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James Burns Ingraham, a doctor of medicine, settled at Plainfield, Ohio. It was originally known as Jacobsport. He died October, 1877; his wife, June 20, 1908.
Children, all born in Plainfield, Ohio:
1. Maria Olivia Ingraham, b. November, 1849; m. Dr. Thomas J. Smith, M.D., of Coshocton, Ohio.
2. Sarah Elizabeth Ingraham, b. May 31, 1851; m. Alexander Renfrew, of Coshocton, Ohio.
3. Charles Modisette Ingraham, b. Jan. 1, 1853; m. Medorah Hedges, Kansas City, Mo.
4. Frances Ellen Ingraham, b. March 18, 1854; m. Dr. Henry L. Mann, M.D., Washington, D. C.
5. John Guthrie Ingraham, b. in 1856; d. aged nine months.
6.Emma Gale Ingraham, b. Nov. 17, 1858; m. Gilbert J. Clarke, of Kansas
City, Mo.
7. Anna Rose Ingraham, b. Jan. 26, 1860. (Below).
8.Edgar Floyd Ingraham, b. June 2, 1862; m. (1) Julia ; m. (2)
Margaret Preston; d. 1918.
9.Robert Jay Ingraham, b. Jan. 24, 1864; m. Margaret Nolan; d. 1919.
Anna Rose Ingraham married June 20, 1883, Joseph William Marsh, who was born in New York, May 21, 1858, son of Peter Moersch (Anglicized to Marsh), who was born in Germany in 1811, by his third wife, Katherine Hoffman. By one or both of his former marriages, Peter Marsh had childrenJohn, Julius and Caroline; by the third marriageJoseph and Charles Marsh.
Children of Joseph W. Marsh and Anna Rose Ingraham:
1. Francis Joseph Marsh, b. Nov. 9, 1884, in Brooklyn, N. Y.; d. Nov. 21, 1884.
2.Rose Guthrie Marsh, b. Dec. 10, 1885, in Washington, D. C.; m. in 1917
Jacob Simpson Peyton; a daughter b. in 1922, d. in infancy.
3. James Ingraham Marsh, b. Feb. 21, 1890, in Pittsburgh, Pa.; m. Mary
Gladys Wells.
Children:
(1). Louise Dewey Marsh, b. November, 1919.
(2). Mary Clyde Marsh, b. March 5, 1922.
4.Sarah Elizabeth Marsh, b. Aug. 3, 1896, in Pittsburgh, Pa.; m. March 9,
1921, Edward Frederick William Salisbury.
5. liatherine Modisette Marsh, b. Feb. 1, 1904, in Pittsburgh, Pa.
GEORGE GUTHRIE, (p. 311) said to have been a son of Robert Guthrie and Bridget Dougherty, has been formerly reckoned by the writer to have been born about 1746. Subsequent investigation leads to the belief that he was born about 1751. He does not appear as a taxable in Cumberland County, Pa., until 1781, and there are no records of that county to show that he bought or sold any property in it.'"
As to service in the Revolutionary War prior to 1777, while there are no known extant records of it, what is more likely than that during the stirring days of June and July, 1775, when Col. William Thompson, of Carlisle, was raising his Battalion of Riflemen to go to
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the defense of Boston, George Guthrie, a young man of Carlisle, should enlist under Capt. William Hendricks, of Cumberland County, and march with his company to Cambridge? The ardent patriotism of George Guthrie as shown in his later services, renders it well night impossible to conceive that he did otherwise. Capt. Hendricks' Company was one of the three rifle companies detailed to join a detachment to go against Quebec, under command of Col. Arnold. Capt. Hendricks was killed in the night assault on Quebec, Dec. 31, 1775, and all his company either captured or killed. Those captured were exchanged a short time later and most of them reenlisted in the Pennsylvania battalions serving on the Canadian frontier under St. Clair and Wayne.
The first known military record of George Guthrie shows him as a private in Capt. Henry Lee's Company of Dragoons."' He is also shown to have served as a lieutenant under Lee."'
Having served under "Light Horse Harry Lee" and afterward extensively in the South including much time on the noble soil of the Old Dominion, Virginia claimed him as her son, nor could he have had a more generous maternal province."'
Just when George Guthrie's connection with Lee's Legion terminated is not known; it is probable that on expiration of his term of enlistment he went home. He is next found in the legion commanded by Count Casimer Pulaski, who was authorized by a resolution of Congress under date of March 28, 1778, to raise and organize a corps of 68 lighthorse and 200 foot."'
It appears that after the campaign with Pulaski in the South George Guthrie returned to his home in Cumberland County, Pa., and the following year was identified with the militia of that county."'
Early in 1781 George Guthrie joined Col. Stephen Moylan's Light Dragoons, then wintering in the northern part of Lancaster County, Pa. This was a veteran organization which had seen service in eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and New England. In the winter of 178081, due to the expiration of the terms of enlistment of the men, Moylan's command shrank to but eleven men. In the Spring of 1781 it was recruited up to about eighty men. Late in July of that year Moylan's Dragoons moved southward and under date of July 30, 1781, James McHenry, AidedeCamp to LaFayette, wrote that Moylan's men would cross the James River on that day. On Oct. 1, 1781, Moylan's Dragoons were at Williamsburg, Va.'"'
Moylan's command was before Yorktown as follows:"In the order of Battle at Yorktown the First or Right Division (of the Continental Line) was (1) Pennsylvania Volunteers, Battalion of Riflemen, under Major Wm. Parr; (2) 4th Regiment, Continental Light Dragoons, Col. Stephen Moylan." '
.. . . . . . . So it will be seen that Moylan's command had a very honourable though dangerous position. Lord Cornwallis, besieged at Yorktown, surrendered Oct. 19, 1781. The captive army moved
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with grace and precision. Universal silence was observed amidst the vast concourse, and the utmost decency prevailed; exhibiting in demeanor an awful sense of the vicissitudes of human fortunes, mingled with commiseration for the unhappy."'
The following song is supposed to have been sung after the surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown and is reproduced here from General Stephen Moylan, by Martin 1. J. Grifrir..
MOYLAN'S DRAGOONS
by
Thomas D'Arch M'Gee
Furl up the banner of the brave,
And bear it gently home,
Through stormy scenes no more to wave,
For now the calm has come;
Through showering grape and drifting death
It floated ever true;
And by the sign upon our path
Men knew what troop went through.
Our flag first flew o'er Boston free,
When Grave's fleet groped out;
On Stony Point, reconquered, we
Unfurled it with a shout:
At Trenton, Monmouth, Germantown,
Our sabres were not slack;
Like lightening, next, to Charleston
We scourged the British back.
And here at Yorktown, now they yield,
And our career is o'er.
No more thou'll flutter o'er the field,
Flag of the braveno more.
The Redcoats yield they to "the Line;"
Both sides have changed their tunes,
To peace the Congress doth encline
And so do we Dragoons.
Furl up the banner of the brave,
And bear it gently home;
No more o', er Moylan's rnarch to wave,
Lodge it in Moylan's home.
There Butler, Hand and Wayne, perchance,
Mayt tell of battles brave,
And the old flag on its splintered lance
Above their heads shall wave.
Hurrah then for the Schuylkill side
Its pleasant woods and dellsl
Old Ulster well may warm with pride
When each his story tells.
Comrades, farewellt May heaven bestow
On you its richest boons I
So let us drink before we go
To Moylan's brave Dragoons
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Lieutenant George Guthrie remained in Moylan's command to the very end, being mustered out when it was finally disbanded.' A brass button from his uniform is a cherished heirloom in the possession of the writer.
About 1784 George Guthrie removed from Cumberland County to that part of Bedford which was a little later formed into Huntingdon County, Pa., and there he was active in the militia for many years.'
When Huntingdon County was erected in 1787, ipso facto, he became a resident of the new county and is represented to have been in Oneida Township that year. The same year he bought property in the new borough of Huntingdon.' He kept an inn or tavern in Huntingdon for a number of years and afterward in Hollidaysburg.' He bought and sold lands but never engaged in farming. Like a great many veterans of the Revolutionary War he found it difficult to adjust himself to civil life. He had an imperious temper and was quick to resent a real or fancied wrong. His life was a turbulent one and he was frequently involved in contentions with his fellows.
Notwithstanding this he was a firm believer, was a charter member of the first Presbyterian Church of Huntingdon and an honest, upright man.'
Family tradition says that George Guthrie was tall and muscular and possessed of a military bearing. He was a very determined fighter and in those engagements which were going against the Colonials was one of the last to yield ground. He was a man of a good deal of personal pride and dignity, yet companionable and hospitable.
George Guthrie married, sometime in the seventeen seventies,' Margaret Campbell, who was born about 1753; died about 1805. She was a daughter of Sergeant William Campbell. of Peters Township, Cumberland (afterwards Franklin) County, Pa., whose wife was Jeanet Coulter. (See the Campbells, Allied Families.)
George Guthrie died OctoberNovember, 1813.
Children:
1. James Guthrie.""
2. A son, (?).
3. A son, (?).
4. William Campbell Guthrie, b. about 1780, in what is now Franklin County, Pa. (Below)
5. A daughter, who m. Robert Provines.10
6. Sara Guthrie, (p. 349).
7. Jane Guthrie, b. in 1790, in Huntingdon, Pa.; d. in 1868, in Bedford, Pa., (p. 350).
William Campbell Guthrie (above) was probably born at his grandfather Campbell's home in Peters Township.' He was reared principally in Huntingdon County. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, serving at Erie, Pa., where he worked on the boats built there for Perry and did guard duty.'
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After the war he located on land near his uncle Samuel Holliday, in Springfield Township.'
He was a man of great physical strength and bore the reputation of being the strongest man in Erie County. A number of stories are told of his feats. He was a neighborly kind of man, ever ready to go to the aid of anyone in need.
He married in 1814 Mary Lybarger, who was born in Bedford County, Pa., in 1786. (See the Lybargers, Allied Families.)
William Campbell Guthrie died at his home near North Springfield, Erie County, Pa., JulyAugust, 1834;' his widow Mary died in 1857.
Children, all born at above place:'
1. Samuel Guthrie, b. Aug. 24, 1815. (Below)
2. Margaret Guthrie, b. Jan. 28, 1817, (p. 344).
3. Jane Guthrie, b. May 18, 1818, (p. 345).
4.Eliza Guthrie, b. Oct. 15, 1820; never married. After her mother's death
she continued to live on the old home place until Nov. 17, 1893, when
she entered the Old Ladies Home, of Erie. There she d. Jan. 17, 1903.
She lies buried in the old East Springfleld Cemetery.
5. George Guthrie, b. June 19, 1823, (p. 346).
6. John Guthrie, b. Jan. 21, 1825, (p. 347).
7. James Guthrie, b. Oct. 19, 1827, (p. 347).
8.William Guthrie, b. June 20, 1829, (p. 347).
9. Lucinda Guthrie, b. Nov. 12, 1831; d. in childhood.
10.Sarah Guthrie, b. Nov. 11, 1833, (p. 349).
Samuel Guthrie was reared in Erie County during the period when the first settlers were clearing the forests and bringing the land into a state of cultivation. The country was wild and new; the life primitive. He never went to school a day in his life. Nevertheless he acquired the rudiments of an education, was a good pensman, understood practical arithmetic and was fairly well read. As a lad, he did his sums of evenings before the blazing fire with a pointed stick on his boottops.
After the death of his father he became the mainstay of his mother and her large family for four years.
Early in 1838 he went west. Going to Pittsburgh he engaged to work his passage on a raft carrying westbound emigrants. They went down the Ohio to its confluence with the Mississippi, thence up the Mississippi to Keokuk, Iowa. From this point he went on west to a point called Bonaparte, on the Des Moines River. Later he settled on a tract of about 240 acres of land in the eastern part of Davis County, Iowa.' Here his children were born and reared and here he lived the remainder of his life.
Reared a Presbyterian, he united with the nearest denomination which was the Methodists. This was about 1856.
He was opposed to slavery and a strong supporter of Lincoln. He married in 1841, Katherine Minear, who was born in Randolph County, W. Va., April 16, 1825; died Jan. 1, 1863. (See the Minears, Allied Families.)
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Samuel Guthrie died at his home, two miles north of Troy, March 14, 1891. Both he and his wife are buried in the cemetery of Troy, Iowa.
Children:"
1.Mary Guthrie, b. Nov. 28, 1842; was the second or third white girl born
in the county; m. Oct. 8, 1872, Edward M. Rullman, (see the Rull
mans, Allied Families); d. in Eldon, Iowa, Aug. 5, 1895. No children.
2. George Washington Guthrie, b. Feb. 16, 1844. (Below)
3. William Roger Guthrie, b. Oct. 27, 1845, (p. 341).
4.Sarah Guthrie, b. Dec. 18, 1848; taught public school; m. March 1, 1889,
John R. Frogge, a native of Tennessee, then a resident of Jasper
County, Mo. He was a widower having several grown children. About
1897 they moved to Montana. He d. at Corvalis, Ore., Jan. 1, 1915.
She d. Sept. 16, 1917, is buried in the Cemetery of Troy, Iowa. No
children.
5. Alfred Athelstane Guthrie, b. Sept. 20, 1850, (p. 341).
6.Francis Guthrie, b. in 1852; d. Aug. 3, 1858, of "brain fever," having
become overheated while helping older brothers in the haymow.
He was a very attractive, bright boy.
7. Lydia A. Guthrie, b. July 9, 1854, (p. 343).
8. John Wesley Guthrie, b. April 4, 1854, (p. 343).
9.Hannah Elizabeth Guthrie, b. Aug. 23, 1858; never m., lived with her
sister Laura, in Eldon, later in Bloomfield, Iowa, where she d. March
6, 1923; is buried in the Cemetery of Troy, Iowa.
10. Rhoda May Guthrie, b. Aug. 14, 1860, (p. 344).
11.Laura Belle Guthrie, b. July 20, 1862; for several years taught school;
lives in Bloomfield, Iowa, unm.
George Washington Guthrie, reared in the primitive home of a pioneer, enlisted Feb. 16, 1864, when just twenty years of age, in Company D, Third Iowa Cavalry, then a veteran organization. He served actively as a private for eighteen months, first in scouting expeditions into northern Mississippi, with Memphis, Tenn., as a base; second, in the Missouri campaign against Gen. Stirling Price and third, in the final campaign of the war through Alabama and Georgia.
At the close of the war he attended the Troy Academy and then the Iowa State University, from which he graduated in 1873. For a number of years thereafter he was superintendent of public schools in various places. After which he purchased a farm in Davis County, Iowa, upon which he lived until 1896, when he entered for one term the office of county treasurer, to which he was elected on the Republican ticket.
In 1901, like his fathers, he became a pioneer, entering for land in the Kiowa, Comanche and Apache Indian Reservation, then being opened for settlement in Oklahoma Territory. He settled on a quarter section near Lawton, Okla., in 1902, and amid the trials and privations incident to the development of a new country, labored heroically to bring the raw prairie into a state of cultivation.
He was a man of strong physique, fine mental abilities and scholarly tastes. He was deeply religious and for many years an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He gave un
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stintingly of his time and means to it and to every good cause. He was public spirited, interested in politics and education.
While teaching in Schuyler County, Mo., he met Miss Mary Alice Veatch, daughter of Peter Lowry Veatch. They were married Aug. 22, 1877. (See the Veatches, Allied Families.)
George W. Guthrie died at his home in Lawton, Okla., Jan. 8, 1924, and is buried in the Lawton Cemetery.
Children:'
1. Walter Roe Guthrie, b. June 21, 1879, in Centerville, Iowa; d. Oct. 20, 1882, of diptheria in Schuyler County, Mo., and is buried beside his grandfather and mother Veatch, at Coatesville.
2. Laurence Rawlin Guthrie, b. Sept. 11, 1881, near Glenwood, Mo. (Below)
3. Ovid Kingsley Guthrie, b. March 4, 1884, in Davis County, Iowa. (Below)
4. Elsie Ola Guthrie, b. May 23, 1887, in Davis County, Iowa. (Below)
Laurence Rawlin Guthrie graduated from the high school of Bloomfield, Iowa, in 1901; pioneered in Oklahoma Ty.; graduated from Mt. Union College, Alliance, Ohio, in 1913, with the degree of A.B. and from Drew Theological Seminary, Madison, N. J., in 1914, with the degree of B.D.; was ordained to the gospel ministry by the Oklahoma Conference of the M. E. Church, Nov. 22, 1916; during the World War served as a "Y" secretary at Camp Donaphan, Okla., and from August, 1918, to September, 1919, overseas in France with the Sixth Division, U. S. Army. He has served pastorates in New York, Oklahoma, Missouri, and Pennsylvania. He is the compiler of American Guthrie and Allied Families.
He married Dec. 21, 1919, in Miami, Okla., Mary Cornelia Tuthill, who was born Nov. 25, 1885, at Mulberry, Kan. (See the Tuthills, Allied Families.)
Children:
1. Laura Rosemary Guthrie, b. Jan. 27, 1921, in Miami, Okla.
2. James Allan Guthrie, b. Oct. 19, 1922, in Belleflower, Mo.
3. William Robert Guthrie, b. March 29, 1924, in Pittsburgh, Pa.; d. April 7, 1924; is buried in the Allegheny Cemetery of Pittsburgh.
4. Elsie Olive Guthrie, b. June 5, 1925, in Ft. Loudon, Pa.
5. David Veatch Guthrie, b. May 15, 1927, in Welsh Run, Pa.
6. Ronald Tuthill Guthrie, b. May 18, 1929, in Welsh Run, Pa.
7. Donald Francis Guthrie, twin to Ronald.
Ovid Kingsley Guthrie (above) married Dec. 27, 1911, in Comanche County, Okla, Helen M. Miller, who was born June 3, 1885, in Akron, Ohio, daughter of Henry David Miller, born May 7, 1845; died Aug. 17, 1925, in Lawton, Okla.; married Jan. 27, 1870, Minnie S. Sickley, who was born Oct. 27, 1852; died Feb. 1, 1911, near Lawton, Okla. Their children wereGrace, who died near Lawton, Okla., about 1902; Albert S.; Kirk S.; and Helen May.
Mr. and Mrs. 0. K. Guthrie reside in Indiana, Pa. No children.
Elsie 0. Guthrie (above) married Sept. 8, 1920, in Lawton, Okla., Carl A. Seville. They live in Mercerville, N. J.
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Children:
1. Ovid Kingsley Seville, b. May 29, 1923, in Lawton, Okla.
2. Audrey Alice Seville, b. Saturday, Feb. 26, 1927, in Trenton, N. J.; d. July 19, 1927, in Trenton, N. J.
3. Marion Elinor Seville, b. March 17, 1929, in Mercersville, N. J.
William Roger Guthrie (p. 339) served in Company D, Third Iowa Cavalry, with his brother George. He was wounded by a rifle ball in his right knee in one of his engagements. After the war, he taught school, attended Grinnell College, (Iowa), later Dartmouth, (N. H.) where he graduated in 1873. He then studied law in Albany, N. Y., was admitted to the bar in that state and practiced very successfully in that city until premature death ended his career.
He married Sept. 18, 1883, Annie S. Whitbeek, of Aquetuck, N. Y., who was born Sept. 6, 1852, daughter of David Whitbeck, born Jan. 2, 1826; died Jan. 17, 1902. He was a member of an old and distinguished family of the Hudson Valley, a grandson of Major Verplank, of Revolutionary fame, who afterwards was Judge of Albany County. David Whitbeek married Catherine L. Van Loan, born March 5, 1826; died June 30, 1888. She was a descendant of the honored Bronck family of Coeymans, N. Y., and of the Van Loans (Van Loons), who originally settled at Athens, first known as Loansburg, Greene County, N. Y.
William R. Guthrie died very suddenly, due it was said to the bursting of a blood vessel in the brain, April 16, 1890, at Aquetuck, N. Y., where he and his wife were spending the weekend at the home of her parents. He is buried at Coeymans, N. Y. They had no children.
Alfred Athelstane Guthrie (p. 339) as a youth felt the pinch of poverty and had a great hunger for educational advantages. He determined to climb out of the restricted environment of his early life and set himself with an indomnitable will to surmount the obstacles in his path. By alternately teaching and attending school, he secured an education, first in the Troy Academy, then the Iowa State University, from which he graduated in 1875. He was Superintendent of the Public Schools of Iowa City, Iowa, for several years thereafter.
Jan. 1, 1884, he went to Albany, New York, entered the Albany Law School from which he graduated June, 1884, with the degree of LL.B. He was admitted to the bar and formed a partnership with Andrew J. Colvin and William R. Guthrie, his brother, who had been in partnership as Colvin & Guthrie, the new firm taking the name of Colvin, Guthrie & Guthrie.
He continued in the practice of his profession in Albany for many years. About 1910 he moved with his family to Cleveland, Ohio.
He married (1) Dec. 25,1877, in Iowa City, Iowa, Ella W. Osmond, the officiating minister being the father of the bride, the Rev. S. M.
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Osmond, pastor of the Presbyterian Church of that city and formerly of Philadelphia, Pa.
Ella (Osmond) Guthrie died March 15, 1879, in Iowa City, Iowa. He married (2) April 26, 1898, Mabel Harland Sargent, of Cleveland, Ohio. She was born Aug. 13,1865, in New Hampton, N. H., daughter of Hosea 1. Sargent, born Sept. 28, 1838, in Tamworth, N. H.; died April 15, 1915, in Cleveland, Ohio.; married June 2, 1860, Eliza Simpson Drew, who was born Aug. 13, 1837, in New Hampton, N. H.; died May 15, 1908, in Cleveland Ohio. He served all through the Civil War in the 12th New Hampshire Volunteers; had the rank of captain. Besides Mabel, they had a younger daughter, Grace, who was born Aug. 1, 1878; married June 2, 1903, Rev. Arthur Demper, of the Episcopal Church. They live at 510 Mt. Prospect Ave., Newark, N. J.
Alfred Athelstane Guthrie died March 27, 1922, in Cleveland, Ohio, where he was laid to rest.
One child was born to his first marriage:
1. Keith Osmond Guthrie, b. Oct. 25, 1878, in Iowa City, Iowa. (Below) One child was born to his second marriage:
1. Margaret Sargent Guthrie, b. March 7, 1903, in Albany, N. Y.; d. Jan. 1, 1932; unm., in Paris, France, where she and her mother had just established their permanent residence.
Keith Osmond Guthrie, after the death of his mother, lived in his grandfather Guthrie's home under the care of his aunts, until about six years of age, when his father took him to live in Albany, N. Y. He was a bright boy and made rapid progress in school. At the time of his graduation from the Albany High School, he held the record of being the youngest graduate. He graduated from Yale University in 1899. He then took up electrical engineering and later civil engineering, specializing in concrete work.
He married May 7, 1912, Grace Conaughty, who was born Sept. 25, 1892, at Waterford, N. Y. She is a daughter of Wallace Conaughty, b Oct. 21, 1855, in Waterford, N. Y.; married May 17, 1891, Minnie Sofia Maguire, who was born Oct. 17, 1863, in Brooklyn, N. Y. Their children areGrace, Caroline Turk, Hugh Stanton and Robert Bruce Conaughty.
After his marriage Keith lived in Schenectady, N. Y., where all his children except the eldest were born. They now live in Pleasantville, N. Y.
Children:
1. Grace Guthrie, b. April 10, 1913, in Troy, N. Y.
2. Keith Osmond Guthrie, Jr., b. July 23, 1914.
3. John Conaughty Guthrie, b. March 21, 1916.
4. William Alfred Guthrie, b. Oct. 25, 1918.
5. Barbara Jane Guthrie, b. March 7, 1921.
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Lydia A. Guthrie, (p. 339) was a very studious girl and possessed the bookhunger characteristic of the children of lovely Katherine Minear. She began teaching when quite young. She taught in the Eagley school house, staying in the home of her uncle, Daniel Eagley, in Pennsylvania. Returning to Iowa about 1886 after a number of years spent among her father's people in Pennsylvania, she met at a Teachers Institute at Bloomfield, Iowa, Mr. Charles R. Van Duyn of near that place. It was love at first sight in his case. Soon they were happily married. Mr. Van Duyn is a scholar and a Christian gentleman. He is descended from the Van Duyns of New York, whose original holdings on Manhattan Island, now worth millions, it is said passed to other hands without the giving of proper titles.
After their marriage they lived in Lincoln, Nebr., where he prospered in real estate during the boom period, and where he was the financial agent of Cotner University of the Christian Church.
About 1899, after spending some time in Iowa, he moved with his family to Eugene, Ore., and is there connected with the missionary training school of the Christian Church, known as The Eugene Bible University.
Children, all born in Lincoln, Nebr.:
1. Helen Van Duyn, b. Sept. 6, 1889; graduate of the University of Oregon; m. July 12, 1922, Arthur Quackenbush, a hardwareman of Eugene. No children.
2.Charles Herbert Van Duyn, b. Dec. 16, 1891; graduate of the University
of Oregon in Electrical Engineering. Government teacher in the PhiIi
I)ines; Electrical Engineer with the General Electric Co., of Schenec
tady, N. Y.; erecting engineer in South America and the West Indies.
unm.
3.Mary Mildred Van Duyn, b. May 11, 1897; m. April 8, 1917, Lawrence
H. Nelson, of Little Sank, Minn. No children.
John Wesley Guthrie (p. 339) married Sept. 28, 1881, Zeruiah Louisa Rullman, born Sept. 28, 1859, in Davis County, Iowa, daughter of Henry Harmon William Rullman and wife Lucinda Horton. (See the Rullmans, Allied Families.)
After their marriage they lived respectively on the Samuel Guthrie homestead, on a farm in Van Buren County, Iowa, on the old John Christian Frederick Rullman farm and in Milton and Bloomfield, Iowa.
Children:
1.Wayne Elliott Guthrie, b. Oct. 24, 1882, on the Samuel Guthrie home
stead, near Troy, Iowa. (Below)
2.Walter Bernard Guthrie, b. Sept. 16, 1884, in Van Buren County, Iowa,
(p. 344).
3.Ruth Winifred Guthrie, b. June 27, 1903, in Davis County, Iowa; m.
June 14, 1931, at Strahan, Iowa, Delbert Orval Bell. Address
Bloomfield, Iowa.
Wayne Elliott Guthrie (above) married Oct. 23, 1907, Pearl L.
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Lain, who was born March 31, 1881, in Davis County, Iowa. (See the Lains, Allied Families.)
After their marriage they lived some years in Lawton, Okla., where he had a business position. Afterwards he became a railway mail clerk and lived at Forth Worth, Texas. Lastly he engaged in farming on the old Rullman place where he was reared.
Children:
1. Gerald J. Guthrie, b. Feb. 18, 1909, in Lawton, Okla.
2. Marie Guthrie, b. July 29, 1910, in Lawton, Okla.
3. William Lain Guthrie, b. Aug. 21, 1912, in Lawton, Okla.
4. Robert Elliott Guthrie, b. Nov. 27, 1916, in Fort Worth, Texas.
Walter Bernard Guthrie (p. 343) married Feb. 10, 1910, Arley Maude Sloan, who was born June 14, 1889, in Jerrauld County, S. D ' The Sloans were early settlers in western Illinois and were of Irish ancestry.
Walter lives on a farm a few miles north of Pulaski, Iowa, which is his postoffice.
Children:
1. John Donald Guthrie, b. Dec. 30, 1910; in. lives in
Chicago, Ill. They have a son Donald Guthrie.
2. Arley Lois Guthrie, Oct. 4, 1917, at Ottumwa, Iowa.
3. Audrey Louise Guthrie, twin to Arley.
Rhoda May Guthrie (p. 339) married March 1, 1889, at the home of her father, (in a double wedding with her sister, Sarah,) Millard Cox, a widower, who was reared a few miles southwest of Troy, Iowa. They lived on the Samuel Guthrie homestead until after her father's death, when they moved to Pulaski, Iowa. Thereafter Mr. Cox was engaged in the hardware and notion business variously in Farmington, Bloomfield and Newton, Iowa. Finally taking up accounting he moved to Des Moines, Iowa. She died there Dec. 12, 1917.
Children:
1. Mary Gladys Cox, b. Nov. 5,1891, in Pulaski, Iowa; in. d.
May 20, 1923; no children.
2. Harold Lynn Cox, b. June 25, 1895; in.
3. Herbert Hildreth Cox, b. Oct. 20, 1898, in Bloomfield, Iowa; M. June 18, 1921, in Des Moines, Iowa, Lucile Carty.
Margaret Guthrie, (p. 338) second child and eldest daughter of William C. Guthrie and Mary Lybarger, was a woman of remarkable character. Her deeds of kindness were manifold. She was a friend indeed, because a friend in need and a blessed memory of "Aunt Margaret," as she was affectionately known to all, is still cherished by those who knew her.
She married in 1835 Cornelius Devore, who was born in Springfield Township, Erie County, Pa., in 1803. He was her first cousin, being a son of Devore, who married Lybarger, sister to Mary Lybarger.
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After her marriage she lived on a farm adjoining her father's, in fact containing a part of his original tract. Cornelius Devore died Aug. 12, 1840, aged 37. Margaret (Guthrie) Devore died Dec. 23, 1903. Both lie buried in the old East Springfield cemetery.
Children:
1. Eliza Jane Devore, b. Nov. 9,1837.
2. John Devore, b. June 29, 1839; weighed sixteen pounds at birth and about 350 pounds when in the prime of life; was a man of prodigious strength; a mechanical genius and although only selftaught could make anything to which he set his hand; d. about 1879, unm.
Eliza Jane Devore married (1) in 1857 William Brockway. He was a Lieutenant in the Civil War, was severely wounded in battle and returned home in greatly impaired health. His injuries finally resulted in his death, June 5, 1868.
She married (2) Jan. 2, 1872, Capt. Alanson D. Hewitt, a veteran of the Civil War, who was born July, 1837; died in 1881. She died Oct. 27, 1917. Both are buried in the East Springfield cemetery. No children by the second union.
Lieutenant William Brockway and Eliza Jane Devore had one childEugene Brockway, born Dec. 30, 1859. He and his mother lived with her mother, Margaret Devore.
Eugene married April 17, 1878, Laura Bellows. For many years they lived on the old Guthrie farm.
Children:
1.Margaret Brockway, b. 1879, in. Oct. 20, 1897, Charles Shepard, a rail
road man. They live at Portola, Calif.; two or more children.
2.George Brockway, b. 1881; a railroad locomotive engineer; in. June 20,
1906, Minnie F. Gregory; they live in Youngstown, Ohio; several
children.
3. Erma Brockway, b. about 1884; in. they live near Ham
mondsport, N. Y.
4. Carl Brockway, b. about 1895; volunteered as a soldier in the World War and served as a sergeant in a Pennsylvania division, which was on continuous duty:in the front line trenches as long or longer than any other American Division. While leading his men across NoMan's Land, Sergeant Brockway was struck in the knee by flying shrapnel; drawing the piece of steel from his knee with his teeth, he went on and into the German trenches and returned with several prisoners. He in. in 1920 ; lives in Erie, Pa.
5. Earl Brockway, b. about 1902.
Jane Guthrie, (p. 338) third child of William C. Guthrie and Mary Lybarger, married Jan. 9, 1842, Daniel Eagly, who was born Nov. 5, 1815, in Springfield Township, Erie County. (See the Eagleys, Allied Families.) He was a blacksmith by trade, so when his father divided his land amongst his children, he gave him the smallest portion, a few acres lying along the shore of Lake Erie. His shop stood beside the old shore road and here for many years he plied his trade. In later life he devoted himself to the care of bees and the production of maple sugar. He had a fine grove of sugar maples along the shore of the lake. He fitted this grove for the entertain
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ment of picnic parties and summer conventions and Eagley's Grove became noted far and near.
He had few educational advantages but his keen mind was well trained and his retentive memory was stored with a vast amount of information. He was an expert on the subject of Biblical antiquities and could describe in detail the construction of Solomon's Temple, the walls and gates of Jerusalem and other wonders of that ancient city. He was a Universalist.
He died Feb. 3, 1904; his wife, Oct. 9, 1887. Both are buried in the East Springfield cemetery. They had but one child, Lawrence Eagley, who was born Jan. 27, 1843.
Lawrence Eagley enlisted in the navy during the Civil War, leaving North Springfield Aug. 31, 1862, expecting to be gone one year. He served on the Mississippi River. In one of his letters to his parents, he said"out of 12 who left Springfield last Fall, there are only 4 of us left." This shows the severity of the service in which he was engaged. Under date of Aug. 21, 1863, he wrote"10 more days in the navy, cousin, then ho! for Springfield." For some reason he was disappointed in this expectation. The records of the U. S. Navy show"Eagley, Lawrence, enlisted in the navy Sept. 1, 1862, at Springfield for one year, as landsman, served in the Michigan, Clara Dolsen, and Marmora to Oct. 9, 1863, when discharged."
After his return from the navy, he sailed on Lake Erie, though his parents fearing the dangers of the lake besought him to settle down at home. At length he consented to do this after making one more trip, but alas he never returned from that voyage. The stormy season of Autumn set in and in a severe gale the vessel was driven ashore near Dunkirk, N. Y. The mate, a Canadian named Rawn Guthrie, (no relation) thinking she would be broken up, ordered the sailors to lower the boats. One was lowered and Lawrence Eagley and another sailor were ordered to man it. Immediately it capsized, leaving them struggling in the water which though not deep was icy cold. They soon perished though within a few rods of land. The rest of the crew stayed in the vessel and were safe.
Lawrence Eagley died Nov. 30, 1867; his body was not recovered. He was a fine young man and was sincerely mourned throughout the entire family.
George Guthrie, (p. 338) fifth child of William C. Guthrie and Mary Lybarger, purchased the interests of the other heirs to his father's homestead and lived on it. He married Mary Cox. In extending the clearings which his father had made he was crushed beneath a falling tree, dying the following night in great agony. This was about 1852.
Children:
1. Ella Guthrie, b. July 2, 1848, (p. 347).
2. George W. Guthrie, b. about 1850, (p. 347).
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Ella Guthrie married April 22, 1866, Dwight Mead, who was born Aug. 11, 1846. For many years he was a railroad conductor. They lived in Blissfield, Mich. She died June 28, 1917.
Children:
1. Minnie Mead, b. Nov. 7, 1878; m. May, 1898, Edwin Scott; d. March 7,
1910. They lived in Blissfield, Mich.
Children:
(1). Glenn Scott.
(2). Ruth Scott.
2. Charles Mead, b. Nov. 5, 1881; a hardwareman, of Blissfield; m. Feb. 16, 1904, Mabel Mallory.
Children:
(1). Harold Mead, b. in 1907. (2). Marjory Ella Mead, b. in 1919.
George Guthrie (p. 346) married Ida Perry, of Canada. He died at the home of Daniel Eagley, about 1885; had one sonClyde Guthrie, of Conneaut, Ohio.
John Guthrie, (p. 338) sixth child of William C. Guthrie and Mary Lybarger, went to California in the days following the gold rush. He went overland by way of Iowa, his brother William assisting him with funds. He was never directly heard from again, but the family indirectly heard various tales. One was from an old acquaintance, who reported that he was dead. Another one brought a story that he was alive and well, but had been robbed by the acquaintance who brought the first story. Still later a lady from California, visiting friends in Iowa, who lived near Samuel Guthrie, on seeing the latter, exclaimed"Why; there is John Guthrie!" She had known John in the west; had never before seen Samuel.
James Guthrie, (p. 338) seventh child of William C. Guthrie and Mary Lybarger, like his brother John, mysteriously dropped out of sight of the family. For years he ran up and down the Ohio River on a packet boat. One account says that he was drowned while running logs in Wisconsin. Another report was that he died in the South. Years later, a man who knew the family returned from the South and said that James Guthrie was alive and well.
William Guthrie, (p. 338) eighth child of William C. Guthrie and Mary Lybarger, bore a strong resemblance to his father. He was very tall and of great physical strength. He was a handsome man. His hair was auburn, his eyes dark brown and brilliant. As a young man he liked to attend country frolics, act as a selfappointed sergeantatarms and expel forcibly from the company any who became too boisterous in their behaviour. He was a wheelwright by trade and built many a wagon in Iowa, which oldtimers declared, simply would not wear out. Many a plow too, from his shop, turned the soil on the farms in his neighborhood for a full generation. He settled in Iowa in 1854. He ran a shop in Milton, later lived on
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a farm a few miles from that place. He was a Presbyterian in faith, a member of no church. He was a Southern sympathizer; a Democrat in politics.
He married (1) about 1856, Elizabeth Matthews, who died soon afterwards. She was a sisterinlaw of Lewis Rush and with his family had but recently come to Milton, from Mead County, Ky. He married (2) August, 1861, Sara L. Rush, who was born near Louisville, Ky., April 7, 1838. She was a daughter of Lewis Rush, a niece of the first wife.
William Guthrie became overheated while burning brush on his farm. During the illness which followed, realizing that his end was near, he called his children about him and gave them two Scriptural passages, which he charged them to remember. First"Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth," (Ecel. 12:1), and second , , Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you," (Matt. 6:33). He died at his home March 24, 1889; his widow, in Milton, Iowa, Jan. 16, 1923.
Children, all born near Milton, Iowa:
1. Mary Guthrie, b. Aug. 23, 1863; lives in Milton; unm.
2. Mattie Guthrie, b. Aug. 4, 1865; m. Oct. 5, 1890, Charles Moore. They
had one son, Lawrence, who d. in infancy. Charles Moore, d. in 1929,
at his home, in Bloomfield, Iowa.
3. Ella Guthrie, b. April 17, 1867. (Below)
4.John W. Guthrie, b. March 10, 1868, (p. 349).
5. Alfred A. Guthrie, b. December, 1869; d. in infancy.
6.Annie L. Guthrie, b. Dec. 21, 1870; m. April 27, 1892, Lewis L. Town
send, of Bloomfield, Iowa. He d. about 1895, leaving one daughtr,
Edith, who was b. about 1893. Annie m. (2) . They
moved to New Mexico, where she d. about 1918.
7.Sara M. Guthrie, b. Jan. 10, 1873; m. June 10, 1896, C. B. McCreary.
8. Laura B. Guthrie, twin to Sara; m. Lee McClurg; they live in Tulsa, Okla. One childJoe McClurg.
9. Lydia J. Guthrie, b. Oct. 18, 1874; d. December, 1876.
10. George W. Guthrie, b. October, 1877; d. December, 1879.
11. Infant, d. in infancy.
12. Stella E. Guthrie, b. Jan. 4, 1884; m. They live on a
farm south of Milton, Iowa. There are several children.
Ella Guthrie (above) married March 25, 1891, Frank Luman, who was born June 12, 1868. He was the son of Ezekiel Luman and Elizabeth Riley. They were respectively of Scotch and Irish ancestry and lived in the vicinity of Troy, Iowa. Their children were William, Frank, and Emma.
Frank was a locomotive engineer and for many years ran on the branch of the Wabash R. R. between Moulton and Ottumwa, Iowa. He died at his home in Moulton, Dec. 18, 1915. Ella died there about 1925.
Children, both born in Moulton, Iowa.
1. Lloyd Guthrid Luman, b. Feb. 15, 1892; m. June 14, 1916, Lorilla Henderson; they lived with his mother in Moulton. Lorilla d. March, 1923.
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Children:
(1). Dorothy Ella Luman, b. July 11, 1919.
(2). Betty Arvilla Luman, b. Aug. 30, 1922.
2. Ruth Luman, b. June 22, 1894; m. June 17, 1921, Robert Brinton. They
li%,e in Bayard, Iowa.
John W. Guthrie (p. 348) married Oct. 15, 1890, Mary Howard, of Floris, Iowa. He lived on his father's place, farming and dealing in cattle. Afterwards conducted a livery barn in Bloomfield, Iowa. He was elected city inarshall of that place and served for several years. In 1901 he went to Oklahoma with his cousin George, but
after one year returned to Iowa. He died in 1916.
Children:
1. Charles William Guthrie, b. in 1891.
2. Margaret Guthrie, b. about 1893; m. lived in California,
where he d. leaving one child.
3. John Guthrie.
Sarah Guthrie, (p 338) youngest child of William C. Guthrie and Mary Lybarger, married James Grant. They lived in Conneaut,
Ohio. Both were deceased in 1894.
Children:
1. William Grant, b. about 1854. (Below)
2. Jennie Grant, b. about 1860; m. John Clark; d. in 1906. They lived in
Conneaut, Ohio. They had two daughters.
William Grant was a marine engineer and for many years ran a boat on Lake Erie. He was thrifty and shrewd and accumulated a tidy fortune. He owned considerable property in Conneaut and in later life was cashier of the Harbor Bank of Conneaut. He married Lydia . He died Oct. 10, 1921. They had an only child, Ruby, born about 1889. She niarried about 1915, John Ford, of Ashtabula, Ohio. She died Dec. 4, 1919. No children.
Sara Guthrie, (p. 337) daughter of George Guthrie and Margaret Campbell, was a legatee in and witness to the will of her uncle, Charles Campbell, of Westmoreland County, Pa., (see the Campbells, Allied Families). She married Elijah Adams.
Children:
1. Margaret Adams, who m. John Davis; had a daughter Laura.
2. Jackson Adams.
3. Charles Adams.
4. Elizabeth Adams, twin to Charles.
Laura Davis married James M. Tracey, who was born in 1846, at Sacketts Harbor, N. Y. They live in Honolulu, T. H., have two sons Clifton and John. Clifton Tracey married and has a son Clifton Tracey, Jr.
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Jane Guthrie, (p. 337) daughter of George Guthrie and Margaret Campbell, married (1) Jan. 18, 1809, Thomas Sterne. They lived in Bedford, Pa., where he died about 1820. She married (2) Aug. 11, 1822, John Kean. They lived in Bedford, Pa., where he died in 1843. For several years she cared for her spinster aunt, Martha Campbell, and after her death bought her home, in which she lived until her death in 1868.
Children of Thomas Sterne and Jane Guthrie:
1. Margaret Campbell Sterne, b. Nov. 16, 1809. (Below)
2. Sara C. Sterne, b. April 28, 1812.
3. Elizabeth L. Sterne, b. May 26, 1814.
4. Thomas Sterne, Jr., b. Feb. 16, 1817. (Below)
Children of John Kean and Jane (Guthrie) Sterne:
1. Charles Kean, b. Nov. 23, 1824, in Carlisle, Pa. (Below)
2. William Campbell Kean, b. May 25, 1828, in Bedford, Pa., (p. 352).
3. James Kean, b. Aug. 29, 1830; d. in Victoria, Texas.
Margaret Campbell Sterne (above) married Samuel Cromwell. They lived in Bedford, Pa., where she died.
Children:
1. Sarah Cromwell. (Below)
2. William Cromwell. (Below)
3. Harry Cromwell.
Sarah Cromwell married Albert Hertz. They lived in New York, later in London, England, and again in New York, where she died.
William Cromwell married (1) Eliza Bowles; (2) Dottie
Children of William Cromwell and Eliza Bowles:
1. Lydia Cromwell. (Below)
2. Ralph Cromwell.
Children of William Cromwell and Dottie
1. Harry Cromwell, of Bedford, Pa.
2. Helen Cromwell.
:i. Ilargaret Cromwell.
Lydia Cromwell married Julian Hearne; they had one sonJulian Hearne, Jr., born about 1902; lives at "Hearnlee," Wheeling, W. Va.
Thomas Sterne, Jr., (above) moved to Texas, where he died. He had childrenMinnie, May, Sadie, Thomas, and Ford.
Charles Kean (above) married Nov. 3, 1853, Mary Jane Holliday, who was born June 27, 1833, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Lang) Holliday. This William was a son of William, Jr., son of William Holliday, the brother of Adam, (see the Hollidays, Allied Families). Mary Jane (Holliday) Kean died March 19, 1887. Charles Kean died Sept. 26, 1918.
Children, all born in Hollidaysburg, Pa.:
1. Annie De Armitt Kean, b. Aug. 12, 1854, (p. 351).
2. Mary Holliday Kean, b. Nov. 16, 1856, (p. 351).
3. Ella Blanche Kean, b. May 20, 1864; d. May 1, 1919.
4.Jane Elizabeth Kean, b. Jan. 26, 1867, (p. 352).
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Annie De Armitt Kean married Feb. 29, 1876, Francis Howard Russ, who was born in Antis Township, Blair County, Pa., Sept. 13, 1852, son of George Washington Russ, of Maine, who married Sara Jones, who was born in 1819.
Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Russ reside in Fredonia, N. Y.
Children, all born in Hollidaysburg, Pa.:
1. Edna Katherine Russ, b. Dec. 15, 1876.
2. Mabelle May Russ, b. March 15, 1879. (Below)
3. Francis Howard Russ, Jr., b. Aug. 15, 1886. (Below)
Mabelle Russ married Sept. 23, 1903, Harry Zimmerman, who was born April 2, 1878, in Tamaqua, Pa., son of Benjamin Zimmerman, born in 1837 in Ringtown, Pa.; died in 1899; married in 1877, Sarah Folk, who was born Aug. 10, 1856, in Tamaqua; died in 1924, in Pottsville, Pa., as did also Mr. Zimmerman. Besides the son, they had a daughterMame Augusta, who is younger than Harry. The latter lives in Buffalo, N. Y. They had one sonHoward Thurlow Zimmerman, born Aug. 28, 1904, in Cincinnatti, Ohio. He married June 20, 1931, Kedzie De Prosse.
Francis Howard Russ (above) married Helen Stevens.
Children:
1. Virginia Russ, b. in 1913.
2. Helen Elizabeth Russ, b. in 1922.
Mary Holliday Kean (p. 350) married Dec. 25, 1873, Andrew Tybout Stone, who was born Feb. 22, 1848, in Hollidaysburg, Pa. He was the son of William Stone, born July 21, 1819, in Philadelphia, Pa., married Oct. 16, 1845, Martha Thomas, who was born
May 9, 1826, in Huntingdon, Pa., died Aug. 31, 1910.William
Stone died Feb. 16, 1902.
Children, all born in Hollidaysburg, Pa.:
1. Helen Amelia Stone, b. 1846; d. in infancy.
2. Andrew Tybout Stone, b. Feb. 22, 1848. (Above)
3. Georgq Rowan Stone, b. March 3, 1851; d. .
4. James Braton Stone, b. 1853; d. in infancy.
5. William James Stone, b. in 1854; d. in infancy.
6. William Franklin Stone, b. in 1856; d. in infancy.
7. Jane Braton Stone, b . Aug. 13, 1857; m. John Bell.
8. Edward Everett Stone, b. Feb. 31, 1860.
9. Mary Boggs Stone, b. Jan. 24, 1862; m. William A. Smith.
10. May Andrews Stone, b. May 31, 1865; m. William A. Smith.
William Stone was a son of Andrew Tybout Stone and Susannah McFarlane; his wife Martha was a daughter of John Thomas and Lucinda Brindle.
Mary Holliday (Kean) Stone died Feb. 17, 1920, in Hollidaysburg, Pa.; Andrew Tybout Stone, Oct. 15, 1928.
Children:
1. Walter Kean Stone, b. Jan. 13, 1875, in Dayton, Ohio, deceased.
2.Charles Edward Stone, b. Nov. 20, 1877, in Altoona, Pa., deceased.
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3. Elizabeth May Stone, b. June 3, 1881, in Hollidaysburg, Pa.
4. Ralph Holmes Stone, b. June 13, 1886, in Hollidaysburg, Pa., deceased. 5. Andrew Tybout Stone, Jr., b. March 10, 1888, in Hollidaysburg, Pa.
Elizabeth May Stone married Sept. 29, 1909, Dr. Webster Calvin, M.D., who was born May 31, 1882, at Hollidaysburg, Pa., son of Matthew Calvin, born Jan. 1, 1847, at Hollidaysburg, Pa., married May 14, 1873, Mary Henry, who was born Sept. 10, 1857, in Hollidaysburg, Pa., died there Jan. 11, 1927. Matthew Calvin died in same place, Feb. 19, 1923. Their children wereSamuel, Webster, Hayes, King, and Matthew Calvin, Jr.
Dr. Webster Calvin died Jan. , 1929, in Hollidaysburg, Pa. They had one childWebster Calvin, Jr., born in Roaring Spring, Pa., June 2, 1916.
Andrew Tybout Stone, Jr., (above) married Nov. 15, 1916, Helen Ditting Cliber, of Hollidaysburg, Pa. He died Nov. , 1930, in Hollidaysburg, Pa.
Children:
1. Marion Ditting Stone, b. 1918.
2. Ruth Tybout Stone, b. 1922.
3. Andrew Tybout Stone, Jr., who d. in infancy.
Jane Elizabeth Kean (p. 350) married March 23, 1904, Alvin Edwin Smith, who was born March 24, 1864, in Antis Township, Blair County, Pa., son of Alfred Alem Smith, who was born Feb. 21, 1837, in the same township, married Dec. 29, 1859, Amelia Turnbaugh, who was born May 5, 1838, in Blair County, Pa. A. A. Smith died March, 1902, in Tyrone, Pa.; Amelie T. Smith, March 11, 1913. Their children wereT. Clark, A. Edwin, Judson, Anna Margaret, Bertha Jane, Harry Martin, Jesse Grant, and Amber Grace Smith.
Alvin Edwin Smith died in Tyrone, Pa.
Children, both born in Tyrone, Pa.:
1. Alfred Kean Smith, b. Feb. 1, 1905.
2. Janet Amelia Smith, b. Jan. 19, 1907.
William Campbell Kean (p. 350) married in 1856, in Hollidaysburg, Pa., Anna Mary Baker, who was born Sept. 28, 1838, in Hollidaysburg, Pa., died July 5, 1922, in Pittsburgh, Pa. He died Sept. 12, 1898, in Bedford, Pa.
Children, first three born in Hollidaysburg, others in Bedford, Pa.:
1. Oscar Kean, b. Nov. 11, 1856. (Below)
2. Laura Kean, b. Aug. 31, 1860; m. June 22, 1894, Charles Cleaver.
3. Carrie Kean, b. March 28, 1864, (p. 353).
4. Sarah Jane Hertz Kean, b. Nov. 25, 1868, (p. 353).
5. Lillian Fairbanks Kean, b. April 26, 1875; d. July 23, 1897.
6.Anna Kean, b. Feb. 5, 1881, (p. 353).
Oscar Kean married Ella Lauderbaugh, of Fort Wayne, Ind.
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Children:
1.William Walter Kean, b. Jan. 14, 1879, at Fort Wayne, Ind.; m. Dec.
25, 1901, in Altoona, Pa. Alice Gertrude Kurtz, who was b. March
16, 1881, in Altoona, daughter of Joseph Kurtz, who was b. Dec. 8,
1848; d. March 9, 1916; m. Dec. 25, 1870, Jennie Swanger, who was
b. Sept. 14, 1848.
Children:
(1).Kenneth William Kean, b. Feb. 24, 1903, in Altoona, Pa.; m.
Dec. 25, 1926, Frances Ruth Morcom; one childKenneth
Eugene Kean.
(2). Ellis Joseph Kean, b. April 19, 1906, in Philadelphia, Pa.
(3). Charles Edgar Kean, b. June 13, 1908, in Philadelphia, Pa.
(4).Robert Earl Kean, b. Oct. 14, 1910, in Philadelphia, Pa.
(5). Ernest Lynn Kean, b. Oct. 6, 1913, in Derry, Pa.
(6).Lawrence Kurtz Kean, b. April 14, 1920, in Derry, Pa.
Carrie Kean (p. 352) married April 9, 1884, Charles Bruner. Children:
1. Leon Bruner, who lives in Cheswick, Pa.
2. William Bruner, deceased.
3.Thomas E. Bruner, m. June 28, 1915, Mary Idelia Replogle, of Altoona,
Pa. Address1099 Cranstown St., Providence, R. I.
Children:
(1). Evelyn Idella Bruner, b. July 27, 1916. (2). Jean Claire Bruner, b. Jan. 24, 1923.
4. Anna May Bruner, who is m. and lives in New York City. They have four children.
5. Harry Bruner, who is m. and has two children.
6. Charles Bruner, m.; two children.
7. Richard Bruner, who is m., has two children, lives in Jeanette, Pa.
Sarah Jane Hertz Kean (p. 352) married July 9, 1889, Samuel Esron Weaver, who was born Dec. 30, 1865, at Roxbury, Franklin County, Pa.; died April 2, 1911, of pneumonia; his widow, Aug. 30, 1917.
Children:
1.Esron Duke Weaver, b. June 2, 1890, at Bedford, Pa.; m. Dec. 28, 1913,
Gertrude S. Cope; no children; d. March 12, 1916.
2.Jessie Aurelia Weaver, b. May 20, 1893, at Altoona, Pa.; m. Nov. 9, 1912,
at Carlisle, Pa., Jesse Smith Rice, of New Bloomfield, Perry County, Pa.
Children:
(1). Clifton Kean Rice, b. Dec. 12, 1913, at Atlantic City, N. J.
(2). Leigh Smith Rice, b. March 4, 1916, at Atlantic City, N. J.
3.Lawrence Kean Weaver, b. Nov. 24, 1895, at Carlisle, Pa.; m. Sept. 16,
1916, Harriet F. Steelman; one childLawrence Kean Weaver, Jr.,
b. Dec. 12, 1917, at Penns Grove, Salem County, N. J.
Anna Kean (p. 352) married March 25, 1903, Uriah Lawrence Allen, who was born May 16,1880, in Mt. Holly, Cumberland County, Pa., son of Josiah Allen, who was born Nov. 1, 1828, in Cumberland County, Pa., married Dec. 12, 1856, Barbara Williams, who was born July 19, 1831, in Cumberland County, Pa., died Aug. 18, 1901. He died May 23, 1886. Their children wereRebecca Ellen, Barbara, Catherine, John A., Grace and Uriah Lawrence Allen.
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Mr. and Mrs. Uriah Lawrence Allen live on Kelly Blvd., Pittsburgh, Pa.
Children:
1. Robert Kean Allen, b. Dec. 30, 1903, in Philadelphia, Pa.; m. Feb. 16,
1929, Frances Luther.
2. Uriah Lawrence Allen, Jr., b. April 3, 1909, in Pittsburgh, Pa.; m. July 20, 1929, Edythe Evans. They have a daughterBarbara Louise Allen, b. June 27, 1930.
3. John Lincoln Allen, b. July 20, 1917, in Pittsburgh, Pa.
JAMES GUTHRIE, (p. 308) presumably a brother of Robert and Cornelius, was a resident of Mill Creek Hundred, New Castle County, Del., in 1748,' and the inference is that he had then lived there for several years. He lived amid scenes of tranquil beauty, unharried by the savage foemen of the western wilds, and in the enjoyment of that religious freedom which his fathers had so much coveted.
He married Mary Hamilton,' who survived him. He died August, 1788.1
Children:
1. Martha Guthrie, who in. McDowell."'
2. Margaret Guthrie, who m. a Mr. Anderson.
3. Isabel Guthrie, who m. a Mr. Bruce.
4. Jean Guthrie.
5. William Guthrie. (Below)
WILLIAM GUTHRIE, (above) son of James Guthrie and Mary Hamilton, was born in 1740; married
Children:
1. John Guthrie.
2. William Guthrie, b. 1766. (Below)
3. Robert Guthrie.
4. James Guthrie.
5. Alexander Guthrie, (p. 356).
William Guthrie, (above) son of William Guthrie, married about 1794, Jane Shank. He died October, 1808, survived by his widow."
Children:
1. James Guthrie, b. 1796. (Below) 4. Mary Guthrie, b. 1801.
2. William Guthrie, b. 1797, (p. 355) 5. Margaret Guthrie, b. 1803.
3. Nehemiah Guthrie, b. 1799. 6. Martha Guthrie, b. 1806.
James Guthrie (above) married in 1837, Deborah Pawling Newlin, daughter of Nathaniel Newlin and Hannah Twaddell; the later a descendant of John Pawling, of Montgomery County, Pa. Nathaniel Newlin was a descendant of the immigrant, Nicholas Newlin, who came to Philadelphia in 1683. Deborah Pawling Newlin was born in 1817; died in 1853.
James Guthrie died in 1877, in Philadelphia County, Pa., where he had lived during his married life, and where his children were born.
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Children:
1. Mariana Guthrie, who m. in 1866, W. H. Lingren. They lived in Wilmington, Del.; had four children.
2. Hannah Newlin Guthrie, who m. William Jackson; no children.
3. James Anderson Guthrie, b. Dec. 11, 1844. (Below)
4. Ella D. Guthrie, who m. William Cummins. They had five children.
5. Newlin Guthrie, who d. at the age of two years.
James Anderson Guthrie (above) treasured an old chest of yew wood and a Scotch Claymore, both of which were brought to America by his great grandfather, James Guthrie.
He married September, 1875, Elizabeth L. Patton, who was born in 1847, in Philadelphia, Pa., where they reside.
Children, all born in Philadelphia:
1. Adelle Guthrie, b. June, 1876; m. ; four children.
2. Irene Guthrie, b. December, 1877.
3. William Newlin Guthrie, b. June, 1879; m.; lives in Philadelphia, Pa. No children.
4. James A. Guthrie, b. April, 1881; m. ; they live in Philadelphia; three children.
William Guthrie, (p. 354) son of William Guthrie and Jane Shank, removed to Chester County, Pa. He married Martha Bishop, who died in 1865; William Guthrie died in 1864.
Children:
1. Sylvester W. Guthrie, b. March 7, 1844. (Below)
2. Vienna Guthrie, who m. in 1865, Hope Herschberger, who d. March, 1893;
his wife, November, 1891. No children.
3. Temperence Bishop Guthrie, who m. Samuel Hughes; d. December, 1892.
Children:
(1). Louisa Walter Hughes, b. Jan. 24, 1869; d. Sept. 29, 1917.
(2). Mary St. John Hughes, b. Nov. 6, 1871, address1930 Pine St., Philadelphia, Pa.
4. Mary Hyatt Guthrie, who m. Richard Watson.
Children:
(1). Sylvester Guthrie Watson, who m. and has a son, Charles Watson, who lives in Philadelphia.
(2). Herbert Watson.
5. Martha Guthrie, who m. Dr. Charles Cox.
Children:
(1). Charles Cox, Jr., deceased.
(2). Bertha Cox, who m. Henry Crisp. They live in St. Louis, Mo.
6. Evelyn Guthrie, who rn. Ramsey Nichols; no children.
Sylvester W. Guthrie (above) graduated from the Millersville Normal Academy, of Lancaster, Pa. At the age of seventeen, he enlisted in Company H, First Regiment, Pennsylvania Rifles, later known as "Old Buck Tails," 13th Pennsylvania Reserves, commanded by Col. Fred Taylor, with whom he was a great favorite. He was the first to reach Col. Taylor when he fell mortally wounded in the Battle of Gettysburg. He participated in 28 battles and was severely wounded the 8th of May, 1864, and was honorably discharged the 28th of June, 1864. He was a member and Past Com
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mander of Governor Harvey Post No. 17, G. A. R., Department of Wisconsin, also Regent of Royal Arcanum and ExPresident of the Caledonia Society, of Racine, Wis.
He married Jan. 29, 1878, Lucretia Prentice, who was born March 17, 1849, daughter of John and Elizabeth Prentice and granddaughter of John Prentice, whose father was a close friend of Sir William Johnston, and received a grant for a large tract of land in Glengary County, Canada, for services and loyalty to the Crown.
Sylvester W. Guthrie died in 1924; Lucretia Prentice Guthrie, June 1, 1925. They had one daughter, Dorothy Beatrice Guthrie, who was born June 29, 1882. She married Sept. 4, 1926, Arthur H. Kittinger. They live in Caledonia, Wis. No children.
Alexander Guthrie, (p. 354) son of William Guthrie, who was the son of James Guthrie and Mary Hamilton, married Hannah
He died January, 1803. They had a sonAlexander Guthrie.'7'
WILLIAM GUTHRIE (p. 308) was no doubt a brother of James. Both lived in Mill Creek Hundred, New Castle County, Del. They were presumably brothers of Robert, whose wife Bridget possibly came with William and family when they emigrated to America about 1745. Probably it was this William who was born in 1710.*" It appears that he was a thrifty, enterprising colonist " and at the time of his death, January, 1775, possessed of considerable property.'
Children:
1. Alexander Guthrie, b. in 1736, in Ireland, (Below)
2. William Guthrie, b. July 16, 1744, in Ireland, (p. 357).
3. Mary Guthrie.
4. James Guthrie, b. Feb. 25, or March 6, 1750, (p. 371).
5. Adam Guthrie .177
6. Margaret Guthrie.
ALEXANDER GUTHRIE (above) was interested in the development of the west and early secured warrants for lands in that part of Bedford County which later was formed into Westmoreland County, Pa." It is doubtful as to whether he ever lived in the western part of Pennsylvania; if he did so, he was probably recalled to Delaware by his father's death.
He was a patriot, and may have seen service in the Revolutionary War."'
He married Eleanor ; died Oct. 10, 1810.' Eleanor died in 1806. Both lie buried in the cemetery of the White Clay Creek Presbyterian Church.
Children:
1. Margaret Guthrie, b. 1779; d. Oct. 15, 1855; unm.; lies buried in the White Clay Creek Church Cemetery.
2. Alexander Guthrie, b. Feb. 25, 1787, in Mill Creek Hundred, New Castle County, Del., (p. 357).
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Alexander (p. 356) married (1) March 11, 1813, Elizabeth Springer, who was born in 1789 and died Jan. 27, 1835; no children. He married (2) Dec. 25, 1838, Ann Ocheltree, who was born in 1798 and died Sept. 15, 1850, leaving one daughter, Elizabeth, who died about 1923. He married (3) April 19, 1855, Hannah Darnall, who was born in 1813 and died April 13, 1899. Alexander Guthrie died Aug. 18, 1860. He had by his third marriage one son
Alexander Guthrie, who was born Feb. 16, 1856, in Hockessin, Del., where he has lived his entire life. For many years he was engaged in the undertaking business. He married Aug. 31, 1882, Sallie E. Foote.
Children:
1. Warrington F. Guthrie, b. April 8, 1883. (Below)
2. James Herbert Guthrie, b. Sept. 13, 1885; m. Aug. 1, 1925, Melva C. Bradford. Address1401 Jackson St., Wilmington, Del.
3. Florence Emeline Guthrie, b. Feb. 14, 1888.
Warrington F. Guthrie married
Children:
1. Dorothy Guthrie.
2. Alexander Guthrie.
:~. AN'aiiiiigton Guthrie.
WILLIAM GUTHRIE, (p. 356) son of William Guthrie, when a young man, moved to the Conococheague Settlement in the Cumberland Valley of Pennsylvania and lived in the vicinity of the Upper West Conococheague Presbyterian Church, the site of which is at Church Hill, Franklin County, Pa. About 1767 he with others pushed west of the Alleghenies and formed the first white settlement in what is now Westmoreland County." He was a noted frontiersman, a soldier in the Revolution' and an extensive land holder.'
He married March 9, 1772, Mary Welch, of near Mercersburg, Pa." He died April 8, 1807, at his home in Derry Township, Westmoreland County, Pa.
Children, all born in Derry Township, Westmoreland County, Pa.:'
1. Alexander Guthrie, (p. 360).
2. John Guthrie, b. about 1774, (p. 363).
3. Margaret Guthrie, who d. prior to her father.
4. William Guthrie, who d. prior to 1815, unm.
5. James Guthrie, (p. 364).
6. Thomas Guthrie, (p. 365).
7. Mary Guthrie, (p. 369).
8. Joseph Guthrie, (p. 357).
Each of these who had families will be considered in turn, but as three of the sons like the father were leaders in forming a settlement to the west, we can do no better than give an extract from the History of Clarion County, Pa., by Davis, 1887, page 77.
"No one followed the footsteps of Absalom Travis, (the first settler), with the intention of permanent settlement till 1800. Then occured the effectual coloniza
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tion of Clarion County. In the Autumn of that year, four sturdy young men crossed Red Bank to 'view the land' and built a shelter provisionally to permanent immigration. They were Alexander Guthrie, John Guthrie, Thomas Guthrie, brothers, and William Moffet, a brotherinlaw, all of New Derry, Westmoreland County. Picking their way over the dubious trail, with rifles in hand, and driving a pack horse laden with tools and flour, they ascended the valley of Town Run, and then struck north through the unbroken woodland. They had come via the path from Black Lick, which intersects the Venango Trail. (This was the usual route taken by the earliest Westmoreland emigrants). This they followed as long as it ran along Town Run. Having penetrated the wilderness to a point a mile east of StrattanVille, they halted, made a clearing and built a cabin on the present farm of Samuel Johnson. They returned after having lowered a sapling, tied a sack of flour left over to its top, and let it spring back. They found it unharmed when they came back.
"The circumstances that brought about the emigration from Westmoreland to the banks of the Clarion are involved in almost hopeless obscurity. The tradition of the settlement makes them come out under the patronage of Surveyor General, Daniel Brodhead. The land is supposed to have been vacant, and each settler was to take up four hundred acres, of which Brodhead was to have half. It is very strange that a man of$his official, position should introduce a colony on land belonging to another, for it was afterwards discovered that they had settled on Bingham territory, and they were obliged to purchase their rights to the soil.
"The Guthries and Moffet returned in May the following year bringing their families and additional utensils. They were guided on their route by the trees they had blazed the previous year."
Emigrants from Center County, Pa., made a settlement about a mile to the south of the Westmorelanders. Most of them were originally from the Connecticut Colony in the Wyoming Valley. Concerning the two groups Davis says"A singular and interesting fact concerning these twin settlements is that they were unawares of each other's existence for some time, though at places within gunshot of each other. It is significant of the density of the forests at that date. The discovery was made in this wise: one day Alexander Guthrie heard the sound of an ax on a hillside to the south west. Knowing that none of his neighbors were at work in that vicinity, he went over to ascertain who the woodsman was. Judge of his amazement when he found an entire stranger in the person of William Young, who was splitting rails." (History of Clarion County, Pa., p. 79).
Both settlements claimed priority, though the fact that the Guthries and Moffet had made their "improvement" in the fall of 1800 gave them the precedence, but probably both groups arrived simultaneously in the spring of 1801.
As we shall have occasion to speak of the military service of Alexander, John, Thomas and James Guthrie, it is appropriate to quote the above authority on the subject of Clarion County's participation in the War of 181214.
"In the autumn's 'seeding time,' a draft for a six months term was made on the settlements south of the river. On Sept. 25, (1812), John, Alexander, Thomas and James Guthrie (re si dent of Westmorelandwent as a substitute for Wm. Moffet), Robert Allison, Joshua Rea, John Wilson, John Jones and a few others met at Philip Clover, Sr's, house and after having made a temporary organization, with John Guthrie as captain, left for the south. Judge Clover says,'It was a sad day for all. I well remember as a boy, the morning that they started . . . when they were all ready to go, they discharged their guns into a tree top that stood nearby, and amid many tears they marched away.' On their way they were joined by many others and then proceeded to Pittsburgh. They encamped on the site of Allegheny, then a mere thicket, with one hut on it and on Oct. 2, a permanent organization was effected. The company was complemented by a body of men from Indiana County and was incorporated with the First Regiment Pennsylvania Militia, John Frees, Colonel, Second Brigade commanded by General Crooks. Robert Orr of Kittanning, was elected major of the Battalion and
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William Robinson of Pittsburgh, Quartermaster; John Wallace of Indiana was chosen captain. John Guthrie returned home on a discharge ...
"The command was ordered to join the Army of the Northwest in Ohio, under General, afterwards, President Harrison, at Upper Sandusky. They were joined by Leftwich's Brigade of Virginia Militia. Here Major Orr and his Battalion,about two hundred men, were detached to convey the artillery and stores to General Harrison, at the Rapids of the Maumee. While on the way, an express from General Harrison brought the disheartening news of the defeat of Winchester by the British and Indian Allies on the River Raisin, in Michigan, and a request to hurry forward. The march was a painful one. James W. Guthrie, who got his intelligence from his father, (Alexander Guthrie), in a letter to Robert Allison, Sr., recalling the incidents of the campaign, says:'Tlie country through which you had to march was new and swampy, roads all to be opened as you passed along, and stopping at night as a general thing in swamps when you had to cut spicewood and pile it up to lie down to keep from sinking in the mire. After traveling all day in mud and water from the ankles to the linees, do you recollect the afternoon when you were drawing a cannon on a log sled? The bench of the sled caught on a stump, and attempting to get it off it only went down deeper, and you continued to add more horses to the sled until you got sixteen horses on the one cannon, tnd after all you had to abandon sled, ,annon and all? The longer you worked, the deeper it sunk into the mud; you lost your shoes in the swamp and when you stepped on the cannon your feet froze to it. About fifteen years ago when this swamp was being ditched, your cannon was found at a depth of fourteen feet beneath the surface. There was no one in that country could form any idea as to how it came there'."
Mention has already been made of the fact that the Guthries and Moffet found that they had located on lands belonging to the Bingham estate and were obliged to purchase their farms. Alexander, John and Thomas Guthrie, and William Moffet, each obtained deeds for two hundred acres from the Bingham representatives, May 7, 1811.
The following is taken from an atlas of Clarion County, Pa., published by J. A. Caldwell, Condit, Ohio, 1877, p. 18 et sequiter, entitled A Brief Sketch of the Guthrie and Maffett Families.
"The Guthries and Maffets, were originally from Scotland, whence they fled to Ireland during the presecution in Scotland. They came to America about the same time. We have an account of William Maffett in Ireland in the year 1717. His grandson was one of the flrst settlers in Clarion County, as will hereafter be stated. There is an old music book in the Maffett family, now the propertv of James G. Maffett, of Clarion Township, written by William Maffett on the 18tL day of April, 1717, which contains the followingthe writing and is as distinct as though written only a year ago.
"'Written by me By me 'William Maffett, April the 18, 1717 'William Maffett his musick book.'
"John Maffett a son of William Maffett who wrote this musick book, and father of William Maffett, who settled in Clarion County, came to America from Ireland sometime between 1773 and 1778, as is shown by the following certificates, the originals of which are now in possession of J. T. Maffett, of Clarion Borough. They read as follows:
" 'That John Maffett hath lived within the bounds of this congregation from his infancy, and always behaved himself honestly, soberly and inoffensively, free of any publick scandal (known to us) is certified at Drumareth this 12th day of April 1767. James Birek.'
" 'There are to certify that John Maffett and his wife Elizabeth have always behaved with strict sobriety and honesty, and maintained fair moral characters. Given at Dromore, March 19th, 1773. Wm. Henry.'
"We next find him in America as appears from the following certificate:
" 'York County SS
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I do hereby certify that John Maffett hath voluntarily taken and subscribed the oath of Allegiance and Fidelity as directed by an act of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, passed the 13th day of June, 1777. Witness my hand and seal this 27th day of May, Anno Domini, 1778. No. 161. Wm. McClean (LS).'
"John Maffett and wife diedjust when is not knoni,iiwithin twentyfour hours of each other, and their childrenWilliam, Mary and Jane removed to Westmoreland County, thence to Clarion County in connection with the Guthrie family."
J. F. Maffett of Clarion, Pa., a grandson of William, says that the Maffetts first went to somewhere near Pittsburgh and there took up land which they later lost. Theythe above named William, Mary, and Janethen went to Westmoreland and in passing through New Derry, stopped at a stone house, which proved to be the home of William Guthrie, here they tarried longer and longer, at length all married children of the said William Guthrie. Dan Cupid certainly was busy in those days.
Alexander Guthrie, (p. 357) eldest child of William Guthrie and Mary Welch, was born Dec. 9, 1772. Mention has been made of his military service in the War of 181214. We will simply add two excerpts from the official records as preserved in the Pennsylvania Archives:Pay Roll of Capt. John Wallace's Company. "Alex'r Guthrie." (Series 6, vol. 8, p. 246).
"We the subscribers and members of Captain John Wallace's Company, do acknowledge to have received of John Phillips, paymaster, the respective sums annexed to our names . . . . Alexander Guthrie, private, 6 months, $20." (Pa. Arch., ser. 6, vol. 9, p. 238).
Besides the land which Alexander Guthrie purchased from the Bingham estate, he acquired other lands, as for instance"Warrantees for Land, County of Armstrong, 18011884; Alexander Guthrie, 400 acres, Feb. 15, 1814." Pa. Arch., ser. 3, vol. 26, p. 649.)
This was in Red Bank Township, which later became Clarion Township, of Clarion County, Pa. His place was known as "The Big Red Barn Farm," lying near the present town of Strattonville.
Alexander Guthrie married Sept. 22, 1795, Mary Maffett, daughter of John Maffett, immigrant from Northern Ireland to York County, Pa. She was born March 26, 1775; died in the borough of Clarion, Pa., Jan. 30, 1842. Alexander Guthrie died in the same place, July 18, 1851.
Children:
1. William Guthrie, b. about 1797, (p. 361).
2. John Guthrie, b. about 1799; d. at the age of twenty.
3. Margaret Guthrie, b. about 1801, (p. 361).
4. Jane Guthrie, b. about 1803, (p. 361).
5. Alexander Guthrie, b. May 10, 1805, (p. 361).
6. Joseph Guthrie, d. in infancy.
7. James W. Guthrie, (p. 363).
8. Rebecca Guthrie, (p. 363).
9. Isaiah Guthrie, d. in middle age.
WILLIAM OF WILLIAM OF NEWCASTLE COUNTY, DEL. 361
William Guthrie, eldest child of Alexander Guthrie and Mary Maffett, "married Elizabeth Thompson and raised a family of about ten children." We do not know that any of his children reside in the vicinity of the first settlement. William Guthrie is now deceased." (1877)
Margaret Guthrie, third child of Alexander Guthrie, and Mary Maffett, "married Paul Corbett and resided with him near Strattonville, Clarion Township, where they raised a family of ten children. Their only child now residing in that vicinity is Harry S. Corbett, of Strattonville borough. Margaret Corbett is still living (1877) with her daughter, Rebecca Ferguson, of Corsica, Jefferson County, Pa. She is now nearly eighty years old, and claims to be the first white child born in Clarion County."
Jane Guthrie, fourth child and second daughter of Alexander Guthrie and Mary Maffett, "married Milton Fleming, with whom she raised a family of five or six children in Clarion Township where she died at an advanced age in 1875. Her children remain in Clarion County."
Alexander Guthrie, fifth child and third son of Alexander Guthrie and Mary Maffett, was born in Clarion Township, Clarion County, Pa., May 10, 1805; married Dec. 3, 1829, Maria Newell, who was
born Nov. 19, 1809; died Sept. 19, 1885. Alexander Guthrie died
Nov. 8, 1876.
Children:
1. John Lebbeus Guthrie, b. Nov. 10, 1831. (Below)
2. Mary Agnes Guthrie, b. Jan. 21, 1836; d. August, 1888.
3. David Johnson Guthrie, b. Nov. 23, 1837; d. Nov. 30, 1837.
4. William Alexander Guthrie, b. Feb. 17, 1839. (p. 362).
5. Elizabeth Jane Guthrie, b. May 22, 1841, (p. 363).
6. Sara Clementine Guthrie, b. March 1, 1845, (p. 363).
7.Annie Louise Guthrie, b. Aug. 1, 1847, (p. 363).
John Lebbeus Guthrie, eldest child of Alexander Guthrie and Maria Newell, married Nov. , 1856, Nancy Margaret Sterrett, who
was born Nov. 11, 1830; died Feb. , 1905. John Lebbeus Guthrie
died Oct. 1, 1900.
Children:
1. Jennie Maria Guthrie, b. Aug. 6, 1857.
2. Alice Belle Guthrie, b. March 25, 1859.
3. Sue May Guthrie, b. June 8, 1860.
4. James Guthrie, b. June 3, 1861.
5. J. Alexander Guthrie, b. June 22, 1862, (p. 362).
6. Harriett Newell Guthrie, b. Nov. 23, 1863.
7. Rosanna Green Guthrie, b. Aug. 15, 1865, (p. 362).
8. Sara Elizabeth Guthrie, b. March 6, 1867.
9. Nettie Woods Guthrie, b. May 12, 1868.
10.Anna Lena Guthrie, b. Dec. 2, 1869.
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J. Alexander Guthrie, (p. 361) son of John Lebbeus Guthrie and Nancy M. Sterrett, married Kathleen Parsons.
Children of J. Alexander Guthrie and Kathleen Parsons:
1. Frank Guthrie. (Below)
2. C. L. Guthrie. (Below)
3. A son.
Frank Guthrie enlisted at Cleveland, Ohio, Dec. 14, 1917, for service in the world war. At Eberts Field, Ark., he was attached to the 500 Areo Squadron, with which he remained until discharged March 25, 1919. He was in service overseas in France from Oct. 28, 1918, to March 7, 1919, and while there, was appointed Sergeant, First Class.
C. L. Guthrie, son of J. Alexander Guthrie and Kathleen Parsons, went into the service during the World War, at Warren, Ohio, May 26, 1918, and trained at Camp Gordon, Ga. His outfit was sent overseas, arriving in France Aug. 9, 1918. A short time later he was sent along with others as replacements in Company A, 47th Infantry of the 4th Division. This Division was sent into the Toul Sector early in September and there participated in the St. Mihiel and the ArgonneMeuse offensives. Nov. 10, 1918, they began a forced march with Metz as an objective and action wolld have begun there November 12th had not the Armistice been called November Ilth, Later in the same month the division was assigned duty in the army of occupation and was located not far from Coblenz, Germany. They left Germany July 9, 1919, and arrived in America July 27th. Pt. C. L. Guthrie was mustered out of the service at Camp Sherman, Ohio, Aug. 5, 1919.
Roseanna G. Guthrie, (p. 361) daughter of John Lebbeus Guthrie and Nancy M. Sterrett, married William Hall Sloan.
Children:
1. Samuel Johnson Sloan, b. May 27, 1883; m. June 1, 1918, Edith Wisner.
2. Infant, b. July 27, 1884; d. July 27, 1884.
3. Alice Margaret Sloan, b. Dec. 27, 1885.
4.Edward Guthrie Sloan, b. July 19, 1887. He served in the World War;
m. June 23, 1917, at Hot Springs, Ark., Emily CaldNvell.
5. Arthur Hale Sloan b. Aug. 26, 1889; d. Nov. 28, 1889.
6.Sara Elizabeth Sl~an, b. March 22, 1891; m. March 19, 1921, Albert
Grotefind. They live in Pittsburgh, Pa., and have two children, a
boy and a girl.
7. William Reynolds Sloan, b. July 3, 1893. He served in the World War.
8. John Everell Sloan, b. Oct. 20, 1895; served in the World War. He m.
Oct. 7, 1921, N. Grace McCalmont. They have one child, a girl.
9. Robert Sterret Sloan, b. Aug. 26, 1900. He d. Oct. 12, 1918, while in
military training.
10.Anna Mae Sloan, b. June 28, 1902.
William Alexander Guthrie, (p. 361) fourth child and third son of Alexander Guthrie and Maria Newell, as a young man went into the far west. Returning to Clarion County, Pa., he married June 25, 1879, Rachel C. Porter.
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Elizabeth Jane Guthrie, (p. 361) fifth child and second daughter of Alexander Guthrie and Maria Newell, married Nov. , 1872, Henry Aggers.
Sara Clementine Guthrie, (p. 361) sixth child and third daughter of Alexander Guthrie and Maria Newell, married May, 1871, Solomon B. Newman. She died March 29, 1874.
Annie Louise Guthrie, (p. 361) seventh child and fourth daughter of Alexander Guthrie and Maria Newell, married William M. Aggers. She died Oct. 29, 1910.
James W. Guthrie, (p. 360) seventh child and fifth son of Alexander Guthrie and Mary Maffett, succeeded Dr. Robert H. Rose, who was the first representative of the Bingham estate. For many years he represented the estate in Clarion and adjoining counties, and through ventures in land in his own right became very wealthy. He bought and sold lands in many parts of the state. He married Sarah Rose. They lived their entire lives in Strattonville, Pa.
Children:
1. Walter Guthrie, b. ; d. prior to 1877.
2. Frank B. Guthrie. (Below)
3. A daughter who lived with her father.
Frank B. Guthrie, second son of James W. Guthrie and Sarah Rose, studied law, was admitted to the bar and for many years was a prominent lawyer at Titusville, Pa.
Rebecca Guthrie, (p. 360) eighth child and third daughter of Alexander Guthrie and Mary Maffett, married S. T. Kerr, of near Rimersburg, Clarion County, Pa. They had no children.
John Guthrie, (p. 357) second child and second son of William Guthrie and Mary Welch, was one of the Guthrie brothers who led the Westmoreland colony into what became Clarion County, Pa., and formed the first settlement there. He was also mentioned as being made provisionary captain of a company of men who marched from their settlement to the place of rendezvous at Pittsburgh, Pa., for service in the War of 1812, and that his company was united with a body of men from Indiana County, of which John Wallace, of Indiana, was made captain, John Guthrie returning home on a discharge. These statements are confirmed by the records.
"Pennsylvania Volunteers, War of 181214. Pittsburgh, Oct. 4, 1812. Pursuant the General Order of the CommanderinChief of the Pennsylvania Militia, the Adjutant General has organized the detachment, ordered to rendezvous at Pittsburgh on the 2nd of October instant, into companies, battalions and regiments in the following manner:under No. 11, Second Brigade, Fifteenth Division, Companies commanded by Captains Guthrie and Wallace, consisting of 81 privates shall compose one company." Etc. etc. (Pa. Arch., Ser. 6, vol. 7, p. 908.)
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"A return of the Second Division of the drafted and volunteer Militia of Pennsylvania, 15th Division, Second Brigade, . . . John Gutry, Captain, total 68 men." (Pa. Arch., Ser. 6, vol. 7, p. 26.)
A statement of the expenditures of John Dickey for marching a detachment of men from Beaver. Among other items"Supernumerary OfficersCaptain John Guthrie, 2nd B'n., 15th Division, under Government general orders, 5th Sept., 1812. 17 days. Pay and rations$30.93." (Pa. Arch., Ser. 6, vol. 9, p. "192.)
He took up land at the same time his brothers did and lived near Alexander, in Clarion Township, Clarion County. As has been shown, he married Jane Maffett, daughter of John Maffett, immigrant from Ireland to York County, Pa.
Children:
1. Mary Guthrie. (Below)
2. Elizabeth Guthrie. (Below)
3. Alexander Guthrie. (Below)
Mary Guthrie, daughter of John Guthrie and Jane Maffett, married William Beatty, and with him lived in Monroe Township, Clarion County. They reared a family of several children.
Elizabeth Guthrie, daughter of John Guthrie and Jane Maffett, married Henry Allison. They lived in Clarion Township, Clarion County and reared a family of four children.
Alexander Guthrie, son of John Guthrie and Jane Maffett, rnarried Jane Rankin. They reared a family of four children. These children all removed from Clarion County many years ago.
James Guthrie, (p. 357) fifth child of William Guthrie and Mary Welch, was born in the old settlers' fort on the Calvin Gibson farm in Derry Township, Westmoreland County, Pa., on June 19, 1781. Before his father's death he gave him a farm out of his extensive lands, and on this James resided during his lifetime. He served in the War of 181214, going from Armstrong County, now Clarion, in the stead of his brotherinlaw, William Maffett. He was quite a prominent man in Derry Township in his day and was known as Col. James Guthrie. It is said that he kept a live panther as a pet for many years.
James Guthrie, married Sallie McClure who was born Jan. 14, 1790; died Sept. 25, 1875. She was the daughter of John McClure and wife, Violet MeElheny, residents of Derry Township, Westmoreland County, Pa. James Guthrie died at his home in Derry Township, Nov. 12, 1855.
Children of James Guthrie and Sallie McClure:
1. Joseph Guthrie.
2. Margaret A. Guthrie, who d. in 1867.
3. William Guthrie, who d. in 1825.
4. Violet M. Guthrie.
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Joseph Guthrie, eldest child of James and Sallie McClure, "inherited his father's farm on which he was reared and spent his life. He obtained a fair education and gave his attention to farming and surveying. He was a member and communicant of the old Salem Presbyterian Church for over fifty years. He was more than once elected ruling elder, but would never accept that office, although he frequently served as choir leader and trustee . He was a liberal contributor to the church, a successful business man, an industrious farmer and a useful citizen. He was a Republican in politics, was Justice of the Peace for many years and served one term as County surveyor.
"On Nov. 9, 1886, he united in marriage with Margaret A. Kline, daughter of Joseph and Margaret J. (Leasure) Kline, who have been residents of Delmont since 1850. To Mr. and Mrs. Guthrie was b. one child, Joseph Leasure Kline Guthrie, who was b. April 2, 1888.
Mrs. Guthrie is a great granddaughter of Peter Kline, whose eldest son John ~;erNed under Washington, m. a Miss Mace and removed to Westmoreland County where his eldest son, John Kline, m. Nancy Buchman, and one of their children was Joseph Kline, who m. Margaret Leasure, and his five children:Annie M., Aggie J., Margaret A. (Mrs. Guthrie), John L., Emma and Cyrus . . . .
"Mrs. Guthrie, after her husband's death, removed to Latrobe, where she has built and occupies a very fine house which stands just outside the borough limits.
"Joseph Guthrie, d. Dee. 8, 1888, and his remains rest in the old Salem Cemetery. Of him it has been truthfully and appropriately said, 'he was a de%,oted son, an affectionate brother, and a loving husband and father.' " (Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pa., Gresham, 1890, Vol. 1, p. 462 et sequiter).
Thomas Guthrie, (p. 357) sixth child of William Guthrie and Mary Welch, was born in 1783. He was quite young when he went with his brothers, Alexander and John to Armstrong County in 1801. He took up a tract of land near them. The history of Clarion County states that he built the second grist mill to be erected in what is now Clarion County. It was of the simple tub type as were all the early mills and was located near the mouth of Mill Creek, a stream which flows into the Clarion River.
Thomas Guthrie enlisted as a drummer in the War of 181214, but as the accompanying record shows was not permitted to see much active service."Sick: Thomas Guthrie, (left sick at Mansfield, Ohio, about the lst of January, 1813.)" Concluding his report of the sick the captain says,"And I understand that there was not any of them fit for duty until the end of the tower. I, John Wallace, do certify that the within payroll is just and correct, and that the remarks on the sick therein made are just and correct together with all remarks therein made. Witness my hand at Indiana, (Pa.), Sept. 30, 1813." (Pa. Arch., Ser. 6, vol. 8, p. 247.)
"March 25, 1817:"Thomas Guthrie and wife, Jane, both of Red Bank, Armstrong County, Pa., in consideration of the sum of $600.00, convey to Alexander Guthrie of same place, a tract of I land situate in Red Bank Township, Armstrong County, being a part of the Bingham estate, containing 200 acres, etc. WitnessSamuel C. Orr, William Maffett. (Armstrong County, Pa., Deeds, Vol. 3, p. 551.)
After this Thomas Guthrie removed to that portion of the county
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which was formed into Jefferson County, and lived the remainder of his life at Callensburg.
Thomas Guthrie married Jane Crawford. He died Feb. 11, 1852, aged 68 years, 11 months, 15 days. Jane Crawford Guthrie died in Ottumwa, Iowa, in 1867.
Children of Thomas Guthrie and Jane Crawford:
1. David Guthrie, who lived in Franklin, Pa.
2. William Guthrie. (Below)
3. Mary Guthrie, (p. 367).
4. James Guthrie.
5. Jane Guthrie, (p. 367).
6. Joseph Guthrie, (p. 367).
7. Thomas Guthrie, b. Oct. 7, 1815, (p. 367).
8. Margaret Guthrie, (p. 369).
9. John Guthrie, b. in Jefferson County, Pa., Feb. 28, 1828, (p. 369).
William Guthrie, son of Thomas Guthrie and Jane Crawford, married Tillie Pierce. He moved with his family about 1855 to Iowa and settled near Delhi. They were among the early settlers in that region and passed through the hardships and privations incident to pioneer life. William Guthrie and wife both died about 1884.
Children:
1. Thomas Harvey Guthrie. (Below)
2. Joseph Martin Guthrie, b. in Pennsylvania, April 29, 1843. (Below)
3. James C. Guthrie, (p. 367).
4. Nancy Guthrie, (p. 367).
Thomas Harvey Guthrie, son of William Guthrie and Tillie Pierce, was born in Pennsylvania about 1840. He served during the Civil War in the 21st Iowa Infantry. After the war moved to Hay Springs, Nebr., where he became a prosperous ranchman. He died June 24, 1921.
Joseph Martin Guthrie, second son of William Guthrie and Tillie Pierce, came to Iowa as a lad of twelve years with his parents. He enlisted Dec. 19, 1861, in Company B, Fourth Iowa Cavalry, for three years. At the expiration of this time he reenlisted and served to the end of the war. He was mustered out at Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 8, 1865. While in the army he served as orderly to Lieut.Col. Peters and had many thrilling experiences in that capacity. He married Dec. 12, 1867, Mariah Lucretia Drinkwine, who was born in Hinkley, Medina County, Ohio, Oct. 26, 1848. She was related to Daniel Webster. When a young girl she went to Iowa from Wisconsin, making the trip across country by team with a woman pioneer.
Joseph Martin Guthrie died Aug. 30, 1911.
Children:
1. Hattie Edna Guthrie, b. Nov. 11, 1868, (p. 367).
2. Sadie Alma Guthrie, b. at Hopkinton, Iowa, March 28, 1870, (p. 367).
3. Alice Marian Guthrie, b. Dec. 14, 1874, (p. 367).
4.Tillie Lucretia Guthrie, b. Feb. 26, 1881, (p. 367).
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Hattie Edna Guthrie, eldest child of Joseph Martin Guthrie and Mariah L. Drinkwine, married E. R. File. One daughter, Aiista Belle File. Hattie E. File died near Hopkinton, Iowa, Nov. 22, 1900.
Sadie Alma Guthrie, second child of Joseph Martin Guthrie and Mariah L. Drinkwine, married June 24, 1908, Fred Srack, who was born at Elk City, Kan., Aug. 1, 1874. They live at Marion, Iowa. One child, J. R. Guthrie Srack, born April 12, 1909, died at Marion, Iowa, Sept. 30, 1921.
Alice Marion Guthrie, third child of Joseph Martin Guthrie and Mariah L. Drinkwine, married 1890 Lafayette E. Walker.
Children:
1. Joseph Edgar Walker, b. May 13, 1891; lives at Marion, Iowa.
2. LeRoy Walker, b. Jan. 7, 1893; lives at Marion, Iowa.
Tillie Lucretia Guthrie, fourth daughter of Joseph Martin Guthrie and Mariah L. Drinkwine, married Aug. 11, 1921, John Emmet Lisk. They live in Marion, Iowa. She is a gifted writer of songs.
James C. Guthrie, (p. 366) third child and third son of William Guthrie and Tillie Pierce, lives at Grand Island, Nebr.
Nancy Guthrie, (p. 366) fourth child and only daughter of William Guthrie and Tillie Pierce, married A. Pomeroy.
Mary Guthrie, (p. 366) daughter of Thomas Guthrie and Jane Crawford, married John Beatty, of Strattonville, Pa., (his first wife). Mary died prior to 1877.
Children:
1. and 2. Twin daughters, who d. in infancy.
3. Miles Beatty. (Below)
4. A. J. Beatty, who lived in Clarion, Pa.
Miles Beatty, son of John Beatty and Mary Guthrie, served in the Union army during the Civil War. He died while in the service, June 20, 1863.
James Guthrie, (p. 366) son of Thomas Guthrie and Jane Crawford, removed from Clarion County, Pa., (it is thought) to Iowa.
Jane Guthrie, (p. 366) daughter of Thomas Guthrie and Jane Crawford, married a Mr. Wilson and moved out of Clarion County, perhaps to Iowa.
Joseph Guthrie, (p. 366) son of Thomas Guthrie and Jane Crawford, married Ellen Torrence and moved to Renoldsville, Pa. They had no children.
Thomas Guthrie, (p. 366) son of Thomas Guthrie and Jane Crawford, was born in Clarion County, or rather what later became that county Oct. 7, 1815. He married June, 1838, Elizabeth Lusk, who was born June 7, 1819. They settled in Greensburg, Westmoreland
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County, Pa., and it was there that their children were all born. They moved to Iowa in the spring of 1856. Thomas Guthrie died Dec. 21, 1884; Elizabeth Lusk Guthrie died April, 1901.
Children:
1. William Scott Guthrie, b. June 2, 1839. (Below)
2. Albert A. Guthrie, b. 1840. (Below)
3. Thomas Lusk Guthrie. (Below)
4. James Milton Guthrie, (p. 369).
5. John M. Guthrie, (p. 369).
6. Samuel Oliver Guthrie, (p. 369).
William Scott Guthrie, eldest child of Thomas Guthrie and Elizabeth Lusk, enlisted from Delaware County, Iowa, Aug. 25, 1861, and was mustered into Company 1, First Iowa Cavalry, Sept. 24, 1861. He was mustered out Sept. 9, 1864, at Davenport, Iowa, at the expiration of his term of service.
He married April 8, 1869, Sarah Jane Orr, who was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, Nov. 20, 1841. Her father, Orr, was born in Ireland April 20, 1802, and came to America when eighteen years of age. He married in 1834 Sarah Love, who was born in Zanesville, Ohio, Jan. 6, 1815.
William Scott Guthrie was living in 1922 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Children:
1. Thomas Andrew Guthrie, b. in Ryon, Iowa; m.; lives in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
2. Elizabeth Love Guthrie, b. in Jewell County, Kans.; m.; lives in Kalaniazoo, Mich.
3. Edgar Elmer Guthrie, b. in Ryon, IoNva; deceased.
4. Arthur M. Guthrie, b. in Ryon, Iowa; deceased.
5. Luella Vera Guthrie, b. in Ryon, Iowa; single; lives in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
6. William Lester Guthrie, b. in Ryon, Iowa; single; lives in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Albert A. Guthrie, second child and second son of Thomas Guthrie and Elizabeth Lusk, enlisted from Delaware County, Iowa, Dec. 19, 1861. He was mustered in December 24th, following, and served in Company B of the Fourth Iowa Cavalry. He reentisted and remustered Dec. 19, 1863, and served until Aug. 8, 1865, when he was mustered out at Atlanta, Ga.
He married Nellie Blanchard and had the following children:
1. Fred Guthrie.
2. Emma Guthrie, who m. Briggs.
3. Edward Guthrie.
4. Maud Guthrie, who m. McCorkle.
5. Ina Guthrie.
Thomas Lusk Guthrie, third child and third son of Thomas Guthrie and Elizabeth Lusk, married Mary Cline.
Children:
1. Fred Guthrie. 3. Albert Guthrie.
2. Stella Guthrie, who m. Lamb. 4. George Guthrie.
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James Milton Guthrie, (p. 368) fourth child and fourth son of Thomas Guthrie and Elizabeth Lusk, married Kate Knott.
Children:
1. Leonard Guthrie. 4. Carl Guthrie.
2. Edna Guthrie. 5. Dale Guthrie.
3. Esther Guthrie.
John M. Guthrie, (p. 368) fifth child and fifth son of Thomas Guthrie and Elizabeth Lusk, married Zilpha Colson. He died in Corvallis, Ore.
Children:
1. Bertha Guthrie, who m. Perry.
2. Pearl Guthrie, who m. Smith.
3. Melvin Guthrie.
Samuel Oliver Guthrie, (p. 368) sixth child and sixth son of Thomas Guthrie and Elizabeth Lusk, married Leila George. He was living in Dacoma, Okla., in 1922.
Margaret Guthrie, (p. 366) eighth child of Thomas Guthrie and Jane Crawford, married Kelley.
John Guthrie, (p. 366) ninth and youngest child and sixth son of Thomas Guthrie and Jane Crawford, was born in Jefferson County, Pa., Feb. 28, 1828. He married Sarah Jane Reed, who was born April 11, 1836. They moved to Ottumwa, Iowa, where he died Nov. 4, 1896. Sarah Jane Reed Guthrie died there Dec. 20, 1902.
Children:
1. Amanda E. Guthrie, b. Dec. 23, 1856. (Below)
2. Willis A. Guthrie, b. July 8, 1860; lives at Downey, Calif.
3. Miltoii Guthrie, b. Nov. 26, 1862; d.
4. Cora A. Guthrie, b. April 22, 1865; m. J. E. Fisher; lives in Ottumwa, Iowa.
5. Fannie Guthrie, b. Oct. 1867; m. J. 0. Black; lives in Dayton, Mon.
6. Arthur Guthrie, b. May 18, 1873; lives in Chicago, 111.
7. Maud Guthrie, b. Aug. 19, 1879; m. Edgar Chamberlain; lives in Ottumwa, Iowa.
Amanda E. Guthrie, eldest child of John Guthrie and Sarah Jane Reed, was born in JefTerson County, Pa., Dec. 23, 1856. She married in Ottumwa, Iowa, Oct. 1, 1890, Nevil W. Glew, who was born in Caistor, England, Oct. 19, 1856. Nevil W. Glew died in Ottumwa, Iowa, August, 1926.
Children:
1.George E. Glew, b. in Ottumwa, Iowa, Oct. 19, 1892; m. October, 1912;
lives in Ottumwa, Iowa.
2.Lilah Lorene Glew, b. Nov. 18, 1895; m. July 19, 1921, B. F. Richardson,
in Boulder, Mont.
3.Charles Nevil Glew, b. May 24, 1899.
Mary Guthrie, (p. 357) seventh child and only daughter of William Guthrie and Mary Welch, was born about 1785. She married at an early age William Maffett, who was born in eastern Pennsyl
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vania, (probably in York County), in 1776. He, as has been shown, was one of the pioneers from Westmoreland to Armstrong County in 1800. He died in Clarion County, Pa., June 25, 1854; Mary Guthrie Maffett died in Clarion County, Pa., Aug. 2, 1862. A biographer of them has said in speaking of their descendants that they "have but little conception of the trials, hardships, privations, and endurance, as well as the industry, economy, and fine religious convictions of these early settlers. They were all, we believe, ScotchIrish Presbyterians of the strictest sect. They dug out homes for their families in a wild, uninhabited forest, and in a rigorous climate, having to travel from sixty to one hundred miles to mill and carry their flour and salt that distance on horseback. and in going to visit their friends in Westmoreland County, their wives accompanied them on horse back, with their infants in their arms, following a bridlepath and swimming their horses across the streams where they were not fordable." (From a Historical Sketch of Clarion County, Pa.)
Mr. F. J. Maffett of Clarion, Pa., told the writer that his grandmother, Mary Guthrie Maffett, was said to have held her oldest babe in her arms and put her feet over the horn of the saddle in fording a swollen stream on her way to visit her parents in Westmoreland, and it was doubtless her experiences which are referred to in the above quotation.
Children:
1. Isabel (Ibbie) Maffett, d. in youth. 7. William Maffett, (p. 371).
2. John Maffett. (Below) 8. Elizabeth Maffett, (p. 371).
3. Mary Maffett. (Below) 9. James Maffett, (p. 371).
4. Peggy Maffett, d. in youth. 10. Anaseneth Maffett, (p. 371).
5. Sally Maffett, d. in youth. 11. Thompson Maffett, (p. 371).
6. Jane Maffett. (Below) 12. Kezia Maffett, (p. 371).
John Maffett, second child of William Maffett and Mary Guthrie, was born in 1805. He married (1) Eliza Rankin, she died and he married (2) Elizabeth Rankin. Her relation to first wife not stated.
Children, all presumably by the first wife:
1. W. A. Maffett, who was killed in battle during the Civil War near Petersburg, Va., June 17, 1864.
2. J. T. Maffet.
3. A daughter, who d. before 1877.
4. A daughter, who d. before 1877.
Mary Maffett, third child of William Maffett and Mary Guthrie,
married Hugh Mowery. He died she died many
years later.
Children:
1. J. Harvey Mowery, d. in infancy.
2. Walter M. Mowery, who resided with and sustained his mother after his father's death. They lived in the borough of Strattonville, Pa.
Jane Maffett, sixth child of William Maffett and Mary Guthrie,
"married John Orr with whom she raised a family of seven children,
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and two died in infancy, nine in all. She is still living (1877) in Clarion County, but a few miles from where she was born. Her children all remain in Clarion County."
William Maffett, seventh child of William Maffett and Mary Guthrie, never married. He lived on and farmed a part of the old Maffett homestead during his life.
Elizabeth Maffett, eighth child of William Maffett and Mary Guthrie, married John Beatty. They live in Strattonville; had no children.
James Maffett, ninth child of William Maffett and Mary Guthrie, married Elizabeth Rhodes. They lived on a part of the old Maffett homestead. They had five children, one of whom died in infancy.
Anaseneth Maffett, tenth child of William Maffett and Mary Guthrie, never married. She lived with her brother William on the old home place, where she died 187
Thompson Maffett, eleventh child of William Maffett and Mary Guthrie, married Mary Andrews. They raised a family of five children. In 187 the family moved to the state of Indiana.
Kezia Maffett, twelfth and youngest child of William Maffett and Mary Guthrie, never married. She kept house for her brother William on the old home place.
Joseph Guthrie, (p. 357) eighth and youngest child of William Guthrie and Mary Welch, became a surveyor. He remained in Westmoreland County and laid out the town of New Derry on that portion of his father's estate which fell to him.' He married Mary Jane .
JAMES GUTHRIF,, (p. 356) son of William Guthrie, was a pioneer,' frontiersman, soldier of the Revolution and Indian fighter.' He received a grant of land for his military services and located on a tract containing one thousand acres on Cedar Creek, about eleven miles from Louisville, Ky., on the main road connecting it with Bardstown. He built a massive stone house on it near a spring of sparkling water, and otherwise improved his plantation. Here his life was spent and his children born and reared. His house was a notable landmark in pioneer days, famed for its hospitality and for the sterling worth of those who dwelt there,
James Guthrie married (1) March 3, 1785, Polly Welsh, of the old Upper West Conococheague Presbyterian Church in what is now Franklin County, Pa.' It appears that she lived but a short time after their marriage. He married (2) Nov. 23, 1786,3~ in Jefferson County, Ky., Mrs. Eunice Paul, nee Cooper, who was born March 26, 1764, in New Jersey, daughter of an English colonist; died July 28,