Lewis Mattingly Guy (1893 - 1929)

Born 15 Jan 1893 in St. Mary's, Maryland, United States

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Died 6 Jun 1929 at age 36 in Clements, St. Mary's, Maryland, United States

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Biography

Lewis was born in 1893. He was the son of John Guy and Alice Mattingly. He passed away in 1929.

from findagrave.com "The following is a transcription (just a very few minor editorial changes) from a family history distributed at the Guy Family Picnic in 2009 in St. Mary's County, Maryland. It was written by Lewis' youngest daughter Elsye Mae Guy Woodburn. The transcriber is Lewis' grandson, Albert Guy McMullin:

Lewis Mattingly Guy was born January 15, 1893 in St. Mary's County, one of six brothers and the sixth born to John Henry Harrison Guy and Alice Elberta Mattingly. He was raised in a farming family. He lived his entire life in St. Mary's County, Maryland.

His first marriage was to Mary P. Bowles. They had one child, James Wilmer Guy, born August 20, 1917. Mary Bowles Guy died in St. Mary's County in the year 1920 at the age of 26 and is buried next to her husband in St. Joseph's Cemetery.

We have been told that Wilmer had a nickname "Shrimp."

Lewis married a second time (Dec 27, 1922) to Nellie Evangeline Abell, younger sister of Agnes, wife of Claude Eugene Guy. This made Agnes and Claude and Nellie and Lewis' children double first cousins.

Lewis and Nellie had four daughters, namely, Beatrice Corinne, Alice Virginia, Sylvia Marie and Elsye Mae.

Lewis was co-owner of Guy Brothers Garage (Clements, Maryland) with his brother Claude. Claude was very busy with the operation of "Guy Brothers Store" (Clements) with his older brothers, John Edwin and Bernard Maguire so he relied on Lewis to run the garage.

Lewis ran the garage until his sudden death on June 6, 1929 at the age of 36. His wife Nellie said that he came home for lunch complaining of heartburn. The heartburn was actually a fatal heart attack.

Lewis was a master mechanic of his day and was willing to help anyone who had trouble with any kind of machine or motor. During prohibition he was known to build coils for whiskey still for bootleggers.

Lewis was musically inclined and could play any kind of instrument. He was also talented in carpentry. There is a tall cupboard in one of his living daughter's home that housed Nellie's dishes. Also a wash stand used to put the water buckets on as water was drawn from a well.

Lewis Mattingly Guy is buried in the "new" cemetery of St. Joseph's RC Church in Morganza."

Sources

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55803009/lewis-mattingly-guy
• Year: 1910; Census Place: Leonard, St Mary's, Maryland; Roll: T624_568; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 83; Image: 144.
• Year: 1920; Census Place: Milestown, St Marys, Maryland; Roll: T625_677; Page: 15B; Enumeration District: 113; Image: 282.