Chatham County GaArchives Biographies.....McIntire, Francis P. 1881 - living in 1913
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Author: William Harden
p. 607-608

   CAPT. FRANCIS P. MCINTIRE. This distinguished young citizen of Savannah is
conspicuous in the affairs of this section of the state for three reasons. In
the first place he is prominent in the military affairs of the state; in the
second he is one of the standard-bearers of the Democratic party and holds the
office of chairman of the executive committee of the same; in the third he is
one of the ablest and most promising of Savannah lawyers, in his comparatively
brief career having been connected with much important litigation and having
earned the respect of bench and bar alike.

   Captain McIntire was born in Savannah July 22, 1881, the son of James W. and
Katherine (Foley) McIntire. The father, who is living in Savannah, is also a
native of this city and a son of the late James McIntire, who when a small boy
came from his native country, the north of Ireland, to Savannah, his arrival in
this city being in antebellum days (some time in the early '50s). The wife of
this immigrant ancestor was Frances (Noyes) McIntire. The family is really of
Scotch origin. Captain McIntire's mother, who is deceased, was also born in
Savannah and is the daughter of Owen Foley and Honoria Kirby, a native of
Ireland, who came to Savannah about the year 1840. Thus the city is dear with
many strong ties and associations to the immediate subject of these lines.

   Captain McIntire received his first introduction to Minerva in the public
schools of the city and was graduated from the high school in 1898. He
subsequently matriculated in the Pennsylvania Military College, where he pursued
a civil engineering course, and in 1901 received the degree of C. E. He attended
the law department of the University of Georgia and in the class of 1903
received the degree of LL. B. He had in the meantime studied law in Savannah
under Judge G. T. Cann, while that gentleman was judge of the court of chancery,
and also under Judge Cann's brother, J. Ferris Cann. He was admitted to the bar
in 1903, and since that time has been engaged successfully in the practice of
his profession in this city.

   For several years, Captain McIntire has been a prominent member of the
Georgia Hussars, famous as the oldest military organization in the state, and
for having taken a fighting part in all the wars from the Revolution to the
Spanish-American, and whose membership has included many of the best-known
citizens of Savannah during its long history. He enlisted in the Hussars as a
private and through promotions became captain of the Georgia Hussars in 1905,
which office he still holds.

   Captain McIntire was married in Savannah in 1909, the young woman to become
his wife and the mistress of his household being Miss Lucy H. Barrow, daughter
of the late Judge Pope Barrow, a former governor of Georgia and United States
senator. Mrs. McIntire's mother was Cornelia (Jackson) Barrow, daughter of the
late Gen. Henry B. Jackson of Savannah. Their household, distinguished as one of
the most charming in a city of attractive homes, is further made interesting by
the presence of a son, James W. McIntire, Jr.


Additional Comments:
From:

A HISTORY OF SAVANNAH AND SOUTH GEORGIA
BY
WILLIAM HARDEN

VOLUME I
ILLUSTRATED
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHICAGO AND NEW YORK
1913


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