This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Guthrie Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IBh.2ACIB/1103 Message Board Post: Alfred Guthrie, a resident of Chicago since 1845, died on the 17th, aged 77. He was the son of Samuel Guthrie, discoverer of chloroform and percusssion powder. Sacramento Bee 8/18/1882