Will County IL Archives Biographies.....McGuffin, William R, M D 
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Author: Past and Present of Will County, IL; 1907

WILLIAM R. McGUFFIN, M. D. In a profession where advancement depends solely 
upon individual merit, skill and conscientious devotion to duty, Dr. McGuffin 
has won a creditable place. He was born in Aledo, Mercer county, Illinois, 
July 1, 1859. His father, John G. McGuffin, a native of Washington county, 
Pennsylvania, born August 12, 1829, came to Illinois in 1854 and for two years 
was engaged in teaching school in Warren county, this state. He located in 
Aledo soon after the establishment of the town and engaged in clerking in a 
store there for a time, while subsequently he carried on business on his own 
account. At the time of the Civil war, however, he put aside all commercial 
and personal considerations in order to aid his country in the preservation of 
the Union, enlisting as a member of Company K, One Hundred and Second Illinois 
Volunteer infantry. He was orderly sergeant of his company and served until 
1864, when he was honorably discharged and returned to Aledo, where he resided 
until his life's labors were ended in death on the 26th of March, 1904. His 
wife, Margaret Harris, was born in Adair county, Kentucky, February 2, 1832, 
and in 1840 came to Illinois, living near Aledo until her marriage to John G. 
McGuffin, in 1858. She has since been a resident of the city of Aledo, where 
she still makes her home. Dr. McGuffin, their only child, is indebted to the 
public school system of Aledo for his early educational privileges. His more 
specifically literary education was acquired in Aledo Academy and his 
professional training was received in Rush Medical College in Chicago, from 
which he was graduated with the class of 18S3. He came to Joliet in 1885, 
began the practice of medicine here, and has since won a creditable place as a 
representative of the medical fraternity. Anything which tends to bring to man 
the key to that complex mystery which we call life is of interest to him and 
he keeps abreast with the best thinking men in the practice of medicine and 
surgery, thus constantly promoting his ability and efficiency. Dr. McGuffin 
was married in Joliet, January 26, 1888, to Miss Mars Palmer, a daughter of 
Professor I. S. Palmer, well known in the state of Illinois. Dr. McGuffin 
holds membership in Mount Joliet lodge, No. 42, A. F. & A. M.; in Joliet 
chapter, No. 27, R, A. M.; in Powhattan lodge, No. 42, I. 0. 0. F.; Joliet 
lodge. No. 532, K. P.; and Joliet lodge, No. 396, B. P. 0. E., while of the 
White Cross he is supreme medical director. The liberal patronage accorded him 
is indicative of the consensus of public opinion regarding his ability, while 
his strong personal traits of character have won for him many warm friendships 
during the twenty-one years of his residence in Joliet. 

Additional Comments:
PAST AND PRESENT OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS By W. W. Stevens President of the 
Will County Pioneers Association; Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing 
Company, 1907

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