Abelard Guthrie (1814 - 1873)

Born 9 Mar 1814 in Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Died 14 Jan 1873 at age 58 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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Biography

Abelard was Wyandot.

Abelard Guthrie was born "five miles north of Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, March 9, 1814." ^[1] He died in 1873 in Washington, DC. ^[2]

Marriage & Family

Abelard Guthrie was married early in the year 1844, in what is now Kansas City, Kansas, to Miss Quindaro Nancy Brown, a Wyandot-Shawnee girl, of the Big Turtle Clan of the Wyandot Tribe and the Turtle Clan of the Shawnee Tribe.
When Abelard Guthrie married Miss Brown he was adopted into the Bear Clan of the Wyandots, and given the name Tah-keh'-yoh-shrah'-tseh, which means the twin brain, or the man with two brains. The name was given to denote his recognized ability.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Connelly, William E., The Provisional Government of Nebraska Territory and The Journals of William Walker, Provisional Governor of Nebraska Territory (Lincoln, Nebraska: State Journal Company, 1899), 101; digital images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/provisionalgover00conn : accessed 18 September 2023). Biographical sketch of Abelard Guthrie, pp. 102-252, includes excerpts from his journal.
2. ↑ "District of Columbia Deaths, 1874-1961", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CCLJ-BNW2 : 29 February 2020), Abelard Guthrie, 1873.

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M66W-8MD : 16 September 2023), Entry for Ablard Guthrie and Omindair W Guthrie, 1860.
• "Kansas State Census, 1865", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL6Z-B7T8 : 14 September 2023), Entry for Isaac W Zane and Hannah E Zane, 1865.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #122147321