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McGUIRE, A., druggist and stock dealer; Coatsburg. He was born in Hamilton county, Ohio, Sept. 3, 1836; came to this county in 1860. He married Hannah M. Griffith, who was born in Guernsey county, Ohio, Jan. 9, 1846. Have five children: Arthur F., Wm. E., Chas. O., Fannie and Elsie. He held the offices of Justice of the Peace, Police Magistrate, and Notary Public; member of the order of Masonry since 1864. His father was a native of Fayette county, Pa., and born in 1800; lived there thirty years; then went to Ohio, where he married Jane Sumner (niece of Gov. Lucas), in 1834. She was a native of Massachusetts. From there he went to Hamilton county, Ohio, where the subject of this sketch was born; lived there about seven years; thence to Decatur county, Ind., where they resided four years; then to Fountain county, Ind.; then in 1846 went to Pike county, Mo.; lived there two years; thence to Warsaw, Ill., and from there to Kansas, where he died at the age of 54. The subject of this sketch was in Missouri in 1854, at the time of his father’s death; then went to Minneapolis, Kan., to look after his father’s business; thence, via Glasgow and Brunswick, to Macon City; then to Quincy, Ill., and from there to Coatsburg. He engaged in a flouring mill, and was afterward employed as Station Agent at Paloma, and also at Coatsburg. He then entered into partnership with P. S. Judy, in the mercantile business, the only store in Coatsburg. He sold out in the fall of 1869, and went to farming; then sold his farm and carries at present a stock of about $3,000.