JOHN GUTHRIE, EMIGRANT TO AMERICA IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY, AND DESCENDANTS

INTROTRODUCTION

Besides John, there were four other Guthries, who came somewhat later than he to the American Colonies in the same century. The little that is known concerning them is given here. All of the members of this group, it would appear, came directly from Scotland and not from the Province of Ulster.

JAMES GUTHRIE, of Suffolk County, Mass., is the first person of this surname to be mentioned in the records of New England. In the will of John Richardson, dated May 7, 1683, he says"I give and bequeath unto James Guthrie all I have in the world, except twenty shillings to buy John Harris a ring, and ten shillings to buy John Kyte a ring." Witness:John Raysford. John Ramsey. It is said that this James Guthrie migrated from New England to Bermuda.

"JAMES GUTHREY," witness to the will of Alexander Magruder, of Prince Georges County, Maryland, dated Feb. 20, 1676, may have been the father of "Henry Gutteridge, overseer," of the will of Moses Jones, Prince Georges County, Maryland, 1704. The name Guthrie was not infrequently corrupted among the English to Guttery or Gutteridge. The following quite certainly refers to the same Henry. "Henry Guttreg," of Prince Georges County, Maryland, in his will dated 22nd day of January, 1711, and proved the 21st day of December, 1711, devises that his entire estate be equally divided between his two daughters Ann Wheeler and Eliza "Guttreg," providing the latter does not mary Thomas Ford. If she so marry, then the entire estate is to pass to Ann Wheeler.'

"ROBERT GUTHRIE, of Edinburgh, Scotland, was an early settler on Block Island, and was overseer of the poor in 1687. He died Dec 3rd, 1691 He married first, Margaret , born 1633; died April 5th, 1687. He married second, Anna, daughter of Dr. John and Sarah Palgrave Alleocke, widow of John Williams. They had a daughter Catherine Guthrie, born on Block Island, June 24th, 1690; married Sept. 9th, 1706, John Sands, and died at Cow Neck, Long Island, Feb. 10th, 1769.

SAMUEL GUTHRIE lived in Essex County, N. J., apparently without family or kindred. "Abstract of the will of Samuel Guthrie, of Woodbridge, sick at the house of Richard Paull, in Woodbridge. He makes David Vilant sole heir and executor. Signed Dec. 31, 1685. Teste: John Allance, John Walkins. Administration granted to David Vilant, of Perth Amboy, May 10, 1686."

BOOK 1

JOHN GUTHRIE, of the Jamestown Settlement came to America about 1651 One tradition says that he was one of three brothers, who emigrated. Another tradition says that he received a grant of land in America from King Charles the First of England, prior to Cromwell's rebellion, and that when the latter came into power, in order to save his life, he was forced to leave England because of his loyalty to the Crown. His brother was beheaded by Cromwell, a fate which he came near sharing. This tradition assigns the date of his flight as 1632. But since this was before Cromwell, it is safe to conclude that the date 1652 was intended. So far as is known by the writer, Cromwell never beheaded a Guthrie. He had no affection for the noted Covenanter, Rev. James Guthrie, whose unyielding support of the Crown led him to refer to him as "The short man who would not bow." But Cromwell did not put him to death. That was left for an ungrateful monarch to do, to whom James Guthrie was faithful and loyal so far as civil matters were concerned.

John Guthrie, who settled in the Jamestown colony in the sixteen fifties, so far as has been ascertained, preceded by some years any other Guthrie immigrant to America. The first record which pertains to him is taken from "Index to Land Grants, Isle of Wight Co.' Va. book 3, p. 315." "John Guttridge, 1654, 350." (acres)

Again ----

"Military officers in Virginia 1680; Isle of Wright Co. Col. Jos. Bridger Commander in Chief of ye horse in ye counties of Isle of Wight, Surry Nanzemond and Lower Norfolk, John Gutridge, Capt." From Va. Colonial Militia 16511776, by Crozier, p. 103.) The same book p. 99 gives Middlesex County Militia,among others John Gutteridge."

John Guth'ry married Elizabeth Baskett, Feb. 6, 1686. (Record of Christ's Church Parish, Middlesex County, Va.)

The principal information concerning this immigrant and his immediate descendants is found in the following letter which is quoted in full

"Martinsferry, Ohio, March 12th, 1867."

"My Dear Daughter:

"Believing that it would be agreeable to you to know something of your Ancestors, I propose to give you some account of what I have learned by Tradition.

"I am informed by tradition that my Paternal GreatGrandfather Obtained a Grant for a tract of land in America, emigrated from England some time in Cromwell's Rebellion and located his Grant on the North side of York River, in Poropotank Neck, in Stratten Major Parish, King and Queen County, Virginia, and that he had four sons, and lived to be old, and that he danced a jigg when he was one hundred and five years old, and that he lived to be one hundred and ten years old and at his Death he Bequeathed sixty acres to each of three sons, and the balance to my Grandfather, and it is the Homestead where I was born. The farm is surrounded on two sides by a branch of the Poropotank creek. I often have heard my father of being the Heir at Laws in this Country and if there should be any thing coming from England he would be the Heir.

"My Maternal Grand Father George Pigg was a surveyor, and I have heard it said was born in the year one, that is in the year 1701, but don't know at what time he emigrated from England. But was in this country when he was twenty five years old and stood as God Father for my Grand Mother according to the rules of the Episcopal Church and when she was twenty five years and he fifty years old they were married. They had six children three sons and three daughters of whom Rachel Pigg the second daughter was my mother Who was born in 1760. I am not positive what my Maternal Grand Mother's maiden name was but think it was Murie.

"I have heard it said that my Grand Father in surveying called the neighborhood where King and Queen Court House now stands the frontiers which is not more than 40 or fifty miles from Chesapeake Bay. He procured a beautiful farm on York River a few miles above Poropotank Creek which he left to his oldest son his two oldest sons enlisted and served three years at the North in the Continental Army and returned in the year 1780 that Remarkable cold winter when it was said that a beef could be roasted on the ice, and then George, the second son enlisted and went South and died there of excessive heat and fatigue. My father and one brother enlisted in the Continental army for three years and was through the New England States. He was Seargeant and returned in the winter of 1780. He was married three times my mother being his third wife and I was born in February 23: 1793.

"I have given you Dear Daughter the most important terms that I have derived from Tradition which I am sure will be gratifying to you.

Henry P. Guthrie"

Three Guthrie land grants to members of this family are on record in the land office of Richmond, Va., two of which are given in full below.

"Records of the Land Office of Richmond, State of Virginia. "Book 9, page 3.

"To all &c., whereas &c. Know ye that I the said Sr. Edmund Andros, Knt. Governor &c, do, with the advice and consent of the Councill of State, accordingly give and grant unto Edward Guthrey, seven hundred and fiftythree acres of land situate in King and Queen County at the mouth of the Mattapony River, bounded as followeth, towit:BEGINNING at a poplar standing in the main swamp of the Pepetico Creeke and running thence N. 15 degrees 2 175 poles by an old line of marked trees to a red oak and small pine by the Ferry Road, thence by the land of Mr. Richard Gregory, N 83 degrees W 154 poles to a branch of saide Richard Gregory's Creeke, thence down and along said branch and Creeke the several courses to Mattapony River including all marsh land, thence down and along the Rivers of Mattapony and York the several courses to the mouth of Pepetico Creeke including all marsh, and lastly up and along ye said Creeke and main swamp of the same including all swamp to the place it began Three hundred acres of land, part thereof being formerly granted to Richard Major by Patent dated the 17th, of January 1649 and three hundred acres of land another part thereof granted to Edward Simpson date the 24th of Aprill, 1669, and sixtynine acres, the residue, being overplush land within the ancient bounds of the said patent, the said sixtynine acres of land being due unto the said Edward Guthrey by and for the transportation of two persons into this Colony, all whose names are to be in the records mentioned under this patent To have and to hold &c., To be held &c., Yielding and Paying &c., Provided &e. Dated the 25th day of October Anno Domni 1695.

D. Andros."

"Moria,

George.

"I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy from the records of this office. Witness my hand and seal this 25 day of June 1914."

"John W. Richardson."

COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA

Land Office, Richmond.

(Patent Book No. 10 at page 194)

Jno Guthery 277.

"ANNE &ca., to NL &ca., KNOW YE that for divers good Causes and Considerations, but more especially for & in Consideration of the Importation of two persons to dwell within this our Colony of Virginia, whose names are Matthew York & Esther YorkWe have Given Granted & Confirmed & by these presents for us our heirs and Successors, do Give Grant and Confirm unto John Guthery of the County of King & Queen, one Certain Tract or parcel of Land & Marsh, containing Two hundred Seventy & Seven acres, lying and being in the Parish of Stratten Major in the said County of King and Queen on the South West side of Kings Creek and bounded as followeth, to wit,beginning at a small hickory at the South west side of Kings Creek thence South SixtySeven degrs & half Westerly by a Line that parts Majr. Anderson's Land & the sd Gutheries three hundred and fourty poles to York River side just below the mouth of Little Marshy Creek thence South Eighty four degrs. twenty two Minuetts easterly two hundred & twenty poles to a pine and a White oak & a Gum in Herne Swamp thence down the Creek to Kings Creek thence up Kings Creek to the beginning; Two hundred acres part thereof being formerly Granted to Humphry Dennis by patent dated the sixth day of July one thousand six hundred fifty four & by him sold to Humphry Davis and by the sd Davis sold to the above sd Guthery . . . . With all &ca. TO HAVE HOLD &ca. TO BE HELD &ca. YIELDING AND PAYING &ca. PROVIDED &ca. In WITNESS &ca WITNESS our Trusty and Wellbeloved Alexander Spotswood out Lt. Govnr. att Williamsburgh under the seal of our Sd Colony the Sixteenth day of June one thousand Seven hundred & fourteen in the thirteenth year of our Reign"

"A Spotswood" Land Office, Richmond, Va.

(Seal) I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy from the records of this office. Witness my hand and seal of office this 7th day of June 1923

Jno W. Richardson"

In the letter of Henry P. Guthrie to his daughter, given above, he stated that his great grandfather Guthrie, the immigrant had four sons. Their names are not given. But from the given names of the earliest Guthries the writer would hazzard the following in orderJohn, Edward, James and Daniel, as being the names of these sons. The oldest son according to the custom of the times received the chief 'portion of the father's estate, the others received sixty acres each. Some information concerning one of these sixty acre tracts is found in Call's Reports p. 7 which gives an account of a suit for possession of this land. It shows that a John Guthrie who died near the close of the year 1761 was possessed of this particular tract with its improvements, and that he had a brother William, who had land in King and Queen County and of whom he was the heir at law.

John left a will dated Oct. 17, 1761, in which he mentioned three sons, John, Richard and James. John received but a shilling from his father's estate. It was the latter's intention that James, his eldest son, should receive the sixty acres, but as he was the heir at law of the testator to his brother William's estate, he provided that James should not have both. He could take his choice between the two estates, the one not chosen by him was to go to the son Richard. After the father's death James entered into the possession of the sixty acres, and when his uncle William died he took possession of his estate as heir at law. Richard then brought suit against his brother James in the General Court and was awarded the sixty acres. James Guthrie died intestate, January, 1776, but left a son James, his heir at law. Richard died possessed of the sixty acres and left a will in which he bequeathed it to his daughter Elizabeth for her life time and afterwards to his son Richard or his heirs.

At this point, James the son of James Guthrie brought suit in the District Court against Elizabeth and Richard Guthrie for possession of the sixty acres and obtained judgment. They in turn appealed to the Supreme Court, which reversed the decision of the District Court on the grounds that it was contrary to the intention of the first mentioned testator, and thus the sixty acres was restored to Elizabeth and Richard Guthrie.

Before proceeding with the eldest line of descendants, mention will here be made of Daniel Guthrie, found in the early records of Virginia.

The Journal of Virginia Council shows that suit was brought by Thos. Pendleton against Daniel Guthrie and wife, Mary, for having trafficked, trucked and dealt on a Sabbath Day in June, 1713, without a license, selling a negro woman called Jenny. (It appears that the wife was charged with being the principal offender.)'

The flattering inducements offered by Lord Baltimore to colonists led many Virginians to remove to Maryland. There was a Daniel Guthrie on the Eastern Shore of Maryland in 1721, but it is hardly probable that he was of the Guthrie family with whom we are now dealing.

Another Daniel Guthrie was a soldier in the French and Indian War.'

The eldest son. of the Guthrie immigrant to King and Queen County, Virginia; inherited the chief portion of his father's estate and lived on it all his life. Some say his given name was John, others that it was James. The name of his eldest son was James (he had also a son John, If there were other children they are not mentioned,

Among others in the "Roster of Capt. Nathaniel Welch's Company, 2nd Regiment, Col. William Brent,James Guthrie, age 25, born and lives in King and Queen County." (From the Virginia Magazine, Vol. 5, p. 352). The date of this roll is not given, was about 1778, according to which he was born in 1753. Again we find

"James Guthrie, Virginia State Line, three years service." (Va. County Records, by Crozier, p. 56).

JAMES GUTHRIE

JAMEs GUTHRIE, (p. 5) was married three times. The names of his first two wives are unknown. He married (3) Rachel Pigg, born 1760; died 1830. They were not married June 18, 1781, when her brother George Pigg made her a beneficiary in his will, but soon afterwards. Her brother John Pigg made a bequest to her in his will dated 3rd day of October, 1792. She was a widow in 1803 when she wrote the following letter.

"Dear Henry:

I received your letter and The Shoes, by Sam and am glad to hear tnat you are well, and accept the tokens with gladness, which say that you are still my affectionate Son, I have sent you two pairs of socks, but they are not as nice as I wished them, by the yarn being spun bad, it is out of my power to get the fringe you wrote for, as everybody are closely employed in clothing their servants at this season, the loss of my dear friend and sister will never be repaired, how changeable is fortune, how valuable is a true friend, but thank Heaven this dear family are all kind to me. I have come to no certain conclusion what I shall do for the time to come, but hope the same power that hath so long supported will still provide for me, but I must stop for it is past midnight and no one awake here but me.

"I again take my pen but have nothing worth relating the affairs of the neighbors are not much altered I have never seen Sam and do not know how he goes on I should be glad to see you before I do anything about hiring if you can come up if not I shall not be in a hurry which is as much as I can say now, the Girls desire to be remembered to you and your wife, no more but my love to you both and all friends, while I remain your loving mother till death"

Rachel Guthrie Dec'mber 6th. 1803

(Addressed to) Henry P. Guthrie, Williamsburg

The children, if there were any, by the first two marriages of James Guthrie are unknown. The children of James Guthrie and Rachael Pigg are:

1. Fannie Guthrie, b. Dec. 26, 1782.

2. Rachel Guthrie, b. Jan. 3, 1787.

3. John Wesley Guthrie, b. March 14, 1789.

4. Henry Pigg Guthrie, b. Feb. 23, 1793. (Below)

HENRY PIGG GUTHRIE, second son and fourth child of James and Rachel Pigg Guthrie, was born Feb. 23, 1793. fie died Nov. 24, 1869, from the effects of a stroke of paralysis. He married about 1822 Miss Mary Catherine Stedman, a lady of culture and considerable property. She was born near Norfolk, Va., in 1804, died in Ohio in 1878.

Henry P. Guthrie served in Captain Clairborn's Company of a Virginia Regiment in the war of 1812-15, was in the battle of Bladenburg near Washington where the Americans in August, 1814, were defeated by the British under General Ross: Washington was taken and the Capitol burned.

In 1827, Henry P. Guthrie and family, consisting of wife and one child, removed from Virginia and settled in Jefferson County, Ohio, near the village of Mount Pleasant, where in the early days he was a Captain of the local Militia. He gave as his reason for the removal, his dislike for the institution of slavery and he is said to have emphatically predicted the coming of the civil crisis which did come, culminating in the Civil War. He was a man of considerable education and of profound religious instincts. He was an old time Virginia gentleman and stood high in the esteem of all who knew him. He was the soul of integrity and so never suspected guile in any other man. He was not successful in financial matters, and his fortune, which was considered ample in his day, was greatly reduced by the time of his death.

Children:

1. Cincinattus, b. in Virginia, d. in infancy.

2. Sarah F. Guthrie, b. in King and Queen County, Va., in 1824. (Below) 3. Henry P. Guthrie, b. Aug. 19, 1833, at Mt. Pleasant, Ohio, (p. 8).

4. Elizabeth Guthrie, (p. 8).

5. Mary Jane Guthrie, (p. 8).

6. Catherine Guthrie, d. unm. in early womanhood.

7. Christopher Stedman Guthrie, b. Dec. 22, 1838, (p. 8).

8. Robert Guthrie (p. 11).

9. Isabelle Guthrie b. July 1, 1884, at Mt. Pleasant, 0., (p. 11).

Sarah F. Guthrie, first daughter of second child of Henry P. Guthrie and Mary C. Stedman, married 18501855 Dr. Daniel Pratt. Dr. Pratt was born in 1805 and died 9th April, 1891, aged 86 years. She died in Bethesda, Ohio, Feb. 11, 1905.

Children:

Henry Guthrie Pratt, only child, was b. at Bridgeport, Ohio, in 1866, living at Martins Ferry, Ohio, 1922. As a young man after acquiring a legal education he moved to Kansas when that country was new, settling at Wichita. Here he m. 20th of June, 1894, Lena Rosseller, who was b. at Jeffersonville, Indiana, in 1867. When the Wichita boom failed, they returned to Martins Ferry, Ohio, where for many years he was a successful lawyer.

Children:

(1). Carl Rosseller Pratt was b. at Martins Ferry, Ohio, Aug. 1, 1895. He enlisted from the state of Oregon for the World War February, 1918, went to France, was a member of Company C. 37th Regiment of Engineers, served through to close of war, was in the ArgonneMeuse Offensive on the Monfauchon Front, and d. on the homeward bound transport, Princess Matoike, 19th of March, 1919, two days before the vessel reached New Port News, Va. He d. of broncho pneumonia induced by the effects of gas.

(2).Priscilla G. Pratt, b. at Martins Ferry the 17th of Sept., 1897.

(3). William L. Pratt, b. at Martins Ferry the 6th of Jan., 1907.

Henry P. Guthrie, third child and second son of Henry P. Guthrie and Mary C. Stedman, was born in Mt. Pleasant, Ohio, Aug. 19, 1833. He was a painter by trade. Prior to the Civil war he imgaged in boating on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers under Capt. James Skeets. During the war he was mate on a boat which was one of a fleet which carried grain and other provisions to the bases of the Northern Army along the rivers.

Henry P. Guthrie married about 1875 Mrs. Mary L. Steadman, Nee McGee. She was the widow of David Steadman, who was a sergeant in Company A, 170th Regiment, Ohio Infantry. Miss McGee and David Steadman married in 1869. He was in no way related to the Virginia Stedmans. David Steadman died about 1874. They had one child, Elta Steadman, born 1873; married Robert J. Braggs; lives on Wheeling Island. Mary L. McGee was born in Mt. Pleasant, Ohio, April 10, 1843; died May 7, 1924. Henry P. Guthrie died in Wellsville, Ohio, Sept. 30, 1898.

Children:

1. Edwin Guthrie, b. Sept. 23, 1879, at Martins Ferry, Ohio.

2. Helen Guthrie, b. , at Martins Ferry, Ohio, d. May 28, 1894.

Edwin Guthrie married Jan. 25, 1905, at Martins Ferry, Ohio, Miss Mary Parker, of the same place. They live in Bridgeport, Ohio.

Children:

1. Robert Lee Guthrie, b. July 30, 1906.

Elizabeth Guthrie, second daughter and fourth child of Henry P. Guthrie and Mary C. Stedman, married John Robb of New Cumberland, West Virginia. They had four children, two sons and two daughters.

Mary Jane Guthrie, (p. 7) third daughter and fifth child of Henry P. Guthrie and Mary C. Stedman, never married. She resided for many years at Martins Ferry, Ohio. In 1895, she disposed of the property there and made her home with her sister Elizabeth.

CHRISTOPHER STEDMAN GUTHRIE, (p. 7) third son and seventh child of Henry P. Guthrie and Mary C. Stedman, was born Dec. 22, 1838. In 1857 at the age of 17 he went out to Illinois and located in Kankakee, where he engaged in farming. In 1861, when it became known that the American people were about to engage in a 99 great Civil War," he sold his corn at ten cents per bushel, and enlisted in Company E of the 53rd Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He participated in all the battles in which the Army of Tennessee was engaged until July 12, 1863, when Sherman made the famous charge on the Confederate works at Jackson, Mississippi, where the Fifty Third Illinois was almost annihilated. Nearly all the men were either killed or captured. Among the latter was Guthrie. The fact however was not definitely known until some time afterward and his family and friends were in a state of anxious suspense while trying to ascertain what fate he had met. His son writes concerning his capture, "For the next three months he enjoyed (?) the hospitality of Libby Prison and Belle Isle, being paroled in October, 1863. After recuperating at Benton Barracks in St. Louis, he rejoined his regiment in time to participate in the Atlantic Campaign, and the celebrated 'March to the sea.' Famous in story and song. He was mustered out of service at Goldsborough, N. C., in March, 1865." (From the letter of his son, George C. Guthrie.)

Christopher Stedman Guthrie married Dec. 25, 1865, Mary J. Warden, who was born near Greencastle, Ind., the daughter of John Warden and wife, Melinda. They moved to Joplin, Mo. Both are deceased. She had for several years previous to their marriage taught successfully in the public schools of Kankakee and Iriquois Counties, Ill. Christopher S. Guthrie died July 5, 1916.

Children:

1. Frances Isabell Guthrie.

2. Henry Guthrie.

3. James Bliss Guthrie, b. Nov. 7, 1870, (p. 10).

4. Laura Guthrie, b. 1872; d. 1879.

5. George Christopher Guthrie, (p. 10).

6. Katherine Melinda Guthrie, (p. 11).

Frances Isabell Guthrie, eldest child of Christopher S. Guthrie and Mary J. Warden, married John Gerber, removed to Denison, Texas, but later returned to Kankakee, 111.

Chudren:

1. George Leslie Gerber. 4. Gladys Gerber.

2. Ruth Frances Gerber. 5. Fay Gerber.

3. Wendell Gerber.

George L. Gerber, eldest child of John Gerber and Frances I. Guthrie, married Edna Lydicker. They reside in Kankakee, 111.

Children:

1. Neva June Gerber, b. 1919. 2. Elwood Gerber, b. 1921.

Ruth F. Gerber, eldest daughter and second child of John Gerber and Frances I. Guthrie, married Nicholas Ntzars. They reside in Kankakee, Ill. They have two children.

Wendell Gerber, second son of John Gerber and Frances 1. Guthrie, married Bernice Miller. They reside in Kankakee, 111. They have no children.

Gladys Gerber second daughter of John Gerber and Frances 1. Guthrie, married John Jefferson. They reside in Kankakee, 111. They have three children.

Fay Gerber third daughter of John Gerber and Frances I. Guthrie, married Bernard Schermer. They reside in Kankakee, Ill. They have one child.

James Bliss Guthrie, (p. 9) third child and second son of Christopher S. Guthrie and Mary J. Warden was born in Kankakee, 111. For several years he was a traveling salesman. He then took up the study of medicine and became a successful practitioner. He married (1) Miss Ina Washington. He married (2) Aug. 31, 1905, Edith H. Smith of Denver, Colo. For some years they resided in Plattsville, Colo., later removed to Cheyenne, Wyo., where they now reside. Dr. Guthrie enjoys a large practice and is well known throughout the state.

Children:

1. James Robert Guthrie, b. in Plattsville, Colo., June 15, 1906.

2. Alice Guthrie, b. at Plattsville, Colo., Oct. 7, 1907.

George Christopher Guthrie, (p. 9) fifth child and third son of Christopher S. Guthrie and Mary J. Warden, was born in Iroquois County, In., Nov 5, 1875. While a boy he worked on his father's farm and attended the country school. Later he attended and graduated from the Grand Prairie Seminary at Onarga, Ill., and after this attended the Valparaiso University and the Central Normal College of Danville, In. lie then engaged in teaching public school and having a literary bent he also reported for one of the local papers. By these means he earned the money to pay his expenses at the University of Michigan, which he entered in 1904 as a student in the law department. After spending a year in Michigan he went to Chicago where he completed his law course in the Chicago Kent College of Law, graduating with the degree of L.L.B., and was admitted to the bar of Illinois in 1907. He became a successful lawyer in Chicago and was honored on numerous occasions by being placed in positions of responsibility and trust in the legal profession. He possessed a delightful literary style and was a frequent contributor of articles and poems to various newspapers and magazines. In the spring and early surnmer of 1920 he was very closely occupied in his profession and at the close of a term of court felt the need of a rest, though no serious ailment was in evidence. He went to Hot Springs, Ark., where he took the baths and was returning to Chicago, when, at Joplin, Mo., he took ill and could proceed no further. He departed this life at that place after a brief illness, Aug. 19, 1920. The news of his death came as a great shock to Ids many friends and relatives.

George C. Guthrie married Dec. 25, 1907, Miss Bessie Briggle, of Springfield, 111. .(See the Briggles, Allied Families).

Children:

1. Robert McKinley Guthrie, b. Oct. 16, 1908.

2. Clela Guthrie, b. Sept. 29, 1911.

3. George Briggle Guthrie, b. Feb. 11, 1914. All are living in Chicago, Ill.

Catherine Melinda Guthrie, (p. 9) (called "Linnie"), sixth child and third daughter of Christopher S. Guthrie and Mary J. Warden, was born in Papineau, Ill., Nov. 18, 1878. She married 1905 William Wilkinson, who was born at Sturston, 111. The Wilkinsons were early settlers in that region. William and family live in Kankakee, 111.

Children:

1. Lois Guthrie Wilkinson, b. in Red Rock, Texas, 1906. She married Mr. Hilton. They have one child, Pricilla Jean, b. 1924.

2. Lloyd Gerald Wilkinson, b. in Red Rock, Texas, 1909.

ROBERT GUTHRIE, (p. 7) the eighth child and fourth son of Henry P. Guthrie and Mary C. Stedman, removed from Ohio to Illinois a few years before the Civil War. He lived in or near Monmouth, in Warren County. Some years later he died there. He was said to have been a very industrious and ambitious young man.

Isabelle ("Belle") Guthrie, (p. 7) ninth child and fifth daughter of Henry P. Guthrie and Mary C. Stedman, married in 1865 Mr. Marion Cullen, of New Cumberland, W. Va. At that time he had just been discharged from the Union Army and returned from the South where he had been serving during the war. He was mayor of New Cumberland in 1897. He died

Children:

1. Charles Guthrie Cullen, "While on a trip to Cincinnatti, in February, 1892, he fell from the towboat, George Shiras, and before he could be rescued was drowned."

2. Robert Cullen, d. when a youth.

3. William Dexter Cullen, New Brighton, Pa., deceased.

4. Minnie Cullen.

5. Paul Cullen.

6. Lucy Cullen.

7. Anna Cullen.

JOHN GUTHRIE

JOHN GUTHRIE, (p. 5) brother of James, whose line has been given above, was born in King and Queen County, Va., in 1761. When sixteen years of ago he enlisted in the same regiment with James,the Second Virginia State Line, commanded by Col. Gregory Smith, later by Col. William Brent, in Captain Nathaniel Welch's Company, in which he served three years as fifer. "Roster of Capt. Nathaniel Welch's Company, 2nd Regiment, Col. William Brent:(inter al) John Guthrie, age 16, born and lives in King and Queen County."' This company was at White Plains, August, 1778; at West Point, September, 1778; at Middlebrook from October, 1778, to April, 1779. It served also in the New England States.

About the close of the Revolutionary War he married Nancy Crump. They lived for a period, some descendants say, in Cumberland County, Va., others say in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. As the Blue Ridge Mountains are visible from various parts of Cumberland County, and since he had Guthrie relatives there, as will hereafter appear, it is probable that they lived in Cumberland County. Sometime later, at a date not known, the family removed to Kentucky, in what part is not stated. In 1825 John Guthrie and wife moved from Kentucky to Pike County, Ill., where they settled on what was known as "Six Mile Creek." He died there in 1830. Nancy his wife died in 1831. They are both buried in the old Rowley cemetery on Six Mile Creek.

Children:

1. John Guthrie, b. 1786, "In the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia," so one of his descendants maintained. (Below)

2. Susan Guthrie, (p. 21).

3. William Guthrie, (p. 21).

4. Elizabeth Guthrie, (p. 21).

5. Henry Guthrie, (p. 21).

6. A daughter, her name not recalled.

7. Charles Grandson Guthrie, b. 1803, (p. 21).

8. Archibald Guthrie, b. 1806, (p. 28).

JOHN GUTHRIE went with his parents to Kentucky. When a young man he went to Tennessee, where he located in Clairborne County, and married in Tazewell, the countyseat, Miss Sarah Jenkins. They made their home north of Tazewell near the Kentucky line and not far from Cumberland Gap.

John Guthrie and family moved from Tennessee to Missouri in 1848. The journey was made with an ox team and a horse team and occupied six weeks. They settled on "The Big Meango," (the Niangua River), in Dallas County. This is a typical Ozark country and at that time was very sparsely settled. The family had a hard struggle for existence during the pioneer days in Dallas County. While trying to make improvements and bring the land into a state of cultivation they lived in a "halffaced camp" and subsisted mainly on wild meat and wild honey. Sarah (Jenkins) Guthrie died in 1853; John Guthrie died in 1857.

ChildrenAll born in Clairborne County, Tenn.:

1. Hannah Guthrie, b. circa, 1823, (p. 13).

2. Timothy Jenkins Guthrie, b. Oct. 25, 1825, (p. 13).

3. John Guthrie, b. circa, 1827, (p. 15).

4. William Guthrie, b. 1828; d. at the age of 13.

5. Rellie Guthrie, b. 1829, (p. 16).

6. Simeon Guthrie, b. 1831; d. at the age of 7.

7. Absalom Guthrie, b. Nov. 4, 1833, (p. 16).

8. Jacob Guthrie, b. 1835; d. at the age of 4 wks.

9. Isaiah Guthrie, b. 1836; d. 1899, (p. 18).

10. Andrew Guthrie, b. 1840, (p. 19).

11. Elizabeth Guthrie, b. 1841, (p. 19).

12. Eliza Guthrie, b. Oct. 4, 1843, (p. 19).

13. Martha Guthrie, b. 1845; d. at the age of 8 yrs. of congestive chills.

JOHN'S DESCENDANTS

Hannah Guthrie, eldest child of John Guthrie and Sarah Jenkins, married "Mae" Day.

Children:

1. Mary Day.

2. A child three yrs. younger than Mary died in infancy.

3. Milas Day.

4. Sarah Day.

5. Elizabeth Day.

Timothy Jenkins Guthrie, second child and eldest son of John Guthrie and Sarah Jenkins, was born Oct. 25, 1825. He went with the family to Missouri in November, 1848. He married Feb. 15, 1849, Miss Martha Emily Butcher, who was born in Granger County, Tenn., June 2, 1830. She was the daughter of Louis Butcher, who with his family moved from Tennessee to Dallas County, Mo., in 1845.

During the Civil War Timothy Jenkins Guthrie served in the Federal Army. At the close of the war he taught school and engaged in farming. Later he devoted his time exclusively to the farm and was considered one of the most progressive farmers of his time and locality. He died April 23, 1889. Martha his wife died at the home of her son in Morrisville, Mo., Jan. 22, 1922, being in the 92nd year of her life.

Children:

1. Thomas Patterson Guthrie, b. in Laclede County, Mo., June 28, 1851; d. April 8, 1910. (Below.)

2. A son, died in infancy.

3. Absalom Guthrie, b. in Dallas County, Mo., April 15, 1855. (Below)

4. Harriet Guthrie, b. in Dallas County, Mo., in 1860, (p. 14).

5. Viola Guthrie, b. in Dallas County, Mo., July 13, 1863, (p. 14).

6. Lydia Ann Guthrie, b. in Dallas County, Mo., Oct. 16, 1866, (p. 14).

Thomas Patterson Guthrie, eldest child of Timothy Jenkins Guthrie and Martha Butcher, married (1) Sarah Hudgens.

Children:

1. Viola Guthrie. She married Clifton Piercee. They had two children b. to them, who in childhood were burned to death by fire.

Thomas Patterson Guthrie married (2) Melvina Bishop.

Children:

1. Irwin Guthrie.

Absalom Guthrie, third child and third son of Timothy Jenkins Guthrie and Martha Butcher, was reared on the farm and as a young man taught school. He married (1) Rachel Taylor.

Children:

1. Child, d. in childhood.

2. Child, d. in childhood.

Rachel Taylor Guthrie died about 1890. He married (2) June 8, 1891, Charity E. Tucker, she was the daugher of Tucker and Arinesa Barbarick, who came as pioneers into Missouri from Tennessee.

For a number of years Mr. Guthrie conducted a general store at Leadmine, in Dallas County, Mo. He prospered in business. He sold the business advantageously and purchased a farm in Polk County, Mo., near Morrisville, where he now resides.

Children: The four older children were born at Leadmine, Mo.; the three younger at Morrisville, Mo.

1. Ruth Emily Guthrie, b. Dec. 12, 1892.

2. Charles Amos Guthrie, b. Sept. 26, 1894.

3. Enoch Arden Guthrie, b. Sept. 4, 1898.

4. Esther Guthrie, b. Oct. 13, 1902.

5. Paul Kermit Guthrie, b. July 6, 1906.

6. Mary Lillian Guthrie, b. June 22, 1911.

7. Thomas Edwin Guthrie, b. Dec. 14, 1914.

Ruth Emily Guthrie married Mr. . They have several children.

Charles Amos Guthrie married Miss fie died and is survived by his widow and one child. They live in Oklahoma City, Okla.

Enoch Arden Guthrie, a studious lad with a literary gift, pursued a course in journalism in the University of Missouri upon the completion of which he became a reporter on the staff of the Daily Oklahoman, of Oklahoma City, Okla. In 1923 he severed his connections with that paper and removed to Michigan. He died in 1924.

Esther Guthrie attended Cottey College, a school for girls in Nevado, Mo. She graduated in 1922 since which time she has been engaged in teaching Latin and Spanish in high schools.

Harriet Guthrie, fourth child and first daughter of Timothy Jenkins Guthrie and Martha Butcher, married Jefferson Tennyson. She died leaving an infant child which lived but a short time afterwards.

Viola Guthrie, fifth child and second daughter of Timothy Jenkins Guthrie and Martha Butcher, married Stephen Lee. They live in Charity, Mo.

Children:

1. Manuel Lee. 6. Ollie Lee.

2. Ettie Lee. 7. Edith Lee.

3. Maud Lee. 8. Ivy Lee.

4. John Lee. 9. Bert Lee.

5. Harriet Lee. 10. Enoch Lee.

Lydia Ann Guthrie,'sixth child and third daughter of Timothy Jenkins Guthrie and Martha Butcher, married Sept. 21, 1883, William Smith, who was born in Tennessee, Sept. 22, 1859. His father was a Baptist Minister, who in the early years of his wedded life moved to Missouri. He reared a large family of children.

Children of William Smith and Lydia Ann Guthrie:

1. James Absalom Smith, b. in Dallas County, Mo., March 1, 1887. He lives at Depew, Okla., R. D. No. 2.

2.John Riley Smith, b. in Dallas County, Mo., Jan. 15, 1889; lives in

Newton, Kan.

3.Emma Smith, b. in Dallas County, Mo., July 15, 1890. She m. July 4,

1921, M. A. Wolf. They live in Cheney, Kan.

4. Ethel Smith, b. Nov. 16, 1896; lives in Newton, Kan.

5.Jesse Patterson Smith, b. Dec. 10, 1899; lives in Newton, Kan.

6. Martha Emily Smith, b. in Newton, Kan., March 20, 1901; d. at the

age of seven yrs.

7. Clarence Smith, b. in Newton, Kan., June 6, 1902; lives in Newton, Kan.

John Guthrie, (p. 12) third child and second son of John Guthrie and Sarah Jenkins was born in 1827 in Clairborne County, Tenn. He it was, who drove the horse team which carried his parents from their Tennessee home to Dallas County, Mo., in the fall of 1848. He married Vina Bryant. During the Civil War he served in the Federal Army. He departed this life in 1867.

Children:

1. Absalom Guthrie, b. circa, 1857; d. same year.

2. Margaret Guthrie, b. 1859; d. 1893. (Below)

3. Mary Guthrie, b. March, 1860. (Below)

4. Franklin Guthrie, b. 1862. (Below)

5. W. Dillard Guthrie. (Below)

6. Nancy Guthrie, (p. 16).

Margaret Guthrie married Jan. 11, 1878' Leander Taylor. They lived in Wyandotte, Okla.

Children:

1. Josie Taylor.

2. William Taylor.

3. John Taylor, b. 1893.

Mary Guthrie married (1) Rufus Adkinson. After his death she married (2) Fenton. She lives in Lebanon, Mo.

Children of Rufus Adkinson and Mary Guthrie:

1. John Hershel Adkinson. 5. Gertrude Adkinson.

2. William Adkinson. 6. Alice Adkinson.

3. Orville Adkinson. 7. Henry Adkinson.

4. Charles Adkinson.

Franklin Guthrie married March 16, 1889, Sarah Bradshaw."

Children:

1. Bassinet Guthrie, b. in 1891, m. Wise; d. Sept. 4, 1932, after being struck by an automobile.

Children:

(1). Bertha Guthrie.

(2). Marie Guthrie.

(3)., Lillian Guthrie.

2. Ona Guthrie, who m. a Mr. Tiltz of Casper, Wyo

3. Bessie Guthrie, who m. a Mr. Wise of Windyville, Mo.

4. Lulu Guthrie.

W. Dillard Guthrie married Martha Ripley. They live in Corkery, Mo.

Children:

1. Sarah Guthrie.

2. Clyde Guthrie, b. 1887. (Below)

3. Claud Guthrie, b. 1890.

4. Vina Guthrie b. 1892. (Below)

5. Elsie Guthrie.

6. Elmira Guthrie, who m. a Mr. Johnson, lives in Lebanon, Mo.

Clyde Guthrie, married Aug. 15, 1911 Della Rambo of Celt, Mo.

Vina Guthrie married Nov. 14, 1908 Laurence Shadrick, son of Joe Shadrick."

Nancy Guthrie, (p. 15) married John Willard. They live in Manhattan, Kan.

Children:

1. Elizabeth Willard. 6. Clarence Willard.

2. Charles Willard. 7. Florence Willard.

3. Bessie Willard. 8. Elsie Willard.

4. Lou Willard. 9. Scott Willard.

6. Eugene Willard.

Rellie Guthrie, (p. 12) fifth child and second daughter of John Guthrie and Sarah Jenkins, married James Douger. They had two children who died young.

Absalom Guthrie, (p. 12) seventh child and fifth son of John Guthrie and Sarah Jenkins, married Nancy Davis, who was born June 13, 1836. She was the daughter of Nathan Davis, who was born Sept. 18, 1806; married Aug. 23, 1826, to Olive Parker, who was born May 25, 1809. The name is spelled Davice in the old records.

Absalom Guthrie served in Company H, of the 8th Mo. Cavalry of the Federal Army in the Civil War. He died Nov. 25, 1921, his wife having preceded him.

Children:

1. Wesley Guthrie. (Below)

2. Sarah Elizabeth Guthrie, b. circa, 1860, (p. 17).

3. William Guthrie, b. Jan. 19, 1866, (p. 17).

4. Eliza Frances Guthrie, b. March 22, 1870, (p. 17).

5. Elias Guthrie, b. June 21, 1872, (p. 17).

Wesley Guthrie, (above) eldest child of Absalom Guthrie and Nancy Davis, was killed by being caught in a belt of a rock crusher in the Joplin, Mo., mining district, in November or December, 1903 or 1904. He married (1) Leona Means. To them one child was born, Elmer Leander Guthrie, born about Dec. 1, 1881. Leona, the mother, died when the child was about nine months old. Wesley married (2) June, 1887, Emma McCormack.

Children of Wesley Guthrie and Emma McCormack:

1. Burley Guthrie, b. 1888. He m. Dec. 26, 191218 Mary Heas of Lebanon, Mo., who was then 19 yrs. of age.

2. Bertha Guthrie.

3. Nora Guthrie.

4. Rosa Guthrie, b. 1893, m. Dec. 24, 1912, to Benjamin A. Davis, of Lebanon, Mo. (Laclede County, Mo., Marriages, Vol. J., p. 248.)

5. Fred Guthrie.

6. Virgil Guthrie.

7. A child died in infancy.

Sarah Elizabeth Guthrie, (p. 16) second child and eldest daughter of Absalom Guthrie and Nancy Davis, married about 1892 Jesse Pruett.

Children:

1. Infant Pruett, d. in infancy. 5. Hugh A. Pruett.

2. Eliza Frances Pruett, d. in infancy. 6. Charles Pruett.

3. Minnie Gertrude Pruett. 7. Bert Pruett.

4. Mary Alice Pruett. 8. Vincent Pruett.

William Guthrie, (p. 16) third child and second son of Absalom Guthrie and Nancy I)avis, married Rosa Bryant. They live at 844 East 3rd St., Carthage, Mo.

Children:

1. Dennis Guthrie, d. at age of four yrs.

2. Amos Guthrie.

3. Absalom Guthrie.

4. Infant Guthrie, d. in infancy.

6. Jewell Guthrie.

Eliza Francis Guthrie, (p. 16) fourth child and second daughter of Absalom Guthrie and Nancy Davis, was born March 22, 1870. She married Dec. 1, 1887, Bringle Bringleson of Laclede County, Mo." Mr. Bringleson was the son of a Swedish immigrant to that county. They live near Lebanon, Mo. Mr. Bringleson is a thrifty farmer, has one of the best improved places in the country.

Children, all born near Lebanon, Mo.:

1. Sara Alice Bringleson, b. March 28, 1889.

2. Henry Harrison Bringleson, h. Oct. 7, 1890.

3. August Carl Bringleson, b. Dec. 14, 1896.

Elias Guthrie, (p. 16) fifth child and third son of Absalom Guthrie and Nancy Davis, was born June 21, 1872. He married Dec. 15, 1893, Dina Gregory who was then past 18 years of age.' They live at Origanna, Laclede County, Mo., where their children were born.

Children:

1. Claun Guthrie, b. 1895. (Below)

2. Infant Guthrie.

3. Orange Guthrie, b. 1898. (Below)

4. Oscar Guthrie.

5. Zella Guthrie, b. 1903. (Below)

Claun Guthrie, eldest child of Elias Guthrie and Dina Gregory, married Aug., 5, 1918, Miss Vera Massey of Grove Springs, Mo. She was born in 1900.'

Orange Guthrie, third child and second son of Elias Guthrie and Dina Gregory, married Feb. 9, 1920, Ivara Nunn, daughter of R. E. Nunn. She was born in 1903."

Zella Guthrie, fifth child and only daughter of Elias Guthrie and Dina Gregory, married May 30, 1920, Chester A. Doll, who was born 1898.''

Isaiah Guthrie, (p. 12) ninth child and seventh son of John Guthrie and Sarah Jenkins, was born in Claiborne County, Tenn., about 1835 or 1836. He moved with his parents to Dallas County, Mo., in 1848. He served in the Union Army during the Civil War, being probably in the 14th Missouri Regiment of Cavalry. In 1866 he married Edia Frances Hall who was born in Tennessee in 1843. She was the daughter of John and Lydia (Marsh) Hall, who came from Tennessee to Missouri in 1850. Isaiah Guthrie died in 1899. His widow surviving him in 1923.

Children:

1. Lydia Ann Guthrie, b. July 11, 1867. (Below)

2. Sarah Jane Guthrie, b. Oct. 26, 1869. She d. of whooping cough when a wk. or two old.

3. Mary E. Guthrie, b. March 13, 1873, (p. 19).

4. William Guthrie, b. Oct. 28, 1879, d. in infancy or childhood.

6. John F. Guthrie, twin of William, b. Oct. 28, 1879, (p. 19).

Lydia Ann Guthrie, eldest child of Isaiah Guthrie and Edia Hall, married January 6, 1882, Andrew Miller, he being at that time a minor and she under sixteen years of age?'

Children:

1. Arthur Lee Miller, b. about 1884.

2. James Wesley Miller, b. about 1888.

Arthur Lee Miller and James Wesley Miller were adopted by their grandparents, Isaiah Guthrie and wife and by action of the Court their surname was changed from Miller to Guthrie.

Lydia Ann married, second, August 9, 1892, William T. Dickerson of Laclede County, Mo.' She died in 1918.

Children:

1. Levell Dickerson. 4. Pearl Dickerson, b. June 16, 1901.

2. George Dickerson, b. 1898. 5. Cordelia Dickerson, b. 1905.

3. Arlie Dickerson, b. 1900. 6. Jesse Dickerson, b. 1907; d. in infancy.

Arthur L. Guthrie, (above) married Sadie Kelley about 1905. They live in Hutchinson, Kan.

Children:

1. Earl Guthrie, b. in Chelsea, Okla., 1910; d. in 1914.

2. Violet Guthrie, b. 1913; d. in 1919.

3. Melvin Lee Guthrie, b. about 1917.

James Wesley Guthrie, (above) married (1) Aug. 27, 1910, Ida Cochran, born 1891; married (2) 1919 Edna Williamson.

Children, first marriage:

1. Floyd, b. 1911.

2. Lloyd, b. 1913.

Children, second marriage:

1. Clifford Boyd Guthrie, b. 1920.

2. Roxie Fern Guthrie, b. November, 1921.

Mary E. Guthrie, third child and third daughter of Isaiah Guthrie and Edia Hall, married Oct. 20, 1891, John Hanks, who was under twentyone at that time. He was the son of F. H. Hanks of Ira, Mo.'

Children:

1. William Hanks, b. Nov. 2, 1893, m. a Miss Graham, lives at Atchison, Kan.

2. Lee Hanks, b. March 11, 1895.

3. Charles Hanks, b. March 2, 1896.

4. Lillie Francis Hanks, b. Feb. 2, 1898.

5. Ruth Jane Hanks, b. March 9, 1900, m. Mr. Moore, lives at Grace, Mo.

6. Ida Pearl Hanks, b. Oct. 27, 1902, m. a Mr. Meacler, lives at Pitcher, Okla.

7. Edna Grace Hanks, b. March 24, 1904.

While this family was living in Bristow, Okla., about 1903, the father, John Hanks, left home to find work and was never heard of thereafter. When he had been gone five years, Mary E. (Guthrie) Hanks married his younger brother Robert Lee Hanks, who was born in 1881.

Children of Robert Lee Hanks and Mary (Guthrie) Hanks:

1. Leonard Hanks, b. 1909. 4. Ada Hanks, b. Oct. 17, 1918.

2. Goldie Hanks, b. 1913. 6. Cledith Hanks, b. June 6, 1921.

3. Lucile Hanks, b. 1916.

John F. Guthrie, (p. 18) fifth child and second son of Isaiah Guthrie and Edia Hall, married (1), Lucy Bishop. One child was born to this union, which died in infancy. He married (2) Mady Ingram. They had one child. In 1906, John F. Guthrie was killed by falling from a freight train near Bristow, Okla.

Andrew Guthrie, (p. 12) tenth child and eighth son of John Guthrie and Sarah Jenkins, was born in Claiborne County, Tenn., in 1840. He volunteered in the Federal Army at the beginning of the Civil War, serving first in the Fourteenth Missouri State Regiment. He joined Company M, of the Third Iowa Cavalry, on Aug. 20, 1862. He died in the hospital at Springfield, Mo., during the war.

Elizabeth Guthrie, (p. 12) eleventh child and third daughter of John Guthrie and Sarah Jenkins, was born in Claiborne County, Tenn., in 1841. She married Robert Allison. They are known to have had two children.

Eliza Guthrie, (p. 12) twelfth child and fourth daughter of John Guthrie and Sarah Jenkins, was born near Cumberland Gap, in Claiborne County, Tenn., Oct. 4, 1843. She married (1), Sept. 7, 1858, John Bryant, who died about the close of the Civil War.

Children of John Bryant and Eliza Guthrie:

1. Oliver Bryant, b. about 1869; d. unm. about 1890.

Eliza Guthrie Bryant, married (2) March 7, 1870, James Watson, who died 191 . She died Nov. 11, 1923.

Children:

1. Mary Watson, b. Jan. 7, 1871. (Below)

2. Everett Watson, b. Feb. 10, 1873. (Below)

3. Rosa Watson, b. Jan. 25, 1876. (Below)

4. Charles Watson, b. Feb. 14, 1878, (p. 21).

5. Homer Watson, b. April 13, 1880.

6. John Watson, b. Feb. 26, 1884.

7. James Watson, b. May 16, 1887, unm. AddressLebanon, Mo.

Mary Watson, eldest child of James Watson and Eliza Guthrie, married Feb. 19, 1891, Samuel Loague in Lebanon, Mo. They live in Cushing, Okla.

Children:

1. Nora Loague, b. Oct. 11, 1893; d. July 28, 1905.

2. Isaac Loague, b. Aug. 22, 1896; m. March, 1916, Lottie Massie.

Children:

(1). Helen Loague, b. March 14, 1917

(2). Edna May Loague, b. April 1, 1923.

(3.) Jesse Loague, b. Sept. 18, 1897; m. 1917 Gladys Belt.

(4.) Chloe Loague, b. Feb. 7, 1899; m. July 25, 1919, to Joseph Snow.

(6.) Gertrude Loague, b. March 10, 1901; m. Jan. 17, 1922, Peterson.

Children:

(1). William Peterson, b. April 1, 1923.

(6.) Clara Loague, b. May 15, 1904.

7. Ruby Loague, b. Aug. 17, 1906; d. in 1913.

8. Josephine Loague, b. March 14, 1908.

Everett Watson, second child and eldest son of James Watson and Eliza Guthrie, was born Feb. 10, 1873. He married 1898, Ellen Wilson of Dry Nob, Mo. She died July 17, 1922. Everett Watson lives at 23rd and Blake Streets, Denver, Colo.

Children:

1. Eva Watson, b. June 10, 1899.

2. Josle Watson, b. July 4, 1900; d. July 4, 1901.

3. Otis Watson, b. July, 1902.

4. Rosalee Watson, b. 1904.

5. Virginia Watson, b. 1906.

6. Letha Watson, b. 1910.

7. Ewing Watson, b. in Beggs, Okla., 1914.

8. Alta Watson, b. on the old Watson place near Lebanon, Mo., Oct. 12, 1918.

9. Millie Watson, b. ; d. in infancy.

Rosa Watson, daughter of James Watson and Eliza Guthrie, was born in Laclede County, Mo., Jan. 25, 1876. She married Daniel Loague, (a brother of Samuel Loague who married her sister Mary), April 15, 1892. They live in Morris, Okla.

Children, first eight born at Lebanon, Mo.:

1. Malinda Jane Loague, b. Jan. 18, 1893; d. Jan. 10, 1906.

2. Infant boy, b. Oct. 5, 1894; d. Oct. 5, 1894.

3. Willfam Henry Loague, b. Oct. 22, 1895

4. Elizabeth Loague, b. Nov. 3, 1896, (p. 21).

6. Daniel Dewey Loague, b. Feb. 22, 1899, (p. 21).

7. Daisy Isabel Loague, b. Jan. 6, 1901; d. April 12, 1912, at

Okmulgee, Okla.

8. Marion Otis Loague, b. Dec. 28, 1902.

9. Fannie Lee Loague, b. Sept. 25, 1904.

10. John Loague, b. March 2, 1905, at Sleeper, Mo.

11. Ralph Loague, b. Nov. 26, 1907, at Sleeper, Mo.

12. Darius Loague, b. Jan. 11, 1909, at Woodward, Okla.

13. Marie Loague, b. Oct. 17, 1911, at Okfuskee, Okla.

14. Glenn Loague, b. Jan. 27, 1914, at Morris, Okla.; d. April 22, 1914, at

Morris, Okla.

15. Avery Loague, b. Feb. 11, 1915, at Morris, Okla.

16. Jesse Loague, b. July 17, 1917, at Morris, Okla.

Elizabeth Loague, fourth child and second daughter of Daniel Loague and Rosa Watson, married June 28, 1921, John C. Jones. They reside in Morris, Okla. No children.

Daniel Dewey Loague, fifth child and third son of Daniel Loague and Rosa Watson, married Feb. 24, 1921, Miss Alice Johnson. They reside at Morris, Okla.

Children, both born at Morris, Okla.:

1. Forest Loague, b. Jan. 20, 1922.

2. Buford Loague, b. April 15, 1925.

Charles Watson, (p. 20) son of James Watson and Eliza Guthrie, was born in Laclede County, Mo., Feb. 14, 1878. He married, July 17, 1911, Arene West. They live on the old Watson place west of Lebanon, Mo., near his mother.

Children:

1. Leonard Watson, b. March 4, 1914.

2. Orie Watson, b. Feb. 23, 1916.

3. Bernard Watson, b. July 21, 1918.

4. Pauline Watson, b. March 10, 1919.

5. Homer Watson, b. Feb. 19, 1921.

Susan Guthrie, (p. 12) daughter of John Guthrie and Nancy

Crump married and removed to Kentucky.

WILLIAM GUTHRIE, (p. 12) son of John Guthrie and Nancy Crump, is said to have married and moved from Virginia to Ohio. Nothing further is known of him or his descendants.

Elizabeth Guthrie, (p. 12) daughter of John Guthrie and Nancy Crump, is said to have married in Virginia and moved to Kentucky.

HENRY GUTHRIE, (p. 12) son of John Guthrie and Nancy Crump, Is said to have moved from Virginia to Kentucky. Nothing further is known concerning him.

CHARLES GRANDSON GUTHRIE, (p. 12) son of John Guthrie and Nancy Crump, is said by one descendant to have been born in Cumberland County, Va., in 1803; another gives Tennessee, 1802. When his parents moved to Kentucky he went with them and there married April 24, 1828, Fannie Dewitt, who was a native of Kentucky. His parents having removed from Kentucky to Pike County, Ill. Charles and wife followed them in 1830. He settled on Six Mile Creek, in Martinsburg Township, Pike County, dying there in 1883; his wife in 1875.

Children, the eldest was born in Kentucky, the others in Pike County, Ill.:

1. James Guthrie, b. 1829; d. in infancy.

2. Henry Ross Guthrie, b. Dec. 28, 1830, (Below)

3. ZerilIda Guthrie, b. 1832; m. Jasper Walker.

4. Ira Guthrie, b. 1834, (p. 23).

5. Daniel Guthrie, b. Dec. 23, 1837, (p. 24).

6. Elizabeth Guthrie, b. 1842; m. (1) Joshua Barton; m. (2) John Daniels; d. 1922.

7. Margaret Guthrie, b. circa, 1844; m. (1) James Hedges; m. (2) John Crump.

Children, first marriage:

(1). George Hedges.

Children, second marriage:

(1). Sherman Crump.

(2). Frank Crump.

(3). John, twin to Frank.

8. Nicholas Guthrie, b. circa, 1845. Under age at the outbreak of the Civil War, he ran away from home, enlisted in the Union Army. Died near the end of the war, aged twenty yrs.

9. Jeremiah Guthrie, b. 1847, (p. 26).

10. John Guthrie, b. circa, 1849; d. ; unm.

11. Frances Ellen Guthrie, b. September, 1853, (p. 28).

12. William E. Guthrie, b. Jan. 20, 1858, (p. 28).

Henry Ross Guthrie married Oct. 10, 1864, Sarah Windmiller, who was born in Pike County, Ill., Dec. 1, 1844. She was the daughter of Jacob Windmiller, born in Germany, migrated to the United States and married Sarah Moore.

Henry Ross Guthrie died Jan. 16, 1914; his widow, Nov. 6, 1931.

Children, all born in Pike County, Ill.:

1. Laura May Guthrie, b. July 14, 1865. (Below)

2. Mary Frances Guthrie, b. July 9, 1867, (p. 23).

3.Luella J. Guthrie, b. June 16, 1870; m. Feb. 12, 1893, George Galloway.

No children.

4. Elizabeth ("Lizzie") Ann Guthrie, b. July 24, 1872, (p. 23).

5.Martha Alice Guthrie, b. April 20, 1875; d. July 8, 1930, in Pleasant

Hill, Ill.; unm.

6. Nora Emma Guthrie, b. Jan. 5, 1877; unm., lives in Pleasant Hill, 111.

7. Frank E. Guthrie, b. Aug. 10, 1879, (p. 23).

8. John H. Guthrie, b. Dec. 6, 1881, (p. 23).

9.Minnie Evelyn Guthrie, b. Sept. 21, 1883; unm., lives in Pleasant

Hill, Ill.

10.Grace Evelyn Guthrie, b. Oct. 23, 1889; m. July 29, 1930, J. L. Kennedy;

lives in Pleasant Hill, Ill.

Laura May Guthrie, (above) eldest child of Henry Ross Guthrie and Sarah Windmiller, born July 14, 1865, married Henry Goff, who died November, 1923, at Pleasant Hill, 111.

Children:

1. Harold Goff, b. Oct. 27, 1897.

2. Edith Goff, b. May 14, 1901; d. Dec. 6, 1915.

Mary Frances Guthrie, (p. 22) second child and second daughter of Henry Ross Guthrie and Sarah Windmiller, born July 9, 1867, married William Goff, Oct. 10, 1888. They live at Pleasant Hill. Ill.

Children:

1. Lula Goff, b. Jan. 7, 1890

2. Howard Goff, b. Jan. 31, 1901.

LuIa Goff, eldest child of William Goff and Mary Frances Guthrie, married Dec. 12, 1909, William Ewers.

Children:

1. Eva Ewers, b. Dec. 19, 1910.

2. Lindell Ewers, b. Nov. 3, 1913.

3. Erma Ewers, b. Dec. 6, 1915.

Lizzie Ann Guthrie, (p. 22) fourth child and fourth daughter of Henry Ross Guthrie and Sarah Windmiller, married (1) April 16, 1890, George Lynch, who died Nov. 5, 1918. She married (2) Sept. 6,1931, Frank Capps.

Children:

1. Lester Lynch, b. Sept. 17, 1895.

2. Ruth Lynch, b. July 3, 1897.

3. Fred Lynch, b. March 15, 1903; m. Feb. 26, 1930, Grace Graham.

4. Everet Lynch, b. Dec. 23, 1908; m. Dec. 28, 1930, Edna Scott; d. June 23, 1931.

Frank E. Guthrie, (p. 22) seventh child and first son of Henry Ross Guthrie and Sarah Windmiller, married (1) Oct. 4, 1907, Lena Dunaven, who died in 1908; (2), 1911, Fentress Burke.

Children:

1. Wayne Guthrie, b. April 18, 1912.

2. Evelyn Guthrie, b. Aug. 20, 1914.

3. Lawrence Guthrie, b. Aug. 24, 1916.

John H. Guthrie, (p. 25) eighth child and second son of Henry Ross Guthrie and Sarah Windmiller, married (1) Aug. 4, 1906, Belle Pruett, who died Aug. 4, 1913.

Children:

1. Mildred Guthrie, b. Feb. 11, 1910.

John H. Guthrie married (2) August, 1915, Mary Berry. Children of John H. Guthrie and Mary Berry:

1. Donald Guthrie, b. April 8, 1917.

2. Kenneth Guthrie, b. May 10, 1922.

Ira Guthrie, (p. 22) fourth child and third son of Charles Grandson Guthrie and Fannie DeWitt, was born in 1834. He married Elizabeth Rowley.

Children:

1. Amanda Guthrie. (Below)

2. Mary Guthrie. (Below)

3. Delilah Guthrie. (Below)

4. Emma Guthrie, who m. a Mr. Callendar.

5. Thomas Guthrie. (Below)

6. Charles: Guthrie.

7. John E. Guthrie. (Below)

Amanda Guthrie, eldest child of Ira Guthrie and Elizabeth Rowley, married P. J. Meyers. They live in Pike County, Mo., a few miles from Bowling Green. They have seven children,four sons and three daughters.

Mary Guthrie, second child and second daughter of Ira Guthrie and Elizabeth Rowley, married (1) Thomas Dorman; (2) John Conner.

Delilah Guthrie, third child and third daughter of Ira Guthrie and Elizabeth Rowley, married Elmer Boyles.

Thomas Guthrie, fifth child and oldest son of Ira Guthrie and Elizabeth Rowley, married Ida Taylor. They lived for a time in Pike County, Mo., from there they removed to Idaho.

John E. Guthrie, seventh child and third son of Ira Guthrie and Elizabeth Rowley, married Susan E. Freeman. They lived in Pike County, Mo., from there about 1912 they moved to Idaho.

Daniel Guthrie, (p. 22) fifth child and fourth son of Charles Grandson Guthrie and Fannie DeWitt, was born in Pike County, Ill., Dec. 23, 1837; died June 11, 1914, after intense suffering through a long illness, from cancer of the stomach. He was a faithful member for many years of the Baptist church. He was baptized in Martinsburg, Ill., March 20, 1887, and later removed his membership to Nebo, 111.

He married July 9, 1859, Miss Margaret Zenberge, who was born May 11, 1839; died Jan. 24, 1918.

Children, all born in Pike County, Ill.:

1. Christina Dean Guthrie, b. 1860. (Below)

2. Catherine Guthrie, b. 1862; m. Mack Davis, Nebo, 111.

3. Charles Guthrie, b. March 20, 1865. (Below)

4. Flora Guthrie, b. about 1868; m. Samuel Hamilton, Pleasant Hill, Ill.

5. John William Guthrie, b. Aug. 6, 1870, (p. 25).

6. Neal Guthrie, b. March 3, 1874, (p. 26).

Christina Dean Guthrie, eldest child of Daniel Guthrie and Margaret Zenberge, married Austin Crowder.

Children:

1. Daisy Crowder, died in childhood. 4. Ivy Crowder.

2. Frank Crowder. 5. Chester Crowder.

3. Fred Crowder. 6. Ray Crowder, died in infancy.

Charles Guthrie, third child and eldest son of Daniel Guthrie and Margaret Zenberge, married about 1884, Martha Scranton. They live near Pleasant Hill, Ill.

Children:

1. Hallie Guthrie, who m. Job Richard.

2. Nettie Guthrie.

3. Fred Guthrie.

4. Wilbert Guthrie.

5. Hazel Guthrie.

6. Gertrude Guthrie.

7. Infant, d. in infancy.

8. Infant, d. in infancy.

John William Guthrie, fifth child and second son of Daniel Guthrie and Margaret Zenberge, married Jan. 25, 1899, Clemmie Martin, who was born March 28, 1882. She is the eldest child of William Martin, who was born in Missouri in 1862, and who married Melvina Scranton and reared a family of ten children. John William Guthrie is a successful farmer and peach grower, living near Pleasant Hill, Ill.

Children, all born in Pike County, Ill.:

1. Violet Lavila Guthrie, b. Nov. 8, 1899. (Below)

2. Bulah H. Guthrie, b. July 4, 1902.

3. Dessie L. Guthrie, b. Oct. 4, 1904.

4. Russel W. Guthrie, b. March 21, 1906.

5. Mayo Kent Guthrie, b. June 13, 1907.

6. Blanche A. Guthrie, b. Jan. 3, 1909

7. Delphine W. Guthrie, b. July 24, 1911.

8. Donald K. Guthrie, b. Dec. 17, 1913.

9. Myotta M. Guthrie, b. May 7, 1915.

10. Trula M. Guthrie, b. May 10, 1918.

11. Truman M. Guthrie, b. May 10, 1918.

12. Foncy Iretta Guthrie, b. June 25, 1919.

13. Pauline Guthrie, b. Oct. 31, 1921.

14. Infant, b. Feb. 1, 1923; d. February, 1923.

Violet Lavila Guthrie, (above) eldest child of John William Guthrie and Clemmie Martin, married Dec. 17, 1920, Charles Springer. They live near Pleasant Hill, 111. Children:

1. John William Springer, b. April 19, 1921.

Bulah H. Guthrie, second child and second daughter of John William Guthrie and Clemmie Martin, married Oct. 16, 1918,

Children:

1. Athal, b. Feb. , 1920.

2. Genevieve, b. August, 1921.

3. Paul Ivan, b. Feb. 12, 1923.

Dessie L. Guthrie, third child and third daughter of John William Guthrie and Clemmie Martin, married August, 1920, Smith Walker. They live near Pleasant Hill, 111.

Children:

1. Vernetta Walker, b. Feb. 13, 1921.

2. Infant, b. 1922; d. in infancy.

Neal Guthrie, sixth child and third son of Daniel Guthrie and Margaret Zemberge, married Oct. 5, 1898, Cora Buchanan, (see the Buchanans, Allied Families). He is a farmer and fruit grower residing near Pleasant Hill, Ill.

Children, all born near Pleasant Hill, Ill.:

1. Esther Guthrie, b. Dec. 9, 1899. (Below)

2. Alta Guthrie, b. June 26, 1901. (Below)

3. Velma Guthrie, b. Dec. 25, 1904. (Below)

4. Orville Ray Guthrie, b. May 9, 1906.

5. Burdette Clyde Guthrie, b. Feb. 5, 1909.

6. Freda Mildred Guthrie, b. Oct. 12, 1911.

7. Daniel Leon Guthrie, b. Dec. 10, 1913.

8. Arnold Neal Guthrie, b. Oct. 24, 1915.

9. Ernest Bertram Guthrie, b. Sept. 18, 1917.

10. Neal Guthrie, Jr., b. April 27, 1922.

Esther Guthrie, eldest child of Neal Guthrie and Cora Buchanan, married 1918, Raymond Smith. They live near Pleasant Hill, 111.

Children:

1. Guy Smith, b. June 30, 1921.

Alta Guthrie, second child and second daughter of Neal Guthrie and Cora Buchanan, married Aug. 9, 1916, Fred A. Walker.

Children:

1. Doretta Walker, b. Dec. 27, 1917.

2. Everet Logan Walker, b. Feb. 26, 1919.

3. Hilda Leota Walker, b. Nov. 24, 1921.

Velma Guthrie, third child and third daughter of Neal Guthrie and Cora Buchanan, married Aug. 29, 1922, Guy Yokem.

Children:

1. Dean Evans Yokem, b. May 30, 1923.

Jeremiah Guthrie, (p. 22) ninth child and sixth son of Charles Grandson Guthrie and Fannie Dewitt, was born about 1846. He enlisted in the Federal Army in 1864 and served until the close of the war. This was in Co. H of the 49th Missouri Volunteer Infantry. He married September, 1869, near Martinsburg, Pike County, Ill., Amanda Kindle, who was born in Ohio, Nov. 29, 1850; died in Pike County, Mo. May 19, 1914.

Children, all born in Pike County, Mo.:

1. William Albert Guthrie, b. Dec. 10, 1870, (p. 27).

2. Oscar Guthrie, b. August, 1873, (p. 27).

3. Laura Guthrie, b. August, 1875.

4. Ora Guthrie, b. February, 1877, (p. 27)

5. Robert Guthrie, b. March 19, 1880, (p. 27).

6. Elva Guthrie, b. December, 1886, (p. 27).

7. Clifford Guthrie, b. October, 1888, (p. 28).

8. Elza Guthrie, b. December, 1890, (p. 28).

9. Henry Guthrie, b. August, 1893.

William Albert Guthrie, (p. 26) eldest child of Jeremiah Guthrie and Amanda Kindle, married March 23, 1892, Nora E. Johnson. She was born Sept. 9, 1875, near Nebo, Ill. Her father was born in Pike County, Ill., in 1850. Her mother, whose maiden name was Swander, was born in Wisconsin in 1854.

Children, all born in Pike County, Ill.: