Brief Life History of Hiram
When Hiram McGuire was born on 2 July 1802, in Owsley, Kentucky, United States, his father, Archibald Dillard McGuire Sr., was 23 and his mother, Margaret Elizabeth Guyer, was 16. He married Francis Cornelius Barker on 18 November 1822, in Estill, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Proctor, Lee, Kentucky, United States in 1860. He died on 10 December 1867, in Owsley, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Beattyville, Lee, Kentucky, United States.
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- Hiram McGuire in household of Unknown, "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 "
- Hiram McGuire, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Hiram McGuire, "Find A Grave Index"
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1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1805
Historical Boundaries 1805: Montgomery, Kentucky, United States 1816: Estill, Kentucky, United States 1843: Owsley, Kentucky, United States 1870: Lee, Kentucky, United States
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Brigid, Caitlin, Kieran, Aidan, Aislinn, Clancy, Conley, Connor, Cormac, Donal, Fionnuala.
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mag Uidhir ‘son of Odhar’, a byname meaning ‘sallow’. This was the name of the ruling family of Fermanagh from the 13th–17th centuries, now regularly Anglicized as Maguire .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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