JAMES
G. MAGUIRE was born in the city of Boston, Massachusetts, February 22,
1853. His parents came to the Pacific
coast the following year, where he was reared.
He attended the academy conducted by Joseph K. Fallon, of Santa Cruz,
after leaving the public schools, and was afterwards Professor of Mathematics
and English branches in St. Ignatius College, San Francisco. After leaving school, his father insisted
that he should learn the blacksmiths trade.
Following the advice of his father, he served as apprenticeship are four
years, and after a thorough mastery of the trade, he followed it only six
weeks, and then abandon it to follow his inclination and study law. He was submitted to the bar and engaged in
practice. In 1875 he was elected to the
State Legislature, representing the Thirteenth Assembly District during the
session of 1875-6. In 1882 he was
elected Judge of the Superior Court of San Francisco, and performed with a very
arduous duties of that responsible position with great credit to himself and to
the profession of which he is an honored member. Judge Maguire had a large and successful law practice, which
demands and receives his whole attention.
Source:
"The Bay of San Francisco" Volume 1. Lewis Publishing Company 1892.
Page 477-478.
Submitted by: Nancy Pratt Melton.
© 2004 Nancy Pratt
Melton
San Francisco County California Biography Project