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James Melton “Jim” Guy

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James Melton “Jim” Guy

Birth
Coffeeville, Clarke County, Alabama, USA
Death
26 Nov 1903 (aged 68)
Laurel, Jones County, Mississippi, USA
Burial
Laurel, Jones County, Mississippi, USA Add to Map
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"Jim Guy" was the eldest of the seven children of Wrigdon Guy (1803–1860 ) and Sarah Richards (1802–1860) ​​both of Cumberland County, NC who had married in 1834.
He was the father of three children (M.I. Guy b. 1865, D.R. Guy b.1870, & John E.O. Guy b.1873) with his first wife, Frances N. Dunegan (1844-1874) who died shortly after the birth of their third child. In 1876 he met and married Octavia Chaney Williamson, a 20 year old widow who had returned with her 11 month old daughter from Cherokee, TX after the untimely death of her husband John Glenn Whitsett to her enormous Williamson family in Choctaw, AL. Together they had eight more children making a robust family of 14. Those children were:
James Mobley Guy 1878-1946 ​
Cora Virginia Guy (Mrs. Thomas Theodore Merritt) 1880-1968 ​
Eva Pearl Guy (Mrs D.F. Stratton)1882-1969
William Alston Guy 1884-1952
Francis Wrigdon Guy 1886-1975
Lillie "Leicie" Octavia Guy 1888-1954​
Herbert Samuel "Hub" Guy 1891-1957 and
Sallie Snell Guy(Mrs.Robert Leland McDonald)and later (Mrs.Eric Hoyt Kitchens) 1894-1972
"Jim Guy" was the eldest of the seven children of Wrigdon Guy (1803–1860 ) and Sarah Richards (1802–1860) ​​both of Cumberland County, NC who had married in 1834.
He was the father of three children (M.I. Guy b. 1865, D.R. Guy b.1870, & John E.O. Guy b.1873) with his first wife, Frances N. Dunegan (1844-1874) who died shortly after the birth of their third child. In 1876 he met and married Octavia Chaney Williamson, a 20 year old widow who had returned with her 11 month old daughter from Cherokee, TX after the untimely death of her husband John Glenn Whitsett to her enormous Williamson family in Choctaw, AL. Together they had eight more children making a robust family of 14. Those children were:
James Mobley Guy 1878-1946 ​
Cora Virginia Guy (Mrs. Thomas Theodore Merritt) 1880-1968 ​
Eva Pearl Guy (Mrs D.F. Stratton)1882-1969
William Alston Guy 1884-1952
Francis Wrigdon Guy 1886-1975
Lillie "Leicie" Octavia Guy 1888-1954​
Herbert Samuel "Hub" Guy 1891-1957 and
Sallie Snell Guy(Mrs.Robert Leland McDonald)and later (Mrs.Eric Hoyt Kitchens) 1894-1972


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