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R.A. Guthrie Biography
Contributed by: David Donahue |
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This material was
originally donated to the TNGenWeb where it shall remain in Legacy.
This information was taken from Goodspeed's History of Tennessee published
in 1886/1887. |
R. A. Guthrie, farmer, and native of Perry County, Tenn., was
born on the 28th of November, 1836, and is one of three children born to
Andrew H. and Jane (Kirkpatrick) Guthrie, who were born in North Carohina
and Sumner County, Tenn., respectively. They were married in the hatter
place, and came to Perry County about 1835. They followed farming for a
livelihood and continued the same until the father's death, in 1864. Our
subject's early days were spent on his father's farm. At the commencement
of the war he joined the Sixth Tennessee Federal Cavalry, but was soon
detailed home to raise a company for the Second Tennessee Mounted Infantry
(Federal) and served as captain of that company until the dose of the war,
being discharged at Nashville in May, 1865. He then returned home and has
since been an energetic tiller of the soil, locating on his present farm
in 1874. In 1869 he married Mrs. Nancy J. Dodson, nee Webb, and their
marriage has been blessed in the birth of two children: James M. and
Mollie A. (deceased). The mother of these children died February 1, 1880.
Mr. Guthrie then married Eliza Sims, in November, 1880. They have two
children: Bessie L. and Flary. Mr. Guthrie is a member of the F. & A. M.,
and he and his wife are members of the Methodist Church. |
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