Lacrosse-Trempealeau County WI Archives Biographies.....Maguire, Arthur February 2, 1819 - 
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ARTHUR MAGUIRE, of North La Crosse, was born in County Armagh, Ireland, Feb. 
2, 1819. His father, Bernard Maguire, emigrated to Canada in 1821, bringing 
his family with him. At the age of 24, Arthur engaged in lumbering, which he 
followed in Canada until the fall of 1849, at which time he came to the United 
States. After engaging in various pursuits in different places, he started for 
New Orleans, in the spring of 1850; but he abandoned the idea of going South, 
and for six months taught school, near Louisville. He attended a seminary at 
Louisville, which was managed by William and Garret Barry; then taught school 
during the summer of 1851, at the same place as before; perfected himself in 
certain branches, during the winter of 1851 and 1852, at Cleveland, Ohio, and 
again taught school from 1851 to 1855. In 1856, he revisited Canada, disposed 
of lands owned by him, came back to the United States; came to Wisconsin via 
the lakes, and occupied several weeks in searching for government lands to 
enter; came to La Crosse, and spent his first night in the house of Joshua 
Ridgley. Next went to Trempealeau Co., where he selected lands three miles 
below the site of Whitehall, in November, 1856. He built a small house of 
lumber which was hauled forty miles. In 1857 he rafted, and also clerked for 
Shepherd & Valentine, both in North La Crosse and Hannibal, Mo., until 1859. 
In 1860, he visited Louisiana, and was witness to many exciting scenes 
incident to the breaking out of the rebellion. He taught school until April, 
1862, in Arkansas, to which State he had gone to escape danger from rebels. He 
passed a season of hardships, and finally reached Memphis, Tenn., then in 
possession of the Union forces. He enlisted June 30, 1862, but subsequently 
learned that the enrollment was irregular, and re-enlisted in Co. H, 5th Tenn. 
V. C., August 22; was promoted to Sergeant-Major, was discharged Aug. 14, 
1865. He then returned to La Crosse, and has since been Town Clerk, Justice of 
the Peace, Member of the County Board, and Alderman in La Crosse City Council; 
and is now, April 12, 1881, Notary Public. In religion he is Catholic; 
politics, Whig till the Know-Nothing days of 1854 and 1855; then Democrat till 
1876, when it left the people and went to Mammon. He is now a Greenbacker.

Additional Comments:
From History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin, 1881, p. 773 - 774.

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