Guthrie Family Group 6 – Branch C
JAMES G GUTHRIE (1825 PA – 1901 PA)
and SUSAN M WOLF and CATHERINE BARGER
of Lycoming, Jefferson, and Clearfield Counties, Pennsylvania, USA

Work in Progress – Research Pending

JAMES G GUTHRIE

PARENTS: James P Guthrie (1801-1840) and Martha Fansey (Inferred with Y-DNA match to line)
BIRTH: 18 Feb 1826
BIRTH LOCATION: Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, USA
OCCUPATION: Blacksmith
MILITARY SERVICE: Army – Rank: Private Soldier – Company G. 13 PA Cavalry
MARRIAGE 1: SUSAN M WOLF about 1850-1858 in Pennsylvania, USA
MARRIAGE 2: CATHERINE BARGER 1874-1880 in Pennsylvania, USA
DEATH: 29 Jul 1901 (COD: Old Age) 75y 5m 11d
DEATH LOCATION: Wallaceton, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, USA
BURIAL LOCATION: Bigler, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, USA. Plot: Row 20.
NOTES:
James G Guthrie is a prospective, but likely child of James P Guthrie & Martha Fansey. He is living in the right place at the right time to be one of the unidentified children. One of his sons is belongs to GFG6, which would make James G Guthrie an inferred GFG6 match.

James was born in Williamsport, Lycoming, PA in Feb 1825. He was twice married. First to Susan M Wolf by whom he had 5 children. Their marriage took place between 1850 and 1858. The census records for 1850 show a Susan Wolf living with the Lohr family in Somerset, PA, but also a James Guthrie and wife Susannah Guthrie living in Jefferson, PA. James and Susan’s eldest known child was not born until about 1859. The couple and any children have not been found in the 1860 census, which may have identified other children or provided a better picture of their marriage date.

James G Guthrie (also listed as Guthery) was served as an Army private in Company G 13 PA Cavalry during the Civil War. (US Army Register of Enlistments, Civil War Pension Index, 1890 Veterans Schedule, Veterans Burial Card). Enlistment records list him as 21 with grey eyes, brown hair, and dark complexion, standing at 5’10” tall. He was born in Lycoming County, PA and working as a blacksmith. Enlisted out of Williamsport.

When his wife Susan (Wolf) Guthrie died about 1874 the two youngest children were adopted out of the family. James remarried to Catherine Barker prior to 1880. He died 29 July 1901 in Wallaceton, Clearfield, PA.

SUSAN M WOLF aka ‘Susannah/Susann’

PARENTS: Unidentified.
BIRTH: about 1832
BIRTH LOCATION: Pennsylvania, USA
GUTHRIE CHILDREN: YES
DEATH: 1874 – 1880
DEATH LOCATION: Pennsylvania, USA, probably in Clearfield County
BURIAL LOCATION: Bigler, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, USA – Plot: Row 20.
NOTES:
Susan Wolf’s parents remain unidentified. Her husband James’ older brother, John Guthrie, had married a Catherine Wolf, a likely relation. James’ younger sister had married G Michael Wolf, another likely relation.

Since Susan’s exact marriage year is unknown, exploring census records for possible Wolf or Guthrie findings is important. Presumably, Susan and James had married by 1859 when their eldest known son was born. The 1850 census of Somerset, PA shows a Susan Wolf of the correct approximate age living with the Lohr family, either as a domestic servant, relative by marriage, or orphaned/ward. No direct parentage links are found for her. The other option in 1850 involves James. There is a young couple, James Guthrie, 26, laborer, and inferred spouse, Susannah Guthrie, 21, living in Ringgold, Jefferson, PA. No children listed. Next door are the households of John Guthrie, wife Catharine, and family; and Thomas Guthrie and wife Catharine. These are two of James G Guthrie’s prospective brothers making this record the more likely match.

CATHERINE BARGER aka ‘KATE’

PARENTS: Joseph Barger (1790-1866) and Catherine Herman (1799-1876)
BIRTH: 3 Oct 1834
BIRTH LOCATION: Pennsylvania, USA
MARRIAGE 1: GEORGE B PETERS (1822-1873) about 1851, probably in Clearfield, Pennsylvania
PETERS CHILDREN: YES (5 – Only 3 living by 1900)
MARRIAGE 2: JAMES G GUTHRIE about 1874-1880, probably in Clearfield, Pennsylvania
GUTHRIE CHILDREN: NONE
DEATH: 12 Jun 1907 (COD: Acute Nephritis)
DEATH LOCATION: Clearfield, Pennsylvania, USA
BURIAL LOCATION: Bigler Cemetery, Bigler, Clearfield, Pennsylvania< USA
NOTES:
Kate outlived both husbands by decades.

GUTHRIE CHILDREN: 5
Sons: Wilson Cline Guthrie (1859), William Pervines Guthrie (1869), Justice Oliver Guthrie aka ‘Jesse’ (1874)
Daughters: Frances Cecelia Guthrie (1866), Ida May Guthrie (1872)

YDNA Project Participants: Yes*
Family Finder Participants: No

*The lineage of Justice Oliver Guthrie & Nellie Bodreau was designated as GFG6 – Branch G.

CHILD 1: WILSON CLINE GUTHRIE

BIRTH: 3 Dec 1859 – DEATH: 3 Dec 1932 @ Age: 73
SPOUSE: EFFIE MAY GOOD
CHILDREN: YES – 10 known
Y-DNA PROJECT PARTICIPANTS: NONE
AUTOSOMAL DNA PARTICIPANTS: NONE

NOTES: I am always suspicious when the birth and death dates are the same, but December 3rd is listed on Wilson’s PA Death Certificate for both. Was it a clerical error or a birthday tragedy? Census estimates range from birth date in 1859 – 1861. Find-a-Grave lists Dec 1862 for his birth.

Wilson Cline Guthrie was a teamster and farmer. He was in his mid-twenties at his marriage to Effie May Good. They were already living in Boggs, Clearfield, Pennsylvania were Wilson had been working as a laborer for his father, James G. Guthrie. The couple had 10 known children born between 1882 and 1908: 8 girls and 2 boys. Effie died at 60 years of age on 8 Mar 1926. Wilson’s death came five years later. They were both buried at Bigler Cemetery in Clearfield County, PA

Children:
1.) Helen Almeda Guthrie: 12 Feb 1882PA – 7 Jun 1930PA (49y), m.(1889) Mitchell Graffius +children
2.) Grace Susan Guthrie: Mar 1865PA – 25 Feb 1956NY (70y), m.(1901) John Wesley Taylor +children
3.) Alberta Rachel Guthrie: 4 Dec 1887PA – 18 Feb 1945 (57y), m1.(1905) Charles Henry Graffius +children, m2.(bef.1940) Thomas Henry Smeal -no children.
4.) Edna Mary Guthrie: 20 Nov 1889PA – 13 Feb 1943PA (53y), m.(1905) Wilbert Stonebreaker +children
5.) Lloyd Edward Guthrie: 17 Feb 1892PA – 5 May 1948PA (56y) m.(1913)/sep.or div. Ivy ‘Verna’ Wisor -no children
6.) Vada Belle Guthrie: 19 Dec 1894PA – 10 Feb 1955PA (60y) m.(1917) James Henry Smeal +children
7.) Mabel R Guthrie: 9 Aug 1898PA – 23 Jul 1935PA (36y) m.(abt.1916) Pearl Allen Lumadue +children
8.) Josephine Guthrie: 22 Sep 1900PA – May 1981PA (80y) m.(1915) Charles E Husted +children
9.) Boyd Robert Guthrie: 13 Apr 1905PA – 7 Sep 1959PA (54y) m1.Gertrude Beatrice Robison +children, m2. Grace Regina Simmons.
10.) Twila Viola Guthrie: 27 Feb 1908PA – 23 Dec 1931PA (23y) – unmarried.

CHILD 2: FRANCES CECELIA GUTHRIE aka “FANNIE”

BIRTH: 20 Oct 1866 PA – DEATH: 1 Aug 1946 PA @ Age: 79
SPOUSE: George V Swigart m. abt. 1884
SWIGART CHILDREN: YES (4 / 2 known)
Y-DNA PROJECT PARTICIPANTS: N/A – Female Guthrie
AUTOSOMAL DNA PARTICIPANTS: NONE

NOTES: Frances Cecelia Guthrie was born 20 Oct 1886 in Osceola Mills, Clearfield, Pennsylvania. She was the first known daughter of James and Susan (Wolf) Guthrie. Her marriage to George V Sweigart took place when she was about 18. No marriage record found. His parents were Benjamin and Sarah (Bollach) Sweigart. George worked as a coal miner. They lived in Coalport, Clearfield, PA through the 1900 census, which indicates Fannie had given birth to 4 children, 2 of whom were living at that time, sons Clarence Justus Sweigart and John Wilson Sweigart. During the 1910 and 1920 censuses, the family was in Rush, Centre, Pennsylvania, but moved back to Coalport by 1930. George Sweigart died 7 Jun 1934 at the age of 67 of a cardiac condition. Fannie outlived him by 12 years. She was 79 years old at her death on 1 Aug 1946, of toxemia from metastatic liver cancer. Her remains were interred at Beaver Valley Cemetery in Clinton, Cambria, Pennsylvania.

Children:
1.) Clarence Justus Swigart: 19 Feb 1886 PA – 19 Jul 1957 PA m. Minnie Guthrie +children
2.) John Wilson Sweigart: 27 Jan 1892 PA – 5 Oct 1951 PA m. Myrtle Lovina Vaughn +children

CHILD 3: WILLIAM PERVINES GUTHRIE

BIRTH: 3 Sep 1869 PA – DEATH: 10 Dec 1954 @ Age: 85y
SPOUSE: Lida Mae Shugart m. 23 Jun 1892 at Wallaceton, Clearfield, PA
GUTHRIE CHILDREN: YES (5 / 3 living in 1900)
Y-DNA PROJECT PARTICIPANTS: NONE
AUTOSOMAL DNA PARTICIPANTS: NONE

NOTES: William Pervines Guthrie was a butcher by trade and a member of the Greenwood Evangelical United Brethren Church. He married 23 Jun 1892 in Wallaceton to Lida Mae Sugar. They had 5 children, only 3 of whom are known or survived to adulthood. His wife Lida died in 1953 and William followed the following year on 10 Dec 1953. He had been living with his daughter, Thelma (Guthrie) Lansberry.

Children:
1.) Rue E Guthrie
2.) Paul E Guthrie
3.) Thelma R Guthrie

CHILD 4: IDA MAE GUTHRIE

BIRTH: 1872 – DEATH: 1964 @ Age:
SPOUSE:
CHILDREN:
Y-DNA PROJECT PARTICIPANTS: N/A – Female Guthrie
AUTOSOMAL DNA PARTICIPANTS: NONE

NOTES:

CHILD 5: JUSTICE OLIVER GUTHRIE

BIRTH: 1874 – DEATH: 1948 @ Age:
SPOUSE:
CHILDREN:
Y-DNA PROJECT PARTICIPANTS: YES
AUTOSOMAL DNA PARTICIPANTS: NONE

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