Guess

Guess Lineage
Willoughby Hudgeons Guess 1831-1924, father of Nancy E Guess 1874-1934.

Nancy E Guess was the mother of Artey Murtle Jefferson 1899-1976 , mother of Anna Louise Cooper, mother of Cheryl Dean Robertson.

Guess Migration
Orange County, North Carolina > Marion, Crittenden County, Kentucky > Kuttawa, Lyon County, Kentucky

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Nancy E Guess, Great-Grandmother
15 March 1874 - 27 November 1889
b. Crittenden County, Kentucky 
d. Kentucky

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Parents:
Willoughby Hudgeons Guess 1831-1924
Sarah Jane Riley 1847-1919

Maternal Lineage:
Sarah Jane Riley 1847-1919

Spouse: Andrew J Jefferson 1874-1934
Married: 8 October 1896
Children: 3

1. Artey Murtle Jefferson 1899-1976
2. Mattie Elizabeth Jefferson 1908-1986
3. Joseph L Jefferson 1912-1970

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Willoughby Hudgeons Guess, 2nd Great-Grandfather
4 May 1831 - 28 March 1924
b. Orange County, North Carolina
d. Marion, Crittenden County, Kentucky

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Parents & Maternal Lineage TBD

Spouse 1: Frances Ann DeBoe 1833-1863
Married: 10 January 1855
Children: 6 

1. Thomas Clayborn Guess 1850-1940
2. Rebecca Ann Guess 1852-1937
3. Theodric R Guess 1854-1927
4. Mary Jane Guess 1856-1898
5. Frances Ellen Guess 1859-1930
6. Joseph A Guess 1863-1941

Spouse 2: Patience Ann Hughey 1842-1868
Married: 27 April 1864
Children: 2

1. Infant Son Guess 1866-1866
2. Silas Guess 1868-1938

Spouse 3: Sarah Riley 1847-1919
Married 15 November 1868
Children: 11        

1. Jesse Hudgen Guess 1869-1957
2. Marion Wesley Guess 1870-1944
3. William Ira Guess 1876-1962
4. Ida Bell Guess 1878-1970
5. Alfred Taylor Guess 1872-1932
6. Nancy E Guess 1874-1889
7. Louis Allen Guess 1880-1920
8. Dicy E Guess 1882-1885
9. George Franklin Guess 1884-1965
10. Hullett Herbert Guess 1887-1969
11. Della F Guess 1891-1985

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Bibliography

Ancestry ®. "Public Member Trees Database.” © 1997-2025 Ancestry®.  Ancestry.  ancestry.com/ Lawson-Robertson Family Tree. www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/10075800/family  User profile for William Harris Lawson, Jr., user Livingweb. Accessed 14 October 2025.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54081510/willoughby_hudgeons-guess: accessed October 14, 2025), memorial page for Willoughby Hudgeons Guess (4 May 1831–29 Mar 1924), Find a Grave Memorial ID 54081510, citing Mapleview Cemetery, Marion, Crittenden County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by Christine Crowell-Dodson (contributor 47032089).

Geneanet. "Public Member Database." © 1996. Geneanet. en.geneanet.org Accessed 14 October 2025.

Miscellanea
The original date of this post: 11 October 2025
Most recently updated: 14 October 2025

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