Guthrie Family Group 5 – Branch D
ALEXA GUTHRIE 1822OH-1918IA and JAMES MADISON WILLIAMS
of Ohio and Iowa, USA

ALEXA GUTHRIE aka “LEXA”
Parents: James C Guthrie 1795 GA – 1862 IA and Nancy Corn 1798 VA – 1857 IA
Birth: 01 January 1822
Birth Location: Ohio, USA
Marriage: James Madison Williams 11 Dec 1856 in Jasper County, Iowa, USA
Williams Children: 2 – James Guthrie Williams (1857), Leroy Williams (1862
Death: 17 January 1918
Death Location: Des Moines, Jasper County, Iowa, USA
Burial: Monroe Cemetery, Monroe, Jasper County, Iowa, USA

JAMES MADISON WILLIAMS
Parents: Matthew Williams
Birth: 15 January 1815
Birth Location: Randolph County, North Carolina, USA
Marriage (1st): Agnes Allen on 3 April 1834 in Morgan County, Indiana, USA
Children by 1st Wife: 3 – George W Williams (1835), Stokley Williams (1838), John Williams (1841)
Marriage (2nd): Alexa ‘Lexa’ Guthrie on 11 Dec 1856 in Jasper County, Iowa, USA
Occupation: Farmer – Fruit (Plum, Pear, Apple, Grape)
Military Service: Civil War – Corporal – Company G, Iowa 18th Infantry Regiment
Death: 18 September 1902
Death Location: Monroe City, Jasper, Iowa, USA
Burial: Monroe Cemetery, Monroe, Jasper County, Iowa, USA

Lexa Guthrie was born in Ohio on 1 Jan 1822. She married widower James Madison Williams in 1856 when she was 34 years of age. After their marriage they settled in Des Moines, Jasper, Iowa. The couple had two children of their own, sons James Guthrie Williams and Leroy Williams

James was a Civil War soldier enlisting in Company G of the Iowa 18th Infantry Regiment on 6 August 1862. The company fought in the battles of Springfield, Missouri; Poison Spring; Saline River, and skirmished fifty days down to the Red River, and back to Fort Smith under General Steele. He mustered out at Fort Smith, Arkansas on 19 January 1865. A fruit farmer, his 160 acre property contained two plum trees, two pear trees, 180 apple trees, and 300 grape vines. He died in 1902 at 87 years of age. Lexa was 96 at her death on 17 January 1918 in Jasper County, Iowa. She is buried at Monroe Cemetery. Her obituary was published in the Monroe Mirror.

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

CHILD 1: JAMES GUTHRIE WILLIAMS
Born 15 December 1857 IA – Died 14 March 1942 IA
Spouse: Mary Ann Reed m. 1883 IA

James Guthrie Williams was the eldest of James and Lexa’s two children. He was born 15 Dec 1857 in Jasper County, Iowa. Like his father, he became a farmer. His marriage to Mary Ann Reed took place when he was in his mid-twenties. They had one daughter. James died on 14 March 1942 in Monroe, Jasper, Iowa. His widow died on 23 December 1932.

Williams Children: 1
Y-DNA Project Participants: N/A – Descendant of a Female Guthrie
Autosomal DNA Participants: NONE

1.) Alda Williams: 8 Jun 1885 IA – 26 Oct 1964 IA (m.1919 IA) Jens Peter Sorensen -no children

CHILD 2: LEROY MADISON WILLIAMS
Born 26 September 1862 IA – Died 7 January 1956 IA
Spouse: Anna Nimmo m. about 1901-3 IA

Leroy Madison Williams was born in Jasper County, Iowa, grew to adulthood, and lived there during his 93 years of life. He was a farmer. His marriage to Anna Nimmo took place about 1901-1903. They had three children born between 1904 and 1912. Anna died in 1951 and Leroy five years later in 1956.

Williams Children: 3
Y-DNA Project Participants: N/A – Descendant of a Female Guthrie
Autosomal DNA Participants: NONE

1.) Grace Marie Williams: 3 Jan 1904 IA – 11 Jan 1989 IA (m.1933IA) George Marvin Garland +children
2.) Edith I Williams: 16 Feb 1907 IA – 14 Dec 1991 IA – unmarried
3.) Wayne L Williams: 30 Mar 1912 IA – 14 Oct 1997 (m.1966 Mrs. Joye Faye (Patterson) Richardson +stepchildren

READING and RESOURCES

BOOK: Hedge, Manoah (1906) Past and Present of Mahaska County, Iowa: together with biographical sketches of many of its prominent and leading citizens and illustrious dead.Digital Repository: Internet Archive.
Biographical Sketch of Rev. James D Guthrie and family, pp.411-413

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