 In December 1909, Joseph Guyton married Winona Baker (died 1918) from Lake City, Michigan.Their only child, Olive Clara Guyton, was born in 1911 and died in 1922.In 1917, after the U.S. entered World War I, Guyton joined the 126th Infantry Regiment and was attached to the 32nd Infantry Division (the "Red Arrow Division") at Camp MacArthur near Waco, Texas.