Oliver P Guthrie (b.1818VA-d.1896MO) and Frances J F Mead
of Amherst County, VA and Lafayette, Cass, & Saline Counties, MO, USA

OLIVER P. GUTHRIE
Parents: William Guthrie bef. 1752VA – abt. 1824VA and Elizabeth Wingfield
Birth: 28 September 1818
Birth Location: Amherst County, Virginia, USA
Occupation: Schoolteacher / Principal / Commissioner of Public Schools / Cumberland Presbyterian Minister
Marriage: 17 September 1842 in Amherst County, Virginia, USA to Frances J. F. Mead
Death: 18 September 1896
Death Location: Saline County, Missouri, USA
Burial: Ridge Park Cemetery in Marshall, Saline County, Missouri, USA

FRANCES J. F. MEAD
Parents: Rev. Stith Mead 1767VA-1834VA and Prudence Watkins Blakeley
Birth: 30 March 1820
Birth Location: Amherst County, Virginia, USA
Guthrie Children (8): William Mead (1845), Annie Elizabeth H (1844), Lucy Virginia (1848), Mary Frances (1850), Charles Anton James (1852), Walter Scott (1855), Prudence Olivia (1858), Ida May (1860)
Death: 31 March 1889
Death Location: Miami, Saline County, Missouri, USA
Burial: Ridge Park Cemetery in Marshall, Saline County, Missouri, USA

NOTES:
A biographical sketch of Prof. Oliver Guthrie is documented in “Portrait and Biographical Record of Lafayette and Saline Counties, Missouri” containing Biographical Sketches”. Details include the following:
1.) Paternal grandfather as William Guthrie, of Scotch-Irish descent and a native of either the North of Ireland or the South of Scotland.
2.) Father: William Guthrie, a native of Hanover County, VA, a farmer who also owned boats on the James River carrying freight from Lynchburg to Richmond, a prosperous businessman. Died at 52 when his horse bolted and dragged him by the stirrup.
3.) Mother: Elizabeth Winkfield (actually Wingfield), born in Ablemarle County, VA, a daughter of a physician and surgeon. She died in Amherst County on 26 Sep 1828.
4,) Oliver Guthrie was the next to youngest of 14 children, of whom 13 grew to mature years. Only 2 of them still living at time of publication in 1893.

Timeline:
c1837: Oliver’s early education occurred in the log schoolhouse, but later at Lynchburg High School. He began teaching at 19 years old in Amherst and adjacent counties.

c1839: Next went to Winston County, Mississippi, teaching for 2 years. He was also licensed as a Minister of the Gospel and entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal church, remaining for only 1 year before entering the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He connected to Sharon College under Dr. Beard. Next taught in Alabama.

c1841: Returned to Virginia, teaching there for 5 years.

1842: On 17 Sep 1842, Oliver Guthrie married Frances Mead. She was the daughter of Rev. Stith Mead, a local Methodist Episcopal Minister. He was also responsible for the founding of the Lynchburg Virginian newspaper.

1846: The Guthrie family moved west to Saline County, Missouri, locating in Cambridge. As Principal, Prof. Guthrie took charge of a boarding school, remaining in that position for 1 year. Went to Monticello as Principal of a similar institution.

1848: Established a female school in Lexington, which he controlled for two years.

1850: Oliver headed to California on horseback, helping to drive 100 head of milk cow. Perhaps this was the same journey that took his brother, Lawrence Perry Guthrie, to California. Oliver was thrown from his horse and slightly injured. The company disbanded at Santa Fe and he returned to Missouri by train. In September 1850, he began teaching at Westport, founding another female school, heading that institution for 5 years.

United States Federal Census (12 Oct 1850) of District 46, Lafayette, Missouri
Dwelling 323 / Family 323
Christopher C McLure 38 male Lawyer real estate: 25,000, born Virginia
Ruth McLure 33 female, born Pennsylvania
William A McLure 10 male, born Missouri, attended school
Oliver Guthrie 31 male School Teacher, real estate: (blank), born Virginia
Frances J F Guthrie 30 female born Virginia
William F Guthrie 6 male born Virginia, attended school
Ann E H Guthrie 4 female born Virginia, attended school
Mary O Guthrie 4/12 female, born Missouri

1857-1860: Oliver changed occupations for a time working in merchandising in Morristown for about 3 years, around which time the Civil War broke out (1861). Oliver returned to the field of education where he taught school and afterwards was Principal of the Men’s Frankfort School in Saline County for 3 years.

1860: US Federal Census of Dolan, Cass, Missouri (Post Office: Morristown)
Dwelling 649 / Family 649
Rev. O. Gutherie 41 male Minister (C. Presbyterian) Real Estate: 2500; Personal Estate: 1500, born VA
Frances G F Gutherie 38 female born VA
Wm M Gutherie 16 male born VA attended school
Ann E H 15 female born VA attended school
Mary F 10 female born VA attended school
Charie A 8 male born VA attended school
Walter S 8 male born VA
Prudence O 3 female born VA

1869: “Built the Presbyterian Church at Harmony.” (List of CP Churches; Read: 150 year Anniversary Celebration)

1870: US Federal Census of Jefferson, Saline, Missouri (Post Office: Arrow Rock) – 24 August 1870
Dwelling 431 / Family 431
O Guthrie 52 male white CP Minister, real estate 700, personal estate 400, born VA
Frances Guthrie 40 female white Keeping House born VA
Mary Guthrie 19 female white born Missouri
James Guthrie 18 male white born Missouri attended school
Walter Guthrie 15 male white born Missouri attended school
Prudence Guthrie 12 female white born Missouri attended school
Ida Guthrie 10 female white born Missouri attended school
Charles Mede 21 male white Clerk in Store born Missouri

1873: Settled in Miami, Saline, Missouri in 1873 and remained as an instructor there for 16 years.

1880: US Federal Census of Miami, Saline, Missouri
Dwelling 3 / Family 3
O. Guthrey white male 61 married School Commissioner, self/parents born in VA
Frances Guthrey white female 60 wife married Keeps house self/parents born in VA
C A Guthrey white male 28 single Book Seller born in MO, parents born in VA
Mary Guthrey white female 30 daughter single School Teacher born in MO, parents born in VA
Walter Guthrey white male 25 son single Farm born in MO, parents born in VA
Ida Guthrey white female 19 daughter single At Home born in MO, parents born in VA

1884: Retired in 1884 after 45 years in education. Made his home in Marshall, Saline, Missouri.

1889: Frances (Mead) Guthrie died due to pneumonia on 31 March 1889 in Saline County, Missouri.

1896: Oliver P Guthrie died in Saline County, Missouri on 18 Sep 1898 at 77 years of age.

Guthrie Children: 8
Y-DNA Project Participants: None
Autosomal DNA Participants: None

CHILD 1: WILLIAM F MEAD GUTHRIE
1845VA-1889MO
“William Mead Guthrie, the oldest child of Frances Mead and Rev. Oliver Guthrie, was born in Amherst Co., Va., July 27, 1845. His parents moved to Missouri in 1847. During the war between the States, 1861-65, he was shot by the Kansas Jay Hawkers, while standing in his father’s yard, in Cass Co., Mo. He never recovered entirely from that wound, died after a long and painful illness at New Frankfort, Saline Co., Mo., February 6, 1869. His family were Southern people, and during those perilous times, all Northern people were bitter against those of Southern blood. He died unmarried.” (Mead, p.42)

Guthrie Children: None
Y-DNA Project Participants: N/A – No Descendants
Autosomal DNA Participants: N/A – No Descendants

CHILD 2: ANNA ELIZABETH HUNTINGTON GUTHRIE
1846VA-1920MO

“Annie Elizabeth Huntington Guthrie, second child of Frances Mead and Rev. Oliver Guthrie, was born in Amherst Co., Va., November 18, 1846; married William N. Dolan, October 10, 1855, at Cambridge, Saline Co., Mo. They were the parents of eight children: Edmund Lee Dolan, born October 3, 1866 at Morristown, Mo., died October 10, 1867, was buried in Freeman Cemetery; Frank Linley Dolan, was born April 13, 1868, died June 24, 1900; Walter Stuart Dolan was born April 18, 1870, was married to Miss Saphromia Berry, November, 1896; Eugene Walton Dolan was born May 1, 1872, at Freeman, Mo.; Cora Bell Dolan was born July 20, 1874, died January 24, 1894; Iola Maud Dolan was born November 14, 1877, at Freeman, Mo.; Clyde Bernard Dolan was born May 7, 1881; Ivy Ruby Dolan was born April 22, 1884. Annie Guthrie Dolan died at her home in Freeman, Cass Co., Mo., March, 1920, of heart trouble, after a long illness.” (Mead, p.43)

Dolan Children: 8
Y-DNA Project Participants: N/A – Female Guthrie
Autosomal DNA Participants: None

1. Edmund Lee Dolan 3 Oct 1866 MO – 10 Oct 1867 MO – Died Young
2. Frank Linley Dolan 13 Apr 1868 – 24 Jun 1900 – Unmarried / No Children. Read Obituary.
3. Walter Stuart Dolan 18 Apr 1870 – 16 Jun 1959 NM m. Saphronia Berry. No Children. Read Obituary.
4. Eugene Walton Dolan 1 May 1872 NM m. Caroline Vaughn Jones. 1 Foster Son. Read Obituary.
5. Cora Bell Dolan 20 Jul 1874 – 24 Jul 1894. Unmarried / No Children. Read Obituary.
6. Iola Maud Dolan 14 Nov 1877 MO – 29 Oct 1936 MO. Unmarried / No Children. Read Obituary.
7. Clyde Bernard Dolan 7 May 1881 – 26 Oct 1961 NM. Unmarried / No Children. Read Obituary.
8. Ivy Ruby Dolan 22 Apr 1884MO – 26 Jan 1968. Unmarried / No Children. Read Obituary.

CHILD 3: LUCY VIRGINIA GUTHRIE
1848MO-bef.1850MO

“Lucy Virginia Guthrie, third child of Frances Mead and Rev. Oliver Guthrie, was born in Lexington, Lafayette Co., Mo., 1848, died at the age of 18 months.” (Mead, p.43)

Children: N/A – Died During Early Childhood
Y-DNA Project Participants: N/A – Female Guthrie
Autosomal DNA Participants: N/A – No Descendants

CHILD 4: MARY O FRANCES GUTHRIE
1850MO-1925

“Mary Frances Guthrie, fourth child of Frances Mead and Rev. Oliver Guthrie, was born at Lexington, Co., February 20, 1850; married Mr. Albert C. Burnham of Virginia, who died at Marshall, Mo., June 16, 1894, aged 64 years. Some years ago Mary Frances Guthrie taught school in Marshall, Mo. She is a refined, cultured, educated woman.” (Mead, p.43)

Burnham Children: None
Y-DNA Project Participants: N/A – Female Guthrie
Autosomal DNA Participants: N/A – No Descendants

CHILD 5: CHARLES ANTHON JAMES
1852MO-1895MO

“Charles Anthon Guthrie, fifth child of Rev. Oliver Guthrie and Frances Mead, was born in West Port, Mo., February 28, 1852, died in Marshall, Mo., November 19, 1895. Lies at rest in Ridgepark Cemetery, the family burying ground.” (Mead, pp.43-44)

Charles suffered from “brain trouble” after a severe sunstroke. The biographical sketch on his father, Prof. Oliver Guthrie, published in 1893, mentioned that son Charles was in the asylum in Nevada, Missouri.

Guthrie Children: None
Y-DNA Project Participants: N/A – No Descendants
Autosomal DNA Participants: N/A – No Descendants

CHILD 6: WALTER SCOTT GUTHRIE
1855MO-1880MO

“Walter Scott Guthrie, sixth child of Frances Mead and Rev. Oliver Guthrie, was born at West Port, Mo., January 22, 1855, died while still a young man.” (Mead, p.44)

Guthrie Children: None
Y-DNA Project Participants: N/A – No Descendants
Autosomal DNA Participants: N/A – No Descendants

CHILD 7: OLLIE PRUDENCE GUTHRIE
1858MO-1918MO

“Prudence Oliver Guthrie, seventh child of Francis Mead and Rev. Oliver Guthrie, was born May 12, 1857, in Morristown, Cass Co., Mo.; married Mr. William Addison Marshall of Kentucky, in 1882. They were the parents of five children: Bernice, born at Miami, Mo., March 10, 1884, died at the age of seven years with diphtheria. The second child died in infancy. William Addison Marshall, Jr., third child, was born February 1, 1889, died March 16, 1912, at the age of twenty-three. James Guthrie Marshall, fourth child, was born January 26, 1896. Marion Mead Marshall, fifth child, was born June 20, 1899. The last two named children have their home in Kansas City, Mo. at present. William Addison Marshall died in Callaway Co., Mo. at the age of sixty-one years. Prudence Olivia Marshall died in Kansas City, Mo., October 29, 1918, at the age of fifty-nine years.” (Mead, p.44)

Marshall Children: 5
Y-DNA Project Participants: N/A – Female Guthrie
Autosomal DNA Participants: None

1. Bernice Marshall 10 Mar 1884 MO – Abt. 1891 MO – Died of Diphtheria at age 7.
2. (Infant) Marshall – died in infancy
3. William Addision Marshall Jr 1 Feb 1889MO-16 Mar 1912MO. Unmarried / No Children.
4. James Guthrie Marshall 26 Jan 1896 MO – 1 May 1959 CA. Unmarried / No Children. Read Obituary
5. Marion Mead Marshall 20 Jun 1899 MO – 13 Apr 1977 MO. Unmarried / No Children. Read Obituary.

CHILD 8: IDA MAY GUTHRIE
1860MO-1908MO

“Ida May Guthrie, eighth child of Rev. Oliver Guthrie and Frances J. F. Mead, was born October 12, 1860, in Morristown, Cass Co., Mo., died at her home in Marshall, Mo., March 20, 1908; lies in the family burying ground in beautiful Ridge Park Cemetery. She was never married.” (Mead, p.44)

OBIT: Miss Ida M. Guthrie passed peacefully to the world beyond last Thursday night after a long illness of neurosis, aged 47 years. She had been a patient sufferer for three years at the home of her sister, Mrs. Mary Burnham, on East Vest Street, and although she never expected to get well, she bore her misfortune without complaint. Funeral services were held at the residence at 10 am Sunday conducted by Rev. J.Q. Partee. 

Children: None
Y-DNA Project Participants: N/A – Female Guthrie
Autosomal DNA Participants: N/A – No Descendants

READING and RESOURCES

BOOK: Chapman Bros. (1893). Portrait and Biographical Record of Lafayette and Saline Counties Missouri containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens, together with Biographies and Portraits of all the Presidents of the United States. Chicago, Chapman Bros. Digital Repository: Google Books.
See Biographical Sketch: Prof. Oliver Guthrie, pages 245-247.

WILL of OLIVER GUTHRIE – Oliver Guthin – Marshall, Saline, Missouri – Written 2 May 1891 – Probate 12 May 1919
Missouri Will and Probate Records, 1766-1988. Digital Repository: Ancestry.com.

LIST: Cumberland Presbyterian Churches Past and Present in Missouri

NOTICE: School Commissioner Candidate, Sweet Springs Herald, Friday, 2 March 1877, page 3. Newspapers.com

NOTICE: County School Commissioner, Saline County Weekly Progress, Friday, 6 April 1877, page 3. Newspapers.com

NOTICE: Declines Re-Election, Chariton Courier, Friday, 3 Feb 1893, page 4, Genealogybank.com

BOOK: Mead, John Howard. (1873) ‘The Mead or Meade Family: Descendants of Col. William Mead (1727-1805). Online publication by Vaiden.net 22 July 2017.
See, pp.42-44

DOCUMENTS: FHL Film # 007643859, Images 643-644. At a Court held for Amherst County the 19 Sep 1825. Bonds re: Estate of William Guthrie and orphans by Elizabeth Guthrie. Will Book No. 6 with Inventories & Accounts 1818-1827, Pages 619-621. Digital Repository: Family Search

DOCUMENTS: FHL Film #007643860, Images 80 and 81. At a Court Held for Amherst County 17 Mar 1828. Guardianship Bond by Elizabeth Guthrie. Will Book No. 7 with Inventories & Accounts 1827-1830, Pages 145-146. Digital Repository: Family Search

DOCUMENTS: FHL Film # 007643860, Image 101. At a Court Held for Amherst County on 17 Nov 1828. Bond re: Estate of William Guthrie, un-administered by Elizabeth Guthrie, deceased. Signed by Campbell Franklin, Thomas Franklin, Jno. Guthrie, and Nicholas Guthrie. Will Book No. 7 with Inventories & Accounts 1827-1830, Pages 188-190. Page 187. Digital Repository: Family Search

DOCUMENTS: FHL Film # 007643860, Image 102 – 103. At a Court Held for Amherst County on 17 Nov 1828. Bonds re: Estate of Elizabeth Guthrie. Will Book No. 7 with Inventories & Accounts 1827-1830, Pages 188-190. Digital Repository: Family Search

DOCUMENTS: FHL Film # 007643860, Image 295. At a Court Held for Amherst County, on 21 Mar 1832. Guardianship Bond by Nicholas Guthrie, Thos. Dinglefield, Nathan Guthrie. Will Book 8 with Inventories & Accounts 1830-1834, Page 187. Digital Repository: Family Search

DOCUMENTS: FHL Film # 007644996, Image 101, Franklin County Court Jan 1840. Division of the Estate of John Wingfield, decd, including the heirs of Elizabeth Guthrie. Franklin County Virginia Will Book No. 5 with Inventories & Accounts 1837-1845, Page 178. Digital Repository: Family Search

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