McGuire Family Collection

Introduction

Title:                           McGuire Family Collection

Accession number:     90-002-AC

Collection size:           1 linear ft. (2 boxes)

Donor:                        Paul M. McGuire, Heber Springs, Ark.

Repository:                Lyon College Special Collections, Regional Studies Center

Information About the McGuire Family and the Collection 

The McGuire family, John and Cynthia (great-great grandparents of donor Paul M. McGuire) and six children, migrated from North Carolina to Independence County, Arkansas, in the 1830s, settling in Greenbriar Township south of the White River.  The records and materials in this collection relate to the original McGuires as well as to their numerous offspring in the Batesville area.  (For more information, please consult Nancy S. Griffith’s “The W. L. McGuire Journals,” Independence County Chronicle 34 (April-July 1993):  3-47.) 

The collection contains correspondence, photographs, a Civil War-era journal, and other miscellanea, such as genealogy charts and various certificates and diplomas, spanning a timeframe from 1830 to 1903. 

Nancy S. Griffith completed processing in 1990, and Kim Halpain and Judy Blackwell completed detailed indexing and the website finding aid in 2002.  The collection is open for research.

SUBJECT INDEX: 

            Arkansas—History—Civil War, 1861-1865.

            Batesville (Ark.)—History

            Independence County (Ark.)—History

            McGuire, Catherine

            McGuire, E. S.

            McGuire, Sophie

            McGuire, W. L.

            Watson, Mary (Mrs. S. S.)

Detailed Series Description

Box 1

Folder 1: Formal Letters                                               

March 29, 1842-   Catherine McGuire (in St. Louis) to her Sister, Co written on letter from Catherine’s Mother to her

1830-                                     Reuben Turner (in Richmond, Virginia) to his sister

July 14, 1836-        E.S. McGuire to Mrs. M.A. Watson

January 6, 1838-    E.S. McGuire to Mrs. M.A. Watson (in Missouri)

January 30, 1840-  Mrs. J. Lewis to Mary A. Watson (in St. Charles, Missouri)

March 29, 1842-    Catherine McGuire to her Sister ( in St. Louis Missouri)

October 3, 1844-   P. Cowles to E.S. McGuire (in Batesville)

1845-                     E.S. McGuire (in Batesville) to his brother Mr. Sam S. Watson (in St. Charles, Missouri)

April 22, 1846-      Isabella Campbell ( in Pendleton) to Mrs. Catherine McGuire (in Batesville).

March 8, 1851-      Isabella Campbell to Catherine McGuire (later letter included)

September 2, 1851-Mary Watson (in St. Charles) to her sister Catherine McGuire

December 30, 1854-E.S. McGuire (in Central College) to his uncle

April 22, 1856-      Radford (in Long View) to E.S. McGuire (in Batesville)

Folder 2: Memorabilia 

            Tax Receipt-          May 10, 1869-Independence County for Mrs. Catherine McGuire

            In Memoriam-        December 22, 1883- Charles Campbell, 2 years 9 months

            Hair-                      E.S. McGuire’s hair and Evalina’s hair

            Newspaper Clipping-Demolition of the Old Watson Homestead on Maria’s Croche Lake,                                                  

                                                1833 (From Cosmos, St. Charles, Missouri, April 10, 1883)

            Discourse-              ”Commendation of the Life, Character, and Services of the Reverend

                                          Thomas Rice Welch”

            Photograph-           Welch McGuire 1875-1876

            Photograph-           Welch McGuire

            Photograph-           Welch McGuire

            Photograph-           Welch McGuire

            Photograph-           Welch McGuire and Family

            Photograph-           James Edwin Atkinson

            Photograph-           Robert Street McGuire

            Photograph-           Jean McIntosh McGuire

            Photograph-           Walter Hugh McGuire

            Photograph-           Stella McGuire

            Photograph-           Ethel McGuire

            Photograph-           Elam Alexander McGuire

            Newspaper Clipping- E.R. McGuire

Folder 2A:   

            Genealogy charts

Folder 3:  Journals and Diaries 

            Journal-                  Nancy Britton’s Edited Transcript of Diary as Published in

                                          Independence County Chronicle.

Diary-                    Thomas Watson McGuire’s account of a journey to Batesville, 1859, plus description of his school, St. Charles, and vacation.   

Journal-                  W.L. McGuire, Covering years 1862-1866, in Batesville and in Confederate army             

Folder 4:  Reminiscences 

            Notes and Reminiscences-        Aunt Mary (Mrs. S.S. Watson) February 1890

Box 2

Loose Items: 

            Photo Album-                           Various Family Members, Watson, McGuire, Lewis, Hedgman, and many unidentified      

            Certificates and Diplomas-        Sophie K. McGuire:  Arkansas Nurse’s License; United Daughters of the Confederacy; Arkansas College Diploma-1903: Pennsylvania - Nurse’s Registration; Philadelphia Polyclinic Diploma; Boston Floating Hospital

            Photograph-                             Sophie McGuire- Arkansas College Graduation 1903

            Photograph-                             Sophie McGuire in nurse’s uniform

            Photograph-                             Unidentified McGuire

            Photograph-                             Five Unidentified