Sullivan-Schuylkill County PA Archives Biographies.....GUY, Robert H. 1850 - 
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  Author: Thomas J. Ingham (1899)
  
      ROBERT H. GUY, the well-known inside foreman for the State Line & Sullivan
  Railroad Company at the Bernice mines and a prominent citizen of Bernice, was
  born in Durham county, England, July 4, 1850, and is a son of Paul and Ann
  (Lawery) Guy, also natives of England, where the father engaged in mining for
  many years. Our subject had no educational advantages during his boyhood and
  entered the mines when a lad of nine years, working in England until 1870, in
  which year the family came to the United States, locating at St. Clair,
  Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania. He entered the mines in that section, as did
  also his father, who was killed by a falling rock while thus employed.
  
      In 1871 Robert H. Guy removed to Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, where he worked
  at mining for ten years, and then accepted the agency for a history of the
  Independent Order of Odd Fellows, which he sold in several counties of the
  state. Coming to Bernice, Sullivan county, he entered the mines here in May,
  1882, and was promoted to his present responsible position on the 1st of August,
  1893. He is an expert miner and holds certificates from the state for both
  anthracite and bituminous coal-mining.
  
      On the 25th of December, 1873, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Guy and
  Miss Sarah Cooper, and to them were born two children, namely: Paul, who died in
  infancy; and Sarah C., now the wife of Rev. W. F. Colebough, of Monroeton,
  Pennsylvania. He was again married, December 5, 1883, his second union being
  with Miss Anna E. Huffmaster, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Reeser)
  Huffmaster, pioneers of Cherry township, Sullivan county. By this marriage there
  were two children: Lloyd F., who was born June 15, 1886, and died September 9,
  1892; and Ethel M., who was born June 21, 1893. Mrs. Guy, a most estimable lady,
  is a member of the Presbyterian church.
  
      Socially Mr. Guy affiliates with Bernice Lodge, No. 962, I. O. O. F.,
  Towanda Lodge, F. & A. M., and also the chapter and commandery of the Masonic
  fraternity. He is president of the Bernice Citizens Band, has held the office of
  school director and is one of the public-spirited and influential men of Bernice.
  
  
  Additional Comments:
          Extracted from: 
            
          History of Sullivan County Pennsylvania
          by Thomas J. Ingham
            
          Compendium of Biography
            
          The Lewis Publishing Company
          Chicago: 1899
    
    
  
  
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