Person Sheet


Name Henry Guy38,16
Birth 5 Apr 184138
Death 22 Jan 1911, Hempfield Twp, Westmoreland Co, Pa38
Occupation Stone mason, brick mason16,14
Religion Second Lutheran Church, Greensburg16
Father William Guy (1794-<1880)
Mother Sarah Frazer (ca1801->1880)
Misc. Notes
His name is given as William H. Guy in the Klingensmiths of Pennsylvania.11 While that seems to be an error, might his name have really been William Henry?

Henry [Guy], born April 5, 1841, a stone mason by trade, and has helped to build many of the most important of the public buildings in Greensburg, Pennsylvania; among these may be mentioned the old Greensburg Academy, the Greensburg Seminary, the Masonic Hall, and others. Mr. Guy is a member of the Second Lutheran Church of Greensburg, and is a Democrat. He married, November 19, 1868, Mary Anna Smail, daughter of John Smail, who was a farmer of Hempfield township. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Guy were the parents of three children: Ella L. Melissa, John and William. Ella L. Melissa was born July 10, 1869, married Frank Shuey, a farmer of Hempfield township, and they had three children: Elsie, Edna and Charles. John was born April 23, 1873, married Susan Allshouse, a daughter of Reuben Al1shouse, of Berry. They had one child, Helen. John Guy lost his life as the result of an explosion in the Edgar Thompson steel works at Braddock, December 26, 1904. William was born March 29, 1876, married Sarah Shuey, a daughter of John M. Shuey, a farmer and thresher of Hempfield township.16

1880 census:
Census Place: Hempfield, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania
Source: FHL Film 1255204 National Archives Film T9-1204 Page 85A
Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
Henry GUY Self M M W 39 PA
Occ: Brick Mason Fa: IRE Mo: PA
Mary A. GUY Wife F M W 32 PA
Occ: Keeping House Fa: PA Mo: PA
Ella M. GUY Dau F S W 10 PA
Occ: None Fa: PA Mo: PA
John S. GUY Son M S W 7 PA
Fa: PA Mo: PA
William H. GUY Son M S W 4 PA
Fa: PA Mo: PA
Sarah GUY Mother F W W 79 PA
Fa: --- Mo: ---14
Spouses
1 Mary Anna Smail11
Birth 7 Sep 1846, Pennsylvania38
Death 29 Apr 1924, Hempfield Twp, Westmoreland Co, Pa38
Father Capt. John Marion Smail (1804-1894)
Mother Catherine Huber (ca1805-1862)
Marriage 19 Nov 186816
Children Ella L. Melissa (1869-)
John S. (1873-1904)
William H. (1876-ca1945)
Last Modified 27 Apr 2002 Created 9 Dec 2005 by Reunion for Macintosh

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