Samuel M. Guthridge

    Samuel M. Guthridge, is the second child in a family of ten, and was born on August 30, 1854, in Green Township, Morgan County, Indiana. 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. They 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 he winters of 1872-73-74, he taught school in Green Township. In February, 1875, he entered the Northern Indiana Normal at Valparaiso, remaining until August, when he returned to his home and went to work on his father's farm. In 1878, he removed with his parents 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 implement 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. 89, and politically he is Democrat. He was married on December 25, 1879, to Alice Egbert, daughter of G. W. Egbert, of Morgan County. They have had three children, Bernice, George E. (deceased) and Nellie.

Source: Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana. Historical and Biographical. Charles Blanchard, Editor. F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers, 1884.