Guthrie Family Group 5 – Branch C
Shadrick Guthrie 1821KY – 1888TX & Rachel Harbour & Amanda Mira Culpepper
of Kentucky, Mississippi, and Texas, USA

THE FAMILY of SHADRACK GUTHRIE, RACHEL HARBOUR, & AMANDA MIRA CULPEPPER

SHADRACK GUTHRIE aka ‘SHED’
Parents: Shadrick Guthry 1772SC-1850MS and Malinda Badley
Birth: 13 June 1821 (calculated from age at DOD)
Location: Kentucky, USA
Marriage 1st: Rachel Harbour on 19 August 1856 in Lavaca County, Texas, USA
Marriage 2nd: Amanda Mira Culpepper on 23 Aug 1872 in Lavaca County, Texas, USA
Occupation: Druggist / Commerce & Mercantile
Military Service: Unknown
Death: 18 September 1888 at 67 yrs 3 mos 5 days
Location: Salado, Bell County, Texas, USA
Burial: Salado Cemetery, Salado, Bell County, Texas, USA

RACHEL HARBOUR
Parents: Isaiah Harbour and Mary Jincy Miller
Birth: about 1834
Location: Perry County, Alabama, USA
Marriage: 19 Aug 1856 in Lavaca County, Texas, USA
Guthrie Children: 3
Death: before 1866
Location: Friars Point, Coahoma, Mississippi, USA
Burial: Unknown

AMANDA MIRA CULPEPPER
Parents: Francis ‘Frank’ Gillespie Culpepper and Eglentine Langley
Birth: 13 January 1843
Location: Chambers County, Alabama, USA
Marriage: 23 Aug 1872 in Lavaca County, Texas, USA
Guthrie Children: 2
Death: 1 April 1942
Location: Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA
Burial: Salado Cemetery, Salado, Bell County, Texas, USA

NOTES:

Shadrack Guthrie was born in Kentucky about 1821. He moved to Lavaca, Texas with his father, stepmother and siblings. Twice married. Rachel Harbour was his first wife. They married in Lavaca on 19 Aug 1856 and had 3 children. They moved back to Mississippi and were located there during the 1860 census in Frairs Point, Coahoma, MS. After Rachel and daughter Jennie’s deaths prior to 1866, Shadrack moved the family back to Lavaca County, Texas where he married Amanda Mira Culpepper on 23 Aug 1872. They moved to Salado, Bell County, Texas where Shadrack died on 18 Sep 1888. Amanda, who was 22 years younger than her husband, lived until 1 April 1942. She died in Waco, McLennan County, TX, but was buried at Salado Cemetery.

GUTHRIE CHILDREN: 5
Y-DNA Project Participants: NONE
Autosomal DNA Participants: YES

CHILD 1: JENNIE GUTHRIE
Born abt. 1859 MS – Died 1860-66
Marital Status: Unmarried – Died Young

Jennie Guthrie was born in Mississippi in 1859. She was listed with her parents on the 1860 US census of Friar’s Point, Coahoma County, Mississippi in 1860 as a 1 year old. This is Jennie’s only appearance in the census records. Both she and her mother, Rachel (Harbour) Guthrie, died prior to 1866. Her burial location is unknown.

CHILD 2: JAMES EDWIN GUTHRIE, M.D.
Born 1860 MS – Died 1950 IL
Spouse: Eugenia Shofner m. 16 Apr 1894 in Salado, Bell County, Texas, USA

James Edwin Guthrie was born at Friars Point, Coahoma, Mississippi on 6 December 1860 to Shed and Rachel (Harbour) Guthrie. His mother and sister died prior to 1866. Sometime between 1867 and 1870, his father moved the family to back to Texas. James was 19 at the time of the 1880 census. They were at that time living in Salado, Bell County, TX.

“Eddie” studied at Salado College (1882) and New York University Medical School (1889) becoming a physician. He was the proprietor of a drug store as its pharmacist, or as it was known, a druggist. He returned home to Salado, Bell County, Texas where he married after the establishment of his career.

A Wedding invitation from Reddin Dillard Shofner for the “marriage of his daughter Eugenia to Dr. J. E. Guthrie” at the Methodist Church in Salado, Texas was sent out to community guests. (Portal to Texas History) They lived in Salado

“Dr James Edwin Guthrie, an early Salado physician, and his wife built their first home on the same site, which is now occupied by the Stagecoach Inn offices.” (TSHA – bio on Archibald Willingham, an early Salado settler). They had 3 sons: Edwin Dillard, James Herbert, and Robert Lee. Between 1910 and 1920, James and Eugenia moved to Waco, McLennan, Texas where he continued to work as a retail druggist.

Eddie died on 4 Feb 1950 and Eugenia four years later on 4 Feb 1954

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

1.) Edwin Dillard Guthrie: 9 Jul 1895TX – 2 Oct 1976TX (m.1928TX) Marjorie Yarrell +children
2.) James Herbert Guthrie: 22 Dec 1897TX – 3 Jan 1983CO (m.1922) Verna Elsie Jones +children
3.) Robert Lee Guthrie: 13 Feb 1900TX – 1997TX (m.1954LA) Martha Dee Schwartz

CHILD 3: ROBERT ‘LEE’ GUTHRIE
Born 1862 MS – Died 1934 CA
Spouse: Abigail Lee Atkins aka ‘Abbie’ m. 27 September 1900 in Bell County, Texas

Robert “Lee” Guthrie was born in Friars Point, Coahoma, Mississippi in July of 1862. He was already away from home at 18 and working as a farmhand in Arkansas starting what appears to have been an itinerant life. In 1900, he was 37, still single, and working as a Saloon Keeper in Skagway, Alaska. He was next found just months later in Bell County, Texas where his father and stepmother had settled. Lee’s marriage to Abigail C Atkins took place there on 27 Sep 1900.

Apparently, they returned to Alaska for a while. The Waco Times-Herald published on Friday, 27 Nov. 1908 that “Lee Guthrie, who has been in Alaska for the past few years, is expected here soon on a visit to his brother, Mark Guthrie.”

Not one to settle down, Lee and his wife moved from Texas to Santa Rosa, Sonoma, California where he purchased a Fruit Farm. They were enumerated there during the 1910 census. They were still in Santa Rosa in 1920. At that time their farm was focused on chicken production. By 1930, Lee and Abbie were living in San Francisco where they lodged at a boarding house while Lee worked as a night watchman.

On 31 December 1931, The San Francisco Examiner reported, “Police Save Couple from Suffocation. Mr and Mrs Robert L Guthrie of 964 Eddy street, overcome when a gas heater exhausted oxygen in their apartment, were saved from death by two policemen yesterday. The rescue was made by Officers Sydney Hinson and Thomas Miller.”

Lee died on 20 Sep 1934 in San Joaquin, California. After his death, Abbie returned to Texas. She died on 18 May 1946 in Houston, Harris, Texas. They had no children.

Guthrie Children: 0
Y-DNA Project Participants: N/A – No Known Descendants
Autosomal DNA Participants: N/A – No Known Descendants

CHILD 4: MARK GILLISPIE GUTHRIE
Born 1876 TX – Died 1948 TX
Spouse: Loretta ‘Lola’ Thomson m. 14 September 1899 in Bell County, Texas, USA

Mark Gillispie Guthrie was born in Salado, Bell County, Texas on 5 July 1876, and was a 3-year old during the 1880 census. He married at 23 to Loretta “Lola” Thomson on 14 September 1899. They had children: Evelyn, Kathleen, and Marcus Clay Guthrie. Their daughter Kathleen died very young.

Around 1903, Mark moved their family to Waco, McLennan, Texas where he worked as a druggist for the Behrens Drug Company. He remained with that company for fifteen years prior to taking a position with the National Aniline Chemical company of Chicago working out of their Kansas City, Missouri offices.

By 1920, they were living in Waco again, but now noted on the census record to be a Traveling Salesman in the drug business. In 1940 Mark and Lola were living in Dallas, Texas. He was still in the same role as a traveling salesman. His 97-year-old mother, Amanda (Culpepper) Guthrie, was living with them at the time.

Mark Guthrie died at 71 years of age on 1 April 1948 in Waco. He was buried at Waco Memorial Park. Lola lived until 18 Aug 1965. She died at 88. Her remains were interred at Waco Memorial Park in Robinson, McLennan, Texas.

Guthrie Children: 2
Y-DNA Project Participants: NONE
Autosomal DNA Participants: NONE

1.) Evelyn Guthrie: 26 Oct 1900TX – 11 Feb 1985TX (m.1925TX) Paul Moultrie Cunyus +children
2.) Kathleen Guthrie: 4 July 1906 – April 1908 – Died in early childhood
3.) Marcus Clay Guthrie: 18Dec 1906TX – 4 Dec 1944FRA (m.) Juanita Louellen Latta +children

CHILD 5: IRA CULPEPPER GUTHRIE
Born 1879 TX – Died 1954 TX
Marital Status: Single

Ira Culpepper Guthrie was born on 7 January 1879 in Salado, Bell County, Texas. He was listed as a 1 year old in the 1880 census there. Attended the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy in 1903.

There appears to be some confusion about whether or not Ira Culpepper Guthrie was married. The Culpepper site comments that a marriage to a Malissa J O’Neal mistakenly listed Ira as an Ira M Guthrie, but there is actually a man by the name Ira Martin Guthrie (1875-1937), a farmer and wood chopper, who married Malissa J O’Neal. He was a son of GFG1’s John Wesley Guthrie and Mary Ann Christmus from Gonzalez County, TX. That Ira died in Waco, TX in 1937.

The college yearbook:

The 1920 Census of Dallas, Dallas, Texas lists Ira C Guthrie, 41, single, and working as a salesman for an advertising company. He was living with his cousin’s family. The 1930 Census mistakenly lists him as female “Iva C Guthrie”, calls him a saleslady in advertising, and lists him as a roomer in the Olmstead household, but the other data regarding his parents’ birth locations remains consistent with Ira C Guthrie. The 1932 City Directory for Dallas, TX lists Ira C Guthrie as a salesman for Bell & Collier. In 1942, Ira Culpepper Guthrie completed his WWII Draft Registration listing his place of residence as Salado, Texas, age 63, birthplace Salado on 7 Jan 1879, and his contact person as Dr JE Guthrie, Salado. He was at the time unemployed. Ira died at Parkland Hospital in Dallas, Texas on 18 March 1954, having lived in Dallas for 10 years. His death certificate lists him as single. He was buried at “S.A.B.” cemetery in Dallas, Texas.

Guthrie Children: 0
Y-DNA Project Participants: N/A – No Known Descendants
Autosomal DNA Participants: N/A – No Known Descendants

READING and RESOURCES

Research Locations:
Coahoma County, MS
Lavaca County, TX
Bell County, TX

DOCUMENTS: Land Deed Records, 1843-1887 – Coahoma County, Mississippi
1st District index land deed, v. 1-3, 1834-1919 – Items 2-4 – FHL 008567984
Letter G Index Begins IMG 199 of 594
IMG 199: Guthrie, S (Grantee) from Comm of Delta Title bank Dec 1847 – Book C: 316
IMG 199: Guthrie, S (Grantee) from R C Friar & wife – Deed – July 8 1848 – Book D: 250
IMG 200: Guthrie, S (Grantee) from LL Bridges Sheriff – Deed – Book D: 581
IMG 201: Guthrie, S (Grantee) from James Boyd & wife – Deed – Book F: 109
IMG 200: Guthrie, Shadrack (Grantee) from D B Maynard & wife – Book F: 337
IMG 201: Guthrie, S (Grantee) from S Mellow & wife – Deed – Book G: 15
IMG 201: Guthrie, S (Grantor) to Robt J Matthews – Deed – Book G: 176
IMG 201: Guthrie, S (Grantee) from L S Bobo admx. – Deed – Book G: 450
IMG 201: Guthrie, S (Grantee) from R J Matthews & wife – Deed – Book G: 783
IMG 201: Guthrie, S (Grantor) to J H Brown – Deed – Book G: 791
IMG 202: Guthrie, S (Grantor) to Johnson & Edwards – Deed in trust – Book H: 147
IMG 202: Guthrie, S (Grantor) to J H Brown – Deed – Book H: 171
IMG 202: Guthrie, S (Grantor) to Georeg R Alcon – Deed – Book H: 173
IMG 202: Guthrie, S (Grantor) to W W Shaw – Power of Atty – 21 Feb 1867 – Book H: 176
IMG 202: Guthrie, S (Grantor) to Geo R Alcon – Power of Atty – 17 Jan 1870 – Book I: 336

DOCUMENTS: Bell County, Texas, Deed Records, 1850-1902
Online records for this county at Family Search are locked. Must be viewed at FHL or affiliated library.

DOCUMENTS: Texas County Tax Rolls, 1837 – 1910
Bell County, Texas
1869 – S Gutheree – Lot No. 1 & 2, Block 1, Salado, Value 1,095; merchandise value 1,000, cash 50
1870 – S Gutherie – Lot No 1 & 2, Block 1, Salado, Value 1,500; merchandise value 6000,
1873 – S Guthrie – Lot 1 & 2, Value 1000, Salado
1874 – S Guthrie – 51 & 51, 1000, R. A. Salado
1875 – S Guthrie – Lot 91,92, Block RA, value 1000, Salado, 2 horses, value 100; 4 cattle, value 20; 10 goats, value 10
1882 – S H Guthrie – Survey No. 196; carriages or wagons: 2, value 75; horses 2, value 80; cattle 4, value 30
1884 – S H Guthrey – Abstract No. 608 Certificate No. (Blank), Survey No 88; Original Grantee: GW Norfleet, Acres 160, value 400

PHOTOGRAPH: Guthrie’s Drug Store & Dr James Herbert Guthrie, 5 June 1927, Salado Historical Society; Digital Repository: The Portal to Texas History

WEDDING INVITATION: Marriage of Eugenia Shofner to Dr J E Guthrie, Salado Historical Society; Digital Repository: The Portal to Texas History

WEBSITE: Culpepper Connections! The Culpepper Family History Site
A family tree database that includes Guthries from this lineage and research notes.

BOOK: Williams, Louis J. (c1982). The Harbours in America: : (Harber, Harbor, Harbur, Harbour, Arbour) with brief sketches of some early Virginia related families – Arrowsmith, Dalton, Fuson, Hall, Houchins, Pedigo, Pilson, Reynolds, Ross, Spurlock, Turman, Witt; Family History Library: Call Number 929.273 H214w Off-site Storage.
p.99 – Rachel Harbour is listed as having married “Lee Shade Guthrie” 11 Aug 1856 in Lavaca, TX.
(This data found at the Culpepper Connections site. No digital copy of this book located.)

DOCUMENTS: Lavaca County Texas – Marriage Records
Lavaca County, Texas, Marriage Records, Volume A-B, 1847-1868 – FHL 004820290
Volume A – Letter G Index – IMG 11 of 437
Guthrie, George W / Mary Duffner – 24 Oct 1852 – Page 63 – IMG 51
Guthrie, William / Ann E Culpepper – 3 Feb 1853 – Page 77 – IMG 58
Guthrie, S. / Rachel Harbor – 19 Aug 1856 – Page 178 – IMG 109
Volume B – Letter G Index – IMG 179 of 437
Guthrie, Silas / Salina J Culpepper – 18 Oct 1867 – Page 408 – IMG 407

Lavaca County, Texas, Marriage Records, Volume C-D, 1868-1882
FHL 004820291
Volume C – Letter G Index – IMG 15 of 634
Guthrie, S / Amanda Culpepper – 23 Aug 1872 – Page 153 – IMG 111
Volume D – Letter G Index – IMG 618 of 634
Guthrie, Catharine E to Thos. A Tyler – 26 Oct 1874 – Page 50 – IMG 384

NEWSPAPER: Waco Morning News, Saturday, 21 July 1894 – Page 6
Subject: Dr James Edwin Guthrie. Digital Repository: Newspapers.com

NEWSPAPER: The Waco Times-Herald, Tuesday, 17 June 1913 – Page 7.
Subject: Dr J. E. Guthrie and Family. Digital Repository: Newspapers.com

NEWSPAPER: Waco Times-Herald, Monday, December 110, 1923.
Subject: Robert Lee Guthrie, son of Dr James Edwin Guthrie and Eugenia Shofner
Digital Repository: Newspapers.com

NEWSPAPER: Waco Times-Herald, Waco, Texas, Sunday, August 16, 1925.
Subject: Robert Lee Guthrie, son of Dr James Edwin Guthrie and Eugenia Shofner
Digital Repository: Newspapers.com

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