Guthrie, West Virginia

Guthrie, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
Guthrie is located in West Virginia
Guthrie
Guthrie
Location within West Virginia and the United States
Guthrie is located in the United States
Guthrie
Guthrie
Guthrie (the United States)
Coordinates: 38°24′22″N 81°39′41″W / 38.40611°N 81.66139°W / 38.40611; -81.66139
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyKanawha
Elevation
604 ft (184 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS ID1539800[1]

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


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