Age - Over 60

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ID - 111
Birth -1794
Death -1882

Gender - Female

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[1] [J.C. Lewis McGuire was Judith Carter (Lewis) McGuire, daughter of  Major Robert Lewis and Judith Brown; granddaughter of Fielding Lewis and his second wife, Betty Washington; the nephew of George Washington. Rev. McGuire married Judith Carter Lewis on 17 Apr 1816. McGuire was born in Frederick Co., VA. and was rector of St. George’s from 1813-1858.

Her husband Rev. Edward McGuire wrote a book in 1836 entitled The Religious Opinions and Character of Washington. As early as the 1830’s, there were debates about whether George Washington was a Christian. Frances Wright boldly asserted that Washington was not a Christian he believed not in the priests God, nor in the divine authority of the priest’s book. McGuire wrote this book to respond to allocations. McGuire depicted the General as devoted to constant prayer, the frequent taking of Communion, and the diligent observance of the Christian Sabbath. There was a large issue taken by evangelists that religion had a definite role in public life in the improvement of morality.

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[1] http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/fredericksburg/cemeteries/stgeorge.txt

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