California with a herd of stock horses and cattle, but his marriage to Jeannette T. Johnson, daughter of Benjamin Johnson and Rebecca Plant, changed his plans. Our grandfather, Benjamin Johnson, was twice elected to the Illinois Legislature; once to the Lower House, from 1838 to 1840, and once to the Senate, serving from 1842 till 1846. When a young girl, Mrs. McGuire attended Almira College at Greenville, Illinois, and later in the 70's attended Monticello Seminary at Godfrey, Illinois, where our mother also attended school in the 40's. Mrs. McGuire's only daughter, Jeannette, the third generation, attended Monticello Seminary, and on her graduation in 1898, both her mother and grandmother were present, and when Miss Haskell, the principal, presented the diplomas to the graduates, she gave each one a rich damask rose with her diploma, and special mention was made in several cases. When Jeannette McGuire received her diploma and rose, her mother and grandmother were also each presented with a rose, because of the three generations who attended Monticello Seminary. Mrs. McGuire was married on December 23, 1875, to Robert Lewis McGuire, at Chatham, Illinois, at the beautiful home of her parents, who left Bond County in 1871 and moved to Sangamon County, where our father owned one of the best stock and grain farms in Central Illinois, consisting of one thousand acres in one body, which was acquired by uniting energy, perseverance and splendid business judgment. After Mrs. McGuire's marriage she and her husband came to Springfield, Illinois, where she has resided ever since. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church, the Illinois State Historical Society, and a patriotic and loyal member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Her charities were abundant and many unfortunate and afflicted have cause to bless her memory. Mrs. McGuire was descended from a line of patriotic ancestors and she was intensely interested in the history of her country, and the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution was especially dear to her heart, and her efforts at research along this line were untiring. She was the direct descendant of three great-grandfathers who served in the Revolutionary War, namely: Charles Johnson and Williamson Plant, who are both buried near Pocahontas, Bond County, Illinois, and the third, John Foster Leaverton, born in London, England, and buried near Leesburg, Highland County, Ohio. Mrs. McGuire's father, Wilson Leaverton, served in the Civil War, enlisted and served as a private in Company F, One Hundred Thirty-fifth Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Mrs. McGuire's funeral was held at the home on Sunday, December 26, and she was buried by her husband's side in Oak Ridge Cemetery. She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. John Sidney Burnet of Chicago, formerly Susan Jeannette McGuire; two grandchildren, Beatrice, and Robert William Burnet; one sister, Mrs. Benjamin Canaday Richie of Georgetown, Illinois, formerly Mary Caroline Leaverton; two brothers, Richard Lincoln Leaverton of Redlands, California; and Samuel Johnson Leaverton of Chatham, Illinois. Thus a loving and devoted mother, and a thoughtful and good sister has passed away, and we will greatly miss her. The beautiful home where there have been so many happy meetings, as well as sad ones, is entirely broken up, and we will see the familiar faces no more until some sweet day we meet in the great beyond. "And now on the midnight sky we look, Each star is to us a sealed book, Some tale of that loved one keeping. We parted in silence, we parted in tears, PUBLICATIONS OF THE ILLINOIS STATE HISTORICAL LIBRARY AND SOCIETY. No. 1. *A Bibliography of Newspapers published in Illinois prior to 1860. 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Springfield, 1903. *Illinois Historical Collections, Vol. II. Clarence W. Alvord. CLVI and 663 p. 8vo. *Illinois Historical Collections, Vol. III. Lincoln Series. Vol. I. Edited by Edwin Springfield, 1908. Virginia Series, Vol. I. Edited by Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858. *Illinois Historical Collections, Vol. IV. Executive Series, Vol. I. The Governors' Letter-Books, 1818-1834. Edited by Evarts Boutell Greene and Clarence Walworth Alvord. XXXII and 317 p. 8vo. Springfield, 1909. Illinois Historical Collections, Vol. V. Virginia Series, Vol. II, Kaskaskia Records, 1778-1790. Edited by Clarence Walworth Alvord. L and 681 p. 8vo. Springfield, 1909. *Illinois Historical Collections, Vol. VI. Bibliographical Series, Vol. I. Newspapers and Periodicals of Illinois, 1814-1879. Revised and enlarged edition. Edited by Franklin William Scott. CIV and 610 p. 8 vo. Springfield, 1910. *Illinois Historical Collections, Vol. VII, Executive Series, Vol. II. Governors' Letter-Books, 1840-1853. Edited by Evarts Boutell Greene and Charles Manfred Thompson. CXVIII and 469 p. 8vo. Springfield, 1911 *Illinois Historical Collections, Vol. VIII. Virginia Series, Vol. III. George Rogers Clark Papers, 1771-1781. Edited with Introduction and Notes by James Alton James. CLXVII and 715 p. 8vo. Springfield, 1912. *Illinois Historical Collections, Vol. IX. Bibliographical Series, Vol. II. Travel and Description, 1765-1865. By Solon Justus Buck, 514 p. 8vo. Springfield, 1914. Illinois Historical Collections Vol. X: British Series Vol. I. The Critical Period, 1763-1765. Edited with introduction and notes by Clarence Walworth Alvord and Clarence Edwin Carter, LVII and 597 p. 8vo. Springfield, 1915. Illinois Historical Collections, Vol. XL British Series, Vol. II. The New Regime, 1765-1767. Edited with introduction and notes by Clarence Walworth Alvord and Clarence Edwin Carter. XXVIII and 700 p. 8vo. Springfield, 1916. Illinois Historical Collections, Vol XIL Bibliographical Series, Vol. III The County Archives of the State of Illinois. By Theodore Calvin Pease. CXLI and 730 p. 8vo. Springfield, 1915. *Bulletin of the Illinois State Historical Library, Vol. L. No. I, September, 1905. Illinois in the Eighteenth Century. By Clarence Walworth Alvord. 38 p. 8vo. Springfield, 1905. *Bulletin of the Illinois State Historical Library. Vol. I, No, 2. June 1, 1906. Laws of the Territory of Illinois, 1809-1811. Edited by Clarence Walworth Alvord. 34 p. 8vo. Springfield, 1906. *Circular Illinois State Historical Library. Vol. I. No. I, November. 1905. An Outline for the Study of Illinois State History. Compiled by Jessie Palmer Weber and Georgia L. Osborne. 94 p. 8vo. Springfield, 1905. *Publication No. 18. List of Genealogical Works in the Illinois State Historical Library. Compiled by Georgia L. Osborne. 8vo. Springfield, 1914. 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