P.H. McGuire Arizona, The Youngest State, 1913, pg 483 After a long and useful career as a telegraph operator and train dispatcher in various parts of the west, P.H. McGuire is living in Globe, where is he now serving as bailiff of the superior court. He was born in Columbus Ohio, in 1854 and is a son of Patrick and Ann McGuire, natives of Ireland. Their marriage occurred in that country and in 1848 they crossed the Atlantic to America going immediately to Columbus Ohio where the father worked as a tool finisher in the employ of the Hayden Tool Company until his death in 1859. He had survived his wife only a few years as she died in 1855. In their family were five children, three of whom are still living, the subject of this review being the youngest. P.H. McGuire acquired his education in the public schools of Columbus and when he had laid aside his textbooks began his career as a railroad switchman, following that occupation for eleven years in Columbus. In 1874 he went to Peoria Illinois where he worked as a switchman until 1878. In that year he met with a serious accident which caused him to resign his position. He then studied telegraphy, soon becoming expert at it and worked in different in the west as an agent, operator and train dispatcher until 1883 when he came to Arizona. He was train dispatcher at Winslow and Globe and at Juarez, Mexico and later moved to Miami Arizona where he held a position in a freight warehouse for a time but is now bailiff of the superior court at Globe. USGenWeb Project NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format for profit, nor for commercial presentation by any other organization. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than as stated above, must obtain express written permission from the author, or the submitter and from the listed USGenWeb Project archivist.