Guthrie Family Group 5 – Branch C
William Edward Guthrie 1809KY – 1891TX, Mary Ann Beasley and Ethelrda Ruth Beasley
of Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Texas

THE FAMILY of WILLIAM EDWARD GUTHRIE, MARY ANN BEASLEY & ETHELDRA RUTH BEASLEY

WILLIAM EDWARD GUTHRIE
Parents: Shadrick Guthry 1772SC-1850MS and Malinda Badley 1776SC-p1830KY
Birth: 31 August 1809
Location: Kentucky, USA (probably) (1850, 1860 Census = Indiana; 1880 Census = Illinois)
Marriage 1st: Mary Ann Beasley abt. 1832, presumably in Kentucky, USA
Marriage 2nd: Etheldra Ruth Beasley on 25 Feb 1841 in Benton County, Tennessee, USA
Military Service: Uncertain
Occupation: Farmer
Death: 11 March 1891
Location: Killeen, Bell County, Texas, USA
Burial: Killeen City Cemetery, Killeen, Bell County, Texas, USA

MARY ANN BEASLEY
Parents: William F Beasley Sr 1763NC-1845TN and Mary Ann Fare (Fair, Farr)
Birth: 22 Nov 1818 (This birth year is probably wrong. Likely 1811-1815.)
Location: Humphreys County, Tennessee, USA
Guthrie Children: 4
Death: About 1838
Location: Tennessee or Mississippi, USA
Burial: Unknown

ETHELDRA RUTH BEASLEY
Parents: William F Beasley Sr 1763NC-1845TN and Mary Ann Fare (Fair, Farr)
Birth: 16 January 1817
Location: Humphreys County, Tennessee, USA
Guthrie Children: 10
Death: 13 Dec 1904
Location: Killeen, Bell County, Texas, USA
Burial: Killeen City Cemetery, Killeen, Bell County, Texas, USA

NOTES:

The second child of Shadrick Guthry & Malinda Badley was born 31 August 1809, but his birth location is unclear. Based on what we think we know about the family emigration from SC, his birthplace should probably be in Kentucky. Alternate locations based on census reports are the Indiana Territory and Illinois.

William’s parents had moved from Kentucky to Mississippi during the late 1830s. He was already an adult at the time of his mother’s death. Evidently, he never left Kentucky or had returned to the Kentucky / Tennessee area where he first married Mary Ann Beasley and later her sister, Etheldra. His wives were the daughters of William F and Mary Ann (Fare) Beasley whose family is enumerated in Humphreys County, Tennessee in 1820, 1830, and 1840. Mr Beasley died there in 1845.

William Guthrie and Mary Ann Beasley were reportedly married about 1832. Mary Ann’s birth year is given as 1818, which would have made her only 14 at the time of her marriage. Census records suggest that her birth year was probably 1811-1815. They had 4 children prior to Mary Ann’s death about 1838. They may have already been living in Mississippi at this time, which means he would have returned to TN to marry Etheldra Ruth Beasley on 25 or 27 Feb 1841. Their marriage is recorded in Benton County, TN, which is adjacent to Humphries County, TN.

After their marriage, William and Etheldra settled in Mississippi where the earliest of their children were born. Son Jeremiah Guthrie, born in 1852, is the first listing his birthplace in Texas. The family moved to Lavaca and later Bell County, Texas. William died in Killeen, Bell, Texas on 11 Mar 1891. His widow died there 13 Dec 1904. Both are buried at the Killeen City Cemetery. 

GUTHRIE CHILDREN: 14
Y-DNA Project Participants: YES
Autosomal DNA Participants: YES

CHILD 1: MARGARET ANN GUTHRIE
Born 1833KY – 1909TX
Spouse: Hinton Hector Vick m. 31 Jul 1851 in Lafayette, Mississippi, USA

Margaret Ann Guthrie was born 12 November 1833 in Kentucky or Mississippi. Some trees list her birth location as Bowling Green, Warren County, KY, although no property records have been found in that location. The closest evidence is the Pension Application written by her younger brother Shadrick Guthrie who indicated that his birthplace was Bowling Green, KY. The family reportedly moved to Mississippi by 1837. In 1850, her family was living in Lafayette County, Mississippi, and the following year, at age 17, Margaret married Hinton Hector Vick, a son of Richard and Mary Vick. They were in Pontotoc, MS in 1850. They made the move to Lavaca County, Texas and were living there by the 1860 census. Hinton was a farmer. They had 11 children. Hinton died on 3 July 1893 and Margaret on 7 March 1909 in Sweet Home, Lavaca, Texas. They are buried at Pilot Grove Cemetery in Yoakum, Lavaca, Texas.

Vick Children: 11
Y-DNA Project Participants: N/A – Female Guthrie
Autosomal DNA Participants: NONE

1.) Silas Richard Vick: 25 Oct 1852 MS – 21 Sep 1873 TX – died at 20 yrs of age – unmarried
2.) Mary Ann Vick: 29 Aug 1854 TX – 30 Oct 1890 TX (m.1871TX) Joseph Columbus Thames +children
3.) John Edward Vick: 1 Dec 1856 TX – 21 Mar 1940 TX (m.1881TX) Martha Bettie Fitch +children
4.) Hinton Lee Vick: 6 Dec 1859 TX – 1 Apr 1945 TX (m.1881TX) Sarah ‘Frankie’ Airport +children
5.) Benjamin Francis ‘Frank’ M Vick: 5 Feb 1861 TX – 3 Dec 1946 TX (m.1885TX) Mollie McCord +children
6.) Andrew Jackson Vick: 24 Aug 1863 TX – 11 Dec 1866 TX – died at 3 years of age
7.) Joseph H Vick: 13 Jul 1866 TX – 14 Feb 1938 TX (m.1888TX) Hattie Higgins +children
8.) Margaret Elizabeth Vick: 2 Dec 1868TX-27 Sep 1888TX (m.1885TX) William Patton McCord +children
9.) James H Vick: 1869TX – bef. 1880TX – died in infancy or early childhood
10.) Unidentified Infant Daughter Vick: 22 Apr 1871 TX – 4 May 1871 TX – died in infancy
11.) Ida Jane Vick: 4 Dec 1872 TX – 20 Nov 1954 TX (m.1894TX) James ‘Madison’ McCord +children

CHILD 2: SHADRICK MARION GUTHRIE
Born 1835 KY – Died 1925 TX
Spouse: Mrs. Martha Ann Elizabeth (Culpepper) Guthrie

Shadrick Marion Guthrie, whose name was sometimes spelled Shedrick, was called “Shed” for short. He was born on 2 January 1825. According to his Confederate Pension Application, he was born in Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky. His mother dies when he was quite young, and so he was raised by his stepmother/aunt, Etheldra. The family moved to Mississippi and was living in Chickasaw during the early 1840s, and by 1850 were in Lafayette, Mississippi. They made their way west to Lavaca County, Texas soon afterward.

Shadrick worked as a farm laborer and was living on the home farm with his parents until his marriage on 3 July 1861, after which he farmed in his own right. His wife was Martha Ann Elizabeth (Culpepper) Guthrie, the widow of his cousin, William Davis Guthrie. She had one son by her first marriage, William Francis Guthrie, born in 1858. Shadrick and Martha had 5 sons and a daughter.

Martha died at 83 years of age on 18 Feb 1916 at Electra, Wichita County, Texas. She was buried two days later at Beaver Creek Cemetery in Wichita County, Texas.

Shadrick died on 21 March 1925 in Dewitt County, Texas. He was 90 years old. He was buried at Oak Grove Cemetery in Yoakum, Lavaca County, Texas.

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

1.) Stonewall Jackson Guthrie: 28 Mar 1862TX-7 Dec 1943TX (m.1885TX) Mary Alice Valentine +children
2.) Shadrack Marion Guthrie: 22 Nov 1864TX – 23 Dec 1954TX (m.1893) Emma Marie Goodson +children
3.) Edgar Ardnee Guthrie: 8 Apr 1867TX – 16 Nov 1935TX (m.1897TX) Mary Mollie Otten +children
4.) Nineveh Irene Guthrie: 6 Aug 1869TX – Feb 1937TX (m.1889TX) Willis Hunter +child
5.) Lemuel Guthrie: 7 Oct 1872TX – 9 Mar 1957TX (m.1895TX) Lena Augusta Buesing + children
6.) Unidentified Guthrie (The 1910 census indicates 7 children born, 7 children living)

CHILD 3: MARY JANE GUTHRIE
Born 1839 – Died 1916
Spouse 1: James Thomas Thames m. 9 October 1855 in Halletsville, Lavaca, Texas, USA
Spouse 2: Jesse K Davis m. 7 June 1865 in Sweet Home, Lavaca, Texas, USA

Mary Jane Guthrie was born on 4 Feb 1839 in Lafayette County, Mississippi. The Guthrie family had settled in Lavaca County, Texas before Mary Jane Guthrie married on 9 Oct 1855 to James Thomas Thames. He was a farmer who had previously been married and had a daughter, Lucy, and sons Reason, and Joseph. Mary Jane had two sons, William Jackson Thames and James Elyhue Thames. Her husband James died on 28 Aug 1860 in Halletsville. He was 38.

A few years later, on 7 June 1865, Mary Jane (Guthrie) Thames remarried to Jesse Davis, who apparently divorced his first wife Bernice for being ‘ungovernable’. There were 11 children from his first marriage. He was a school teacher and farmer, and about 32 years older than Mary Jane. They had 2 daughters and a son, although one family tree mentions another son who may have died young.

Jesse K Davis died on 27 March 1896 in Gonzales County, Texas. He was 83. His widow, Mary Jane died twenty years later on 27 Feb 1916 at the age of 77. Both are buried at Saturn Cemetery in Saturn, Gonzales County, Texas.

Thames Children: 2
Davis Children: 3
Y-DNA Project Participants: N/A – Female Guthrie
Autosomal DNA Participants: NONE

1.) William Jackson Thames: 28 Mar 1857 TX – 6 Feb 1902 TX (m1.1877TX) Mary Ann Culpepper +children; (m2.1900TX) Sarah Saphronia Reinhardt
2.) James Elyhue Thames: 2 Mar 1859 TX – 31 Aug 1928 TX (m.1882TX) Mary E Airhart +children
3.) Adeline L Davis: 10 Apr 1869 TX – 16 Oct 1912 TX (m.1890TX) Livingston Millner Hart +children
4.) Joanna Annie Davis: 29 Dec 1871 TX – 16 Jan 1950 TX (m.1914TX) Livingston Millner Hart
5.) Leroy Allison Davis: 1 May 1875 TX – 7 Aug 1954 TX – unmarried

CHILD 4: WILLIAM BEASLEY GUTHRIE
Born 1840 MS – Died 1918 TX
Spouse: Amy Elizabeth McCrory m. 31 August 1869 in Williamson County, Texas, USA

Known as “Billie”, son William Beasley Guthrie was born on 13 August 1840 in Pontotoc, Mississippi. the family was living in Lafayette, MS when he was 10 years old during the 1850 census. By the time he was 20 they were already settled in Lavaca County, Texas.

Billie married Amy Elizabeth McCrory on 31 August 1869 in Williamson County, Texas. She was a daughter of Walter and Frances (Terrell) McCrory. Billie was a farmer and owned their farm and house. They were living in Glen Cove, Coleman County, Texas by 1909. There were 2 sons and 2 daughters in the family: Mollie, Jack, Walt, and Nancy. Billie’s wife died on 21 March 1913, with his own death coming five years later on 19 January 1918. He was 77. They are buried at Glen Cove Cemetery.

Guthrie Children: 4
Y-DNA Project Participants: NONE
Autosomal DNA Participants: NONE

1.) Mary Ann Guthrie: 2 Nov 1870 TX – 6 Jan 1933 TX (m.bef.1900) William Eli Hooper +children
2.) William Jackson Guthrie: 5 Mar 1872 TX – 12 Jan 1945 TX (m.1893TX) Malinda Elizabeth Condra +children
3.) Walton Edward Guthrie: 5 Sep 1874 TX – 12 Jan 1952 CA (m.1894TX) Sarah Emily Condra +children
4.) Nancy Jane Guthrie: 18 Aug 1877 TX – 5 Jan 1964 TX (m.1920 TX) Charles Campbell -no children

CHILD 5: ORIN NELSON GUTHRIE
Born 1841 MS – Died 1917 TX
Spouse: Francis Emily Caldwell m. 9 Apr 1876 Bell County, Texas, USA

Born about December of 1841 in Mississippi, Orin Nelson Guthrie was nine years old during the 1850 census of Lafayette County, MS.

On 11 Aug 1925, Orin’s widow, Francis Emily (Caldwell) Guthrie applied for a Confederate Widow’s Pension indicating that Orin served for a term of 3 years (enlistment June 1862 thru discharge June 1865) in Company E of the 21st Regiment of Texas Volunteer Cavalry as a private. He received a Cross of Honor from the Yoakum Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy for his service during the war.

Their marriage did not occur until after the Civil War. Orin and Francis married on 7 April 1876 when he was 34 years of age. She was 20 at that time. They lived in Bell County, TX through the 1880 census. He was a Ginner and Miller. A history of Coryell County, Texas notes that In 1885 O. N. Guthrie built a flour mill there.

Prior to 1900 they moved to Yoakum, DeWitt, TX, and then to McCulloch, TX by 1910. They had 3 sons and 1 daughter. Orin died on 23 Nov 1917 in Live Oak County, Texas. He is buried at Killeen City Cemetery in Bell County. Francis lived until 13 Feb 1932 dying in Alpine, Brewster County, TX. She is buried there at Elm Grove Cemetery.

Guthrie Children: 4
Y-DNA Project Participants: NONE
Autosomal DNA Participants: NONE

1.) Jefferson Gideon Guthrie: 29 Jan 1877 TX – 6 Mar 1946 TX – unmarried
2.) Luther N Guthrie: 29 May 1878 TX – 1 Nov 1896 TX – died at 18 years of age – unmarried
3.) Annie Lorah Guthrie: 21 Jul 1884 TX – 7 Apr 1969 TX (m.1908TX) Isaac Matthew Miller +children
4.) Leslie Boyd Guthrie: 31 Dec 1894TX – 23 Jun 1968TX (m.19??) Mary Leona Rich +children

CHILD 6: JOHN FRANCISCO HUMPHREY GUTHRIE
Born 1843 MS – Died 1908 TX
Spouse: Sarah Margaret Havens m. 3 Aug 1867 Bell County, Texas, USA

John Fair Humphrey Guthrie was born in September of 1843 in Mississippi and died in Runnels County, Texas on 3 Sep 1908. Find-a-Grave lists his ‘F’ initial as Francisco, but some trees list it as Fair. No original documentation found either way.

According to a family bio shared by Ancestry User KeetchBrothers, John came with his parents to Texas in 1850 in an oxen wagon settling near Sweet Home, Lavaca, Texas. John served in the Texas Rangers during the Civil War returning home in 1866. He was a farmer and an ordained Deacon in the Primitive Baptist Church. They resided in Bell County, Texas and produced a large family. Maggie’s obituary credits her with 8 children, ‘all of whom’ were living at the time of her death. Find-a-Grave lists nine. Some trees include one other son, their first, who died in infancy, included below.

On 1 August 1867, when he was 24, John married Sarah Margaret “Maggie” Havens, a daughter of Thomas Tolbert and Louisa A. (Crawford) Havens. Maggie survived her husband by 19 years. She died of dropsy on 30 April 1927 in Wellington, Hollingsworth, Texas. She is buried in Quail Cemetery in Hollingsworth County while John is buried in Runnels County at Counts Cemetery.

Guthrie Children: 10
Y-DNA Project Participants: NONE
Autosomal DNA Participants: NONE

1.) John Edward Guthrie: 18 Oct 1868 TX – ?? Oct 1868 TX – died in infancy – verification needed
2.) Lenora Guthrie: 13 Jan 1870 TX – 10 Nov 1954 TX (m.1890TX) Whatley C Norman +children
3.) William Thomas Guthrie: 5 Oct 1871 TX – 11 Mar 1957 TX (m.1895TX) Rhoda J Patterson +children
4.) Jennie Emily Guthrie: 22 Apr 1873 TX – 1 Nov 1904 TX – unmarried
5.) Lou Ethellia Guthrie: 22 May 1875 TX – 12 Aug 1957 CA (m.1900TX) William H Helbert +children
6.) Ruth Ann Guthrie: 16 Apr 1878 TX – 8 Feb 1967 TX (m.1899TX) Tavner Richards +children
7.) Orin Nelson Guthrie: 14 May 1881 TX – 7 May 1964 TX (m.19??) Rosie Mae White +children
8.) Katherine Izora Guthrie: 11 Nov 1884 TX – 2 Dec 1980 TX (m.19??) John Gilford Moore +child
9.) Dora Belle Guthrie: 1 Jan 1887 TX – 6 Oct 1969 NM (m.1906TX) Willis Frank Haynie +children
10.) Jeremiah Precel Guthrie: 3 Apr 1891 TX – 17 Jul 1959 TX (m.1917YX) Katherine Elizabeth Phipps +children

CHILD 7: SILAS RIDDLE GUTHRIE
Born 1845 MS – Died 1915 TX
Spouse: Salina Culpepper m. 13 Oct 1867 in Lavaca County, Texas, USA

Son Silas Riddle Guthrie was born in Mississippi on 25 Sep 1845, and was listed on the 1850 census with his parents and siblings in Lafayette County, Mississippi. They were living in Lavaca County, Texas by 1860.

According to his obituary, Silas Riddle Guthrie “was a native Texan, having been born near Gonzales. He had lived near Alpine for the past 30 years and was a pioneer ranchman of this section of the southwest. He was affectionately known as “Uncle Gid”. He located here just after the arrival of the railroads through this part of the country and his fund of stories and reminiscences of the early days of the trail was large and interesting. He had many times driven cattle across country to the Kansas and Nebraska markets and feeding grounds when the trip occupied many months. He made 21 such trips with his herds, one a year for 21 years. His outdoor life had made him sturdy and robust and he always enjoyed good health. “Uncle Gid” was very popular and was known to every cattleman in Texas. He was a member of both the Texas Cattle Raisers’ association and the Panhandle and Southwestern association. Though frequently importuned to accept public office in his home county, Mr Guthrie always refused nomination for any public office. He always replied that he had enough to do to take care of his own business, and he devoted himself strictly to his own affairs, although he always showed interest in politics and exercised his right to vote for the men he thought best equipped and qualified for office.” (Excerpt from Obituary published in the El Paso Herald, Monday, 6 Dec 1915 – Newspapers.com)

Silas Riddle Guthrie married Selena Culpepper in Lavaca County, Texas on 13 Oct 1867. They had one daughter. “Uncle Gid” died on 6 Dec 1915 in Brewster, Texas. His widow lived another 5 years. Her death occurred on 16 July 1920 in El Paso, Texas. They are buried at Elm Grove Cemetery in Alpine, Brewster, Texas.

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

1.) Ivy Guthrie: 13 Dec 1872 TX – 16 Apr 1960 TX (m.1892TX) William W Turney -no children

CHILD 8: JAMES AUSBORN GUTHRIE
Born 1847 MS – Died 1930 TX
Spouse: Bell Dora Boren m. 18 Mar 1871 in Belton, Bell County, Texas, USA

Guthrie Children: 11
Y-DNA Project Participants: NONE
Autosomal DNA Participants: YES

1.) California “Callie” Guthrie: 13 Dec 1873TX – 26 Jul 1963NM (m.1891TX) Stephen B Joyce +children
2.) Mary Alberta Guthrie: 27 Jun 1876TX – aft. 14 Jul 1880 TX – died in early childhood
3.) Marion Edward Guthrie: 17 Mar 1878TX – 10 Mar 1967CA (m.1906NM) Ethel Rebecca Riek +children
4.) David Arthur Guthrie: 2 Nov 1880TX – 11 Jun 1902TX – died at 21 years of age – unmarried
5.) (Unidentified Son) Guthrie: 5 Sep 1822 TX – 1822 TX – died in infancy
6.) Andrew Jackson Guthrie: 24 Jun 1883 TX – 15 Jun 1952 CA (m.1904NM) Sarah Bonaparte Haralson +children
7.) Myrtle Bell Guthrie: 12 Mar 1886TX – 3 Sep 1985 AZ (m.abt.1907) Monroe D Sledge +children
8.) Queenie Lavora Guthrie: 23 Mar 1888 TX – Oct 1983 NM (m.1903NM) William Jack Hiles +children
9.) William Isaac Guthrie: 25 Oct 1890TX – 8 Jun 1924TX (m.1913TX) Mabel Mary Stewart +child
10.) James Ausborn Guthrie: 5 Sep 1893TX – 10 Jun 1920 TX (m.19??) Joe Gae Foster +children
11.) (Unidentified Son) Guthrie: 31 May 1896 TX – 31 May 1896 TX – infant death

CHILD 9: SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA GUTHRIE aka “CALLIE”
Born 1849 MS – Died 1935 TX
Spouse: William Murphey Copeland m. 17 June 1869 Falls, Texas, USA

This very geographical name, San Francisco California Guthrie was shortened to ‘Callie’. She was born on 15 September 1859 in Jackson, Mississippi prior to the family’s move to Lavaca, Texas. She appeared on the Lafayette, Mississippi census of 1850, but was listed as an 8 year old in 1860 Halletsville, Lavaca, TX. Callie’s marriage to William Murphy Copeland took place when she was 19 years old in Falls County, TX on 17 June 1869. He was a farmer. They were in Bell County during the 1880 census, Williamson County in 1900, Motley County in 1910, and Hall in early 1920 before settling in Childress for their final days.

The 1900 census indicates Callie gave birth to 10 children, all of whom were still living at that time. William and Callie were together for over fifty years. He died 28 January 1920 in Childress, Texas. Callie lived for another 15 years. The 1930 census shows her as 81 and living in Childress, Texas with her daughter Minnie (Copeland) Ellison and son-in-law, George W. Ellison. William and Callie are buried at Tell Baptist Cemetery in Tell, Childress County, Texas.

Murphey Children: 10
Y-DNA Project Participants: NONE
Autosomal DNA Participants: NONE

1.) Elizabeth Copeland: 25 Nov 1870 TX – 31 Aug 1962 TX (m.1890TX) Isaac E Boren +child
2.) Annie Copeland: 26 Jan 1873 TX – 22 Apr 1946 TX (m.1891 TX) William M Glasscock +children
3.) James William Copeland: 28 May 1874TX – 2 Oct 1905OK (m.abt.1903) Ida Lucas +children
4.) Emma Mae Copeland: 23 Mar 1876TX – 24 Nov 1912 TX (m.1894TX) Emmett B Barnes +children
5.) Gilbert B B Copeland: 5 Sep 1878TX – 9 Mar 1939TX (m.abt. 1910) Alice Hatley +children
6.) Arthur Forrest Copeland: 21 Jul 1881TX – 5 Jun 1948TX (m. abt. 1904) Maggie Mae Walker +children
7.) Minnie Bell Copeland: 8 Oct 1883TX – 3 Apr 1964TX (m. 1924TX) George Washington Ellison -no children
8.) Iva DaLone Copeland: 4 May 1886TX – 1 Jul 1960TX (m.1905TX) Thomas James Keetch +children
9.) Jewel Pearl Copeland: 3 Sep 1889TX – 15 Jul 1969TX (m.1904TX) Charles Albert Keetch +children
10.) Earnest Wilburn Copeland: 14 May 1892 TX – 13 Jun 1951 TX (m.1941TX) Sallie Reeves -no children

CHILD 10: JEREMIAH PEARSALL GUTHRIE
Born 1852 TX – Died 1926 TX
Spouse 1: Joe Ann Sands m. 13 Jan 1874 in Bell County, Texas
Spouse 2: Mattie J McKenzie m. 28 Jun 1891 in Bell County, Texas

Jeremiah Pearsall Guthrie was the first of the Guthrie children born in Texas. His birth date is 11 April 1852. He was 21 at the time of his first marriage on 13 Jan 1874 in Bell County, Texas to Joe Ann Sands, the daughter of Charles G and Catharine (Cassinger) Sands. Unknown if this Sands family has any ancestral ties to John Sands who married Catharine Guthrie (1690RI-1769NY), daughter of Robert Guthrie and Anna Alcock of Block Island, Rhode Island. Joe Ann and Jeremiah had 4 children: Laura Lee, John Camel, Charles Edward, and Anna Maude. Jeremiah, called Jerry for short, was a farmer. Joe Ann died when she was only 23 years old on 24 Oct 1881. Her body was interred at Cedar Knob Cemetery in Salado, Bell County, Texas.

Jerry and Joe Ann’s descendants include grandson Woodrow Wilson “Woody” Guthrie (1912-1967), a singer-songwriter and political activist. His iconic folksong, written in 1940, is “This Land is Your Land.“

Ten years after his wife’s death, on 28 June 1891, Jeremiah Pearsall Guthrie married Martha J McKenzie nee Runnels, the widow of Robert E McKenzie. They had two daughters, Cally Etta and Mollie McKenzie. Jerry and Mattie initially lived in or near Killeen, Bell County, Texas, where their sons Geddis and Claude were born. They were living in the Oklahoma Territory during the births of their other children, Jeff and Ethel. The 1910 Census shows them living in Okemah Ward 1, Okfuskee, Oklahoma where Jerry was working as a dairy farmer and renting their home. He was listed as a general farmer in 1920 Hazilp, Creek, Oklahoma with just J P, 67, and Mattie, 63, listed in the household. Mattie died in Oklahoma sometime before 1926. Jerry moved to Amarillo, Texas where his daughter Laura Moore, and son John Guthrie were living.

The Okfuskee County News, on Thursday, 7 Jan 1909 noted, “J.P. Guthrie, father of C.E. Guthrie, clerk of the district court, was here this week visiting and looking over the country. He may locate to Okfuskee county.”

The Okemah Ledger on Thursday, 18 April 1912 posted that “J.P. guthrie moved up to his cattle ranch near Bristow, Okla., this week, and will spend the summer there tending his cattle.”

The Hobart Daily Republican, on Wednesday, 30 June 1920, mentioned that “J.P. Guthrie of Granite was in the city today to take the examination for cream dealer’s license.”

Here’s a clue regarding Mattie’s DOD. She was alive the night prior to Monday, 16 Jan 1922 when the Kingfisher Daily News published: “Mrs J P Guthrie who has been visiting at the W A Clift home near Cashion, left last evening for her home in Wakita.”

The Okfuskee County News of Thursday, May 3, 1923 published a brief announcement on page 5:
“J. P. Guthrie, of Olive, in Creek county was in Okemah the first of the week visiting his son, C.E. Guthrie, and looking after business matters. Mr Guthrie formerly lived in Okemah.”

On Friday, February 26, 1926, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram published the following article:

Jerry died on 26 Dec 1926 in Amarillo, Potter, Texas.

Guthrie Children: 8
Y-DNA Project Participants: YES
Autosomal DNA Participants: YES

1.) Laura Lee Guthrie: 4 Jan 1875 TX – 4 Jan 1964 CA (m.1892TX) Granville Houston Moore +children
2.) John Camel Guthrie: 27 Nov 1876 TX – 20 Jan 1943 CA (m.1905) Lee Ethel Worley +children
3.) Charles Edward Guthrie: 6 Jan 1879 TX – Oct 1956 OK (m1.1904NM) Nora Belle Sherman +children, (m2.1931NM) Bettie Jean McPherson
4.) Anna Maude Guthrie: 28 Mar 1881 TX – 1 Jun 1964 TX (m1.1898) W E Phillips +child; (m2.1900) Robert Eugene Boydstun +children
5.) George Geddis Gideon Guthrie: 22 Mar 1893TX – 1 Aug 1967 OK (m1.abt.1915) Blanche Beatrice Usher +children; (m2.1934AR) Florence Wella Marshall
6.) Claude W Guthrie: 23 Mar 1895 TX – 15 Jul 1979 OK (m.1920) Cleo Park +child
7.) Jefferson Davis Guthrie: 12 May 1901 OK – 21 Jan 1980 CO (m1.1919OK) Josephine Smokey Smith; (m2. abt.1929 TX) Mildred Allene Boydstun +children
8.) Ethel Guthrie: abt.1904 – bef.1910 – died during infancy or early childhood

CHILD 11: EMILY SPARTIS GUTHRIE
Born 1855 TX – Died 1939 TX
Spouse: William Lawson Smith m. 10 Jul 1873 in Bell County, Texas

Emily Spartis Guthrie, a daughter of William Edward Guthrie by his 2nd wife Etheldra Ruth Beasley, was born on 3 May 1855 in Lavaca County, Texas. She was listed as 6 years old during the 1860 census in Hallettsville, Lavaca. Emily was 18 at her marriage to William Lawson Smith on 8 July 1873 in Bell County, Texas. William was a farmer. He died on 13 Jun 1906 in Fannin, Texas when he was 53. Emily had 10 children, 3 of which died in early childhood. Those children have unidentified DOB/DOD, so the birth order of the children below is actually unknown. Emily’s death came at 83 years of age in Olton, Lamb, Texas on 1 April 1939. She was buried at Olton Cemetery.

Smith Children: 10
Y-DNA Project Participants: NONE
Autosomal DNA Participants: NONE

1.) Roșie Smith: born bet. 1874 – 1900 TX – died in early childhood
2.) Mae Smith: born bet. 1874 – 1900 TX – died in early childhood
3.) William Archie Guthrie: born bet. 1874 – 1900 TX – died in early childhood
4.) Jesse Pearl Smith: 2 Jul 1875 TX – Bef. 1898 TX (m.1891TX) James William Calhoun +child
5.) Cora Beatrice Smith: 3 Nov 1877TX – 1964TX (m.1895TX) Summie Fee Bennett +children
6.) Samuel Jefferson Smith: 16 Dec 1879TX – 11 Apr 1961 (m1.1903) Rena Moore +children; (m2.1908) Alice Maggie Lee Grayson +children
7.) William Renfro Smith: 20 Jan 1885TX – 10 Oct 1956TX (m.abt.1908) Ovie Eloyce Mills +children; (m.2) Lela Walter Hedrick +child
8.) Ernest Edward Smith: 29 Sep 1889TX – 29 Dec 1941NM (m.abt 1923) Queen Isabella Gundlach +children
9.) John Brown Smith: 17 Feb 1891TX – 24 Jan 1980TX (m.abt.1920) Ola A King +child
10.) Dolores Vivian Smith: 3 Feb 1895TX – 29 Jul 1980TX (m.abt1912) Charles Bennett +children

CHILD 12: THEODOCIA NANCY GUTHRIE
Born 1857 TX – Died 1866 TX
Died Young @ about 9 years of age

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

CHILD 13: ROXIE GUTHRIE
Born 1858 TX – DIED 1876
Died Young @ about 18 years of age

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

CHILD 14: JEFFERSON DAVIS GUTHRIE
Born 1861 TX – Died 1941 TX
Spouse 1: Emily Ann Williams m. abt. 1883 in Texas
Spouse 2: Mattie Elizabeth Jordan m. 3 Mar 1903 in Bell County, Texas

Jefferson Davis Guthrie was born in Texas on 14 July 1861 and presumably named for the president of the Confederate States of America. The Confederacy had officially formed just months earlier on 8 Feb 1861. Jeff was raised in Bell County, Texas where he was listed with the family with his parents on the 1880 census. He was the only child remaining at home at the time, then 18 and working as a farm laborer.

Around 1883-95 he married Emily Ann Williams, presumably in Bell County, TX. She was a daughter of William Williams and Ann Elizabeth Millard, born in Walnut Tree, Yell County, Arkansas on 11 Feb 1866. They had moved to Texas and were living in Burnet County, Texas during the 1880 census. After their marriage they lived in Killeen, Bell County, Texas. Jeff worked as a blacksmith and farmer. Emily Ann was the mother of five: Shadrick Marion Guthrie, Anne Lou Guthrie, Ira Nugent Guthrie, Zettie Sybil Guthrie, and Susan Rebecca ‘Reba’ Guthrie. Jeff’s wife Emily Ann died on 1 Nov 1901 in Killeen, Bell, Texas.

Two years later, Jeff Guthrie chose to remarry. His second wife was Mattie Elizabeth Jordan, a daughter of James Winston Jordan and Mary Elizabeth Horn. She was about 24 at the time to his 41. They were parents to 7 children: Mattie May Guthrie, Vivian Estelle Guthrie, William Earnest Guthrie, Alma Lea Guthrie, Franklin Dean Guthrie, Joe Newman Guthrie, and Jay Dee Guthrie. Note Jay Dee’s birth name was Bettie P Guthrie and the altered name is noted on an amended birth certificate with a corrected DOB of 5 Apr instead of 6 Apr 1919.

Between 1900 and 1940, the family lived in various Texas counties: Bell (1900), Jones (1910), Burnet (1920), Bell (1930), Coryell (1935) and Bell (1940). Jefferson Davis Guthrie died on 2 July 1941 in Killeen, Bell, Texas. He was 79 years, 11 months, and 18 days of age. His widow Mattie lived for another 18 years. Her death came on 18 Nov 1959 in Belton, Bell, Texas. She was 80 years old.

Guthrie Children: 12
Y-DNA Project Participants: NONE
Autosomal DNA Participants: NONE

1.) Shadrick Marion Guthrie: 27 Apr 1886TX – 21 Nov 1946TX (m.1913TX) Cora Frances Peavis +children
2.) Anna Lou Guthrie: 7 Jun 1891TX – 25 Feb 1958CO (m.abt.1911) George A Barrett +child
3.) Ira Nugent Guthrie: 2 Oct 1893TX – 4 Sep 1970TX – unmarried
4.) Zettie Sybil Guthrie: 13 Oct 1896TX – 16 Oct 1967TX (m1.1914TX) Robert Levy Burcham +children; (m2.1960TX) Charlie H Steelman
5.) Susan Rebecca Guthrie: 31 Jan 1899TX – 15 Jun 1973TX (m.1915TX) Thomas Nugent Parsons +children
6.) Mattie May Guthrie: 19 Jan 1904TX – 10 Jan 1963TX (m.1924TX) Ples Melville Hallmark +children
7.) Vivian Estelle Guthrie: 22 Jan 1906TX – 2 Aug 1998TX (m.1924TX) Herschel Wilson Doss +children
8.) William Earnest Guthrie: 3 Jul 1907TX – 25 Nov 1992TX
9.) Alma Lea Guthrie: 15 Oct 1908TX – 15 Aug 1968 (m.1927TX) Herman Edward Altum +children
10.) Franklin Dean Guthrie: 1 Sep 1909TX – 20 Aug 1970TX (m.1931TX) Lou Ada Smith +children
11.) Joe Newman Guthrie: 27 Jul 1916TX – 2 Sep 2011TX (m.1939TX) Nora Dean Kokos +children
12.) Jay Dee Guthrie: 5 Apr 1919TX – 15 Oct 2004TX (m.1936TX) Edgar Newton Altum +children

READING and RESOURCES

Original Grantor Index A-Z 1811-1913 – FHL 007897843
Letter G Index Begins IMG 87 of 417 and GU Begins IMG 106 of 417
Guthrie, William to Lacy, Martin – Book B – 159
Guthrie, William to Mercer, William – Book B – 317
Guthrie, Mary J and others to Kirkpatrick, W D – Book Z – 344

BOOK: Jillson, Willard Rouse (1925) The Kentucky Land Grants – A Systematic Index to All of the Land Grants Recorded in the State Land Office at Frankfort, Kentucky 1782 – 1924, 1 Volume in 2 Parts. Digital Repository: Family Search.
p.823 Grants West of Tennessee River
Guthry, Shadrick – 160A – Book 2 – p.171 – NW Qr Sec 34 – T1 R3 W
Guthrie, Shadrack – 160 A – Book 3 – p.30 – NW Qr Sec 25 – T2 R2 E
Guthrie, Wm – 160A – Book 3 – p.31 – NW Qr Sec 25 – T2 R2 E
Guthrie, Shadrick – 160A – Book 3 – p.258 – SW Qr Sec 25 – T2 R2 E
Guthrie, Owen – 160A – Book 3 – p.260 – SW Qr Sec 36 – T3 R1 E
Guthry, Orin – 160A – Book 5 – p.30 – SE Qr Sec 36 – T3 R1 E
Guthry, Orin – 160 – Book 6 – p.117 – SE Qr Sec 25 – T2 R2 E

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH of WILLIAM E GUTHRIE:
Written by the subject’s great-great-granddaughter, Mrs Travis Clinton for Lafayette County Heritage.

DOCUMENTS: Deed Records, 1830-1889, Lafayette County, Mississippi
Deed Index and Records are locked to regular online viewing. Must be at FHL or an associated center.

DOCUMENTS: Deed Records, 1850-1902 with Index, Bell County, Texas
Deed Index and Records are locked to regular online viewing. Must be at FHL or an associated center.

DOCUMENTS: Tax Assessment Rolls, Bell County, Texas – Online Database, Digital Repository, Family Search

BOOK: Boethel, Paul C. (1932). The History of Lavaca County, 1685-1930.

DATABASE: Culpepper Family Tree (Complete Version). Compiler: Lew Griffin.

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

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