This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/IBh.2ACIB/1041.1 Message Board Post: Dear Rick, I believe that this individual is seen in my annotated census transcripts as follows: 1880 Census transcript / Clarke Co Library CD Proctor, Wetzel Co., WV p. 79A (FHL file 1255415; Nat Archives T9-1415) James Guthrie 58 VA (March 24, 1822) Harriet Guthrie wife 45 VA (April 28, 1834) [m. 23 Sep, 1852] Virginia F. Guthrie dau 24 VA (March 18, 1855) Manda J. Guthrie dau 17 VA (August 29, 1862; Amanda J.) Robt. E. Guthrie son 15 WV (February 4, 1865; Robert E.L.) [Samuel P. Guthrie, b. July 18, 1868, d. ~July 28, 1868] Sanford Guthrie son 7 WV (b. March 25, 1873) 1900 Census, Wetzel Co WV/UGA library microfilm 107-107 Guthrie, Robert E.L. head Feb 1865 35 M13 WV WV WV Sarah A. wife Sep 1866 33 M13 5/4 OH OH OH [m. ~1887] Amanda dau Dec 1886 13 WV WV OH Nettie dau Feb 1890 10 WV WV OH Mary Belle dau Jun 1892 8 WV WV OH Louise dau Apr 1897 3 WV WV OH 1910 Census Wetzel Co WV UGA library 166-169 Guthrie, Robert 44 M1 23 WV WV WV [m. ~1887] Clara wife 43 M1 23 6/5 OH OH OH [Sarah A] Manda J. dau 18 WV WV WV Louise dau dau 15 WV WV WV Ruthie dau 10 WV WV WV David L. son 2 WV WV WV This family is detailed in Hardesty's History and a history of Wetzel Co in the following postings: http://members.aol.com/Rhenthorn1/hardvawv.htm#guthrie HARDESTY'S HISTORY - WETZEL COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA Proctor District REV. JAMES GUTHRIE of Proctor District, Wetzel Co., WV was born March 24, 1822, in what is now Monongalia county, West Virginia, and was six years old when his parents made their home in Wetzel county. Here he grew to manhood and married, taking to wife Harriet FURBEE on the 23d of September, 1852. The children born to them are recorded: Benjamin F., November 14, 1853, lives in Proctor district; Virginia F., March 18, 1855, lives in Centre district, this county; John G., March 3, 1857; Amanda J., August 29, 1862; Robert E. L., February 4, 1865- these three at home; Samuel P., July 18, 1868, lived only ten days; Sanford, March 25, 1873, lives at home. John G. and Ella (POSTLETHWAIT) FURBEE, who live in Proctor district, are the parents of Mrs. GUTHRIE, and she was born in Wetzel county, April 28, 1834. Richard POSTLETHWAIT, grandfather of Mrs. GUTHRIE, was a soldier of 1812 war. James GUTHRIE, grandfather of the subject of this sketch, died in that war, and Robert, father of James of whom this history is given, was also a soldier of that war. He was born in October, 1790, married Castile SIMPSON, and died June 15, 1874, his wife preceding him in death, her demise occurring April 25, 1874. James GUTHRIE is engaged in farming and surveying, and in the work of the ministry, being a local preacher of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He has had a home in that church since 1844, and his wife has been in the same membership since her 17th year. James GUTHRIE has also served his country as representative to the legislature, 1869-70. He is in politics an old-school Democrat. His post office address is Halls Mills, Wetzel county, West Virginia. http://www.ovis.net/~billcham/hallsmil.htm HALL'S MILLS Hall's Mills, was named for William Hall, who for many years owned and operated a grist mill in the area. This small settlement, population approximately 100, was located along Little Fishing Creek in Proctor District, 15 miles east of New Martinsville and two miles west of Wileyville. Later the road was designated State Route 7. It was a thriving farming community in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Other than the grist mill, which was later owned by Alexander Dulaney, there were two general stores--one owned originally by Benjamin Mason, later by James Carpenter and the other one by Thomas Adams, a blacksmith shop operated by Sanford Guthrie; the Shidler Methodist Church; and a post office. Hall's Mills Post Office came into being in 1875, with John Obers as the first Postmaster, according to the application dated June 30, 1875, a copy of which follows. In the early 1900's, the post office was located in the home of Postmaster Robert E. L. Guthrie. His farm was located at the mouth of Pine Run and near the foot of Laflen Hill, which got its name from the Laflen family who settled in the area around 1838. Later Ward Parsons owned the property. Joseph Bland bought the farm from Ward Parsons, and in later years it was owned by Clarence Yoho. Mail carriers, riding horseback or using a wagon/buggy, were John and Selby Bland, William Mason, Friend Tracy and Denver Wade. My father Ellsworth Kirkland and my mother Louella. (Richmond) Kirkland, born near Beebe, came to the Hall's Mills area in 1891 and purchased a 52-acre farm at the entrance of Hog Run. There my three brothers and I were born. The Hog Run road is a rough, narrow dirt road, leading from Route 7, over Little Fishing Creek, to Allister Ridge, which is not far from Reader. The bridge over the creek was constructed in 1913, and some of the workers came from as far away as Baltimore, Maryland, and they boarded at Selby Bland's. The one-room school two of my brothers-- Burdell and Henry -- and I attended (1906-1911), along with ten other students-- Verna and Thoburn Kirk, Rhoda Knotts, Okey and Adaline Mason, Dessie, Thomas and John Vandyne, Trixie and Sarah Brock -- was located a mile up Hog Run. Teachers were Frederick Suter, Alma Steel, Ward Newman, and Lester Workman. When that school was closed in 1912, we attended the one on Bland's Run (located one-half mile west of Hog Run). Cromwell Haney was the teacher that first year. Other teachers during those school years were Theodore and Roy Grossenbacher, Bessie Fitzsimmins and Ora Suter. Other children at Hall's Mills attended school at New Line (located just west of Wileyville). When my youngest brother George started to school in 1919, he went to Mountain Tea, which was located on the north hill above Route 7, a short distance from our home. The church house was situated on Shidler Run, where the baptism took place, and at the edge of land owned originally by my maternal great-grandfather John George Furbee, who secured land grants from the Commonwealth of Virginia for 50 acres in 1832 and 40 acres in 1838. He married Elsie Postlethwait, daughter of Richard Nelson and Lydia (Hollis) Postlethwait. After they died, my paternal grandfather Alexander Kirkland their son-in-law) owned the farm. He married Eliza Jane Furbee, who died in 1932 at age 94. Later the farm was owned by George W. Huff who married my Aunt Elsie Kirkland, daughter of Alexander and Eliza Jane. The farm remained in the family until Mr. and Mrs. Huff passed away. Both my great-grandparents Furbee and my grandparents Kirkland are buried in a small graveyard on the family farm. Church was always well-attended. For many years Isaac Brock was Superintendent of Sunday School and Jacob Brock led the singing. Preachers were Fox, Johnson, Taylor and White. However, the church house is no longer standing. It was struck by lightning and burned many years ago and the lot was sold for a homesite. The grist mill and general stores went out of existence about 1916, to be replaced by other mills and stores along Route 7. When the Hall's Mills Post Office closed, effective March 31, 1917, the mail was sent to Maud. Postmasters were: John Obers,George W. G. Cook, George M. Baker, Joseph Noland, James Guthrie, Mrs. Sarah Guthrie, Thomas Adams, Robert E. L. Guthrie, Tillie M. Furbee, Samuel F. Dulaney, Andrew J. Montgomery, Alexander Dulaney This Article Written March 1983 Submitted by Esta Kirkland Huff Source: History of Wetzel County, West Virginia 1983 Benjamin Guthrie and Sarah Dakan were my great-grandparents. Their daughter, Virginia Katie Guthrie (b. Jan 1888) married my grandfather, William Harrison Butcher (b. Dec. 13, 1887), son of John Harper Butcher (b. abt. 1850) and Margaret Boggs (m. 9 Mar 1870, Roane Co WV). John Harper was the son of Rollo Butcher (b. abt 1824) and Eleanor McCune (b. 10 Nov 1824). A lot is known about the descendants of James Guthrie, described in the biographical sketches above. Joe Crim Athens GA