James MAGWIRE/MAGUIRE/MCGUIRE b ca 1819 PA and wife Sarah DUNLAP b ca 1829 PA moved to Mills County IA between 1878-1880. They had 10 children but only 6 have been identified. The known children are Elizabeth (Lizzie) b ca 1848 PA, Mary E b 1853 PA d 1931 Emerson, IA, John b ca 1856 PA, Henry Joseph b 19 Mar 1860 Huntingdon, PA d 28 Feb 1941 Mercy Hospital Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co, IA buried Bethel Cemetery Harrison Co IA, Keage or Heage b ca 1863 PA (his name is difficult to read on the census) and Minnie P b 1860 PA d 1931 Emerson, IA. This family is listed on the 1880 Fed Census in Indian Creek Township, Mills Co. IA, last name spelled as MAGWIRE. On the 1880 Fed Census also living in the James MAGWIRE home was a niece Patience LOGAN age 42 b PA and nephew M James LOGAN age 2 b PA and a farm hand George SMITH age 20 b PA. On the 1885 Mills County Census only James MCGUIRE age 69, wf Sarah age 57, & children Lizzie age 32, John age 28, Henry J age 25 & Minnie age 17 are listed living in the residence in Indian Creek Township on Township 72, Range 40, Section 13 SW1/4 NW1/4. What happened to the younger son Keage or Heage? Mary E and Minnie P MAGWIRE are buried in the Emerson Cemetery a few rows from the front of the cemetery next to the middle driveway. Their last name is spelled MAGWIRE on their tombstones. Mary & Minnie were seamstresses who lived in Emerson their entire adult lives. They were spinsters who treated their cats like children. Their names were spelled as MCGUIRE on the 1885 Mills Co Census. Listed living with Mary in Emerson on Lot 221, on the 1885 census was a Nellie MCGUIRE age 25 b ca 1860 School Teacher. Nothing else known abut Nellie. One family story says James MAGWIRE/MAGUIRE disappeared or abandoned his family sometime after 1885. He was said to have had a mean temperment. His wife Sarah was found living with daughters Mary & Minnie on a later census but no other information has been found about Sarah DUNLAP MAGWIRE/MAGUIRE. Does anyone have any information on any of these people? Were there other Dunlap or Logan families living in the area that could have been related? My GreatGrandfather was Henry Joseph MAGUIRE. I have information on his descendants to share with other researchers of these families. Vicki King