William Roger Guthrie served in Company D, Third Iowa Cavalry, with his brother George. He was wounded by a rifle ball in his right knee in one of his engagements. After the war, he taught school, attended Grinnell College, (Iowa), later Dartmouth, (New Hampshire) where he graduated in 1873. He then studied law in Albany, New York, was admitted to the bar in that state and practiced very successfully in that city until premature death ended his career.
He maried Annie S. Whitbeck 18 September 1883.
William R. Guthrie died very suddenly, due it was said to the bursting of a blood vessel in the brain. April 16, 1890, at Aquetuck, Albany County, New York, where he and his wife were spending the weekend at the home of her parents. He is buried at Coeymans, Albany County, New York.
William Roger Guthrie served in Company D, Third Iowa Cavalry, with his brother George. He was wounded by a rifle ball in his right knee in one of his engagements. After the war, he taught school, attended Grinnell College, (Iowa), later Dartmouth, (New Hampshire) where he graduated in 1873. He then studied law in Albany, New York, was admitted to the bar in that state and practiced very successfully in that city until premature death ended his career.
He maried Annie S. Whitbeck 18 September 1883.
William R. Guthrie died very suddenly, due it was said to the bursting of a blood vessel in the brain. April 16, 1890, at Aquetuck, Albany County, New York, where he and his wife were spending the weekend at the home of her parents. He is buried at Coeymans, Albany County, New York.
Family Members
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Mary Guthrie Rullman
1842–1895
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Pvt George Washington Guthrie
1844–1924
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Sarah Guthrie Frogge
1848–1917
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Alfred Athelstane Guthrie
1850–1922
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Francis M. Guthrie
1852–1858
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Lydia Augusta Guthrie Van Duyn
1854–1933
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John Wesley Guthrie
1856–1945
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Hannah Elizabeth Guthrie
1858–1923
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Rhoda May Guthrie Cox
1860–1917
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Laura Belle Guthrie
1862–1934
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