Greetings, Mr. Guffey: I'm sorry about the delay in responding to your posting, but I've just returned from a three-week trip into the west doing genealogy.
Your posting is quite interesting to me. Could you be H. Clark Guffey with June 6 as your birthdate--I'll not write the year. I don't know when or why our relatives and ancestors got their thoughts about the GUFFEY lines, but the one passed along by your father was one I hadn't heard before, and I've heard many. Harland Morris GUFFEY was born April 21, 1890 and died June 1972 in Sutherland, Lincoln Co., NE. He married June 26, 19-- to Myrtle BROWN who was b. Sept 20, 1901. My records show she died July 1970 in North Platte, Lincoln Co., NE. I'd like to add their site of burial if you'd be so kind as to supply it for me.
Your father was the son of Oliver Perry GUFFEY b. Oct 29, 1842 in Caldwell Co., MO. and d. Feb 19, 1914 in Sutherland, Lincoln Co., NE. He married his first wife on April 18, 1872 in Caldwell Co., MO. She was Mahala M. HALE the dau. of Richard HALE. She was b. July 31, 1855 in Caldwell Co., MO. and d. Apr 1, 1884 in Caldwell Co., MO. They had two children:
1) Richard Homer GUFFEY b. Mar 2, 1873 in Caldwell Co., MO. and
2) Lula GUFFEY b. May 14, 1876. She married Lemuel WEAVER.
Oliver Perry GUFFEY married his 2nd wife Oct 8, 1885 in Caldwell Co., MO. Her name was Lydia Ella BROOKS. She was b. in Monroe Co., OH (I don't have the date); and d. Dec 14, 1940 in Sutherland, Lincoln Co., NE. They had four children:
1) James Perry GUFFEY b. Sept 7, 1888 in Lincoln Co., NE. and d. Dec 1978 in Loveland, Larimer Co., CO. He mrd on June 18, 1914 to Florence FEELY. I have only her death date as 1949.
2) Harland Morris GUFFEY b. Apr 21, 1890 and noted at the top--your dad.
3) Edwin Lorenzo GUFFEY b. July 11, 1892 in Lincoln Co., NE. d. Dec 23, 1946. He mrd. in July 1920 to Esther BURKLAND who was b. 1888. I have no other dates for her.
4) Esther Ellen GUFFEY b. Mar 23, 1896 in Lincoln Co., NE. She mrd. on Sept 12, 1921 to James S. BOYLE. I have no other info on them.
Oliver Perry GUFFEY was the son of William GUFFEY & Margaret PILE GUFFEY. William was b. May 4, 1798 in Morgan Co., TN. and d. Feb 15, 1856 buried Guffey Cem., Breckenridge, Caldwell Co., MO. He mrd. on Aug 4, 1828 in Morgan Co., TN to Margaret PILE who was b. Oct 10, 1800 in Morgan Co., TN. She d. Feb 26, 1883 buried Guffey Cem., Breckenridge, Caldwell Co., MO. They had 14 children whose name and dates I've posted elsewhere on this message board. Oliver Perry GUFFEY was the eleventh of their children.
It is not known for certain who William's father was, but it is believed by many GUFFEY genealogists that it was possibly William GUFFEY b. 1786 and his first wife whose name is not known. William GUFFEY b. 1786 is my 3rd g. grandfather through his children by Elizabeth WILLIS GUFFEY b. 1797.
The adult GUFFEYs who lived in Morgan Co., TN. in the early 1800s were brothers to my William. They were the children of Ephraim McGUFFEY/GUFFEY, Junr. b. ca. 1740 and his wife, Nancy. This couple had at least nine children of which my William b. 1786 was the youngest. Ephraim and his children had been born in the Patrick/Henry/Pittsylvania Co. area of VA. Their farm was on the same property, but as the newer counties were created, the property fell in their boundries. Ephraim, Junr. was the son of Ephraim McGuffey/GUFFEY of Va, who was b. ca. 1695 in Essex Co., VA. Ephraim b. 1695 was the son of John MaGUFFIE/MAGUFFEE/MAGUFFE, Senr. b. ca. 1665-70 (all spellings have been found in various documents in Essex Co., VA) and his wife, Susanna EVANS MaGUFFIE. John Senr. b. 1665-70 was the son of John MaGUFFIE/MAGUFFE b. ca. 1640 in Scotland, and his wife, Jane DAVONPORT MaGUFFIE.
That leads us back to the original posting of their being PERHAPS just three (3) main GUFFEY Lines in the U.S. Now you can see which one your family fits into. I hope, Mr. Guffey, that you find the above interesting and helpful to you.
If you have dates and places of the latest generation in this line, I'd really enjoy adding them to my files. If you'd care to share them with me, you can contact me directly at
guffeyaj@hotmail.com You cuz,
Joe