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JAMES SANSON MAGUIRE (deceased) was born Aug. 5, 1833, in Indiana county, a son of Robert and Mary (Oster) Maguire, of Irish and German descent, respectively. He was employed in early life on the canal, and later became a coal-miner. He worked in Indiana and Westmoreland counties, and became a resident of Patton in 1874, finding occupation in the Oak Hill mines. He died Sept. 22, 1885. In religious faith he was a Universalist, but his family is connected with the Lutheran Church. He was always a republican, and was a member of the G. A. R. and Masonic fraternity. He enlisted in June, 1861, in Company E, 11th P. R., and served three years with the Army of the Potomac, sharing in many battles. On one occasion he was struck in the eye by a spent ball, which caused him a great deal of discomfort at times. He was in Libby prison forty days. He was twenty-six years of age when enrolled; six feet high; complexion dark; brown eyes; black hair. Mr. Maguire married, in 1855, Mary Ann Sylves, who bore him ten children, of whom the living are: Alexander Edward, Samuel Washington, Robert Getty, James Edgar, John Williamson, William Barclay, Flora Catharine, Laura May and Thomas Charles, with their mother. The first born, Adam, was drowned when eleven years old. The widow of James S. Maguire now lives at Turtle Creek.