Blanche Ogreta Scott and Charles Albert McGuire

CHARLES ALBERT MCGUIRE, son of ESTHER ELDERKIN and ELWOOD WHITNEY MCGUIRE, was born May 17, 1875 in Richmond, Wayne, Indiana,⁴⁹³¹ and died September 6, 1961 in Richmond, Wayne, Indiana.^{266, 4931} He is buried in Earlham Cemetery, Richmond, Wayne, Indiana.^{89, 1125, 4931}

He married BLANCHE OGRETA SCOTT on July 29, 1897 in New Paris, Preble, Ohio,^{12, 265} daughter of REBECCA JANE SWAIN and ALONZO FRANCIS SCOTT. She was born December 22, 1875 in New Paris, Jefferson Twp, Preble, Ohio,^{11, 4931} and died February 5, 1957 in Richmond, Wayne, Indiana.⁴⁹³¹ She is buried in Earlham Cemetery, Richmond, Wayne, Indiana.^{89, 1125, 4931}

• Descendant Reports
  • William Scott Descendant Report (Ancestor of Blanche O. Scott)
  • Edward Erwin Descendant Report (Ancestor of Blanche O. Scott)
  • Jacob Clements Descendant Report (Ancestor of Blanche O. Scott)
  • William Campbell Descendant Report (Ancestor of Blanche O. Scott)
  • Francis Stuart Descendant Report (Ancestor of Blanche O. Scott)

Children of BLANCHE OGRETA SCOTT and CHARLES ALBERT MCGUIRE:

1. WHITNEY SCOTT MCGUIRE, b. September 6, 1898, New Paris, Jefferson Twp, Preble, Ohio; m. JULIET AMELIA NUSBAUM on June 11, 1924 in First English Lutheran Church, Richmond, Wayne, Indiana^{1675, 5036}; d. March 31, 1972, Naples, Collier, Florida.
2. SCOTT CHARLES MCGUIRE, b. December 23, 1902, Richmond, Wayne, Indiana;¹²² m. RUTH EMMA HALTERMAN in 1929; d. July 3, 1989, Maitland, Orange, Florida.²⁶⁹
3. SUZANNE MCGUIRE, b. August 6, 1915, Richmond, Wayne, Indiana;⁴⁹¹⁷ m. EVERETT DUDLEY MORGAN on November 9, 1945 in Richmond, Wayne, Indiana¹⁶⁷⁵; d. July 3, 1973, Reid Memorial Hospital, Wayne County, Indiana.^{861, 4931}



Personal Information

• Blanche Ogreta Scott attended Earlham College, Richmond, Wayne, Indiana between 1893 and 1894.⁴¹

• Charles Albert McGuire was President and Treasurer of the Dille & McGuire Manufacturing Company.²⁶⁶

Marriage Announcements and News

Richmond Daily Register, July 30, 1897²⁶⁵

M'GUIRE - SCOTT

The Young People Were Wed Last Evening.

Last night at 8 o'clock the New Paris home of Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Scott occurred, the wedding of their daughter, Miss Blanche Scott to Mr. Chas. McGuire, of this city. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. W. D. Campbell, pastor of the Christian church of that place, and was witnessed by about twenty five or thirty guests, mostly relatives. The young couple came to Richmond to stay a week in their new home, in the Spinning flats, on North Tenth street, and will then go east to spend a month in travel.

Miss Scott was one of New Paris' best known and most highly esteemed young ladies, while the groom needs no praise to Richmond people other than what his business principles have already won for him.

Obituaries

Palladium-Item and Sun-Telegram, February 6, 1957²⁶⁴

Mrs. C. A. McGuire, Wife Of Richmond Manufacturer, Dies

Mrs. Charles A. McGuire, 1701 Reeveston road, died late Tuesday afternoon. She was 81 years old.

Mr. McGuire, one of the city's leading manufacturers and benefactors, is president and treasurer of Dills and McGuire Manufacturing company. Mrs. McGuire was formerly a vice president of the lawn mower company.

Mrs. McGuire was the former Blanche O. Scott of New Paris, Ohio. She was a member of the First Presbyterian church here and of the local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

The couple would have been married 60 years next July.

Survivors include the husband; two sons, Whitney S. McGuire of Richmond and Scott C. McGuire of Winter Park, Fla.; one daughter, Mrs. Dudley Morgan of Richmond; five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Graveside services for Mrs. McGuire will be held at 1 p. m. Friday in Earlham cemetery. Rev. Hugh Ronald will officiate. Friends may call at the Doan and Son mortuary Thursday afternoon and evening.

Palladium-Item, September 6, 1961²⁶⁶

Charles A. McGuire, 86 Dies; With Dille & McGuire Since 1893

Charles A, McGuire, 86 years old, president and treasurer of the Dille & McGuire Manufacturing company, died shortly after noon Wednesday at Reid Memorial hospital where he had been a resident patient since Feb. 13, 1956. The family residence is at 1701 Reeveston road. Mrs. McGuire's death occurred in 1957.

Mr. McGuire was born here May 19, 1875, the son of Elwood Whitney and Esther Elderkin McGuire. He attended grade and high schools here.

One of the city's leading manufacturers; he gave generously of his funds to Community projects and various campaigns to raise money for local institutions.

Named For Mother

McGuire hall, the fine arts building of the Richmond high school, was partly financed by Mr. McGuire in memory of his mother. Mr. McGuire gave $50,000 toward construction of the building.

Mr. McGuire's first gift toward the fine arts building which bears his name was $25,000. He later gave an additional $25,000 for the same project.

At the time his first gift was announced, Mr. McGuire said it was made "as a living tribute to the memory of my mother."

W. G. Bate, the superintendent of school, said: "This splendid gift and the spirit in which it is made is in keeping with the long and keen interest of Mr. McGuire in school and community activities along educational and cultural lines.

"I know that the satisfaction which come comes to him in making this gift is not only from paying a beautiful tribute to his mother's memory but it is thought that through the years to come both youths and adults of Richmond will derive benefit and pleasure from the use of facilities provided by the building."

Mr. McGuire also contributed generously to the million-dollar fund campaign which Reid Memorial hospital staged in 1948 for a new wing.

He pledged to give $1 for every $10 raised from all other sources.

Frank Sheffler, then the hospital administrator, said that Mr. McGuire's contribution, because of that unusual pledge, totaled between $92,000 and $93,000.

Earlham college looked upon Mr. McGuire as one of its principal supporters.

Figures released by the college showed that in comparatively recent years he had given that institution $49,000, in these amounts: $7,500 for the women's residence hall campaign; $7,500 for the Second Century campaign; $30,000 for the Challenge campaign; and $4,000 through industrial giving.

The college said that Mr. McGuire was one of the key figures in getting the Second Century campaign building fund under way and in stimulating local interest and support.

Also Donated To YMCA

The Young Men's Christian association (YMCA) was another local institution helped by Mr. McGuire.

In the name of the McGuire family, a sum of $125,000 was given to the YMCA for its 1956 three-floor addition.

That amount was earmarked for the new addition's gymnasium. It is called the McGuire Memorial gymnasium.

He also had been vice president of the American Sunday School Union. He was a director of the union. He was a director of the Second National bank.

Mr. McGuire was a member of the Webb lodge of Masons, the Richmond lodge of Elks, the Rotary club and Forest Hills Country club.

Charles McGuire was a grandson of Ezekiel Whitney McGuire, who came from New York state but eventually settled in Eaton and became secretary of the old Eaton & Hamilton railroad. He was a director of its successor, the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton railroad for many years.

Elwood Whitney McGuire, Charles McGuire's father, was apprenticed at the age of 16 to learn the trade of a wood pattern maker with the Quaker City Machine Works at Richmond. In the spring of 1875 he formed a partnership with Henry H. Dille, a machinist and model maker.

Their "Dille & McGuire Machine Shop" on Fort Wayne avenue was the forerunner of the present Dille & McGuire Manufacturing company, now, at 553 North Thirteenth street, the city's first lawn mower manufacturers.

The first name was the Richmond Lawn Mower Company. The present name later was adopted and Elwood W. McGuire purchased sole interest in the firm in 1890. His family has carried on ever since. Ezekiel McGuire was the firm's original treasurer and later became president.

Charles McGuire joined his father in the firm at the age of 18 in 1893.

Survivors include two sons, Whitney S. of Richmond and Scott C. of Winter Park, Fla.; a daughter, Mrs. Dudley Morgan, Richmond; five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Services for Mr. McGuire will be announced by the Doan and Johnson mortuary.

Cemetery Pictures



Earlham Cemetery, Richmond, Wayne, Indiana

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
June 4, 1880659	Richmond, Wayne, Indiana	Esther Elderkin Elwood Whitney McGuire Charles Albert McGuire Henry Clem McGuire Edna Amanda McGuire
June 11, 1880260	New Paris, Preble, Ohio	Alonzo Francis Scott Rebecca Jane Swain Charles Francis Scott Blanche Ogreta Scott
June 9, 1900112	Richmond, Wayne, Indiana	Charles Albert McGuire Blanche Ogreta Scott Whitney Scott McGuire
April 25, 1910815	Richmond, Wayne, Indiana	Charles Albert McGuire Blanche Ogreta Scott Whitney Scott McGuire Scott Charles McGuire
January 7, 1920895	Richmond, Wayne, Indiana	Charles Albert McGuire Blanche Ogreta Scott Whitney Scott McGuire Scott Charles McGuire Suzanne McGuire
April 14, 1930252	Richmond, Wayne, Indiana	Charles Albert McGuire Blanche Ogreta Scott Suzanne McGuire
April 26, 19402486	Richmond, Wayne, Indiana	Charles Albert McGuire Blanche Ogreta Scott Suzanne McGuire