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school which he put into successful opera-
tion in 1847. was one of the noted physicians
and surgeons of his day, and practiced until
1861. Two of his uncles were David
Holmes and Judge Holmes, and one of his
sens was Dr. Hunter McGuire, of Rich-
mond, and another, the subject of this sketch.
Dr. William Province McGuire commenced
his education in the schools of his native
town, attended the Winchester Academy,
at Winchester, and the Greenwood Acad-
emy, in Albemarle county, Virginia, after
which he commenced a course of study at
the Medical College of Virginia, this being
interrupted by the civil war, and he was
graduated in the class of 1867 with the de-
gree of Doctor of Medicine. He at once
established himself in medical practice in
Winchester, with which city he has been
uninterruptedly identified. He was one of the
surgeons of the Winchester Memorial Hos-
pital ; had served as vice-president of the
Medical Society of Virginia several times,
and as president of this organization, 1893-
94; and was vice-mayor of the city of Win-
chester two terms. He gave his political
support to the Democratic party, attends the
Episcopal church. Dr. McGuire married,
June 17. 1871, Nannie H., a daughter or
Hon. John Randolph Tucker.
Hamilton, John William, born at Weston. W^est Virginia, March 18, 1845 ; graduated at Mount Union College, Ohio, in 1865, and at Boston University in 1871 ; entered the m.inistry of the Methodist Episcopal church, and in 1871 founded the "People's Church" in Boston. He is the author of "Memorial of Jesse Lee" (1875) '< "Lives of the Meth- odist Bishops" (1883), and "People's Church Pulpit" (1884).
Longley, Seldon, born at Emory and
Henry College. AVashington county, Vir-
ginia, February 7, 1846, a son of Edmund
Longley, and his wife, Mary Hammond, a
granddaughter of William Hammond, who
emigrated to this country from England ;
and a great-great-grandson of Edmund
Longley, who came from England in 1750,
and settled in West Waterville, Maine. Ed-
mund Longley, the father, was for a long
period of time a professor at Emory and
Henry College; was postmaster at Emory,
Virginia ; a member of the board of trustees
of Martha Washington College; and was
nominated as a representative of his dis-
trict in congress in 1867. The civil war
interrupted his studies at college, and at
seventeen years of age he enlisted as a pri-
vate in the Confederate army. Assigned to
Captain J. K. Rambo's company of Border
Rangers, and later served in Company F,
'I'wenty-first Regiment, Virginia Cavalry.
A\'as appointed orderly sergeant, and finally
captain of his company. Returning to his
studies he was awarded the Robertson prize
for oratory at Emory and Henry College in
June, 1866. Graduated Bachelor of Arts in
1S68, and in 1869 Master of Arts. He stud-
ied law at the University of Virginia, 1869-
70, and was "Final Orator." He practiced
law, and in 1873 was a Democratic member
of the house of delegates from Washington
countv. Since that time he has served as
delegate to various state conventions. He
had removed to Pulaski county in 1891, and
after a short residence there, was appointed
by Governor Charles T. O'Ferrall, judge of
the county court, this being confirmed by
the general assembly, in 1897, for the regu-
lar term of six years. Mr. Longley married.
