John was born on 12 December 1803 and reportedly married Margaret McQuaide on 3 May 1827. They made their home at Saltsburg, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. John died on 11 September 1863 and is associated with the Old Saltsburg Cemetery.

Margaret’s profile gives 17 October 1808 – 15 July 1890, with burial on 16 July. Thomas McQuaide and Rebecca McIlvaine appear as proposed parents in her profile; they are not treated here as established. The working family contains nine children:

1. Thomas McQuaide Guthrie (1828–1902), well driller and laborer; married Mary Carson in 1852.
2. William Reed Guthrie (1829–1920), oil worker and farmer; married Mary Laird, then Carrie Bertha Miller in 1868; later lived in Kansas.
3. Sterrett John Guthrie (1831–1917), laborer and farmer; married Susan Virginia Rader in 1868; later associated with Nebraska.
4. Watson “Watt” H. Guthrie (1839–1875), carpenter; married Margaret Eliza McQuown, whose full name varies in the family accounts.
5. Mary Catherine “Kate” Guthrie (1840–1909), married Edward Payson Strong; later associated with Michigan.
6. Margaret “Maggie” Dickson Guthrie (1843–1924), reported unmarried.
7. Rebecca Jane “Jennie” Guthrie (born 1851), reported living AFTER 1870; later life unresolved.
8. Ella Guthrie (1852–1929 in the working tree), married John Oscar Alcorn in 1876 and later Alexander Gilmour.
9. James Page Guthrie (1855–1924), well driller and engineer; married Nina Maria Scoville; later associated with Idaho.

Laurence’s later notes give an eleven-entry list with different names and dates, including a John L./Rebecca A. twin pair and Samuel. These are comparison leads, not additional children automatically merged into this list. His proposed correction of Ella’s birth and inference that an earlier Rebecca died in infancy remain editorial suggestions.

Samuel was born on 5 March 1805. A farmer, he is remembered as never having married and as spending his life on the old Guthrie homestead. His supplied profile follows him in Salem Township census references from 1850 through 1880.

He reportedly died on 4 April 1886 and was buried at Delmont Presbyterian Cemetery. No descendants are known. He is distinct from the Samuel Dixon Guthrie born in 1801, son of James Guthrie and Margaret Dixon, who married Hannah Speer and later Mary Russell.

James was born on 20 September 1806. About 1833 he moved to Apollo, Armstrong County, and acquired a farm on land later incorporated into the town. The family biographies describe successful business ventures, an investment in the Warren Bridge, Whig politics, service as a justice of the peace, and a role in founding Apollo’s Methodist Episcopal Church.

His first wife, Sarah “Sara” Beatty, was a daughter of John Beatty and Jane Guthrie. Sarah and James were cousins through Jane and her brother William. Sarah reportedly died on 18 December 1835, “in the 22nd year” of her life, meaning aged about twenty-one. James later married her sister, Margaret Beatty Hall, a widow; no children are reported from that marriage.

The working tree gives James’s death as 23 September 1882; AGAF gives 1883. His cemetery and estate records remain the means of resolving that difference.

John Beatty Guthrie, born in 1835, is the son identified in the established Sarah/James family. He married Mary Jane Freetly, reportedly in 1859. AGAF describes him as an Apollo lawyer and Civil War company commander, and names children Walter James and Lauretta Amelia Guthrie. His death year also differs: 1875 in the working family, 1876 in AGAF’s narrative.

Laurence’s later identification of James as a possible father of Barton Guthrie is discussed under Records; it is not added here as a proved relationship.

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Nancy, born 1 November 1809, was the eldest daughter of William and Mary Hill. She married David McConnell, a farmer. David reportedly died on 21 November 1868, aged about sixty-six, and Nancy on 3 September 1896.

The family research names eight children; AGAF’s shorter list omits Lucinda:

1. William Guthrie McConnell (1830–1901), carpenter and justice of the peace; married Dorcas Margaret Reed.
2. Martha W. McConnell (1834–1898), reported unmarried.
3. Mary Jane McConnell (1835–1909), reported unmarried.
4. Margaret Kincaid McConnell (1838–1925), married John Cannon Steele.
5. Eliza Agness McConnell (1841–1868).
6. Samuel D. C. McConnell (1843–1939).
7. Sarah Samantha McConnell (1848–1911).
8. Lucinda Hannah McConnell (1852–1926).

Martha was born on 7 August 1811 and reportedly married John B. Chambers on 6 May 1837. They lived in Apollo and raised three sons and a daughter. The family account follows John through work as a farmer, boat captain, railroad ticket agent, merchant and postmaster. It also reports his service in the Pennsylvania House in 1864 and presidency of the Apollo Savings Bank from 1871 to 1886.

The reported 1870 census values were $24,000 in real estate and $1,500 in personal property. John died on 21 October 1886. Martha died at her son-in-law Daniel A. Heck’s home in Butler on 23 January 1892; the Butler Citizen of 29 January reported that her remains were taken to Apollo for burial.

The obituary’s reported age of eighty-one differs from the age implied by the family’s August 1811 birth date. Preserve the date and age as separate source statements pending comparison with the newspaper image.

1. James Hutchinson Chambers (1838–1916), real estate agent and storekeeper; married Kate R. Brenner.
2. Samuel H. Chambers (1840–1889), railroad clerk; married Mary Jane Richards.
3. William Guthrie Chambers (1842–1920), railroad clerk and merchant; married Nancy Elizabeth Brenner; no children reported.
4. Mary Jane Chambers (1844–1919), married Daniel Allen Heck.

Jane was born on 1 September 1813 and died in infancy. Family research places her death in 1813–1814; the relationship panel’s 1813 alone does not settle the precise year.

She is distinct from her younger sister Jane Hill Guthrie, born in 1823. AGAF and Laurence’s later notes retain both daughters.

Elizabeth was born on 3 April 1816, according to AGAF and the family research. The working account reports that she died BEFORE 1820.

The source establishing that death bound has not been identified in this review. AGAF supplies her birth but no death date; absence from a later household by itself would not prove her death. No spouse or descendants are reported.

Mary was born on 24 November 1818. Family research reports her marriage to Thomas Kirkwood McQuaide on 9 March 1843 at Congruity Presbyterian Church. Thomas was a farmer, and their family remained in Salem Township.

Four supplied death-certificate index entries support Thomas as her husband. They identify Thomas K. McQuaide, or Thomas McQuaide, and Mary Guthrie as parents of Thomas A. McQuaide, Mary Larimer, Agnes Catherine Barnes and Samuel D. McQuaide. The Thomas A. entry indexes Mary’s surname as “Guther.” These are index views of the children’s records; the full certificates and their informants remain to be compared. They support Thomas/Thomas K., while the expanded middle name Kirkwood comes from the family research.

The 1890 biography of their son Samuel D. McQuaid independently names his parents as Thomas K. and Mary (Guthrie) McQuaid, reports their marriage in 1843, and identifies William Guthrie as his maternal grandfather. It describes Thomas as a teacher before he moved to his father’s Salem Township farm.

Mary reportedly died on 17 January 1899, and Thomas later that year. Both are associated with Delmont Presbyterian Cemetery. AGAF’s “James McQuaid” conflicts with the supplied record entries.

1. Mary Elizabeth McQuaide (1844–1932), married James Ogden Larimer.
2. Sarah Jane McQuaide (1846–1905), married Robert Harvey Cunningham in 1873.
3. William John McQuaide (1849–1889), married Martha K. Barnes; no children reported.
4. Agnes Catherine McQuaide (1851–1940), married John S. Barnes.
5. Samuel D. Guthrie McQuaide (27 June 1854–1924), reported unmarried. His 1890 biography describes work in merchandising, lumber, and the hotel and livery business.
6. James L. McQuaide (1857–1898), linked to Emma E. Dodge in the working family; the 1890 biography names a wife who was a daughter of George Gartley. The marriage sequence remains to be reconciled; no children reported.
7. Joseph Reed McQuaide (born 1858), reported living AFTER 1889; married S. A., surname unresolved.
8. Thomas Andrew McQuaide (born 1861–1862; died 1923), married Annie Teresa Claire.

The second Jane was born on 20 December 1823. The working family identifies her husband as Archibald “Archie” Adair, a widower whose first wife was Margaret. Their marriage is reported to have occurred within a few years after William’s 1865 death. Jane’s death is reported as 1904; no children of this marriage are established here.

The 1890 biography of her nephew Samuel D. McQuaid explicitly identifies Jane H. as the wife of Archie Adair. This supports the Adair identification in the working family.

AGAF instead calls her husband Archie McQuaid, says he purchased the other heirs’ interests in the homestead, and lists William, James, Agnes and Samuel McQuaid as children. The earlier biography favors Adair for Jane’s husband, while the later property and child assignments still require reconciliation. Those children and the later ownership story are not transferred to the Adair household without the marriages, deeds and estates needed to reconcile the accounts.

Sarah Ann was born on 10 August 1826. She reportedly married William H. Kelly on 17 January 1850 in Salem Township. They made their home in Saltsburg, Indiana County.

William reportedly died on 4 November 1867, aged forty-three years, eight months and twenty-six days, and was buried at Edgewood Cemetery. Sarah Ann died on 9 September 1893. The working family contains five children:

1. Mary C. Kelly (born 1851), reported living AFTER 1866. AGAF’s Mary/Brenner marriage remains a comparison lead.
2. Jane Eliza Kelly (born 1853), reported living AFTER 1860. A suggested William H. McQuiston marriage is unverified.
3. Bella Sarah Kelly (1855–1930), married George L. Walter; AGAF uses the surname Waltour.
4. Myrtilla Agnes Kelly (1858–1941), reported unmarried; AGAF calls her Tillie.
5. William Guthrie Kelly (1862–1943), married Ida M. Gray; later associated with Iowa.

Westmoreland Deeds 2, part 2:562: John’s conveyance to James and William was executed 9 October 1795 and recorded 10 March 1797. It should not be dated simply March 1797.

Book 3:168: the support agreement for John’s widow was executed and acknowledged 10 April 1797, then recorded in November. The related releases in 9:261–262 were executed in April 1797 but recorded 15 April 1811.

Book 9:276–277: on 5 March 1811, James described “John Guthrie Esqr my father” and William as his brother. He conveyed his interest for $540, with a limited undertaking to return the purchase money if William were legally dispossessed. Margaret’s dower release accompanies the deed. It was recorded 4 May 1811.

These recorded copies were inspected in the project’s deed review. AGAF’s appendix note 426, p. 721, is a later abstract of the 1811 transaction. Its recital gives 19 October 1795, differing from the earlier instrument’s 9 October execution date.

1797 releases: DGS 008036030, image 198 →
1811 deed: image 208 → · Continuation: image 209 →

AGAF p. 421 calls William’s first wife Agnes Dixon and gives her death as ABOUT 1806. Laurence’s later notes preserve his uncertainty about the name and cite a stone reading Nancy, consort of William Guthrie, with a death date of 31 July 1808.

Nancy was a familiar historical form of Agnes. The names are compatible, and the working identification remains Agnes “Nancy” Dixon. The supplied individual profile also gives 31 July 1808 and Poke Run burial. A readable photograph and the stone’s location remain the best direct comparison with Laurence’s note.

Her reported Somerset-area birthplace and Dixon/Simpson parentage come from family research. A later county label is not itself evidence of the place or jurisdiction at her birth.

William’s profile contains useful census summaries, but its 1820 note explicitly warns that the expected male age category is missing. That household identification remains tentative; the overlapping male 16–18 category must not be counted as an additional age group.

The 1860 summary lists Mary with William. It therefore does not support describing him as already widowed at enumeration. Her reported 1860 death needs its own dated evidence.

William’s original will has not been inspected for this page. The profile’s 3 March 1859 event is labeled Probate in Armstrong County, whereas his reported residence and death belong to Westmoreland County. Its identity, locality and event type need checking. The existing page’s alternative Will Book 3/4 references at page 571 are also unverified leads, not established citations. No heirs or provisions are attributed to that unread will here.

• Mary’s husband: AGAF names James McQuaid. Four supplied Pennsylvania death-certificate index entries and their son Samuel’s 1890 biography name Thomas/Thomas K. McQuaide with Mary Guthrie. These support the working Thomas identification; the expanded Kirkwood name and exact marriage date remain separately sourced.
• Jane Hill’s husband: The 1890 biography explicitly names Archie Adair, supporting the working research over AGAF’s Archie McQuaid. AGAF’s children and later homestead ownership require a separate title and family reconstruction.
• The 1890 biography’s limits: it compresses William’s marriages and attributes eight named children to a Hill wife. That does not replace the ten-child, two-marriage reconstruction. Its description of that wife as Samuel Hill’s sister supplies a lead for Mary Hill. Its James L. McQuaide/Gartley marriage also needs comparison with the working Dodge marriage.
• John and Margaret’s children: Laurence’s later eleven-entry list differs from the current nine-child reconstruction. John L., Rebecca A. and Samuel, as well as altered dates for several familiar names, need record-by-record comparison. Name reuse alone does not prove an earlier child’s death.
• James and John Beatty Guthrie: James’s 1882/1883 death conflict and his son’s 1875/1876 conflict remain unresolved. An estate’s date may be later than the death.
• Martha Chambers: the reported obituary age and August 1811 birth date do not agree exactly.
• Elizabeth’s death: BEFORE 1820 remains a reported bound; it is not established simply by a household’s age categories.

Laurence’s later revision names Letitia Buchanan Guthrie and a James Guthrie born 20 September 1806 as Barton’s parents. Elsewhere in the same revision, William and Agnes’s son James has that identical birth date. This makes the Apollo James a specific candidate.

It remains one compiler’s connected account. The reviewed abstract of John Guthrie and Catherine Buchanan’s will identifies Barton through their daughter Leticia Buchanan Crownover but does not name his father. James’s own estate, marriages, land and correspondence should be compared before adding Barton as his proved son. The established Sarah Beatty family remains distinct from this unresolved question.