Carroll County IAGenWeb

HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY IOWA

A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement

VOLUME II ILLUSTRATED

CHICAGO THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1912

Transcribed by Sharon Elijah June 26, 2020

Mr. John Guy

Mrs. John Guy

Among the prominent citizens of Carroll county now living retired is John Guy, who for eight years past has made his home in Carroll where he is enjoying a repose after many years of earnest application. He is a native of England, born May 4, 1828, a son of George and Catharine (Smith) Guy. The father was a farmer and came to the United States, locating near Oswego, New York, where he passed away well advanced in age. There were four sons in the family, William, Richard, George and John.

John Guy grew to manhood in England and received his education in his native land. About 1850 he came to America and took up his residence at Worcester, Massachusetts, where he followed various pursuits for fifteen years. In 1865, having decided that conditions were more favorable elsewhere, he removed to Iowa and spent several years in Clinton county, locating in 1872 in Eden township, Carroll county, where he bought a farm of two hundred and forty acres which he greatly improved. By application and good business judgment he became highly prosperous and acquired more land, being now the owner of six hundred acres in this county. Since 1903 he has lived retired at Carroll.

On October 10, 1848, Mr. Guy was united in marriage to Miss Susan Taylor, a daughter of Richard and Susannah (Dingle) Taylor, both of whom were natives of England. Mr. Taylor was a laboring man and lived to an advanced age. In his family were seven children, William, Richard, John, Susan, Sarah, Jane and Betsy. Four children came to bless the home of Mr. and Mrs. Guy: William, who died in Carroll in 1907; Taylor, a record of whom appears elsewhere in this work; George F., now residing in Carroll; and Belinda, the wife of G. W. Barber, of Grandmound, Iowa. Mrs. Guy was called away in August, 1907, having then reached the age of seventy-six years. She and her husband journeyed together in peace and happiness fifty-nine years and she was, indeed, to him a true and helpful companion. Mr. Guy is now in his eighty-third year. He is a member of the Methodist church, as was his wife. In the discharge of his duties, both in business and in private affairs, he has always been governed by principles of truth and justice, and as the evening of his life draws apace, enjoys in a high degree the respect of many friends in Carroll county.

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