HUNTER HOLMES M'GUIRE: M. D.
Was born in Winchester, Virginia, on October 11, 1835. At Staunton,
Virginia, he married Mary Stuart, and they have nine children, three
sons and six daughters, born in the order named: Stuart, Hugh, Mary,
Fannie, Annie, Hunter, Augusta, Gettie, Margaret.
The family line of Dr. McGuire is thus traced: Edward McGuire, his
great grandfather, left Ordfest, County Kerry, Ireland, in 1756, with a
kinsman (first cousin), General M. McGuire. (See Smollett's History of
England, pp. 643, 792, 855.) He finally settled in Winchester, Virginia,
and died in 1806. His son Edward McGuire, born and died in Winchester,
married Elizabeth Holmes. Of this marriage was born, in
Winchester, in 1801, Dr. Hugh Holmes McGuire, who married Ann
Eliza, daughter of William Moss and Gertrude Holmes. On the maternal
side Dr. Hugh Holmes McGuire and his wife were of the same descent,
and they were first cousins. He died in 1875, and his widow in 1878.
These were the parents of the subject of this sketch.
Hunter Holmes, of the maternal line of Dr. McGuire, and after whom
he is named, was killed at Mackinaw in 1814; a sword was voted and
given to his nearest relatives by Virginia, for his gallant conduct in this
battle. Judge Hugh Holmes of Winchester, and David Holmes, governor
of Mississippi and U. S. senator, brothers of Hunter Holmes, were
descendants of Col. Joseph Holmes, of Bally-Kelly, County of Londonderry,
Ireland—see coat of arms of Col. Joseph Holmes, in "Book of
Heraldry."
The wife of Dr. McGuire is the daughter of Hon. Alexander Hugh
Holmes Stuart of Staunton, and Frances Stuart, nee Baldwin. She was
born in Staunton in 1844.
The service of Dr. McGuire and his immediate relatives in the late war
was as follows: He entered the Confederate army as a private in Company
F, 2d Virginia regiment; in 1861 was made "Medical Director of
the "Army of the Shenandoah," later "Brigade Surgeon Stonewall
Brigade;" then "Medical Director Stonewall Jackson's Army of the
Valley," later "Medical Director 2d Corps, Army of Northern Virginia;"
serving successively under Jackson, Ewell, Early and Gordon. His
father served as surgeon from 1861 to 1865. Hugh Holmes McGuire,
jr., his brother, was captain of cavalry, Rosser's brigade; wounded at
Amelia Springs, died of wounds a few days later. Another brother, Dr.
W. P. McGuire, was a private in the Stuart Horse Artillery; served
till close of war; was wounded, captured, and held a prisoner at Point
Lookout many months; living now in Winchester. Edward McGuire,
another brother, was a lieutenant in the Confederate States Navy.
The following are the titles that have been conferred on Dr. Hunter
Holmes McGuire, and the offices he has held: M. D. 1855, Winchester
Medical College, Winchester: M. D. 1859, Virginia Medical College,
Richmond, LL. D. 1887, University of North Carolina; LL. D. 1888,
Jefferson Medical College, Pennsylvania; Associate Fellow, College of
Physicians, Philadelphia, 1887, Hon. Fellow, Virginia Medical Society;
Hon. Fellow, North Carolina Medical Society; Hon. Fellow D. Haynes
Agnew Surgical Society, Philadelphia; professor of Anatomy, Winchester
(Virginia) Medical College, 1855-58, professor of Surgery, Virginia
Medical College, 1865-78; emeritus professor Surgery, 1880;
president Richmond Academy of Medicine, 1869; president Virginia
Medical Society, 1880; president Association of Medical Officers of Confederate
States Army and Navy, 1875; president American Surgical
Association, 1886; president Southern Surgical and Gynecological
Association, 1889. vice-president American Medical Association, 1881;
vice-president International Medical Congress (Philadelphia) 1876,
Surgeon St. Luke's Hospital, Richmond, from 1883, still serving in
this position.
