1918, the date of graduation having been advanced owning to the exegencies of war. Although one of the youngest members of his class, he stood number five at graduation and led his class in the work of the final year.
On the date of his graduation he was appointed captain in the Regular Army and was said to have been the youngest man who, up to that time, had ever been commissioned a captain in the Regular Army of the United States. He was assigned to Company B, of the 6th U. S. Engineers, Washington Barracks, D. C., and left with his Company, Dec. 2, 1917, for Hoboken, N. J., enroute for France. The 6th Engineers was a part of the Third Division, but arrived in France several months in advance of the remainder of the division.
Capt. Harris commanded his company in the building of barracks, stables and hospitals in the Prauthoy Area, south of Langres, Dec. 25, 1917, to Feb. 10, 1918. His company was a part of the force of the 6th Engineers which was attached to the Royal Engineers of the British Fifth Army and was engaged in constructing heavy steel I)ri(Ies over Somme River and Canal near Peronne, Feb. 10 to March 21. When the Germans launched their tremendous offensive of March 21st, the American Engineers were of great aid to the British in laying out and constructing lines of trenches, in constructing and occupying for several days as Infantry a front line trench bridging a gap between the Fifth and Third British Armies. The trenches occupied by Captain Harris' Company were directly in front of the City of Amiensthe most critical part of the line at the time when victory hung in the balance. In this capacity they formed a part of General Carey's "picked up" army.
The 6th Engineers rejoined the Third Division a short time before the Second Battle of the Marne, participated in that battle and in subsequent engagements during the advance to the Vesle River. The Third Division having been transferred to the St. Mihiel salient. the 6th Engineers were there engaged in repairing and constructing roads and then on to the Argonne Forest region where they participated in the MeuseArgonne Offensive, cutting trails, building and repairing roads near Montfaucon, and in supporting the Infantry. Capt. Harris' own company was in action against the Germans almost continuously, either as Engineers or Infantry, from March 21st to his death Oct. 20th.
"At 7 a. m., on the morning of Oct. 20, 1918, Company B and two other companies of the 6th Engineers went 'over the top' behind an
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Infantry regiment, carrying barbed wire and tools with which to wire Clairs Chenes Wood, should the Infantry Regiment succeed in driving the Germans from that position. Owing to the intensity of the enemy's machinegun fire the Infantry failed in their purpose, whereupon the Engineers decided they would attempt the capture of the woods themselves, Captain Harris, as the senior Engineer officer present, assuming responsibility for the decision after a conference with the two other company commanders. They accordingly threw down their wire and tools, and plunged into the battle, Captain Harris leading Company B.
"With a small detachment in advance of the remainder of his company he captured two machine guns and three German prisoners. Observing that the Germans were reforming for a counter attack and not having with him a sufficient number of men to operate both the captured guns, Captain Harris himself seized one of them, moved it across an open space in order to get a clear field of fire and was operating it against the enemy when he was shot through the left lung.
"At the time he was wounded Captain Harris was some distance in advance of his company and separated from it by a road swept by machine gun fire. He lay where he fell for some time before he could be carried across this road, the enemy having meanwhile laid down a barrage. As soon as the barrage was lifted two privates of his company and the three German prisoners started to carry him to an American dressing station, but the men lost their way in the woods and were captured by the enemy. Captain Harris was carried to a German firstaid dressing station near Ainereville, where he died shortly afterward." I
The Germans buried him about 600 yards southeast of Aincreville on the bank of Andon creek with a cross over the mound on which was inscribed:
"Captain Charles Dashiell Harris, American Soldier,
October 20."
He was awarded posthumousl;v the
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS
"For extraordinary heroism in action in Clairs Chenes Woods, France, Oct. 20, 1918. While leading his company in an attack on enemy machinegun nests he, with three of his men in advance of the remainder of the company, fearlessly attacked a machinegun nest, capturing three prisoners and two guns, turning the guns against the enemy. He was mortally wounded while operating one of the guns in an exposed position." '
Thus ended the career of Charles Dashiell Harris at the age of twentyone years. In these few brief years he had made a mark for himself at West Point, He was the champion swimmer of his class,
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class cheer leader and president of the traditional Dialectic Society. His sunny disposition made him exceedingly popular. It was said of him"No finer or truer boy ever lived. Charlie was a born leader in enterprises serious or gay, in scholarship, athletics, and friendship." In the Army he was loved and respected by officers and men. He was proud of his company and his men were proud of him. They would and did follow him anywhere. Well has it been said of him"His initiative and bravery were an inspiration to his men." His patriotism was without a flaw. He proved his love for his country by giving his all in selfless devotion to it.
Bayard Guthrie, (p. 326) son of John B. Guthrie and Esther Bayard, married April 16, 1929, Mrs. Catherine Belle Dinneen, nee Corbett. She was born Feb. 2, 1880, at Erin, Tenn., daughter of Michael Corbett, an immigrant from Ireland, and Anne Elizabeth Perry, a native of Kentucky. They reside near Ocean Springs, Miss.
Sarah Ewan Guthrie, (p. 322) fifth child and only daughter of William Woodward Guthrie and Elizabeth Ivester, married in 1894 Aaron B. Ferris, a prominent lawyer of Cincinnati, Ohio. He is a descendant of the Ferris family of New York.
Mary Brandon Guthrie, (p. 317) fifth child and second daughter of James Verner Guthrie and Martha Brandon, was a woman of remarkable character and exemplified the highest Christian graces in her daily life. She married Aug. 4, 1834, James Patterson Kilbreth, of Cincinnatti, Ohio, who was born in Baltimore, Md., and died in Cincinnatti, Ohio, in 1897, his wife having preceded him July 18, 1871.
Children:
1. Sarah P. Kilbreth. (Below)
2. John Williams Kilbreth, (p. 330).
3. James Truesdale Kilbreth, (p. 330).
Sarah P. Kilbreth married Nathaniel H. McLean, son of William McLean, and nephew of Hon. Judge John McLean, of Ohio, one time Chief Justice of the U. S. Supreme Court, and exSecretary of War.
Nathaniel H. McLean was born in Ohio and as a young man was appointed "at large" Cadet to West Point. He was appointed Second Lieutenant of Infantry, July 1, 1848. He was Brevet Captain Assistant Adjutant General, May 11, 1861; Major and Assistant Adjutant General, July 17, 1862; resigned June 24, 1864. He was Lieutenant Colonel, March, 1875; retired March 18, 1875. At his death, which occurred in Cincinnatti, he was buried with military honors in Spring Grove Cemetery.
Children:
1. Mary McLean.
2. Carolyn McLean.
3. William McLean, who d. at the age of three years.
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John Williams Kilbreth married Nov. 27, 1860, Mary J. Culbertson.
Children:
1. John Culbertson Kilbretb. 3. James P. Kilbreth.
2. Mary Guthrie Kilbreth. 4. J. Williams Kilbreth.
James Truesdale Kilbreth, third child and second son of James P. Kilbreth and Mary Brandon Guthrie, graduated from Harvard College. For twenty years he was a Judge in New York City. He was a Collector of the Port of New York under appointment by President Grover Cleveland.
James Truesdale Kilbreth married Sophia, widow
of Prof. Oudin, whose son, Eugene Oudin, deceased, was an operatic
singer of note. James T. Kilbreth died June 24, 1897, in Southamp
ton, Mass.
Children of James T. Kilbreth and Sophia Oudin:
1. James T. Kilbreth, b. ; graduated from Harvard 1898; Lawyer, New York City.
Presly Neville Guthrie, (p. 317) sixth child and fourth son of James Verner Guthrie and Martha Brandon, was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., Aug. 1, 1819. He was endowed by nature with martial instincts and at an early age joined the Duquesne Grays of Pittsburgh. Later he was appointed Captain of a Company in the llth Regiment, U. S. Infantry, March 4, 1847. The United States was at that time involved in war with Mexico. The History of Allegheny County, Pa., by Warner, Vol. 1, page 181, says,"Two other companies from Allegheny County were accepted and credited to Maryland and the District of Columbia. These were raised and commanded by Captains P. N. Guthrie and Thomas A. Rowley." (Mexican War). With four other companies of the I lth Regimen"', Capt. Guthrie and his Company landed at Vera Cruz, Mexico, in June, 1847, and under command of the gallant Major Lally fought their way to the relief of General Scott at Puebla City. In the campaign which followed Captain Guthrie participated in the actions of Aug. 18th and 19th against Conteraras and Churubusco and for his gallant conduct in these engagements was promoted. He was twice severely wounded in the desperate battle of ElMolinosdelRey, as he led his men on to the attack.
When peace was declared Captain Guthrie returned with his Company to Pittsburgh, where it was disbanded and he retired to private life.
On the outbreak of the Indian War in the Territories of Washington and Oregon, he raised a company in Pittsburgh, which was known as the "Independent Guthrie Grays." President Pierce sent Mr. Guthrie a Captain's Commission in the Ninth Regiment, U. S. Infantry, and in the Fall of 1855 the troops received orders and at once sailed for the seat of war. During the campaign which fol
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lowed Captain Guthrie was seized with paralysis resulting from his wounds in the Mexican War. After six months of sickness, during which time he chaffed at the enforced inactivity, he again resumed command when only partially recovered, but was soon forced to relinquish it again. Realizing then that his days on earth were numbered, he returned to his family at Newport, Ky., where, on Dec. 29, 1857, 'his soul, untrammeled, took its flight. So passed as gallant a soldier as ever buckled sword, in the prime of his life, being thirtyeight years of age. His life was given in the service of his Country and his unspotted fame is a white light to thrill and challenge all who would "emulate his glory and follow in his wake." The reader is referred to Records of the Guthrie Family, by Dunn & Dunn, pages 12931 for the fuller memoir from which these facts have been gleaned.
Presly Neville Guthrie married (1) Caroline F. Parker, a niece of James Murdock, the famous actor. She died Nov. 5, 1848.' He married (2) Mary Parker, a sister of his first wife.
It appears that the remains of Captain Guthrie were removed from Kentucky, (or Ohio, whichever place they were first interred) to Pittsburgh, for the records of the Allegheny Cemetery show that he is buried there. "GUTHRIE, CAPT. P. N.: died in Cincinnatti, buried March 12, 1858."
Children of Presly Neville Guthrie and Caroline F. Parker:
1. William Guthrie, b. ; d. ; unm.
2. Edward Parker Guthrie, b. 1841; d. May 15, 1862.137
3. Mary Guthrie, b. 1846; d. Nov. 5, 1859.111
Children of Presly Neville Guthrie and Mary Parker:
1. Madge Guthrie, who m. George Arthur, of Washington, D. C.
2. Robert Guthrie, who was drowned in the ocean while bathing at Atlantic City, N. J.
Robert Bruce Guthrie, (p. 317) seventh child and fifth son of James Verner Guthrie and Martha Brandon, while not so conspicuous in military affairs as his brother, Presly Neville, was nonetheless ready and willing to serve his Country whenever duty called him. He was a soldier in both the Mexican and the Civil War. He was a member of the Committee of Public Safety of Pittsburgh, appointed by the Chairman of a mass meeting held in Pittsburgh, April 15, 1861.
Robert Bruce Guthrie died in McKee's Rocks, Pa., Oct. 1, 1874.
"The many friends of Robert B. Guthrie in this city will regret his demise, which occurred at his residence at McKee's Rocks, on Thursday. Mr. Guthrie is well known as an old citizen of Pittsburgh, having been born on Fifth Avenue in 1822, where he resided some thirtyfive years. When the Mexican War broke out he enlisted in the Duquesne Grays, and served for some time as an orderly sergeant. However, falling sick at Vera Cruz, he was compelled to relinqui,Ii service, and receiving his discharge, returned home. During the Civil War he served as captain of one of the supply boats running between Cincinnatti and Memphis.
"About fifteen years ago he retired to his farm consisting of about two hundred
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acres at McKee's, where he has resided ever since. His wife has been dead for the past seven years, but he leaves a family of six childreil with whom a large circle of his friends join mourning his loss.
In an article on McKee's Rocks reference is made to the Robert Bruce Guthre home as follows: "Besides Ridgeview, and about to be torn down is the town's oldest mansion, that of the Guthries. Planted in the heart of a two acre estate, it has stood since before the Civil War." '
Robert Bruce Guthrie married April 22, 1850, Catherine McKee, daughter of Alexander McKee, of McKee's Rocks, Pa. (See the McKees, Allied Families.)
Catherine McKee Guthrie died April 8, 1866; was buried in the Allegheny Cemetery; remains removed from there Jan. 16, 1897.'
Children:
1. Ella Guthrie, b. March 22, 1851, at McKee's Rocks, Pa. (Below)
2. Martha Doughty Guthrie, b. Oct. 29, 1852; unm. Lives in Edgeworth,
Pittsburgh, Pa.
3. Maria Louise Guthrie, b. Jan. 28, 1854; unm. Lives in Sewickley, Pa.
4.Kate Guthrie, b. June 26, 1856; m. June 12, 1882, Thomas Huntington
Dickson, who d. Aug. 4, 1902; no children.
5.Mary Kilbreth Guthrie, b. Jan. 7, 1858; m. April 18, 1911, Edward L.
Covert; no children.
6.Jennie Brooks Guthrie, b. Feb. 17, 1860; d. Sept. 4, 1863.
7. Alexander McKee Guthrie, b. Sept. 3, 1863, in McKee's Rocks; d. in McKee's Rocks, "as a result of an accidental fall, age 44; interred Nov. 15, 1907." (Allegheny Cemetery.)
Ella Guthrie married June 18, 1874, Park Painter, who was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., Oct. 10, 1849. They were married by the Rev. John Scarborough, then rector of Trinity Episcopal Church, of which they were members. They resided in Allegheny City, where they had a beautiful home. Park Painter died Jan. 24, 1918; his wife in Atlantic City, N. J., Jan. 30, 1924. She was a member of the D. A. R. Society and of the Colonial Dames.
Children, born in Allegheny City, Pa.:
1. Mary Hays Painter, b. April 3, 1875. (Below).
2.Kenneth Graydon Painter, b. May 22, 1878; d. Nov. 20, 1896, in Allegheny
City, Pa. He was a youth of great promise, had flne literary ability
and was beloved by all who knew him.
3. Alice Blair Painter, b. May 14, 1880.
4.Eleanor Guthrie Painter, b. Dec. 18, 1881.
5. Gladys Lonsdale Painter, b. May 3, 1884.
Mary Hays Painter married Oct. 19, 1898, in Pittsburgh, Pa., Hartley Howard, Jr., who was born in that city, March 27, 1870. He is a son of Hartley Howard, who was born in Pittsburgh, in 1841; married Nov. 1, 1866, Olivia Chambers. Their children wereAlexander, Hartley, Abner, Martha, and Eugene Howard.
Children of Hartley Howard, Jr., and Mary Hays Painter:
1. Constance Howard, b. Jan. 24, 1902, in Arnold, Pa.
2. Kenneth Howard, b. July , 1905, in Arnold, Pa.
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3. Jacob Painter Howard, b. June , 1907, in Rhode Island.
4. Hartley Howard, b. April , 1909, in Arnold, Pa.
5. Olivia Howard, b. Feb. 1912, in Sewickley, Pa.
6. Park Howard, b. June 1914, in Sewickley, Pa.
7. Catherine Howard, b. June , 1916, in Sewickley, Pa.
Martha Guthrie, (p. 317) eighth child and third daughter of James Verner Guthrie and Martha Brandon, was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., May 17, 1824. She married Nov. 16, 1842, William McDowell Doughty, who was born in Pittsburgh Nov. 1, 1819. (See the Doughtys, Allied Families.)
Isabella Guthrie, (p. 317) youngest child of James Verner Guthrie and Nlartha Brandon, married Dec. 3, 1846, Rev. Asbury Lowrey, D.D., of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was born at Goodwin's Point, on Lake Cayuga, N. Y., March 20, 1816, a son of Rev. John and Mary.(Mack) Lowrey.
Rev. Lowrey retired from the ministry in 1874 and became editor of the Christian Standard, in Philadelphia. In 1878 he went to New York City and with Dr. Asa Mahan started a paper called Divine Life. In 1896 he severed his connection with this paper and went to live in Germantown, Pa., where he died Friday night, Aug. 5, 1898; was buried in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnatti, Ohio.
Rev. Lowrey was twice married, his first wife having been Mary Connable, a descendant of Governor English, of New Haven, Conn. They were the parents of Mary Frances, who married James Jackson and had two children, Lowrey Jackson and Isabella Jackson.
Children of Asbury Lowrey and Isabella Guthrie:
1. Dwight Morris Lowrey, b. about 1848, in Cincinnatti, Ohio;" "educated
at Heidleburg, Germany, and is a talented lawyer of Philadelphia. He m. Elizabeth Runkle, Nov. 2, 1886."
2. William Kilbreth Lowrey, b. about 1850, in Cincinnatti, Ohio; he was
educated at Heidelburg, Germany; was a lawyer in Chicago, Ill.
John Guthrie, (p. 315) eighth and youngest child of John Guthrie and Sarah Davis, married in Philadelphia Sarah Fielding, who was born in Watertown, N. Y., July 4, 1802. He died in 1833; his widow, in 1882.
Children:
1. Susan Catherine Guthrie, b. in 1824, in Baltimore, Md.; m. Raymond
Belt; lived in Logan, Ohio; a daughter m. Judge Wright, of Logan, 0. 2. Sarah Elizabeth Guthrie b. July 22, 1827, in Washington, D. C. (Below)
3. Ellen Guthrie, b. m. John Denholm, of Logiin, Ohio.
4. Anne Guthrie, b. m. A. B. Rose, of Urbana, Ohio.
Sarah Elizabeth Guthrie married March 1, 1849, James Burns Ingraham, who was born at Ravenswood, Va., Nov. 9, 1821; son of Jacob Ingraham, who was born at Ravenswood, Va., Nov. 9, 1799; died in 1880; married in 1819 Maria Modisette, who died about 1890. Their children wereJames Burns, Jacob, Benjamin, Judah, Alcinda, Edith, Frances, Jane, Albert and others, names unknown.