"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884.
F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP AND MARTINSVILLE, MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA
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SAMUEL M. GUTHRIDGE is the second child in a family of ten, and was born on
August 30, 1854, in Green Township, Morgan Co., Ind. His parents, Lemuel
and Elizabeth (Feeters) Guthridge, natives of Ohio and Indiana respectively,
shortly after marriage located on a farm in Green Township, Morgan County
where they remained until 1865. the removed thence to Cope, Green Township,
where the father engaged in the mercantile business, and continued there for
three years, when he was elected County Treasurer on the Democratic ticket.
He served for two years, and then formed a partnership with J. A. Lewis in
the general merchandise business, which firm at present is doing a lucrative
trade. Samuel M. Guthridge was reared and educated in his native township.
In 1872, he entered the Martinsville High School, which he attended for two
years; during the winters of 1872-73-74, he taught school in Green
Township. In February, 1874, he entered the Northern Indiana Normal at
Valparaiso, remaining until August, when he returned with his parent to
Martinsville and took a position under his father as Deputy County
Treasurer. January 1, 1879, he formed a partnership with W. H. Miller in
the hardware and implements business, under the firm name of Miller &
Guthridge. He is a member of the A. F. & A. M., Martinsville Lodge, No. 74,
and of the I. O. O. F., Martinsville Lodge, No. 274. He is also a member of
the K. of P., Anniversary Lodge, No. 89, and politically he is a Democrat.
He was married on December 25, 1879, to Alice Egbert, daughter of W. W.
Egbert, of Morgan County. They have had three children, Bernice, George E.
(deceased) and Nellie.
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