Guthrie Family Group 5 – Branch C
James ‘Jim’ Henry Guthrie 1843MS – 1905TX and Martha Wilson
of Mississippi and Texas, USA

THE FAMILY of JAMES HENRY GUTHRIE and MARTHA WILSON

JAMES HENRY GUTHRIE aka “JIM”
Parents: Shadrick Guthry 1772 SC – 1850MS and Ruah Ann Roberts 1802 GA – p1860MS
Birth: 7 January 1843
Location: Yalobusha County, Mississippi, USA
Marriage: Martha Wilson on 19 January 1865 in Lafayette County, Mississippi, USA
Military Service: CSA – Sergeant – Company A, 29th Mississippi Infantry
Occupation: Farmer
Death: 10 August 1905
Location: Bonham, Fannin County, Texas, USA
Burial: White Rock Cemetery, Fannin County, Texas, USA

MARTHA WILSON
Parents: John Isaiah ‘Jackariah’ Wilson and Mary J ‘Polly’ Simmons
Birth: 7 January 1849
Location: Pontotoc County, Mississippi, USA
Guthrie Children: 13
Death: 18 June 1925
Location: Bonham, Fannin County, Texas, USA
Burial: White Rock Cemetery, Fannin County, Texas, USA

NOTES:

James Henry Guthrie was born on 7 January 1843 in Yalobusha, Mississippi. The family was living in Lafayette County in 1850 during the census. “Jas H Guthrie” was listed as a 7 year old along with his parents and siblings John (15) Martha J (8), Mary A R (4) and Randsom J (9 months). John Richard Mazy was his half-brother by his mother Ruah Ann (Roberts) Mazy.

The Confederate States of America formed at the Montgomery Convention in February of 1861. Jim’s home state of Mississippi was one of seven along with South Carolina, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, and (in March) Texas to break its bonds with the United States of America. Between May and July of 1861, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina joined them. James H Guthrie enlisted in in the army of the Confederacy when he was 19 years of age on 20 April 1862 in Grenada, Mississippi signing up for a period of 3 years. He served in Company A, 29th Regiment Mississippi Volunteers, initially as a private, and later being promoted to sergeant. He was wounded in October of 1862 being absent from the Company Muster Roll at that time. The records show he was not a prisoner of war during his service. His service extended to a period of about 4 years and 2 months in the infantry.

Jim married during the war years in Lafayette County, MS on 19 Jan 1865 to Martha Wilson. They removed to Louisiana during the late 1880s, and then to Fannin County, Texas. The 1900 census of Fannin, TX reveals that Martha had given birth to 13 children, only 8 of whom were still living. He died in Bonham, Fannin, Texas on 10 August 1905 at the age of 62. Martha lived another 20 years. On 8 Sep 1913, she applied for a Confederate Widow’s Pension (File 23004). She died in Bonham on 18 June 1925. They are buried at White Rock Cemetery in Fannin County, Texas.

GUTHRIE CHILDREN: 13
Y-DNA Project Participants: YES
Autosomal DNA Participants: NONE

CHILD 1: JINE GUTHRIE
Born 1866 MS – Died 1886 MS
Marital Status: Unknown, presumably single

James and Martha’s first child is listed in family trees as “Jine Guthrie” who was born on 10 Jan 1866 and died at the age of 20 on 9 March 1886 in Lafayette County, Mississippi. Could be a variation of Jane or Jennie/Ginny. The family census of 1870 has not been located, but they should be living in Lafayette, MS. In 1880, this daughter should be about 14. She is not listed with the family on the 1880 census. No other details known.

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

CHILD 2: HENRY GUTHRIE
Born 1868 MS – 1873 MS
Died Young @ 5 years of age

Henry Guthrie was born in Oxford, Lafayette, MS on 10 February 1868. He was just 5 years old at his death there on 27 May 1873.

CHILD 3: MARY LOU GUTHRIE aka “LOUVINSY” / “LULA”
Born 1870 MS – Died 1937 LA
Spouse: Tom J Brewer m. 3 Nov 1887 in Bienville, Louisiana, USA

The third child of the family was Mary Lou Guthrie, also known as Lula. She was listed as a 10 year old during the 1880 census of Lafayette County, Mississippi. Like her mother, she married young at the age of 17. Her husband Thomas Jefferson Brewer, a farmer, was about six years older, and a son of John and Della (Williams) Brewer. They rented a home in Bienville, Louisiana. No children. Mary Lou died on 22 Sep 1937 at 67 years old in Bryceland, Bienville, LA. She was buried at the Arcadia Cemetery in Arcadia, Bienville, LA. Tom’s death came at the age of 88 on 20 May 1953 in Ouachita, Louisiana.

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

CHILD 4: ARON H GUTHRIE
Born 1872 MS – Died 1942 TX
Spouse: Sarah ‘Ada’ Williams m. 5 Aug 1897 in Fannin County, Texas, USA

Aron H Guthrie was born in Oxford, Lafayette, MS on 25 January 1872, about 100 years after grandfather Shadrick Guthry, an example of how large families can extend the length of a generation or two. He was listed as “Oran” (8) during the 1880 census there. The family moved from Mississippi to Texas where they settled in Fannin County. Aron married Sarah ‘Ada’ Williams, a daughter of Richard and Betty (Taylor) Williams, on 5 August 1897. They had one daughter, Ollie Mae Guthrie, born in 1898. Arron worked as a farmer and later as a Fannin County police officer and a deputy sheriff.

The ceiling of Aron and Ada’s East 9th street home caught fire on Wednesday, 6 Aug 1924 about 3pm. The dry climate and extreme heat in Bonham, TX that day contributed to a very heavy loss. The inside of the house and most of its contents were destroyed by the fire. Their rented home was the property of Dr John Nevill. Torrential rain followed ruining many of the items neighbors had managed to remove from the house. “Miss Lou Williams and Miss Ola mae Guthrie, who lived at the house, work down town, and their loss, as to wearing apparel and furniture, was almost irreparable, since they were not able to reach the house in time to save their effects, and things that were of greater value to them than they could be to anyone else.” (The Bonham Daily Favorite, Bonham, TX – Thu., 7 Aug 1924, p.4 – Newspapers.com)

Aron and Ada died within a few months of each other in 1942. Ada died 31 Jan and Aaron on 9 Nov. They were buried at Arledge Ridge Cemetery in Bomham, Fannin, Texas.

Guthrie Children: 1
Y-DNA Project Participants: NONE
Autosomal DNA Participants: NONE

1.) Ollie Mae Guthrie: 19 Jun 1898 TX – 16 Aug 1979 TX (m.) Charles E Thompson -no children

CHILD 5: LINNE GUTHRIE
1874MS – 1875MS
Died Young @ 17 months of age

Daughter Linne Guthrie was born on 12 May 1874 in Oxford, Lafayette, MS. She died there on 18 Oct 1875.

CHILD 6: JESSIE MAY GUTHRIE
Born 1876 MS – Died 1948 TX
Spouse: Junius ‘June’ Watson m. 4 January 1903 in Fannin County, Texas, USA

Jessie May Guthrie was born on 5 August 1876 in Oxford, Lafayette, Mississippi. She was a 4-year old at the time of the 1880 census there. The family was living in Fannin, TX by the time of the 1900 census. Jessie was still single at the time, 24 years old, and living at home with her parents and siblings.

On 4 January 1903, Jessie married Junius ‘June’ Watson. They made a home for themselves in Bonham, Fannin, Texas. June worked as a Peace Officer for the City Police. They did not have children. He died at 58 years of age on 11 Dec 1924. Jessie took up work as a laundress. She died on 11 July 1948. She was 71. They are buried at Willow Wild Cemetery in Bonham.

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

CHILD 7: ROBERT B GUTHRIE aka “BOB”
Born 1878 MS – Died 1963 OK
Spouse: Beulah Whitfield Braddy m. 2 November 1902 in Fannin County, Texas, USA

Robert B Guthrie, also known as Bob, was born on 1 Dec 1878 in Oxford, Lafayette, Mississippi. He was 2 years old on the 1880 census in Lafayette. Twenty years later, the family was already living in Fannin County, Texas. At 21, he was still living at home and working full-time as a farmer. Bob married two years later to Beulah Whitfield Braddy on 2 Nov 1902. They had two sons and four daughters born between 1903 and 1919. Their two eldest daughters, Elenor and Anna Lois, died at birth or infancy. Sometime after the 1910 census, Bob and Beulah moved the family to Choctaw County, Oklahoma. They were living there during the WWI Draft. Bob completed his draft registration, which listed him as being of medium build, tall, with black hair and blue eyes. In 1942, he was 63 and met the age criteria for the ‘old man’s draft’ for WWII. By this time his hair was grey. Bob died 6 June 1963 in Big Cabin, Craig, Oklahoma at the age of 84 after a two week illness. His wife Beulah survived him. She died 15 years later on 29 April 1978. Their burial location is Big Cabin Cemetery.

Guthrie Children: 6
Y-DNA Project Participants: NONE
Autosomal DNA Participants: NONE

1.) James Clark Guthrie: 31 Aug 1903TX – 28 Aug 1970TX (m.1922OK) Lydia Orlean Rhodes +children
2.) Elenor Guthrie: c1904TX – c1904TX – died in her infancy
3.) Anna Lois Guthrie: 26 Apr 1905TX – 26 Apr 1905TX – died in her infancy
4.) Robert Stacy Guthrie: 11 Nov 1907 – 22 Nov 1995 (m.1928) Nannie Bell Winn +children
5.) Merle Kate Guthrie: 2 Sep 1911TX – 2 Apr 2006KS (m.1943) John Waite Weeks +children
6.) Mary Beulah Guthrie: 20 Nov 1919OK – 12 Jun 2012MO (m.1949OK) John Adams Whipple +children

CHILD 8: FLORENCE JOSEPHINE GUTHRIE aka “JOSIE”
Born 1881 MS – 1962 TX
Spouse: Charles Marion Robinson m. 15 December 1901 in Fannin County, Texas, USA

Florence Josephine Guthrie’s arrived in the world on 5 January 1881 in Oxford, Lafayette, Mississippi. The census gap made 1900 the first year she was noted in census records. Josie was still single and living with the family, listed as a 17 year old student. By this time the family had already made their move to Fannin County, Texas. She married the following year to Charles Marion Robertson on 15 December 1901. The couple had 3 sons and 3 daughters. Charlie completed his WWI Draft Registration card. He was a 35 year old farmer at the time with a stout build, medium height, light brown hair and gray eyes. Charlie apparently suffered from angina. He had a mild attack at 4am on Sept 4, 1924, but died on the 11th. He was only 41.

Josie lived in Bonham, Fannin County, Texas through the 1940s. She was in Naples, Morris, Texas at her death on 3 July 1962 at 81 years of age.

Children: 6
Y-DNA Project Participants: N/A – Female Guthrie
Autosomal DNA Participants: NONE

1.) Jewell Robinson: 12 Mar 1903TX – 12 Apr 1992TX (m.bef.1940) Jim Floyd Kelly -no children
2.) Hazel Marion Robinson: 10 Jan 1909TX – 23 Sep 1988AZ (m.1930TX) James Hogg Harrell -no children
3.) Charles Lee ‘Pete’ Robinson: 19 Nov 1911TX – 23 Jan 1986OK (m.1937) Nora Bell Wheeler – no children
4.) Clarence Robinson: 20 Aug 1915TX – 17 May 1959TX (m.) Loretta Robinson
5.) Will L ‘Dub’ Robinson: 6 Mar 1919TX – 2 Mar 1998AZ (m1.1939) Mary Ann Runnion, (m2.1947) Jean Louise Twentier +children
6.) Dorothy J Robinson: 5 Aug 1923TX – 15 Jan 2009 (m.) Rufus Kermit Keeling +children

CHILD 9: KATTIE G GUTHRIE
Born 1881 MS – Died 1892 TX
Died Young @ 10 years of age

CHILD 10: MACK CAM GUTHRIE
Born 1884 MS – 1937 TX
Spouse 1: Enna Charity Stevens m. about 1910 in Texas
Spouse: Irene Emma Watson m. 18 April 1914 in Windom, Fannin, Texas, USA

None of his records indicate whether “Mack Cam” was a shorter version of a longer legal name. Mack was born on Christmas Eve, 24 Dec 1884 in Oxford, Lafayette, Mississippi. His family moved to Fannin County, Texas before the 1900 census. He was then 16. Unlike the siblings listed around him, he apparently did not attend school. The others have between 2 – 4 years of schooling. Mack was initially working on the farm. When he was 21, his father died. The 1910 census shows him living with Emma Guthrie, indicating they were married that year. This is apparently Enna Charity Stevens (1887-1983). They had 1 son, apparently divorcing prior to 1914.

Mack married again on 18 Apr 1914 in Windom, Fannin, Texas to Irene Emma Watson (1896-1973). Mack and Emma had two children, a son and daughter. Mack’s WWI Draft Registration Card describes him as being tall with black hair and blue eyes. Mack took a job as a machinist with the railroad, so the family moved around within Texas over the next couple of decades. Mack died 25 June 1937 after suffering from heat exhaustion. He was buried at White Rock Cemetery

Guthrie Children: 3
Y-DNA Project Participants: NONE
Autosomal DNA Participants: NONE

1.) Glenn Stevens Guthrie: 26 Aug 1910TX – 22 Jan 1950 (m.1941) Leone Harrell
2.) Maxey Guthrie: 12 Jul 1915TX – 5 Mar 1943TX (m./div.) Laura Leah Crow +child
3.) Helen Irene Guthrie 29 Jun 1917TX – 24 Oct 1995TX (m.1934TX) Walter David Howe +children

CHILD 11: EMMA GUTHRIE
Born 1886 MS – Died 1968 TX
Spouse: Harry Olan Maxwell m. 10 July 1916 in Fannin County, Texas, USA

The youngest of the children born in Oxford, Lafayette, Mississippi, Emma Guthrie was delivered on 29 November 1886. She was listed as a 13-year old student during the 1900 census in Fannin, TX. She was 23 and working as a laborer on the home farm ten years later. By this time her father had died, and only her younger brother Gary, and mother Martha were living at home.

Emma married Harry Olan Maxwell on 10 July 1916 when she was 29 years old. He was 44 and had a daughter from a previous marriage, Marion. They lived in Bonham, Fannin, Texas. Harry was a shoemaker and owned his own shoe shop. They had one son, James Henry Maxwell, apparently named after his maternal grandfather, born in 1919.

Harry Maxwell died on 24 July 1930 at the age of 58.

Maxwell Children: 1
Y-DNA Project Participants: N/A – Female Guthrie
Autosomal DNA Participants: NONE

1.) James Henry Maxwell: 28 Dec 1919TX – 11 Aug 1996 TX (m.) Louis Marie Horton +children

CHILD 12: GARY THOMAS GUTHRIE
Born 1888 LA – Died 1962 Texas
Spouse: Elma Virginia Pike m. 2 October 1912 in Fannin County, Texas, USA

Gary Thomas Guthrie was the youngest son of the family. He was born on 10 December 1888 in Arcadia, Bienville, Louisiana, presumably when the family was on their way to Texas. He was 11 years old and a student in 1900. Just 5 years later, his father died, and by the time he was 21, Gary was the man of the house. He was listed as the Head of Household for the 1910 census, with his sister Emma, and mother Martha living with him.

Gary married just two years later when he was 23 to Elma Virginia Pike. They had two sons. He took work as a fireman for the railroad. His WWI Draft Registration card describes him as tall with dark hair and blue eyes. Between 1920 and 1930, they moved from Texas to Yuma, Arizona. Gary was promoted to Railroad Foreman / Engineer. His age made him eligible for the WWII Draft. That car describes his complexion as ruddy, with brown hair, blue eyes, and his height as 6’2″ tall. They remained in Yuma through the 1950 Census.

On 1 Sep 1962, Gary Thomas Guthrie died of a heart attack. He had been living in Bonham, Fannin, Texas again for 6 years prior to his death. He was 73. His burial place is Willow Wild Cemetery in Bonham. Elma (Pike) Guthrie survived her husband by 15 years. She died in Spring Valley, San Diego, California on 3 September 1977 at the age of 85. Her remains were returned to Texas.

Guthrie Children: 2
Y-DNA Project Participants: YES
Autosomal DNA Participants: NO

1.) Gary Thomas Guthrie Jr: 1913 TX – 1913 TX – died in his infancy
2.) Leonard Watson Guthrie: 5 Nov 1917 TX – 16 Jul 1978 (m.1937AZ) Alvilda Inez McCain +children

CHILD 13: CLEO GUTHRIE
Born 1891 LA – Died 1891 LA
Died in her infancy at 17 days of age

READING and RESOURCES

RESEARCH LOCATIONS:
Lafayette County, Mississippi (1850s-1880s)
Bienville Parish, Louisiana (1880s)
Fannin County, Texas (1880s+)

DOCUMENTS: Lafayette County, MS – Deed record, 1830-1889
(locked)

DOCUMENTS: Lafayette County, MS – Direct and Reverse Index to Chancery and Probate Cases
(locked)

DOCUMENTS: Bienville Parish, Louisiana – Property Conveyance Records, 1848-1900; Index
(locked)

DOCUMENTS: Fannin County, Texas – Deeds, 1838-1886; Index to Deeds, 1838-1900
(locked)

DOCUMENTS: Fannin County, Texas – Court Records, 1840-1899
(locked)

DOCUMENTS: Fannin County, Texas – Index to Probate Packets, 1838-1934
(locked)

WEBSITE: Fannin County Texas GenWeb
Cemeteries – Guthrie Name Search Results – May include photos, obituary, death certificate info, research notes.

WEBSITE: Fannin County, Texas Genealogy (Family Search)

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