Guthrie is an unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States, near Twomile Creek. Guthrie is named after James Guthrie who settled in the area around 1798.[2] In 1800 he married Elizabeth Casdorph.[3][4][a] James and Elizabeth had brothers serve in the War of 1812.[6]

They had nine children: Henson, Elijah, Mary, Nancy, Martha, Sarah, James, John, and Julia Ann. Sarah was the grandmother of Tampa insurance agent Norris W. Hensley.[7] James Guthrie's second wife was Judith Hensley.

The Bonham Dairy was in Guthrie.[8]

Notes

  1. ^ Castor, Casdorph, or Karsdorp is a Dutch, Mennonite family name.[5]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Guthrie, West Virginia
  2. ^ Sissonville, A Time To Remember, p. 86
  3. ^ Elk River Communities in Kanawha County: A Continuing History. (1993). United States: The Society. p. 4
  4. ^ The Casdorphs: from Hamburg to the Kanawha Valley, West Virginia, 1625-1995, a documentary
  5. ^ "Karsdorp family - GAMEO". gameo.org.
  6. ^ History of Kanawha County, by George W. Atkinson (Charleston, 1876)
  7. ^ "Florida, Funeral Home Records, 1887-1971", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:623W-XZND : 21 November 2023), Mordicie Hensley, 1923.
  8. ^ https://www.mywvhome.com/thirties/bonham.html


Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guthrie,_West_Virginia
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