Posted on: Douglas County, Mo Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Mo/Douglas/1515 Surname: Lewis Andrew Guthrie, Bertha Mae Gates ------------------------- My grandfather, Lewis Andrew Guthrie, was a Missouri mail carrier in the early 1900's for Brown Branch/Ava area. He met my grandmother, Bertha Mae Gates, while delivering their mail. I have been unable to locate any information on early mail carriers. They married and moved to Denmark, AR where all of their children were born.