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gies for wrong-doing were principles upheld by the students without instruction or even direct suggestion from him.

It has s^enerallv been conceded at the colleges of Virginia that the boys prepared at McGuire's School were among the best equipped that applied for admission. In mathematics, in English and in Latin par- ticularly their preliminary training was re- garded as model. The McGuire rule for j)ul)lic speaking likewise was an important part of the school curriculum. During many years of his life, Mr. McGuire required every student twelve years of age and older to participate in these public-speaking ex- ercises at least once a month. The result Avas the prominence of his students in the debating societies of the college and the eventual development of many of them into able lawyers, ministers and publicists. Par- ticular emphasis has always been placed by Mr. McGuire and by his son, John Peyton {;^) McGuire, on the completion by their students of their education at the best col- leges of the country. As an incentive to this end, the school has preserved the acad- emic record of every student who was pre- pared for college. The whole constitutes one of the most remarkable evidences of thoroitghness of which any school in Amer- ica can boast. On it will be found the names of many of the most prominent younger leaders of southern thought, industry and trade today, including, in some instances, the second generation of "McGuire's boys."' The great work of John Peyton (2) Mc- Guire was continued by his son, John Pey- ton (3) McGuire.

John Peyton (3) McGuire, eldest son of John Peyton {2) and Clara (Mason) Mc- Guire, was born at Oakland, Henrico county, Virginia, December 21, 1866. He was educated at the McGuire University School, founded by his honored father, and the University of Virginia. He qualified for the profession of civil engineer and I)racticed the same for several years. In 1894 he became a member of the faculty of the ]\lcGuire University School, continu- ing a professor until the death of the founder in 1906, when he succeeded him as jjrincipal. The McGuire School is one of the old, well established preparatory schools of the city, is exclusively for boys, bears a high reputation, and is abundantly patron- ized. Its high moral tone, excellent faculty

and thorough course of instruction has commended it to the best families, and many of the leading men of X'irginia of to- day, are among the alumni of this jvistly celebrated institution.

Professor McGuire is a hereditary mem- ber of the Society of the Cincinnati ; mem- ber of the standing committee of the Vir- ginia Society; member of the executive committee of the Virginia Historical So- ciety ; member of the Commonwealth Club of Richmond ; the Colonnade Club, Univer- sity of Virginia ; Redlands Club of Char- lottesville, \ Irginia ; and a communicant of the Protestant Episcopal church.

John Peyton (3j McGuire married at Eorkfields, Louisa county, Virginia, June 20, 1895, Richie Morris Graves, born at the home of her maternal grandfather, Dr. Julian Kean, in Louisa county^ June 2, 1864. She is the daughter of Captain Rich- ard Morris Graves, a planter, and captain in the Confederate army, who died in 1864 from fever contracted in the trenches around Petersburg, Virginia. His wife, Susan V aughn Kean, was the daughter of Dr. Julian Kean of Louisa county, Virginia, and his wife, Mary Callis, daughter of Colo- nel William Overton Callis of the revolu- tionary army. Children of John Peyton {^) McGuire: Richie Graves, born in Rich- mond, Virginia, December 4, 1901 ; John Peyton, born at Forkfields, Louisa county, X'irginia, July 13, 1904.

Edwin Timothy Rucker, M, D. The emi- grant ancestor of this branch of the Rucker family in America was John Rucker, born in Holland in March, 1679, died in Orange county, Virginia, June 19, 1742. He settled in King and Queen county, Virginia, where the first record of him is found in 1725. His son Ambrose was a colonel of the revolu- tion, rising and commanding a regiment of Virginia troops. He rendered distinguished service, was a man of strong character and influence in his county. John Dabney, maternal ancestor of Dr. Pierce Rucker, of Richmond, came from England in 1719, also settling in King and Queen county. V ir- ginia, and founding a prominent family. Philip Pendleton, another ancestor of Dr. Rucker, came from England in 1674, set- tling in Kent county. Mrginia. Both Am- brose and Benjamin Rucker are named as members of the committee of safety for Am-