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ROBERT GUYTON, farmer, post office Perrysville, is a son of John and Elizabeth J. (Hazelett) Guyton. John Guyton, Sr., grandfather of Robert, was a native of Maryland, and among the early settlers of Pine township, this county; he afterward removed to Forest county, where he died. John Guyton was born in what is now McCandless township, in 1810, where he was reared, and always followed farming. He died in 1886; his widow and five of his children survive him: John, in Allegheny; James W. and William, on the homestead; Jennie E. (Mrs. Matthias Voegtly), in Ross township, and Robert, the eldest, who was born Feb. 14, 1839. He was educated at the schools of the township, and has always followed farming. In 1862 he enlisted in Co. F, 139th P. V. I., served until the close of the war, and was acting second lieutenant. Robert was married in 1865 to Miss Nancy A., daughter of William and Elizabeth (McBride) Robinson, of Ohio, and they have three living children: John Elmer, Lillie Belle and William R. Mrs. Guyton died in 1888. In 1884 Mr. Guyton was elected justice of the peace, and has since held that office; has also been school director, and is a member of U. V. L. Encampment, No. 6. He and family are members of Hiland Presbyterian Church of Perrysville, of which he is an elder.