Born in Kentucky, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Henry Guffey
and Bathsheba (Bell) Guffey
Sister of
John B Guffey, Martha J (Guffey) Burris, Levi C. Guffey, Lydia S. Guffey, Charlotte Guffey [half], Phoebe H Guffey [half], Emily A Guffey [half], Allen M B Guffey [half], William B T Guffey [half] and Thomas H R Guffey [half]
Wife of
James B Thurston
— married
12 Mar 1846 in Wayne County, Kentucky, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Bathsheba Thurston, Mary Ann Thurston, Sarah Ann (Thurston) Anderson, Martha Jane Thurston, S. C. Thurston, Cassandra Ellen (Thurston) Woodson, Lydia C Thurston, William H Thurston, Victorio Thurston and Charles Denton Thurston
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 30 May 2012
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Biography
Temperance was born in 1822. She is the daughter of Henry Guffey and Barsheba Bell.
Sources
- "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJ3-M56W ), Jas B Thurston and Temperance Guffey, 12 Mar 1846; citing Wayne County, Kentucky, United States, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond; FHL microfilm 591,550.
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M65P-DJV), Temperance Thurston in household of James B Thurston, Wayne County, Kentucky, United States; citing family 221, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- "Kentucky Births and Christenings, 1839-1960," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWJ8-FDS), S. C. Thurston, 29 Jul 1853; Parents: James Thurston and Temperence Guffey; citing Wayne, Wayne County, Kentucky, reference 2:P3ZHGD; FHL microfilm 216,842.
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZB1-N64 : 30 December 2015), Temperance Thurston in entry for James B Thurston, 1860; Wayne County, Kentucky, USA.
- "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX4H-X35), Temperance Thurston in household of James Thurston; Mullentown, Wayne County, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 21, family 151, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,002.
- Find A Grave Index; Tempy Guffey Thurston; Burial: Clinton, Kentucky, United States of America, Pine Grove Cemetery; citing record ID 66567515, Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=66567515.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Temperance by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Temperance:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Temperance by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Temperance:
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~1.56%
Terry (Guffey) Vermillion
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