Thomas Guion (1786 - 1871)

Born 11 Aug 1786 in New York, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Lucy (Bartlett) Guion — married 27 Jan 1842 in Ripley, Indiana, United States

Died 20 Jan 1871 at age 84 in Dillsborough, Clay Township, Dearborn County, Indiana, United States

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Biography

Thomas Guion was born in New York, the son of Jonathan Guion and Phebe Lyon.^[1][2] He arrived in Dearborn County, Indiana in the first decade of the 19th century. He was a prominent merchant and businessman of the western part of the country for many years. He settled and platted a town and named it Guionville near the present place of Milton.^[3] Thomas was appointed postmaster of Guionville in 1837.^[4] He remained prominent in the affairs of the county and represented Dearborn County in the Indiana State Legislature.^[5]

Thomas Guion was a member of the Free and Accepted Masons. His name appeared in 1827 listed among members of Lawrenceburg Lodge #4, F. & A. M. and again in 1829 as a representative member of the Jefferson Lodge #3, F. & A. M. Thomas was among the founders and first officers of the Hopewell Lodge #80, F & A. M., organized in 1848 in the Town of Dillsborough, Indiana. This lodge was near the place he had recently erected a stately home.^[6]

Thomas Guion would reside in Dillsborough for the remainder of his days. He was described among peers as "a man of moral excellence and worth" and as one "worthy of imitation, by following his virtues."^[7] His death occurred at an impressive age in 1871.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ https://archive.org/details/lyonmemorial03lyon/page/92
2. ↑ https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89066153396&view=1up&seq=211&skin=mobile
3. ↑ https://archive.org/details/in-dearborn-1915-shaw/page/n165
4. ↑ https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake
5. ↑ https://archive.org/details/journalofhouseof182526indi/page/4?q=Thomas+guion
6. ↑ https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHV2-Z9P : 12 April 2016
7. ↑ https://archive.org/details/cottonskeepsake00cott/page/394
8. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41717974

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• "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHGN-48J : accessed 5 September 2019), Thomas Guian, Laughery, Dearborn, Indiana, United States; citing p. 75, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 13; FHL microfilm 205,607.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHV2-Z9P : 12 April 2016), Thomas Gi?N, Clay, Dearborn, Indiana, United States; citing family 182, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4FN-HTK : 13 December 2017), Thomas Goen, 1860.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVK8-L7G3 : 13 December 2015), Thomas Guion, 1871; Burial, Dillsboro, Dearborn, Indiana, United States of America, Oakdale Cemetery; citing record ID 41717974, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• [1] Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Indiana, being the tenth session of the General Assembly, begun and held at Indianapolis, in said state, on Monday the 5th day of December, 1825 by Indiana. General Assembly, House of Representatives. Indianapolis : Douglass, 1826.

• [2] Guion, J. Marshall. (1976). Descendants of Louis Guion, Huguenot of La Rochelle, France, and New Rochelle, West Chester County, Province of New York: a Guion family album, 1654 to 1976. Olean, N.Y.: [s.n..

• [3] Lyon memorial by Lyons, Albert Brown, 1841-1926; Lyons, G. W. A; Lyon, Sidney Elizabeth, 1846-; Miller, Robert B. Detroit, Mich. : Graham Printing Co., 1905. Page 92.

• [4] History of Dearborn County Indiana by Archibald Shaw. B. F. Bowen and Company. Indianapolis, Indiana, 1915.

• [5] From Needmore to Prosperity : Hoosier place names in folklore and history by Ronald L. Baker. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 1995.

• [6] Cotton's Keepsake by Alfred J. Cotton. Cincinnati, Pub. for the author by Applegate & Co., 1858.

Research

Son of Jonathan GUION b: 28 JAN 1748/49 in NY m. Phebe Lyon b: 3 MAY 1753 in Rye, Westchester, NY. Jonathan was son of John Guion.