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R.A. Guthrie Biography

 

 

 

 

Contributed by:  David Donahue  
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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