Jane, the eldest reported child, was born on 9 October 1796. AGAF identifies her husband as Joseph Henderson of Blairsville, Pennsylvania. Their marriage date and children remain unidentified in the material reviewed.

Her individual profile displays an unknown death date but contains the note “Before 1849. Not listed in her father’s will.” The legacy narrative used BEFORE 1848. Neither estimate is established by omission from the will. Both are retained as research notes rather than a verified death boundary.

The will abstract also names Eliza M Laughlin, now Eliza Henderson. It does not identify her as Jane or state her relationship to James. The shared Henderson surname is a lead to investigate, not a reason to merge the women.

Born 15 November 1798, Agnes is called Nancy in AGAF and in her father’s will abstract. Nancy was a customary historical nickname for Agnes. Her supplied profile reports a marriage in 1819 to Samuel Marshall, remembered as “Tanner Sam.” The legacy account describes him as a farmer, tanner and merchant and places their move to a 170-acre farm in Cowanshannock Township in 1847.

Nancy died on 11 May 1873. Samuel reportedly died on 4 January 1881; both are associated with Glade Run Cemetery. Their nine reported children were:

1. Jane S. Marshall (1819–1888), reported unmarried.
2. James Guthrie Marshall (1821–1881), married Nancy Blair.
3. John M. Marshall (1824–1886), married Matilda Catherine Findley.
4. Margaret D. Marshall (1828–1886), married Robert Cathcart Latimer.
5. Andrew Smith Marshall (1830–1912), married Lavina E. Gourley.
6. Mary Marshall (born 1833), married William Wallace Caldwell.
7. Anne Elizabeth Marshall (1835–1875), married John C. Russell.
8. William C. Marshall (1838–1912), reported unmarried.
9. Joseph McKee Marshall (1842–1843), died in infancy.

AGAF’s short list names only James, William, Milton and Andrew. It is not a complete nine-child reconstruction; “Milton” should be compared with John M.’s records before expanding his middle name.

Samuel was born on 11 March 1801, the date in AGAF and his principal profile fact; an alternate fact gives 1 March. He married first Hannah Speer, who died on 19 January 1846, and second Mary Russell of Connellsville. AGAF assigns four sons to Hannah and reports no children by the second marriage.

The supplied census notes follow Samuel from Kiskiminetas to Young Township, Indiana County, by 1870 and to his son William’s household in Gibson City, Ford County, Illinois, in 1880. He reportedly died there in 1881 and was buried in Drummer Township Cemetery.

1. William Henry Guthrie (19 March 1832 – 1923), married Jennie Stewart on 15 October 1869; later lived in Illinois.
2. John Milton Guthrie (8 December 1833 – 19 October 1918), married first Jane / Jennie Wallace and second Annie M. Donaldson in October 1864.
3. James Speer Guthrie (15 July 1835 – 25 October 1846), died in childhood.
4. Andrew S. Guthrie (5 June 1836 – 24 October 1881), reported married to Anna Robbins in 1873. AGAF prints June, not October, for his birth month.

The 1850 and 1870 notes call Samuel’s wife Mary; the 1860 transcription calls her Margaret. That difference needs the original schedules and marriage evidence, rather than an assumed third marriage. Mary’s suggested death interval of 1870–1880 depends on correctly identifying her in 1870 and Samuel as widowed in 1880.

This Samuel is distinct from Samuel Dixon Guthrie, born 5 March 1805, son of William Guthrie and Agnes “Nancy” Dixon, who reportedly remained unmarried and died at Delmont in 1886.

John’s reported birth is 19 September 1804. His individual profile carries BEFORE 1848 as a death fact, with an explanatory note saying “Before 1849” because he was not listed in his father’s will. Omission does not establish either boundary.

Laurence R. Guthrie later asked whether the John tentatively placed under Samuel Guthrie in AGAF, page 185, might instead be this son of James, listed on page 417. The question appears in the later notes at PDF page 125, typed revision page 20, manuscript page 110.

This is a useful family-placement lead. It calls for comparison of the candidate John’s age, residences, wife, children and land with this family. Laurence posed a question; he did not supply a proved transfer of the family.

Mary was born on 5 February 1806. Her supplied profile gives a marriage to Abraham Dally on 11 October 1827, more specific than the legacy estimate of about 1825–1827. Its location is entered as “Armstrong, Ohio”; that place needs verification and is not silently changed here.

Abraham reportedly died in 1842. The legacy identifies Mary’s brother Andrew Dixon Guthrie with the administration of his estate; the original appointment remains a retrieval lead. Mary later lived in Monroe County, Ohio, and is reported in her daughter Hannah’s household in 1880. She died on 9 December 1882 and is associated with Laings Presbyterian Church Cemetery.

1. Charles D. Dally (1828–1883), physician; married Mary J. McCurdy.
2. Margaret J. Dally (1830–1830), died in infancy.
3. James Guthrie Dally (1831–1909), married Anna Elizabeth Wetzel; lived in Ohio.
4. Samuel L. Dally (1834–1907), physician; reported unmarried.
5. William Thomas Dally (1836–1912), married Sarah Catherine Poole; later associated with California.
6. Hannah Martha Dally (born 1838), married Charles Twinem. The legacy gives death in 1901; the supplied family panel gives 1909. The discrepancy remains open.
7. Nancy Jane Dally (1841–1845), died in childhood.
8. Abram Dally (1842–1842), died in infancy.

AGAF lists five Dally children without full dates: Charles, Samuel, Guthrie, William and Martha. The fuller eight-child reconstruction comes from the legacy research and uploaded profile.

The sixth child was born on 30 May 1808. AGAF says he died in infancy; the research profile places his death in 1808. He is a separate child from the younger James born in 1819.

William’s profile gives 14 March 1810 for his birth, while AGAF prints 30 March 1810. The legacy describes him as a farmer, miller and postmaster in the Dayton / Wayne Township area. His profile includes Phoenix postmaster sources; these appointments should be cited by their underlying records before exact service periods are assigned.

He married first Margaret Elizabeth Chambers, born CIRCA 1822. Her individual profile says BEFORE 1856, explaining that the estimate comes from William’s remarriage. That inference establishes no exact death year; the dated event is his second marriage to Eliza Mary Robinson on 8 October 1856 at Saltsburg.

William died on 3 March 1875 and is reported buried at Glade Run Cemetery, Dayton. Eliza, also called Mary Eliza, was born on 7 January 1821. Her profile places her in Saltsburg in 1880 as a widowed mantua maker; her death date remains unidentified.

Children assigned to Margaret Chambers in the current reconstruction:

1. James Dixon Guthrie (1842–1903), married Anna Mary Goss; a farmer later associated with Kansas.
2. Mariah J. Guthrie (born 1844), reported in the 1850 household. Absence from the later household does not prove childhood death.
3. Margaret M. Guthrie (born 1846), reported in the 1850 and 1860 households.
4. Emma E. Guthrie (1847–1936), married Samuel Byars Flemming; later associated with Kansas.
5. Melissa Louisa Guthrie (1851–1936), married John Umpstead; later associated with Kansas.

Children assigned to Eliza Robinson:

1. Eva Lizzie Guthrie (1859–1926), married Adam James Weir Robinson.
2. Sarah Olivia Guthrie (1862–1935), married William Benton Scott in 1918; no children reported.
3. Chambers Guthrie (born 1867), reported to have died BEFORE 1880 in the legacy account; the underlying death evidence remains to be identified.

AGAF’s allocation differs materially: it separates James and Dixon, includes W. Chambers under the first marriage, and calls Eva and Sara twins. These statements are not silently combined with the current eight-child reconstruction. Compare the original censuses, church records and descendant certificates.

Andrew was born on 2 June 1812 and remained on the family farm. He married Margaret Todd Cummins about 1842. AGAF gives her birth as 12 May 1813 and death in 1891, identifying her parents as William Cummins and Margaret Todd.

James’s will abstract leaves Andrew the home tract and an interest in Indiana County land, with responsibilities that include maintaining his brother James. Andrew is remembered as an energetic farmer who improved the property. He died on 24 September 1860 and was buried at Beulah Church Cemetery.

The 1891 biography and AGAF enumerate five children. Smith’s 1883 account says six, with three reaching maturity:

1. Unnamed twin, born 5 September 1844; reported to have died young.
2. Unnamed twin, born 5 September 1844; reported to have died young.
3. Margaret Jane Guthrie (28 August 1845 – 1926), reported unmarried.
4. John Calvin Guthrie (16 December 1846 – 1905), reported unmarried; AGAF prints John A., while the county accounts and profile use Calvin / C.
5. William Cummins Guthrie (16 December 1848 – 7 February 1907), married Margaret “Maggie” McAdoo on 5 December 1878.

An additional unnamed child is represented in the research tree to reflect the six-child account. Its name, sex, dates and birth order are not established. The twins’ precise death dates are also unproved.

William Cummins Guthrie later farmed, manufactured charcoal at Apollo and worked in the natural-gas business. AGAF records four children with Margaret McAdoo: John Andrew (25 August 1879), Nancy Todd (11 April 1881), Margaret J. (15 January 1884), and William J. (19 September 1885). The family histories report that he retained his grandfather’s Penn-heirs purchase receipt.

Joseph was born on 22 July 1816. AGAF says that he and his horse drowned when he was a young man. His supplied profile gives 29 March 1845 as his death date, but AGAF does not supply that date. The passage is on printed page 417, not page 412 as cited in the profile note.

The 1848 will abstract refers to land previously conveyed by Wm C. McKnight to “son Joseph.” The beneficiary of the present bequest is Andrew D. Guthrie. Joseph is not expressly called living or deceased, and the abstract does not make a separate gift to him. This wording does not contradict an earlier death, but it does not establish the reported 1845 date either.

The younger James’s individual profile gives 10 March 1819 – 4 July 1868. AGAF agrees on the birth date but calls him James L.; the 1891 county biography calls him James S. The legacy narrative’s 1818 is not retained as the principal year.

His father’s will abstract directs that he live with Andrew, who was to provide for his needs for life. It gives no diagnosis. The supplied census research places him in Andrew’s household in 1850 and 1860, with inconsistent recorded ages. A nearby Sarah in the 1860 household is not, by that placement alone, evidence of a wife.

No verified marriage or children are assigned here. His profile reports burial at Beulah Church Cemetery.

Recorded-copy images inspected in the completed deed review: Westmoreland County, Deed Book 9, pages 276–277, conventionally cited as 9:277. James’s conveyance, Margaret’s dower release and their acknowledgment are dated 5 March 1811; recording was 4 May 1811.

“John Guthrie Esqr my father” … “my brother William”

James conveyed his interest for $540. Margaret is explicitly his wife. The instrument does not name the brothers’ mother or give Margaret’s maiden surname. Samuel’s appearance as a witness does not state his relationship.

The deed recites a prior instrument of 19 October 1795 and identifies Book 2:562. That earlier instrument itself is dated 9 October 1795. The ten-day difference is in the recorded sources and must not be silently corrected.

AGAF, appendix page 721, note 426, prints an abstract of this deed. It is supporting access to the same transaction, not an independent family event or the Penn-heirs receipt mentioned in the biography.

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Typed abstract inspected, original will not yet inspected: Laurence R. Guthrie, Some County Records in the U.S.A. of Guthrie and Other Families, PDF page 88, manuscript page 81, upper entry. It cites Armstrong County Will Book 1, page 376 and identifies the testator as James Guthrie of Kiskiminetas Township.

• Margaret: her room, or another that she thought would add to her comfort.
• Andrew D.: the home tract and an undivided interest in 221 acres in Washington and Armstrong Townships, Indiana County; Andrew was to pay Eliza M Laughlin, now Eliza Henderson, $100 one year after James’s death.
• William: an undivided half interest in a Mahoning Creek tract in Armstrong County; directed to pay Nancy Marshall $200.
• Samuel and Polly: use of coal from the bank for their own needs.
• James: to live with Andrew, who was to provide for him for life.
• Executors: Samuel, William and Andrew D. Guthrie.
• Witnesses: James Young, Henry Brown and Christopher Fennel, the last signing by mark in the abstract.

The signature date is 5 December 1848. The abstract does not supply a probate date or independently establish the reported death on 16 December. The estate locator is carried in the project as estate 80; the profile’s notation appears as “#807” and needs comparison with the actual docket.

The lower entry on the same notes page concerns a different James Guthrie of Apollo, Will Book 4:33, dated 1879 and recorded in 1883. His wife is also Margaret. Keep the two estates separate.

The relevant passage in Laurence Guthrie’s typed abstract reads:

“I give to my son, Andrew D. Guthrie the tract of land I now live on, also an undivided part of 221 acres in Washington and Armstrong townships, Indiana Co., conveyed by deed from Wm C. Mcknight to son Joseph. Andrew agreeing to pay Eliza M Laughlin, now Eliza Henderson, $100.00, one year from my decease”

Line breaks are joined here. This is a transcription of the typed abstract, not a certified transcription of the original will.

Andrew receives the bequest; Joseph appears in the description of an earlier conveyance. Joseph is not expressly called deceased, but neither is he identified as a living beneficiary. The tree’s short list of names obscures that distinction.

The next comparison should join the original will and estate packet to the Indiana County deed from Wm C. McKnight and to the source for Joseph’s reported death on 29 March 1845. Eliza Henderson’s relationship also remains unstated.

• James’s birth: AGAF gives about 1770, Londonderry; the 1891 biography gives Beaver Run, 1770–1775. The profile uses 1771 based on a reported gravestone age. None of these is an inspected birth record.
• Margaret’s birth: the profile gives 1779 in Pennsylvania; Smith’s 1883 account calls both spouses Irish-born.
• Marriage: AGAF and the profiles give 15 January 1796. The accessible transcription of the 1891 biography reads 5 January; the printed scan and an original marriage source should be compared.
• Land: 300 versus 336 acres, and settlement about 1796 versus 1798. Do not turn these approximate narratives into a precise patent date.
• Jane and John: BEFORE 1848 / BEFORE 1849 notes based on will omission remain unproved. Laurence’s later question about John’s placement remains open.
• Samuel: 11 March 1801 is the principal date; retain 1 March as an alternate. Do not merge him with his cousin born in 1805.
• William: 14 March in the profile versus 30 March in AGAF. His children and their maternal assignments require source-by-source comparison with AGAF’s differing list.
• Margaret Chambers: CIRCA 1822 and BEFORE 1856 are the individual profile’s qualifiers. William’s remarriage supplies a latest-marriage boundary for the inference, not her precise death date.
• Andrew’s children: five enumerated in AGAF and the 1891 account; six reported in 1883. No name, sex or birth order is invented for the additional child.
• Younger James: 10 March 1819 in the individual profile and AGAF; initial S. versus L. unresolved. Household placement alone establishes neither a diagnosis nor a marriage.

James’s profile attaches census entries for 1800 through 1840, but also notes two James Guthrie households in Buffalo in 1800. Those early head-of-household schedules need correlation with age categories, neighbors and land. They do not identify each resident by name.

The descendant profiles supply useful later household summaries, including Samuel in Pennsylvania and Illinois, Mary Dally in Pennsylvania and Ohio, and Andrew’s household with his brother James. These are research summaries; the original census images were not re-examined for this draft.

Saltsburg Presbyterian records, Beulah and Glade Run inscriptions, the Penn-heirs receipt and the original patent chain remain valuable targets. The 1891 account and AGAF report War of 1812 service and a pension, but no securely identified military file is cited here. A same-name service index alone would not settle identity.

William’s profile includes a 1876 map entry after his reported 1875 death. A publication or map date should not be treated automatically as evidence that he was living then.