McGUIRE, Marion Hebert, Madison Parish, then Orleans Parish, Louisiana
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Louisiana:  Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, and
Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), pp. 273-274.  Edited by 
Alcée Fortier, Lit.D.  Published in 1914, by Century Historical Association.

McGuire, Marion Herbert, New Orleans physician and medical instructor, was 
born at the family home on "Crescent Place" plantation, in Madison parish, 
La.; son of Joseph Edward and Henrietta (Madden) McGuire, the father having 
been born near Hansboro, Miss.  The mother's death occurred at Trenton, La., 
in 1877, at the age of 28 years, and that of the father at Monroe, La., in 
1891, at the age of 49 years.  The paternal grandparents, Nimrod and 
Elizabeth (Toomer) McGuire, were natives of South Carolina, and moved to 
Mississippi about 1835, later removing to Trenton, La., where they resided 
until the death of the grandfather, his wife surviving him for a period and 
her death occurred at Monroe, in the same state.

At the beginning of the Civil war the father, Joseph Edward McGuire, enlisted 
in the 17th Louisiana infantry as regimental adjutant and served until the 
close of hostilities.  He took part in the battle of Shiloh was with Gen. 
Stephen D. Lee at the siege of Vicksburg, and in the vicinity of Forrest's 
fighting.  He received his only wound at Shiloh.  After the surrender he 
returned to Louisiana and took charge of his father's sawmill and mercantile 
business at Trenton.  Following his father's death he removed to Richland 
Parish, and later to Madison Parish, and there acted in the capacity of 
overseer on plantations. Later he was elected sheriff of Ouachita Parish and 
continued to serve in that capacity for 12 years, his death occurring shortly
after the termination of this long incumbency of the sheriff's office.  He 
was affiliated with the Democratic Party.

The early education of Marion Herbert McGuire was obtained in the public and 
private schools of Monroe.  Later he entered Tulane University, through a 
scholarship, taking a 2-years academic course.  Following the death of his 
father he obtained employment as clerk in a drug store at Monroe, and was 
thus engaged about 3 years.  In the fall of 1894 he entered the medical 
department of Tulane University and graduated in May 1898, having in the 
meantime served 2 years as interne in the New Orleans Charity hospital. At 
the beginning of hostilities of the Spanish-American war he enlisted and was 
commissioned assistant surgeon of the 1st Louisiana volunteer infantry.  He 
served with this command at New Orleans, Mobile, Miami, and Jacksonville, 
and after about 6 months of service was mustered out. Following his return 
he was engaged in the general practice of medicine in the city of New Orleans
about 18 months, after which time he entered the New Orleans sanitarium (now 
the Presbyterian hospital) as resident physician for a term of 4 years.  At 
the expiration of this term he resumed general practice in the city.  Since 
1905 Dr. McGuire has been clinical assistant to the chair of general surgery 
in the New Orleans polyclinic, which is now the post-graduate department of 
the Tulane school of medicine.  In 1907 he also became junior assistant 
demonstrator of anatomy, and served in this post to the end of the term 
1911-12.  During the yellow fever epidemic in New Orleans in 1905 he was 
placed in charge of the 11th ward of the city under the direction of Dr. J. 
H. White.

Feb. 1, 1905, Dr. McGuire was married to Miss Josephine May Wooten, daughter 
of William L. and Josephine (Blanks) Wooten of New Orleans. They have 2 
sons--Cyril and Russell.  Dr. McGuire is a member of the Orleans Parish, 
Louisiana state, and American medical associations; also, the New Orleans 
charity hospital alumni association, Kappa Sigma fraternity, Woodmen of the 
World, and Knights of the Maccabees.