James McGuire was born January 7, 1844 in Three Mile Bay, Jefferson County, New York, and died March 13, 1934 in Washburn, North Dakota. His parents were Hugh McGuire and Ann Magill. He married Jane Melvina Sweeney on June 9, 1870 in Hazel Green, Wisconsin, daughter of Charles Sweeney and Elizabeth Mulvaney. Jane died at the age of 29 on February 26, 1884 and James married Theresa Angeline LaChapelle April 12, 1885 in Wabasha, Minnesota.
Three Mile Bay, New York is on Lake Ontario. James’s parents had a farm there and his father was also employed as a ship carpenter. In 1854, when he was ten years old, the family moved out to Galena, Illinois located on the Mississippi River where as a young man, he worked in the lead mines. He and his father also built steamboats and piloted them. Two ships that they constructed actually competed in a famous steamboat race near St. Paul, Minnesota.
In 1901 Captain James McGuire came to Washburn in the employment of the Washburn Company. At the turn of the century, Washburn was one of the last stops for riverboats traveling from St. Louis, Missouri. The boats exchanged grocery and hardware materials for buffalo hides, furs, and grains. At that time, the Missouri River, which was open for traffic seven and a half months of the year, was known for currents so strong that it took two weeks to travel the approximately 800 miles upstream and four days to go downstream. Some of the other problems encountered were shifting channels, sandbar, varying water levels, and ice.
James also worked for Captain Grand Marsh and Captain I P Baker, as repairman on their boats and as their pilot on the upper Missouri. About 1913 when the new government land opened up west of Garrison, he and Theresa filed and proved a homestead near Emmet, North Dakota, but later returned to Washburn to live in 1927. He lived in Washburn until his death in 1934 at the age of 90 yeas old. James and Theresa are buried in the cemetery at Underwood.
Three Mile Bay, New York is on Lake Ontario. James’s parents had a farm there and his father was also employed as a ship carpenter. In 1854, when he was ten years old, the family moved out to Galena, Illinois located on the Mississippi River where as a young man, he worked in the lead mines. He and his father also built steamboats and piloted them. Two ships that they constructed actually competed in a famous steamboat race near St. Paul, Minnesota.
In 1901 Captain James McGuire came to Washburn in the employment of the Washburn Company. At the turn of the century, Washburn was one of the last stops for riverboats traveling from St. Louis, Missouri. The boats exchanged grocery and hardware materials for buffalo hides, furs, and grains. At that time, the Missouri River, which was open for traffic seven and a half months of the year, was known for currents so strong that it took two weeks to travel the approximately 800 miles upstream and four days to go downstream. Some of the other problems encountered were shifting channels, sandbar, varying water levels, and ice.
James also worked for Captain Grand Marsh and Captain I P Baker, as repairman on their boats and as their pilot on the upper Missouri. About 1913 when the new government land opened up west of Garrison, he and Theresa filed and proved a homestead near Emmet, North Dakota, but later returned to Washburn to live in 1927. He lived in Washburn until his death in 1934 at the age of 90 yeas old. James and Theresa are buried in the cemetery at Underwood.
James McGuire was born January 7, 1844 in Three Mile Bay, Jefferson County, New York, and died March 13, 1934 in Washburn, North Dakota. His parents were Hugh McGuire and Ann Magill. He married Jane Melvina Sweeney on June 9, 1870 in Hazel Green, Wisconsin, daughter of Charles Sweeney and Elizabeth Mulvaney. Jane died at the age of 29 on February 26, 1884 and James married Theresa Angeline LaChapelle April 12, 1885 in Wabasha, Minnesota.
Three Mile Bay, New York is on Lake Ontario. James’s parents had a farm there and his father was also employed as a ship carpenter. In 1854, when he was ten years old, the family moved out to Galena, Illinois located on the Mississippi River where as a young man, he worked in the lead mines. He and his father also built steamboats and piloted them. Two ships that they constructed actually competed in a famous steamboat race near St. Paul, Minnesota.
In 1901 Captain James McGuire came to Washburn in the employment of the Washburn Company. At the turn of the century, Washburn was one of the last stops for riverboats traveling from St. Louis, Missouri. The boats exchanged grocery and hardware materials for buffalo hides, furs, and grains. At that time, the Missouri River, which was open for traffic seven and a half months of the year, was known for currents so strong that it took two weeks to travel the approximately 800 miles upstream and four days to go downstream. Some of the other problems encountered were shifting channels, sandbar, varying water levels, and ice.
James also worked for Captain Grand Marsh and Captain I P Baker, as repairman on their boats and as their pilot on the upper Missouri. About 1913 when the new government land opened up west of Garrison, he and Theresa filed and proved a homestead near Emmet, North Dakota, but later returned to Washburn to live in 1927. He lived in Washburn until his death in 1934 at the age of 90 yeas old. James and Theresa are buried in the cemetery at Underwood.
Three Mile Bay, New York is on Lake Ontario. James’s parents had a farm there and his father was also employed as a ship carpenter. In 1854, when he was ten years old, the family moved out to Galena, Illinois located on the Mississippi River where as a young man, he worked in the lead mines. He and his father also built steamboats and piloted them. Two ships that they constructed actually competed in a famous steamboat race near St. Paul, Minnesota.
In 1901 Captain James McGuire came to Washburn in the employment of the Washburn Company. At the turn of the century, Washburn was one of the last stops for riverboats traveling from St. Louis, Missouri. The boats exchanged grocery and hardware materials for buffalo hides, furs, and grains. At that time, the Missouri River, which was open for traffic seven and a half months of the year, was known for currents so strong that it took two weeks to travel the approximately 800 miles upstream and four days to go downstream. Some of the other problems encountered were shifting channels, sandbar, varying water levels, and ice.
James also worked for Captain Grand Marsh and Captain I P Baker, as repairman on their boats and as their pilot on the upper Missouri. About 1913 when the new government land opened up west of Garrison, he and Theresa filed and proved a homestead near Emmet, North Dakota, but later returned to Washburn to live in 1927. He lived in Washburn until his death in 1934 at the age of 90 yeas old. James and Theresa are buried in the cemetery at Underwood.
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