This was a short marriage of only eight years with a tragic ending. The merchant, G. Byron Morgan, of Binghamton, NY and Lauriett Elizabeth Dyer of Willet, NY married in 1852. They had a daughter, Mary the next year, and aren't we glad they did?.
It is the summer of 1900 and the young, Kansas City lawyer, Joesph A. Guthrie, a graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law is engaged to marry a true Kentucky beauty by the name of Corinna H. B. Shreve.