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Clipped from the December 1, 1877, Raleigh News.
CAPT. J.J. GUTHRIE
The Norfolk Landmark says of Capt. J.J. Guthrie who was lost on the wreck of the Huron:
He was a native of North Carolina, having been born at Raleigh; and had a sword of honor voted him by that State in recognition of an act of conspicuous gallantry performed in the China Seas. He had served with credit and distinction in the navies of the Union and of the Confederacy, and recently had entered on the discharge of his duties in connection with the Life Saving Service with generous enthusiasm.
The Landmark is mistaken as to the nativity of Capt. Guthrie. John Julius Guthrie was the son of Dr. John Guthrie, of Washington, N.C., where he was born about the year 1814, and was therefore in his 63rd year at the time of his death.
His father died when he was quite a boy, and he came to this city with his widowed mother, who is buried here in the old cemetery. He was placed under the care of Rev. Dr. William McPheeters, and went to school to this distinguished preacher and educator at the Raleigh Academy.
--Old B-Runner
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