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William Richard Guffey

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William Richard Guffey

Birth
Tennessee, USA
Death
15 Feb 1856 (aged 57)
Breckenridge, Caldwell County, Missouri, USA
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Breckenridge, Caldwell County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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William GUFFEY was born on 9 May 1798 in Tennessee. He died on 15 Feb 1856 in Breckenridge Twp., Caldwell, Missouri. While William was hunting wild turkeys he got wet while wading in deep snow. He caught pneumonia and died Feb. 15, 1856. He was buried in Guffey Cemetery, Caldwell, Missouri. William and family came to the Breckenridge area in 1840, driving an ox team from Indiana.

Spouse: Margaret PILE. William GUFFEY and Margaret PILE were married on 4 Aug 1820 in Morgan Co., Tennessee. The homestead was in Section 33, Breckenridge Township, just east of the Guffey Cemetery. There was a spring about 80 yards east of the log house where the family got water. Soon after sundown, the family came inside the cabin and barred the door. Then the wolves came to that spring and howled "until it made one's hair stand on end."

Children were: Delilah GUFFEY, Elsie GUFFEY, Genira GUFFEY, William Fetterson GUFFEY 54715696 , Stokely Rowan GUFFEY, Ashley R. GUFFEY, Catherine GUFFEY, Ephraim GUFFEY, Andrew Jackson GUFFEY, Margaret Amelia GUFFEY, Oliver Perry GUFFEY, Martha Ann GUFFEY, Rebecca Ellen GUFFEY, Abner Johnson GUFFEY.
William GUFFEY was born on 9 May 1798 in Tennessee. He died on 15 Feb 1856 in Breckenridge Twp., Caldwell, Missouri. While William was hunting wild turkeys he got wet while wading in deep snow. He caught pneumonia and died Feb. 15, 1856. He was buried in Guffey Cemetery, Caldwell, Missouri. William and family came to the Breckenridge area in 1840, driving an ox team from Indiana.

Spouse: Margaret PILE. William GUFFEY and Margaret PILE were married on 4 Aug 1820 in Morgan Co., Tennessee. The homestead was in Section 33, Breckenridge Township, just east of the Guffey Cemetery. There was a spring about 80 yards east of the log house where the family got water. Soon after sundown, the family came inside the cabin and barred the door. Then the wolves came to that spring and howled "until it made one's hair stand on end."

Children were: Delilah GUFFEY, Elsie GUFFEY, Genira GUFFEY, William Fetterson GUFFEY 54715696 , Stokely Rowan GUFFEY, Ashley R. GUFFEY, Catherine GUFFEY, Ephraim GUFFEY, Andrew Jackson GUFFEY, Margaret Amelia GUFFEY, Oliver Perry GUFFEY, Martha Ann GUFFEY, Rebecca Ellen GUFFEY, Abner Johnson GUFFEY.

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