Abelard Guthrie was born "five miles north of Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, March 9, 1814."
[1] He died in 1873 in Washington, DC.
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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
↑ 1.01.1
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.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Abelard by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Abelard: