Claud M. Guess
Dec. 25, 1882
July 15, 1943
Linnie Nunn Guess
Feb. 2, 1882
Dec. 6, 1951
Buried
Repton Cemetery, Crittenden County, Kentucky. Tombstone photographed 6 June
2014.
Claud M.
Guess registered for the military draft for World War I on 12 September 1918.
At that time he listed his occupation as blacksmith. His nearest relative was
his wife, Linnie, who lived at R. #1, Marion, Crittenden County. His physical description
was as follows: short, stout, gray eyes
and light colored hair.[1]
The 1940
census shows Claud and Linnie Guess, plus two children, living in Shady Grove
on Hwy Ky 120.[2]
According to
his death certificate, Claud Malcomb Guess was born in Crittenden County to
Fielding Guess and Rebecca Brantley, both of whom were also born in Crittenden
County. His occupation was listed as a plumber.[3]
The death
date of Linnie Guess is given as 5
December 1951 on her death certificate. She was a teacher in county schools.
Her parents were William Ira Nunn and Mary A. Thurmond.[4]
[1]
U.S. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Claud M. Guess, Ancestry.com.
[2]
1940 Crittenden County, Kentucky census, Roll m-t0627-01297, p. 9B, E.D. 285, Claud
M. Guess family, Ancestry.com.
[3]
Kentucky Death Record #15063 (1943), Claud Malcomb Guess, Ancestry.com.
[4]
Kentucky Death Record #51-24206 (1951), Linnie Guess, Ancestry.com.
Published 1 Oct 2019, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/
