Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 6th ed., 1887,
Shelby Co.

MRS. S. C. GUTHRIE was born in Nelson County, Ky., in 1832, but was reared
in Hardin County.  She is the younger of two sisters born to Robert and
Catherine (Ambrose) Cotton, the latter of German descent, and was married,
September 22, 1853, to J. D. Guthrie, a native of Woodford County.  Mr.
Guthrie for twenty years was engaged in pork-packing in Louisville, and
in 1868 moved to Shelby County, and purchased a fine farm of 440 acres
about one mile from Shelbyville.  He was an elder for three years in the
Christian Church, a Free Mason, and the founder of the Widows and Orphans'
Home in Louisville.  His death took place October 23, 1885.  The children
born to the union of Mr. and Mrs. Guthrie were named Kate E., Blanche A.,
Ada B., Julius G., J. D., Sallie H., Mattie C. and Nellie M.  The mother
and four of her daughters are members of the Christian Church.  Julius G.
Guthrie, the eldest son of J. D. and S. C. (Cotton) Guthrie, was born in
Louisville, Ky., September 16, 1860.  Since 1879 he has been proprietor
of the People's Flouring Mill, near Shelbyville, and is doing business
under the firm name of J. G. Guthrie & Co.  The mill has the new roller
machinery, and annually turns out 15,000 barrels of flour, which is
shipped chiefly to the Southern States.  Mr. Guthrie is a Free Mason, and
has risen to the chapter degree.

Guthrie Ambrose Cotton
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Hardin-KY Nelson-KY Woodford-KY Louisville-Jefferson-KY

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