According to county marriage register, on June 23, 1886, O. H. Guion of Craven County, age 25, and Patti B. Rodman, were m. by Nathaniel Harding, in Washington, Beaufort Co, NC. She was a dau. of Judge William Blount Rodman (Mem# 63563410) & Camilla Holladay Croom (Mem# 63563361).

According to a September 21, 1925 article in the Lumberton, NC newspaper, The Robestonian, the former judge died on Saturday in a Baltimore, MD, hospital, after a lingering illness; burial in New Bern, NC, that afternoon. His death is recorded in Baltimore City records: Guion, Owen H., died Sept. 19th 1925; Certificate E-02094.

"Hon. Owen H. Guion. Many years ago Mr. Guion won an enviable position as a member of the Craven County bar, and his splendid work as an attorney has been augmented by equally efficient service in posts of trust and responsibility in his district and the state at large. He was twice a member of the Legislature and for four years was a judge of the Superior Court of the state.

Owen Haywood Guion was born at Newbern June 21, 1861. The Guion family has been prominent in Craven County for more than a century. Judge Guion was educated in the public schools of his native city but left school when quite young to take up a business career. Fortunately his inclinations were finally directed to the law and after a course of study under Simmons & Manly he was admitted to the bar and in a few years had built up a large practice. With the scholarship and resourcefulness of the lawyer he has combined an unimpeachable integrity of character that has made him not only successful in the profession but a man of mark and leadership in his community.

He first entered politics during the vital campaign of 1898, when the adoption of the constitutional amendment proved a turning point in the state's history. He made a series of speeches during that campaign and also in the campaign of 1900 and in 1902 was chairman of the county executive committee.

He was elected in 1902 from Craven County to the House of Representatives, and during the session of 1903 was chairman of the committee on appropriations and at once took a place in the House among its most forceful leaders. In 1904 he was renominated by acclamation and upon the organization of the house he was elected speaker. The splendid impartiality and dignity with which he presided over the house and directed its deliberations during the session of 1905 has not yet been forgotten by the people of North Carolina.

In 1906 Mr. Guion was called to a still higher post of responsibility as judge of the Superior Court to succeed Judge Henry R. Bryan, who at that time retired from the bench. The same fairness and evenness of temper which distinguished him as speaker of the House were the marks of his work as a judge, and it was only a reflection of general opinion when the Franklin County Bar at the conclusion of his term in April, 1910, referred to him as "one of the ablest, most impartial, learned, industrious and courteous judges that ever adorned the Superior Court Bench of North Carolina."

Since his retirement from the bench Judge Guion has resumed his private practice and also took into partnership with him his two sons, both brilliant young lawyers, Rodman and John, under the firm name of Guion & Guion. While the law practice of this firm has absorbed most of his time and strength he has continued to exert a large influence in affairs and in his political party, and in 1914 he responded to a general request that he became candidate for Congress."

History of North Carolina, Volume VI
North Carolina Publishing Company
The Lewis Publishing Company
Chicago and New York, 1919.
By a special staff of writers, pg. 278