The Scranton Times; Friday, January 9, 1914 PATRICK M’GUIRE, PIONEER, DEAD He Was a School Controller in Providence Township [aka North Scranton, PA] Forty Years Ago. Patrick McGuire, 85 years old, one of the oldest pioneers in the city, died late last night at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Patrick H. DAVITT, 508 Mary Street, North Scranton. Funeral services will be in Holy Rosary church, next Monday morning. Interment will be made in the Cathedral cemetery. Patrick MCGUIRE spent fifty years of his life in this city; practically all of it in North Scranton. Death came as a natural result of great age. By the old timers contemporaneous with him Mr. MCGUIRE was well known. He was active in politics and was one of the school directors in old Providence township forty years or more ago, when the board had five members. That was before the present Scranton school district was joined. Other members, all of whom are gone were: James O’MALLEY, Thomas SALTRY, who was an alderman; Patrick FOX, of Hollow street, and Patrick STANTON. Born in County Mayo, Ireland, Mr. MCGUIRE was one of fourteen children. He leaves eight children, thirty grandchildren and one great-grandchild, besides two brothers and two sisters. In the days when he came to the city Scranton was hardly on the map. Like many young men of sturdy heart and little of the world’s goods, Mr. MCGUIRE went into the mines, beginning at the Cayuga, where he worked all of his life, with the exception of a few years, when he took a chamber at the Storrs. He was one of the most widely known men in the mines and a first class craftsman and he worked until about five years ago, being a man of energy and grit. There were many exciting incidents in the community in the early days of Mr. MCGUIRE’s life here, and he always had a fund of interesting reminiscences to tell his children and grandchildren. Politics in those days were equally as thrilling, if not more so, though perhaps in a smaller way than now. The children are: Mrs. Davitt [Mary Ellen], Mrs. Patrick Moran [Catherine/Katie], Luke [aka Patrick or Denis], Michael, Thomas, and J.J. [John] McGuire. [Either Patrick, Jr. or Denis were omitted from this list of children -- Luke was the nickname for one of them; I forget which.] The brothers are Thomas and Michael, who live in the North End. The sisters are Mrs. Alice COSTELLO and Mrs. Mary SYLVIA, of New Bedford, Mass. -------- Patrick MCGUIRE is my great-great-grandfather. He came from a big family, so I’m sure there is somebody out there that connects -- I would love to hear from you. Take care, Jamie O’Brien