Philip:
Here is a short history of my family. I hope that it helps.
My father's father was
Eli A. Guinn, born in
Conway,
Arkansas in 1880.
He had four brothers, three of whom were named Henry, Tom and John B.
Guinn. My father's mother's maiden name was
Harp.
My father,
Fillmore Chesley Guinn, was born in Vamoosa, OK in 1911 and
shortly after he was born the family moved to
Guthrie. They continued
to move around some and lived in Muskogee, Konawa and finally settled in
Ada.
He had one half brother named
Eli A. Guinn, Jr. who was a career
military man. As you would expect, he moved around quite a bit but returned to
Ada when he retired.
My dad and my mother, Sibyl Lee
Hubbert, were
Ada High School
sweethearts, married in 1937 and moved to
Houston due to the lack of career
opportunities in
Ada. I was born in 1939 and my brother,
Bartley M. Guinn in 1941 in
Houston.