Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography

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William Edward McGuire. A tradition handed down in the McGuire family of Virginia credits them with ancient origin. The family first appeared in county Fermanagh of North Central Ireland, where it is said that in the latter part of the thirteenth century, one Don Carragh MacGuire overcame his neighboring chiefains, and thus made himself master of the whole county. (See Annals of the Four Masters). From that chieftain the latter McGuires of Fremanagh sprang, and they were the antecedents of the county Kerry branch, descendants of whom came to America and founded the Virginia family of that name.
(I) James McGuire was living in county Fermanagh, Ireland, but owning to political or religious disturbances there in 1641 it is said he left his won native heath and settled near Tralee, McElligott parish, of county Kerry, in Southwest Ireland. Said James McGuire married Cecelia McNamara Reagh, had two sons, John Sigismund and Constantine. John Sigismund McGuire, son of James McGuire, entered the service of the Austrian army in which he had several kinsmen; he was lieutenant-governor of Dresden in 1760, Count of the Holy Roman Empire, and "Lieutenant-general in their Majesties service," which position enabled him to offer military commissions to his less fortunate kinsmen.
(II) Constantine McGuire, son of James and Cecelia McNamara (Reagh) McGuire, was born presumably in county Kerry, Ireland. He married Julia McElligott, in county Kerry, who had issue, among others, a son whose record follows.
(III) Edward McGuire, son of Constantine and Julia (McElligott) McGuire, was born about 1720, in county Kerry, Ireland. He was offered a commission in the Austrian army by his uncle, John Sigismund McGuire, and left home with the intention of entering that service, but was taken ill with the plague in Lisbon, where he met Bishop Carroll, of Maryland, who persuaded him to come to America. He was in Frederick county, Virginia, before 1747, the date of his first land grant, and was active in the Indian wars, and held a commission in the Fredericksburg line in 1775. He died near Winchester, Virginia, in 1806, and was buried under the old Catholic church in Winchester, which he built and gave to that denomination. He married Elizabeth Wheeler of Prince George county, Maryland, and left surviving issue.
(IV) Edward (2) McGuire, son of Edward (1) McGuire, the immigrant, and Elizabeth (Wheeler) McGuire, was born in 1768, at or near Winchester, Frederick county, Virginia. He always lived in Winchester; was a merchant and had stores in Alexandria and Norfolk, Virginia; and in Wilmington, North Carolina. Also owned large farms in Frederick county and elsewhere in Virginia. In politics he was a Federalist, and was a member of the Episcopal church. He married Elizabeth Holmes, of Winchester, Virginia. They had issue, namely: Rebecca, Milicent, Hugh Holmes, Edward D., William David, of whom more hereafter; David Holmes, John.
(V) Dr. William David McGuire, son of Edward (2) and Elizabeth (Holmes) McGuire, was born February 23, 1810, at Winchester, Frederick county, Virginia. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School as M. D. in 1830, and soon afterward began the practice of medicine at Winchester, Virginia, but after a few years gave up his profession and became a planter near Winchester. Before the civil war he was a Whig, but after the war a Democrat; served as presiding justice in the justice court of his county for some years. Died February 4, 1877, at or near Winchester, Virginia.
He married (first) Lucy Catherine Ware, in 1833, who had issue several children of whom only one daughter lived to maturity, to wit: Elizabeth Holmes, born in 1834 in Clarke county, Virginia. He married (second) Nancy Boyd Moss, daughter of Captain William and Gertrude (Holmes) Moss, February 16, 1841, in Fairfax county, Virginia. She was born December 4, 1818, at Aspen Hill, Fairfax county, Virginia; her mother, Gertrude (Holmes) Moss, was a daughter of Colonel Joseph Holmes, of Winchester, Virginia, and her father, Captain William Moss, was a son of Ann Minor by Captain John Moss, of Fairfax county, Virginia, who was an officer in the revolutionary war. Said last mentioned John Moss was a son of Thomas Moss, of Fairfax county, Virginia, who was the son of Thomas Moss, of Westmoreland county, Virginia, and the latter a descendant of Edward Moss, of York county, Virginia, whose father came to Virginia in 1625, from Staffordshire, England. Dr. William David McGuire and his wife had eleven children, ow whom only the following mentioned survived to maturity, namely: Margaretta Holmes, born January 12, 1844; Nannie Wilmer, born May 30, 1854; Evelyn Parker, born November 7, 1857; William Edward, of whom more hereafter.
(VI) Dr. William Edward McGuire, son of William David and Nancy Boyd (Moss) McGuire, was born March, 1860, at Norwood, near Berryville, in Clarke county, Virginia. He attended the Berryville Academy, and the Berryville High School, after which he studied medicine at the University of Virginia, and graduated therefrom as M. D. in 1886; however, prior to that time, he had spent three years as a civil engineer in the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. After his graduation in medicine he began practice in Richmond, Virginia, where he has continued as a physician and surgeon since that time. He was at one time president of the Richmond Academy of Medicine at Richmond, Virginia; from 1894 to 1911, professor of gynecology in the University College of Medicine at Richmond, Virginia; professor of clinical medicine in the same institution from 1911 to 1913, and thereafter professor of clinical medicine in the Medical College of Virginia, at Richmond, Virginia. He is a member of the Virginia State Medical Society, the Southern Medical and Surgical Society, and of the American Medical Association. In politics he is a Democrat, and member of the Protestant Episcopal church, also of the Westmoreland Club, of Richmond, and of the Country Club of Virginia.
Dr. McGuire married Mary Stuart McGuire, daughter of Dr. Hunter Holmes and Mary (Stuart) McGuire, October 9, 1894, at Richmond, Virginia. She was born 3, 1872, in Richmond, Virginia, and had a son, Hunter Holmes, born October 22, 1895, in Richmond, Virginia, was educated at the McGuire University School, at Richmond, Virginia, the Episcopal High School, near Alexandria, Virginia, and the University of Virginia.
Dr. Hunter Holmes McGuire, father of Mary Stuart (McGuire) McGuire, was born in 1835, son of Dr. Hugh Holmes McGuire, of Winchester, Virginia, and Ann Eliza (Moss) McGuire. He also was a physician and surgeon in Philadelphia, and was connected with the Jefferson Medical College prior to 1861. When the civil war began, he, together with other southern students, went South, and he enlisted as a private in the Confederate army. Was appointed surgeon in the Second Virginia Regiment, Confederate States Army, afterward surgeon of the "Stonewall Brigade," and then medical director of Ewell's and of Early's corps. After the war, he went to Richmond, Virginia, where he practiced his profession. Was professor of surgery in the Medical College of Virginia, and founder of St. Luke's Hospital, of Richmond, also of the University College of Medicine there. He was president of the Medical Society of Virginia, the Southern Surgical Society, and of the American Medical Association.
Dr. Hunter Holmes McGuire married Mary Stuart, daughter of Hon. Alexander H. H. Stuart, of Staunton, Virginia. They had children, namely: Stuart, of Richmond; Hugh Holmes; Mary Stuart, married Dr. William Edward McGuire; Frances Baldwin; Augusta Stuart, deceased; Giretta Holmes; Margaret.

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John Peyton McGuire. Dating in Virginia prior to the year 1747, this branch of the McGuire family traces to the ancient family in Fermanagh, Ireland, McGuire's county. In the latter part of the thirteenth century Don Carrah McGuire overcame the neighboring chieftains and made himself master of the whole country, he and his descendants holding it independent of the English for centuries. The descent is traced in direct male line back from John Peyton McGuire, of Richmond, to Edward, the American ancestor, who settled in Frederick county, Virginia, prior to 1747, and from him to James, whose parents quitted Fermanagh county, Ireland, during the troublous times of 1641, and settled in county Kerry, near Tralee, in McElligott parish. James McGuire was married to Cecelia McNamara Reagh and had male issue; one of his sons, John Sigismund McGuire, went abroad in early life and entered the Austrian army, having a number of kinsmen in that service, through whose influence he obtained a commission. rose to high rank, was military governor of Dresden in 1760, and was at that time colonel of a regiment of four battalions; was a count of the Holy Roman Empire, and a lieutenant-general of their Majesties' Imperial Armies. Another son of James McGuire was Constantine McGuire, who married, in Kerry, Julia McElligott, and they were the parents of Edward McGuire, the Virginia founder of the family.
Edward McGuire was born in county Kerry, Ireland, in 1720, and came to Virginia, prior to 1747, his first patent to land in Frederick county bearing that year date. He married Elizabeth Wheeler, for Prince George county, Maryland.
Judge William McGuire, son of Edward McGuire, the founder, was born in Frederick county, Virginia, in 1765, and died in Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in 1820. He entered the Continental army in 1778 as a cadet, being then in his fourteenth year, was promoted ensign in 1780, and was later lieutenant of the First Virginia Artillery. He received a severe wound at the battle of Eutaw Springs, that troubled him ever afterward and finally caused his death. After independence was gained, he entered William and Mary College, studied law, became a member of the Richmond legislature, serving from 1796-99, was appointed first chief justice of the Mississippi Territory, a position he resigned in 1801, and practiced his profession in Winchester, Virginia, until 1816. In that year he was appointed superintendent of the United States armory at Harpers Ferry, and there he died in 1820, from the effects of his old wound. He married Mary, daughter of William Little, of Frederick county, Virginia, now Jefferson county, West Virginia.
John Peyton McGuire, son of Judge William and Mary (Little) McGuire, was born in Winchester, Virginia, September 4, 1800. He was a clergyman of the Protestant Episcopal church; rector of South Farnham parish, Essex county, Virginia, 1825-52; rector of the Episcopal High School, 1852-61, and chaplain of the Officers' Hospital, Richmond, 1863-64. In politics he is a Whig. He was a talented, scholarly man of deep piety. He married Maria Mercer Garnett, at Elmwood, Essex county, Virginia, October 4, 1827, Rev. E. C. McGuire officiating; she was the daughter of James Mercer and Mary Eleanor (Mercer) Garnett. Children: William Henry; Mary Eleanor Mercer, married Major John Johns, of the Confederate army; James Mercer Garnett, married Betty Holmes McGuire; Anne Susan; John Peyton (2), of whom further; Maria Garnet; Grace Fenton Hunter, married Rev. Kinloch Nelson; Emily Page, married Philip W. Nelson.
John Peyton (2) McGuire, son of John Peyton (1) and Maria Mercer (Garnett) McGuire, was born at Elmwood, Essex county, Virginia, September 30, 1836, died in Richmond, Virginia, in April, 1906. He was educated at the Episcopal High School near Alexandria, Virginia, and at the University of Virginia. From 1856 to 1861 he was an instructor at the high school, and during the war between the states was at various times a private in the ranks, clerk in the war department, instructor of mathematics at the Confederate Naval School, and lieutenant in the Confederate States navy, but because of persistent ill health saw little actual service. In September, 1865, he founded McGuire's University School in Richmond, continuing its honored head until his death in 1906. He was a member of the Episcopal church in religion, and in politics a Democrat. He married at Chestnut Hill, Fairfax county, Virginia, July 10, 1860, Clara Mason, born there February 16, 1840, daughter of Captain Murray Mason of the United States navy and the Confederate States navy, and granddaughter of John and Anna Maria (Murray) Mason, and great-granddaughter of George Mason. Captain Murray Mason married Clara Forsyth, United States senator and governor of Georgia, also secretary of state under both Presidents Jackson and Van Buren. Children of John Peyton (2) and Clara (Mason) McGuire; John Peyton (3), of whom further; Clara Forsyth, born August 19, 1869; Murray Mason, January 19, 1872.
Though widely known as a ripe scholar and a brilliant orator, John Peyton (2) McGuire, was distinguished preeminently as a teacher of boys. As such he founded and directed for forty years the famous school that bears his name; as such he exerted an influence on the commonwealth of Virginia scarcely second to that of any other man of his generation. To Mr. McGuire teaching was not a gainful profession but a sacred calling. He chose it as a life career after hestitating long between it and the Christian ministry and he was wont, to the end of his life, to return thanks for the Guidance that made him devote his talents to the education of young Virginians. The spirit of consecration which led him to become a teacher found expression throughout his long career in methods of instruction which were peculiarly his own. He did not content himself with merely teaching, even in the most thorough manner, the standard subjects of classical preparation. He used his text-books not less to inspire than to teach and not infrequently, in discussing some famous character of history, he would drop his book and vividly characterize men and events of the past. Students who have forgotten the "fifteen decisive battles" upon which he dwelt at length, remember his wonderful sketches of Marlborough and of Nelsona nd the stirring moral lessons he taught from the failings of the se great commanders. On Friday afternoons, when the lessons of the week were over, he would frequently gather the boys of the upper forms about him and would, in the parlance of the school "deliver a lecture" on some great truth of life. Hundreds of lads now grown to manhood remember Mr. McGuire's lectures far better than any of the sermons to which they listened in mature life. The spirit of the man became the spirit of the school. His personal allegiance to honor and fidelity grew into the mottoes of his pupils — Fides intacta, perseverantia vincit omnia. As these were the rules of his life, living, conscious influences that daily governed his actions, they could not fail to be the unwritten law of his school. The honor system, rigid adherence to truth, frank admission of guilt and manly apologies for wrong-doing were principles upheld by the students without instruction or even direct suggestion from him.
It has generally be 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 particularly their preliminary training was regarded as model. The McGuire rule for public 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 exercises at least once a month. The result was 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. Particular emphasis has always been placed by Mr. McGuire and by his son, John Peyton (3) McGuire, on the completion by their students of their education at the best colleges of the country. As an incentive to this end, the school has preserved the academic record of every student who was prepared for college. The whole constitutes one of the most remarkable evidences of thoroughness of which any school in America can boast. On it will be found the names of many of the most prominent younger leaders of South carolina thought, industry and trade today, including, in some instances, the second generation of "McGuire's boys." The great work of John Peyton (2) McGuire was continued by his son, John Peyton (3) McGuire.
John Peyton (3) McGuire, eldest son of John Peyton (2) and Clara (Mason) McGuire, 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 practiced the same for several years. In 1894 he became a member of the faculty of the McGuire University School, continuing a professor until the death of the founder in 1906, when he succeeded him as principal. 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 patronized. 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 Virginia of today, are among the alumni of this justly celebrated institution.
Professor McGuire is a hereditary member of the Society of the Cincinnati; member of the standing committee of the Virginia Society; member of the executive committee of the Virginia Historical Society; member of the Commonwealth Club of Richmond; the Colonnade Club, University of Virginia; Redlands Club of Charlottesville, Virginia; and a communicant of the Protestant Episcopal church.
John Peyton (3) McGuire married at Forkfields, 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 Richard 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 Vaughn Kean, was the daughter of Dr. Julian Kean of Louisa county, Virginia, and his wife, Mary Callis, daughter of Colonel William Overton Callis of the revolutionary army. Children of John Peyton (3) McGuire; Richie Graves, born in Richmond, Virginia, December 4, 1901; John Peyton, born at Forkfields, Louisa county, Virginia, July 13, 1904.

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Edwin Timothy Rucker, M. D. The emigrant 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 revolution, 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, Virginia, and founding a prominent family. Philip Pendleton, another ancestor of Dr. Rucker, came from England in 1674, settling in Kent county, Virginia. Both Ambrose and Benjamin Rucker are named as members of the committee of safety for Amherst, elected in 1775. Colonel Ambrose Rucker married and among his children was a son, Isaac, grandfather of Dr. Edwin Timothy Rucker. Isaac Rucker married Mary A. Christian, and they were the parents of Benjamin Jennings Rucker, born December 3, 1809, died April 27, 1889. Benjamin Jennings Rucker was a miller and farmer of Amherst county, Virginia, a man of high character and well respected. He married Eliza Sandidge, daughter of Lindsay and Clara (Higginbotham) Sandidge, and had a family of seven children, including a son, Edwin Timothy Rucker.
Dr. Timothy Rucker, of Richmond, was born in Amherst county, Virginia, March 13, 1853. He grew up on the home farm, obtaining a good preparatory education at Kenmore High School at Amherst Court House. He then entered Randolph-Macon College, later taking a medical course at Kentucky School of Medicine, from which he graduated M. D. in 1876. He at once began practice, locating at Pohick in Fairfax county, Virginia, continuing there three years. He was then connected with the college at Ashland until 1888. After two year's rest he located in Richmond, Virginia, in 1890, and still continues in general practice in that city, an honored physician of high repute. He is a city physician, has been chairman of the school board for many years and is a director of the Manchester National Bank. He is a member of the various professional societies and of the Central Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics he is a Democrat.
Dr. Rucker married, in New Glasgow, Amherst county, Virginia, November 18, 1879, Annie Pendleton Pierce, born in King William county, Virginia, daughter of Rev. Thomas Amos Pierce, of Fauquier county, a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church. He followed the same calling among the soldiers of the Confederacy, death overtaking him shortly after the war ended. Rev. Thomas Amos Pierce married Maria Claiborne Dabney, daughter of Mordecai Booth and Mary Pendleton (Hoomes) Dabney, granddaughter of Benjamin and Mary (Pendleton) Hoomes. Mary Pendleton was a descendant of Philip Pendleton, who setted in New Kent (now Caroline) county, Virginia, coming from England in 1674. Children of Dr. Edwin T. Rucker: Marvin Pierce and Annie Claiborne, the latter born September 6, 1883, married James Fleet Reyland in 1908, and resides in Manchester (Richmond).
Marvin Pierce Rucker, only son of Dr. Edwin T. Rucker, was born in Fairfax county, Virginia, January 6, 1881. He prepared for college in the Manchester High School, then entered Randolph-Macon, where he was graduated in the class of 1899. He prepared for the profession of medicine at the Medical College of Virginia, attending one year, the entered Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, whence he was graduated M. D., class of 1903. After he is associated in practice with his father, and engaged in teaching at the Medical College of Virginia. He married, November 3, 1906, Josephine McRae, born in Richmond, daughter of G. Scott and Jennie (Baird) McRae.

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John Henry Brownley. Now a member of one of the leading mercantile firms of Norfolk, Ames, Brownley & Hornthal, Incorporated, John Henry Brownley has risen to eminence and prosperity in the business world of the city from a position obscure and unimportant. He is not alone prominent as a member of the above mentioned well known firm, but is deeply interested and is influential and active in promoting favorable trade conditions an in creating among the merchants a feeling and spirit that will induce co-operation and union for the common benefit.
Jefferson Lafayette Brownley, father of John Henry Brownley, was born in Mathews county, Virginia, October, 1830, died February 23, 1893. He received such education as was available by attendance at the schools of Mathews county. He served his trade in Baltimore as a ship carpenter, and by close application and a determination to make his chosen vocation count for the most, he soon became a skillful mechanic and master of his trade, and later returned to his native county where he designed and built many handsome vessels of the type so much in demand in that day. He was a soldier in the Confederate army, and later became master carpenter under Commodore Maury of Confederate fame. He was a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church, a member of the United American Mechanics, in which he served in the capacity of treasurer, and was a lifelong Democrat of the uncompromising sort. He married, in Mathews county, Virginia, February 9, 1859, Keturah Ann Forrest, born February 9, 1837, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Knight) Forrest. John Forrest was a very successful farmer, and a soldier in the war of 1812. He married (first) Harriet Morgan, who bore him the following named children: John, James Tyler, Delaney Hatterson, Henry, William, Harriet, Emily Jane, Mary Shepherd, Elizabeth, John Thomas, Sarah. He married (second) Elizabeth Miller, who bore him the following named children: Rosana Mildred, Almira, Keturah Ann, aforementioned, Susan Francis. He married (third) Pamela Ann Parrott; no children. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Brownley: 1. Evelyn Marshal, born January 15, 1860; married, December 8, 1880, George G. Brooks; children: Vernon Asbury, born July 3, 1882, received his education in the Portsmouth public schools, graduating from the high school, later graduating in medicine from the Richmond Medical College, is now practicing in the city of Portsmouth, Virginia, and stands high in his profession; Olive Blanche, born April 27, 1884, also a graduate of the Portsmouth high school, and of the State Normal School at Farmville, married December 27, 1911, Harley Edward Doran; Kate Lucile, born April 10, 1892, also a graduate of the Portsmouth high school; Evelyn Brownley, born December 16, 1896, a graduate of Portsmouth high school, and now a student at the State Normal School at Farmville, Virginia. 2. John Henry, of whom further. 3. Herbert Russel, born September 9, 1865; commander of boat in the government service; married, June 19, 1901, Rosa Gayle; children: Russel Gayle, born September 1, 1905; Dorothy, born March 18, 1914. 4. Emma Edwards, born September 20, 1868; married, April 20, 1892, Charles Everette Smith; children: Everette Gilbert, born February 11, 1893; Rosser Jefferson, April 4, 1896; Alvah Thomas, January 22, 1898; Forrest Brownley, January 1, 1901; Muriel Virginia, June 20, 1907. 5. Roland Beedsoe, born August 6, 1871, died June 19, 1875. 6. Marion Estelle, born November 12, 1874; married, September 1, 1906, Earnest Ralph Wilson. 7 Jefferson Leroy, born June 13, 1877, died June 20, 1877. 8. Rosser Forrest, born February 12, 1880; an electrician in the employ of the General Electric Company.
John Henry Brownley was born in Mathews county, Virginia, Mn 28, 1861. He received his education in the schools of Mathews Court House. In 1880 he came to Portsmouth, where he obtained a position in a mercantile house as clerk, remaining for a few months. Later he secured a position with M. Umstadter & Company and Peter Smith & Company, learning, through application and faithful service, every phase of the dry goods business, so that when in 1899 he and David Baker Ames formed the firm of Ames & Brownley his contribution of business wisdom and experience was of great importance. The year following the organization of this firm Mr. Hornthal was admitted to the partnership and his name was added to the title under which they conducted their business, which was of vigorous and rapid growth. To such an extent did its dimensions increase that incorporation as deemed advisable by the members, and Ames, Brownley & Hornthal, Incorporated, is now known as one of the most substantial and reliable mercantile houses of Norfolk, a reputation that has been gained through years of faithful observance of public requirements and a business policy that has been unswervingly correct in all particulars. In 1912 Mr. Brownley served as president of the Retail Merchants' Association of Norfolk, his election to the leadership of the association manifesting the popularity into which he came during his connection with the business interests of Norfolk. He is also a member of the board of directors of the Norfolk Chamber of Commerce, and a member of its finance committee. His religious denomination is the Methodist Episcopal, and he is a steward and chairman of the board of Ghent Church, of Norfolk.
Mr. Brownley married, April 20, 1889, Eliza J., daughter of William L. and Jane (Stokes) Diggs. Children: John Winfield, William Jefferson, Mary Gill, Nellie Christine, Charlotte Stoakes and Martin Latham. Of these six children John Winfield and Charlotte Stoakes are the only survivors. John Winfield Brownley was born in Portsmouth, Virginia; was educated in Randolph-Macon College and Cornell University, in the latter institution pursuing a course in electrical engineering; he is now (1915) a member of the firm of Peet & Brooks, Norfolk, Virginia, commission merchants.

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Stuart McGuire, M. D. One of the most honored and glorious of all the professions is that of surgery, and too great an amount of praise cannot be attached to the brave men who, at the risk of their lives, go forth day after day to encounter perils compared with which the dangers met with in a hotly contested battle fade into insignificance. When this sort of bravery is met with we have a race of men to deal with of whom our nation may justly feel proud. Stuart McGuire, M. D., of Richmond, Virginia, is one of the third generation of his family to serve in the ranks of brave men mentioned above, and the brilliant record he has achieved is in harmony with those attained by his father and grandfather. The latter, Dr. Hugh Holmes McGuire, born in Winchester, Virginia, was a well known surgeon and served in that capacity in the Confederate army. He married Anne Eliza Moss.
Hunter H. McGuire, M. D., LL. D., his son, father of Dr. Stuart McGuire, was born at Winchester, Virginia, October 11, 1835, died in Richmond, Virginia, September 19, 1900. He was surgeon general to "Stonewall" Jackson's army, and attended that general during his last illness. At the close of the war he removed to Richmond, Virginia, where he devoted his entire time to professional work and acquired a national reputation for the numerous skillful operations he so successfully performed. He was the founder of the University College of Medicine, of which he was the head many years, was elected to the presidency of the American Medical Association, and many other positions of honor were tendered him. He married, December 22, 1866, Mary, a daughter of Alexander H. H. and Frances (Baldwin) Stuart. The Hon. Alexander H. H. Stuart was a lawyer of distinction in his day, served as secretary of the interior under the administration of President Filmore, and had many political honors bestowed upon him. They had nine children, of whom
Dr. Stuart McGuire, the eldest, was born at Staunton, Virginia, September 16, 1867. He was educated in his earlier years at Private schools and later was a student at Richmond College, where he was prepared for the university, and then matriculated at the University of Virginia, from the medical department of which he was graduated in the class of 1891, the degree of Doctor of Medicine being conferred upon him. He then became associated with his gifted father, as an interene in the private sanitarium which the latter had established, under the name of St. Luke's Hospital. After the death of his father, Dr. McGuire became surgeon in charge of this institution, an office he has filled up to the present time (1914). Like his distinguished father and grandfather, he has been whole-hearted in his devotion to his chosen profession and has done much to further it. He is dean of the faculty of the Medicine College of Virginia, and professor of clinical surgery in that institution. He is ex-president of the Richmond Academy of Medicine, of the Virginia Medical Society, of the Tri-State Medical Association, and of the Southern Surgical and Gynecological Association, and is now president of the Southern Medical Association. His club membership is with the Westmoreland, Commonwealth, Country, Lakeside, Deep Run, Richmond Shooting, three Greek latter fraternities, and several others. He is a Free Mason of the thirty-second degree, and a member of the Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. As an author Dr. McGuire has also earned commendation in scientific circles, having been a frequent contributor of articles bearing upon medicine and surgery, these having appeared in standard medical publications. Dr. McGuire has never married.

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Richard Henry Baker. Nearly three centuries ago the American ancestor of Richard Henry Baker settled in Virginia, coming from England in 1632. He was Henry Baker, who had a grant of land from George II. of England, which included a large part of Nansemond county, Virginia, and Gates county, North Carolina. The family have ever been prominent in the legal profession, and for the past century a Richard Henry Baker has been engaged in the practice of law in Eastern Virginia.

Judge Richard Henry (1) Baker, father of Richard Henry (2) Baker, and grandfather of Richard Henry (3) Baker, was judge of the circuit court, including Nansemond county, Virginia, for forty years, and dying, bequeathed to his state a son bearing his own name, who in war and peace worthily upheld the family name. Eminent in law, and until his death an honored resident of Norfolk, where his entire professional life was spent, he in turn gave to the bar of Virginia a son, Richard Henry (3) Baker, who from 1880 until 1911, was his father's partner. Judge Richard Henry (1) Baker married Lelia A. Barraud, of French descent, her ancestors coming to Virginia in the year 1700. Children: Richard Henry (2), of whom further; Mary B., married Thomas L. Barraud; Kate Hansford, married Samuel Wilson; Lelia B., married Dr. Robert Barraud Taylor; St. Philip Barraud Baker; Emily Eyre, married Hon. T. S. Garnett.
Richard Henry (2) Baker, son of Judge Richard Henry (1) Baker, was born in Suffolk, Nansemond county, Virginia, December 18, 1826, died in Norfolk, Virginia, February 1, 1911, after an honorable professional life in that city, covering a period of sixty-one years. He was educated at the Boys' School in Amelia county, Virginia, then conducted by William H. Harrison, the Episcopal High School near Alexandria, Virginia, and Norfolk Academy, entering the University of Virginia in 1847. There he pursued a course of legal study, and in 1850 was graduated Bachelor of Law. In 1861 he enlisted in the Confederate army, Third Virginia Battalion, and later was promoted quartermaster, with the rank of major, organizing the quartermaster's department in Norfolk. In 1862 he was elected a member of the Virginia house of delegates, and was continued in that office until 1865. After the war he resumed the practice of law in Norfolk, and rose rapidly in the profession. In 1880 he admitted his son, Richard Henry (3) Baker, to a partnership, and as Richard H. Baker & Son the firm became one of the leading law firms of the city. Mr. Baker Sr. was at the time of his death a member of the Virginia Bar Association, and the Norfolk and Portsmouth Bar Association. He was honored in his profession, and in his long legal life of sixty-one years spent at the Norfolk bar proved the integrity of his life, the depth of his learning, his devotion to the strictest code of legal ethics, and the high quality of his citizenship. Prior to the war between the states, he was a Whig in politics, but with the passing of that party he allied himself with the Democratic organization, and ever after acted with that party. He served, as stated in the Virginia house of delegates, 1861-65; was appointed in 1872 a member of the board of visitors of the University of Virginia, serving four years. He was ever actively interested in public affairs, in every way possible contributed to the growth and prosperity of his city, and took a keen interest in many charitable organizations. He received many evidences of the high regard of his fellowmen, and in his life justified the favorable opinion so universally expressed.
Mr. Baker married, November 12, 1850, Anna Maria, daughter of Judge David and Maria (Pegram) May, of Petersburg, Virginia. Children: Maria B., married J. J. Burroughs; Lelia Barraud, died aged twenty-five years; Richard Henry (3), of whom further; Kate Hansford, married George G. Hobson (q. v.); Lucy Lee; Dr. Benjamin M. Baker, married, October 11, 1894, Theodosia Burr Potts, and has children: Helen May, Richard Henry (4), Benjamin M. (2); Emily G., married Thomas B. Lane (q. v.).
Richard Henry (3) Baker, eldest son of Richard Henry (2) and Anna Maria (May) Baker, was born in Petersburg, Virginia, November 29, 1855. He was educated in private schools of Norfolk, Virginia, Hanover Academy, and the University of Virginia, pursuing at the latter institution the study of law for two years, 1876-78. After two years he withdrew, continuing to study under the preceptorship of his honored father, then senior member of the law firm of Baker & Walke, of Norfolk, Virginia. He continued with that firm until his admission to the bar in 1880, when Baker & Walke dissolved, father and son then forming a law partnership that continued until dissolved by the death of the senior partner, February 1, 1911. The life of Richard Henry (3) Baker is one of wide activities. A large part of his business has been the management and settlement of estates in the courts of chancery, and acting as general counsel for various companies and corporations. He is learned in the law, skillful in its application, and is guided by the highest principles of integrity. In his private life he is true to the code that governs men of honor and is held in highest esteem. He has interests outside of his profession, and holds directorships in many Virginia corporations. He is a member of the Norfolk and Portsmouth Barf Association and the American Bar Association. He is a director of several charitable organizations of the city, among them the Jackson Orphan Asylum, Seamen's Friend Society and the Church Home. He is an Episcopalian in religious faith, and a Democrat in politics.
Mr. Baker married, October 25, 1885, Annie M. daughter of James Barron Hope. Children: Annie Hope, deceased; Maria May; Jane Hope.

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Francis Harrison Lee, M. D. Of all professions that of medicine is the one deserving of the greatest honor. More heroes have lost their lives in the faithful discharge of the duties of this profession than ever fell on the field of battle. As the world advances this fact is becoming recognized more and more, and due honor is paid the brave men who, daily and hourly, with no thought of self, brave dangers, and sights and sounds, almost too horrible to think of calmly. Among this devoted class is Francis Harrison Lee, M. D., of Richmond, Virginia, and who has wholeheartedly given himself to his professional work.
William Warren Lee, his father, was born in Norfolk, Virginia, and is now steward of and living in the Jefferson Hotel, of that city. He married Margaret Goode, also born in Richmond, and they have had children: Two who died in infancy; Elizabeth V.; W. Harry, living on the old homestead in the country; Mary B., a teacher; Lucy Helen, married George B. Blunt, of Richmond; Minnie A., married W. E. Pursell, Jr., of Richmond; Francis Harrison, mentioned above; Ann Ruth, married R. W. Palmer, of Richmond.
Dr. Francis Harrison Lee was born in Richmond, Virginia, April 18, 1889. His preparatory education was received in the public schools and McGuire's School, after which he became a student at the Medical College of Virginia, from which he was graduated in the class of 1913 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. One year was spent as interene at the Memorial Hospital, and he then took a post-graduate course at the New York Lying-In Hospital, and from there went to the Harvard Medical School, where he took special courses in physical diagnosis and diseases of children. Returning to Richmond, he has become associated wi Dr. Matthews, at No. 605 East Grace street, and is rapidly gaining a satisfactory practice. The only organization of which he is a member is the Pi Mu Medical Fraternity.

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Thomas Benjamin Leonard, M. D. Son of an eminent chemist, whose wishes guided his son in the choice of a profession, Dr. Leonard gave little promise in his early life of any desire for a career, save that of an acrobat. He was always passionately fond of gymnastic sports, and at the age of fifteen years was a professional, spending his entire time in the gymnasium. He is a son of Thomas William Leonard, and grandson of Thomas Leonard, born 1820, died January 1, 1876, married Emily Bosworth, of Bedfordshire, England. Thomas William Leonard was born May 14, 1857. He devoted his life to scientific research and study, a well learned chemist and scholar. He married Ellen Loran, daughter of John Loran, born 1830, died 1875, and his wife, Ellen (Mullen) Loran, of Baltimore, Maryland. A paternal great-uncle of Dr. Leonard, Edward Grey was a magistrate in the "Old Bailey," sheriff of London, and in 1888 the unopposed candidate for lord mayor of London.
Dr. Thomas Benjamin Leonard was born in Richmond, Virginia, September 21, 1882. He was educated under private tutors, especially preparing in pharmacy and chemistry. In addition to private tutors, he spent two years with the Xaverian Brothers. He began business as a pharmacist in Richmond in 1895. Later he became adjunct professor of chemistry at the University College of Medicine, continuing four years. During the last two years he was a student in medicine at the same college, and after receiving his degree of Doctor of Medicine was demonstrator of operative surgery, 1904-05. He then began and still continues the general practice of his profession in Richmond. He is well established in practice, and is unselfishly devoted to his work. His early love for gymnastics still abides with him, his greatest recreation being his calisthenics before breakfast, and his great enjoyment in his books. He has written many papers read before professional associations, and is held in high honor as pharmacist and physician. He is a member of the Commonwealth Club; is a Democrat in politics, and an attendant of the Episcopal church.
Dr. Leonard married, November 17, 1903, Bessie Bland Philpotts, daughter of Luther Q. and Cora Philpotts, paternal granddaughter of John T. and Martha A. Philpotts, and maternal granddaughter of James L. Talley and Mildred Scruggs, and a descendant of the lord of Exeter, through Anne Lamb, who came from Essex county, England, to Virginia, July 20, 1850.