Bio of GUINTIRE, Anthony Jr. (b.1876), Wright Co., MN 
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423   HISTORY OF WRIGHT COUNTY                           

  Anthony Guintire, Jr, an energetic farmer of French Lake township, 
was born on the home farm in section 15, March 2, 1876, son of Anthony 
Guintire, Sr., and Elizabeth (Nelson) Guintire. The father was a Belgian 
by birth, who came to Wright county, and here met the young lady who 
afterward became his wife. Her parents were also a pioneer family. It is 
interesting to note that during the courtship Anthon Guintire, Sr., was 
unable to speak or understand the Swedish language, the young lady whom he 
was courting was unable to speak any- thing but Swedish, and the friendship 
progressed with some difficulty. After they were married, Mrs. Guintire, Sr., 
went to school and learned English. Anthony Guintire, Jr., the subject of 
this mention, grew up on the home place, attended the district schools, and 
was reared to farm pursuits. When he was about thirty he started working in 
the lumbering regions in the winter, still, however, laboring on the home 
farm in summer. In 1900 he purchased his present farm of forty acres in 
section 4, French Lake township. He remodeled the house and in 1907 erected 
a new barn. The structure is 22 by 32 feet and is provided for the shelter 
of eleven cattle, two horses and fifteen tons of hay. Mr. Guintire carries 
on general farming and stock raising. Anthony Guintire, Jr., was married 
October 26, 1904, to Lena Mattson, daughter of Lars and Christine (Mattson) 
Mattson, of French Lake township. Mr. and Mrs. Guintire have three children: 
Helen Christine Elizabeth was born August 30, 1908.