OBITUARY:  McGUIRE, Sarah; 1909; Allegheny Twp., Cambria Cnty., PA 

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Cambria Freeman
Ebensburg, Pa.
Friday, 4 Jan 1907
Volume 41, Number 1


Death of an Aged Lady! 
Last Survivor of a Pioneer Family in This Community Passes 
Away in Allegheny Township

Mrs. Sarah McGuire, the last of the pioneer family of 
George and Susan Glass, died at the residence of Mr. and 
Mrs. Thomas Callan in Allegheny township, near Loretto, on 
Friday, December 28th, 1906, at 11:30 a. m. in the 88th 
year of her age.

Mrs. McGuire was a daughter of George Glass and Susan 
Daugherty and was born near Munster, Cambria county, 
January 29th, 1820.  She was the twelfth child of a family 
of thirteen children and like almost all of her family she 
possessed the vitality to sustain a remarkably long life.

The following brothers and sisters, with the deceased, 
constituted the family of George Glass:  (1) Ann, who was 
the oldest, born in 1798, and married to John Myers in 
1817, and of which union Sheriff James Myers; Susan, who 
was intermarried with Michael Hasson, Esq.; Mary Magdalen, 
who is intermarried with Joshua Parrish of Ebensburg; and 
Matilda, George, John, Henry, Margaret, Catherine, William 
and Martha were the children. (2) Margaret, born in 1801, 
married in 1822 to James McGough and to which union nine 
children were born. (3) Mary, born in 1802, and 
intermarried with Michael Dan Mageehan, Esq., in 1833, and 
to this union there were several children of whom Susan 
(Mrs. Dorsey King) and Maggie (Mrs. Lew Baumer) of 
Johnstown still survive.  (4) Susan, born in 1804, 
intermarried with Thomas Gallagher and who died without 
issue at the age of 94 years at her home, "Pine Grove," in 
Munster township in 1898.  (5) Jacob, born in 1806 and 
intermarried with Jane Gorman in 1839 and in which union a 
large family was born, viz.: Annie (Mrs. Wm. Todd); Susan 
(Mrs. Patrick Burns); Tillie (Mrs. Robert Brady); Ellie 
(Mrs. Chas. Sharbaugh); Gussie, Demetrius and Gorman.  (6) 
Elizabeth, born in 1808 and intermarried first with Francis 
Gallagher and to which union three children were born: 
Mary, intermarried with John Troxell; Susan and George; and 
after the death of Francis Gallagher, married Chas. 
McManamy.  (7) George, born in 1810 and married to Margaret 
Brown and to which union the following children were born, 
viz.: Andrew, William, George, Jacob, John, Mrs. Mary 
McDermott, Mrs. Susan Flanagan, Mrs. Rose Shearer and Mrs. 
Maggie Brolley.  (8) John J., born in 1812 and intermarried 
with Eliza J. Trotter and of which union, Robert T. Glass 
and Mrs. Jane Durbin are surviving children.  (9) James.  
(10) Edward, born in 1816, and intermarried with Margaret 
Kane; after her death with Mary Ann Brolley of whom Maud 
and Irene Glass of this place, are children.  (11) William, 
born in 1818 and intermarried with Sarah McMullen and to 
which union were born the following children:  Winifield, 
Valentine; W. Edgar, Frank, Sheridan, Gallitzin, Annie, 
Laura and Emma.  After the death of his wife, Sarah, he 
married Mrs. Christy of Gallitzin.  (12) Augustine, born in 
1822, intermarried with Alice McHugh and of which union, 
Mary Josephine survives.  After the death of his wife, 
Alice, he remarried and three children were born to this 
second union.  And, (13) Sarah, the subject of this sketch, 
was born as herein before noticed, near Munster, Cambria 
County, January 29th, 1820.  On July 20th 1841, she was 
united in marriage with Michael McGuire, familiarly known 
as "little Mike McGuire," a son of "Squire Luke" McGuire 
and grandson of Captain Michael McGuire. They were married 
by Rev. P. H. Lemke, first successor to Prince Gallitzin as 
Pastor of Loretto.  Until the death of Michael L. McGuire, 
her husband, on Dec. 24th, 1852, they lived on the McGuire 
"Homestead Farm" just east of Loretto, but from that time 
until a few years ago, Mrs. McGuire lived in the Borough of 
Loretto.  To this union six children were born:  Mary 
Regina, intermarried with Thomas Callan; Alice, 
intermarried with Felix Beck; Henry Gibson, who died when a 
child; J. Heyden, intermarried with Mary J. Coons; George 
L., intermarried with Mathilda Luther and Celestine A., 
intermarried with Mary Melhorn.  Of these, Mrs. Callan, 
George L. of Allegheny township; J. Heyden of Cresson and 
Celestine A. of Johnstown still survive their mother and as 
well also survive, 32 grandchildren and 38 great 
grandchildren.

Mrs. McGuire, or "Aunt Sally," as she was familiarly known 
to many people was a remarkable lady and possessed many 
admirable characteristics. She was fond of children and the 
company of the younger people generally whom she delighted 
to entertain by telling good stories of olden times. She 
was a consistent observer of the modern ways of the world 
and thus kept herself from becoming old.  She was 
charitable in both language and deed and endeared herself 
to all with whom she associated.  She ever maintained a 
deep and careful interest in the material and spiritual 
welfare of her children and direct descendants and 
collateral relatives.  She was an exemplary Christian and a 
lifelong member of the Catholic Church, having been 
baptized by and received her early training from the 
Sainted Gallitzin, first Pastor of Loretto.

Her funeral took place from St. Michael's at Loretto, after 
a High Mass of Requiem by Father Ferdinand Kittell on 
Sunday, Dec. 30th at which an unusually large gathering of 
relatives and friends was assembled.  The pallbearers were 
six of her grandchildren, viz.: Henry F. and George McGuire 
and Thos. F. Callan of Cresson; Walter Beck of Gallitzin; 
Henry Callan of Loretto and Wm. A. McGuire, Esq., of 
Ebensburg.  Interment was made in the old cemetery not many 
yards from the site of the first church (log) at Loretto, 
erected in 1799, in which she had been baptized by him who 
first sang the "Gloria in Excelsis" there at midnight on 
Christmas eve one score year before.