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cal and surgical work in that state. Of the many bearing the name who have fol- lowed medical and surgical pursuits none liave failed to attain honorable position, and if inclination led to specialized study, as in the case of Dr. Hunter H. McGuire, of this record, then reputation and fame awaited him along that pathway. He whose name Dr. McGuire bears, his vmcle. Dr. Htniter McGuire. was one of the most noted sur- geons of the south, and, his services having been accepted by the army of the Confed- eracy, he was in personal attendance at the side of General "Stonewall" Jackson.

The American ancestor of the Virginia line was Edward McGuire, son of Constan- tine and Julia (McEUengot) McGuire, and gi-andson of James and Cecelia McNamara (Reigh) McGuire. residents of .^rtford. county Kerry. Ireland. Edward McGuire, in 175 1, was journeying to join the stafi' of General McGuire in Austria, and, landing at Lisbon, Portugal, he was stricken with yellow fever. After his recovery he returned to Ireland, disposed of his patrimonial es- tates, invested the proceeds in wines, trav- eled with his cargo to .'\merica. and sold the wines in Philadelphia. Soon afterward he came to Alexandria. Virginia, in 1753 mak- ing his home in Winchester, where he built a hotel on the present site of the Taylor Hotel, although he never supervised its management, making its erection solely an investment. He was a gentleman of com- prehensive education and had studied widely, always conversing with his iriend, Bishop Carroll, of Maryland, in the Latin tongue. He was the donor of the ground upon which was erected the old Roman Catholic church, and subscribed generously to the fund for its construction. His death occurred in 1806, when he was eighty-six \ears of age. He was twice married, first to a Miss \\'heeler, of Prince George county. Maryland, second to Millicent Do- bee, and by his first marriage was the father of three sons, by his second, of one son and two daughters.

The third son of the first marriage of Edward McGuire was Edward (2) Mc- Guire. who was at one time proprietor of the McGuire Hotel, in Winchester, Virginia. He married Betsey Holmes, and died in 1828, his wife dying in the same year. The}- were the parents of seven children.

Dr. Hugh Holmes McGuire, son of Ed-

ward (2) and Betsey (Holmes) McGuire, was born November 6, 1801, died August Q, 1875. He obtained his general education in the W'inchester Academy, his profes- sional education in the medical department of the L'niversity of Pennsylvania, whence he was graduated M. D., beginning the prac- tice of his profession in 1822. He passed nearly his entire life in \\'inchester and be- came a distinguished surgeon, his fame and skill with the knife spreading throughout the state. He was the founder of the Win- chester Medical College, there filling the chair of surgery, as he was engaged until the civil war. when the college buildings were destroyed by Federal troops. At this time Dr. McGuire. although no longer a young man, obeyed his patriotic impulses and accepted a commission as surgeon in the Confederate army, being placed in charge of the hospitals at Greenwood and Lexington, where his wide surgical experi- ence made his services of the highest value. He married Ann Eliza, daughter of William Moss, of Fairfax county, •Virginia, and had nine children. Among these were: Dr. Hunter, one of the most famous of southern surgeons, was medical director of the Shen- andoah Valley district and of the Second Corps. Army of Northern Virginia of the Confederate States ; Edward ; Hugh Holmes, captain of Company E. Eleventh Regiment \'irginia Cavalry, Confederate States army, was wounded at the battle of High Bridge, \'irginia. .\pril 5. 1S65, dying from his wound three days later; \\'illiam P.. of whom further.

Dr. William P. McGuire. son of Dr. Hugh Holmes and Ann Eliza (Moss) McGuire. was born July 19. 1845. He was educated in Winchester and Greenwood academies, as a youth of eighteen years enlisting in the Confederate army and serving to the close of the war, being for nine months held a prisoner at Point Lookout. Maryland. After the close of the conflict he resumed his stud- ies and was graduated from the Medical College of the University of Virginia in 1867. then making Winchester the scene of his practice, where he ably upheld the worthy reputation of the family in medical circles. He married Ann Powell, daughter of John Randolph Tucker, and had children : Randolph Tucker: Hunter H.. of whom fur- ther : Laura Holmes ; Leila Moss, married Willis II. Hvde, of New York: Evv Tucker,