Guthrie Family Group 5 – Branch G
ZACHARIAH T GUTHRIE and SUSAN L ALEXANDER
of Cobb , Heard, and Carroll Counties, Georgia, USA

ZACHARIAH T GUTHRIE
Parents: Henry Guthrie (1812GA – 1855GA) and Manerva Lyon (1813GA – 1896AL)
Birth: 1852 (obituary) or Bet. 1851-1856 (census records vary)
Birth Location: Cobb County, Georgia, USA
Occupation: Shoemaker, Grocery Store Merchant
Military Service: Unknown (Eligible for service during the Spanish-American War)
Marriage: Susan L Alexander about 1881 in Heard County, Georgia, USA
Death: 13 Jan 1911
Death Location: Carroll County, Georgia, USA
Burial: Roopville City Cemetery, Roopville, Carroll County, Georgia, USA

SUSAN L ALEXANDER
Parents: William Sanford Alexander and Mary Ann Frances Akins
Birth: 29 Oct 1854
Birth Location: Coweta County, Georgia, USA
Guthrie Children: Yes
Death: 3 Apr 1920
Death Location: Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, USA
Burial: Roopville City Cemetery, Roopville, Carroll County, Georgia, USA

NOTES:

Many trees do not list Zachariah or his sister Frances as children of Henry Guthrie & Manerva Lyon, but both are found in the 1860 census with the widow and her other children.

Zachariah T Guthrie was born sometime between 1851 and 1856 according to census records or in 1852 per his obituary. The latter date is closest to the 1860 census, which is the earliest one listing him with his mother and siblings. (Note the transcription accidentally lists him as 19 instead of 9 and born about 1841 instead of about 1851.) Presumably, he is named for US President Zachary Taylor, who served in that office from 1849 until his death in 1850.

There is a Zachariah T Guthrie in the records born about 1854 in Georgia who married Susan L Alexander. He was living in Heard County, Georgia in 1880 and working as a shoemaker, an occupation frequently found in this particular family. I believe that this man is Henry & Manerva’s son. Check out the original census record rather than the transcript as there is an obvious error in the transcription, which lists Z T Guthrie as a son of M D Akins. In actuality, the original record is a listing of the Alexander household. M D Akins it the 71 year old mother of the Head of Household. Z T Guthrie is listed as a hired laborer, a shoemaker. His future wife, Susan is a daughter of the household.

Y-DNA from a descendant of son Albert Walton Guthrie can confirm a GFG5 match.

According to his obituary, Zachariah moved to Roopville in Carroll County, Georgia about 1879. It was there he met and married Miss Susan Alexander, by whom he had five children. Only three children survived him. For many years he conducted a shoe shop, and later a grocery and confectionary store. He also ran the only Public Boarding House in town. (See Obituaries for both Zachariah and Susan for Full Details.)

Guthrie Children: 5
Y-DNA Project Participants: NONE
Autosomal DNA Participants: NONE

CHILD 1: ANNIE LEE GUTHRIE
Born: 11 Dec 1882 (“1885”) GA – Died: 25 Nov 1943 GA @ Age: about 60 (“57”)
Spouse 1: Patrick Henry Smith m. Roopville, Georgia, USA on 11 Feb 1909 (Divorced)
Spouse 2: John Strain Johnson m. Fall 1920 in Georgia or Florida, USA
Smith Children: Yes
Johnson Children: Yes
Y-DNA Project Participants: N/A – Female Guthrie
Autosomal DNA Participants: NONE

Note there is a case of mistaken identity for Annie Lee Guthrie. She is erroneously listed in at least one Ancestry tree as the wife of Beverly Asbury Guthrie of Cobb County, GA. His wife was Anna L Corley.

Annie Lee, the daughter of Zachariah and Susan (Alexander) Guthrie, was born on 11 Dec 1885 near Roopville in Carroll County, Georgia. She was 23 at the time of her first marriage to Patrick Henry Smith in 1909. He was a farmer, labor agent for a nitrate plant, and later a dry goods salesman / store clerk. They were renting a farm in Center, Cherokee, Alabama during the 1910 census.

Patrick signed up for the WWI draft in 1918 described as being of medium height and build, blue eyes and brown hair. The nearest relative he listed was one of his brothers rather than his wife. Patrick and Annie divorced before the 1920 census when she is found living at 197 South Pryor Street in Atlanta with her mother Susie Guthrie 65, son Terrell Smith, 9, sister Mary Johnson, 24, brother-in-law, M L Johnson 29, and several boarders. Her mother is listed as a Boardinghouse Keeper. Her father, Zachariah T Guthrie had died in 1911.

In September of 1920, The Atlanta Constitution announced Mrs Annie Guthrie Smith’s engagement to Mr John Straun Johnson, of Tampa, Florida. They had one son, Franklin Walton Johnson, born in 1922. He became an engineer for McDonald-Douglas, and was a WWII veteran. John had been previously married and had a daughter, Martha Lanice Johnson and son Pharrell Johnson with his first wife Ella Rogers whom he apparently divorced.

John S Johnson received severe injuries when he was struck by a car. He died 22 May 1932 in Atlanta. His body was returned to Nashville for burial. Annie Lee (Guthrie) Johnson died on 25 Nov 1943 in Atlanta.

CHILD 2: ALBERT WALTON GUTHRIE
Born: 17 Oct 1885 GA – Died: 24 Oct 1965 GA @ Age: 80
Spouse: Mary Dozier m. 31 Aug 1914 in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA
Occupations: Accountant, and later Proprietor of a Tourist Home
Military Service: Unknown – Completed draft cards for WWI (1918) and WWII (1942)
Guthrie Children: Yes
Y-DNA Project Participants: NONE
Autosomal DNA Participants: NONE

Albert Walton Guthrie was born in Roopville, Carroll County, Georgia on 17 Oct 1885. He was still a student during the 1900 census at 14 years of age. He married in Atlanta on 31 Aug 1914 to Mary Dozier. In 1918, he completed his WWI Draft Registration Card, which described Albert as being tall, of medium build, with light hair and blue eyes. At that time he was a Cashier for the Standard Motor Car Company.

Albert and Mary settled in Mobile, Alabama where he worked as an accountant. At the age of 57, he met the criteria for the ‘Old Man’s Draft’ for WWII completing his Draft Registration Card. He was listed at 5′ 10″ and 215lbs with Black Hair and Blue Eyes, and a Light complexion. DOB 17 Oct 1885 in Roopville, GA. Current residence was listed as Washington, DC where he worked for High’s Dairy Products.

They had two children: Odette C Guthrie (1918-2003) and Walter Dozier Guthrie (1936-1985).

CHILD 3: MARY M GUTHRIE
Born: Aug 1895 GA – Died: Aft. 1940 @ Age: Unk
Spouse: Martin ‘Luther’ or ‘M L’ Johnson m. 18 Dec 1915 in Carroll County, Georgia, USA
Johnson Children: No
Y-DNA Project Participants: N/A – Female Guthrie
Autosomal DNA Participants: N/A – No Known Descendants

CHILD 4: INFANT of GUTHRIE
Born: Bet. 1881-1900GA – Died: Bet. 1881-1900GA @ Age: Unknown

The 1900 census indicates that Susan L (Alexander) Guthrie had given birth to 5 children, only 3 of whom were living by that time. Both Zachariah and Susan are buried in Row 14 of Roopville City Cemetery in Carroll Co., Georgia. Also in Row 14 are two other Guthrie graves. One is for “Infant of Guthrie” presumed to be one of their children who died during childbirth or infancy. No dates of birth or death on the marker. Nor any indication of gender. See Find-a-Grave Memorial 126499659.

CHILD 5: L.S. or W. S. GUTHRIE
Born: Bet. 1881-1900GA – Died: Bet. 1881-1900GA @ Age: Unknown

The birth order of these two children amongst the overall five is unknown. This child’s marker appears to be carved as “W. S. Guthrie”, but the Find-a-Grave site transcribes it as “L. S. Guthrie”. Gender and DOB/ DOD are unknown. See Find-a-Grave Memorial 126499649.

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