He was from a well-known Winchester family. His father had been an artillerist in the American Revolution. He was one of three brothers who became Episcopal ministers. In 1825 he assumed the rectorate of Saint Anne's and South Farnham parishes in Essex County. The dynamic pastor revived the Episcopal Church in much of the Rappahannock Valley. In 1827 he married Mary Mercer Garnett. Her father was a former congressman and the largest landowner in the county. Her death left five children with him. He married Judith Brockenbrough in 1846. Reverend McGuire opened a small school in Essex County. He introduced a new system of monitoring student performance by use of periodic report cards, a system American education came to adopt.
He was from a well-known Winchester family. His father had been an artillerist in the American Revolution. He was one of three brothers who became Episcopal ministers. In 1825 he assumed the rectorate of Saint Anne's and South Farnham parishes in Essex County. The dynamic pastor revived the Episcopal Church in much of the Rappahannock Valley. In 1827 he married Mary Mercer Garnett. Her father was a former congressman and the largest landowner in the county. Her death left five children with him. He married Judith Brockenbrough in 1846. Reverend McGuire opened a small school in Essex County. He introduced a new system of monitoring student performance by use of periodic report cards, a system American education came to adopt.
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