Sopha (Bisch) McGuire (1842)

Born 1842 in North Carolina, United States

Descendants

Biography

Sopha (Bisch) McGuire is a part of US Black heritage.

Sopha was born in 1842.

Sophie's son John McGuire was interviewed about 1937 in Herculaneum, Missouri about his life and his time as an enslaved person.

"I was born in Valle Mines in the northern part of St. Francois County. My mother's name was Sophie McGuire. She was a slave of Henry Bisch and my father was named Philip McGuire and he was owned by John McGuire. I lives here in Herculaneum and am 74 years old. My father worked in de mines and my mother worked in and around de house and cooked. She was more of a house girl. I had three brothers and seven sisters. All my sisters is dead 'cept two. One of dem lives in De Soto and de other in St. Louis. One of my brothers lives at Crystal City and one has worked for over 20 years for de St. Joe company here at Herculaneum."

"I was married for about 35 years and my wife is dead and didn't have any children."

"I can read and write and went to school in Valle Mines at night and paid for it. It cost $1 a month and I went a part of two terms. I learned to read and write from my father."

Interview: John McGuire was interviewed in Herculaneum, Missouri by an unknown interviewer as part of the Federal Writer's Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The results are made available by the Library of Congress. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ [1] Library of Congress - WPA - Slave Narrative - Perry McGee - Vol. 10, Missouri; pages 238-240, images 243-245 of 389.

• "Missouri Births and Christenings, 1827-1935", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2F3-BPN : 17 January 2020), Philip McGuire in entry for Susan McGuire, 1862.

• "Missouri Births and Christenings, 1827-1935", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2F3-B5F : 17 January 2020), John W. Mc Guire, 1863.

• "United States Census, 1880", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6X6-X7K : Thu Aug 03 00:20:09 UTC 2023), Entry for Philip Maguire and Sophia Maguire, 1880.

• "United States Census, 1880", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6X6-4K6 : Thu Aug 03 01:29:26 UTC 2023), Entry for Phillip Maguire and Sophia Maguire, 1880.

• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3ZC-GGT : Fri Aug 04 04:31:24 UTC 2023), Entry for Philip McGuire and Sopha B McGuire, 1900.

• "United States Census, 1910", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2YR-HLJ : Tue Jul 18 19:48:52 UTC 2023), Entry for Philip Mcguire and Sophia Mabel Mcguire, 1910.