The Valley of the Shadow

McGuffin and Baylor Families

Before the war, Charles W. McGuffin worked as a clerk and lived in the household of merchant Preston Hogshead. Another member of the McGuffin family was a farmer and another was a cabinet maker. Brothers Charles W. and John B. McGuffin both served in the military during the Civil War. John B. McGuffin enlisted as a private in company L of the 5th Virginia Infantry on April 17, 1861. He also served in the 33rd Virginia Regiment in which he was promoted to the rank of sergeant. John died near Winchester in 1865 from wounds. Charles W. McGuffin enlisted the same day as his brother as a private in company D of the 5th Virginia Infantry. He worked in the Quartermasters Department in Winchester and Petersburg and was wounded in the back at Gettysburg. Near the end of the war, or soon thereafter, Charles married Mary C. Baylor, the daughter of an Augusta County farming family. After the war, Charles and Mary lived with David C. Baylor, probably Mary's father, on the Baylor family farm.

The following links provide access to
the most likely matches in the Valley of the Shadow databases.

John B. McGuffin Household: Military Service
Charles W. McGuffin Household: 1860 Census | 1870 Census | Military Service
Geraldine McGuffin Household: 1860 Census
Templeton McGuffin Household: 1860 Census | 1870 Census
George W. Baylor Household: 1860 Census | 1860 Slaveowner Census | Military Service
Mary C. Baylor Household: 1860 Census | 1860 Slaveowner Census | 1870 Census



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