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'''George Malcolm McIntire''' (1817-1884), a mayor of Charlottesville during the Civil War and a druggist. McIntire's wife was Catherine Clark, a member of the prominent Charlottesville family that held land under grants received in colonial times and produced George Rogers and William Clark.<ref>http://xroads.virginia.edu/~class/am483_97/projects/hall/McInt1.html</ref>  
'''George Malcolm McIntire''' (February 22, 1817- August 16, 1884), a mayor of Charlottesville during the Civil War and a druggist. McIntire's wife was Catherine Clark, a member of the prominent Albemarle family that held land under grants received in colonial times and produced George Rogers and William Clark.<ref>http://xroads.virginia.edu/~class/am483_97/projects/hall/McInt1.html</ref>  


Unlike much of Virginia, Charlottesville was spared the brunt of the American Civil War. The only battle to take place in Charlottesville was the Skirmish at Rio Hill, in which George Armstrong Custer was repulsed by local Confederate militia. <ref>https://www.hallowedground.org/Explore-the-Journey/Historic-Towns-Villages/Charlottesville-VA</ref>. On March 3, 1865, a little more than a month before Lee surrendered the Confederacy to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in a ceremony at Appomattox Court House, about 60 miles south of Charlottesville, Mayor [[G. M. McIntire]] and a group town and University officials surrendered of the town and the University of Virginia to Maj. Gen. George A. Custer’s Union cavalry.(The summer before, Union forces had burned the barracks at Virginia Military Institute, and in retaliation Confederates had set fire to parts of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. Not only did Custer and his superior, Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, order that the town and school not be burned, they posted guards to protect the University.)
Unlike much of Virginia, Charlottesville was spared the brunt of the American Civil War. The only battle to take place in Charlottesville was the Skirmish at Rio Hill, in which George Armstrong Custer was repulsed by local Confederate militia. <ref>https://www.hallowedground.org/Explore-the-Journey/Historic-Towns-Villages/Charlottesville-VA</ref>. On March 3, 1865, a little more than a month before Lee surrendered the Confederacy to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in a ceremony at Appomattox Court House, about 60 miles south of Charlottesville, Mayor [[G. M. McIntire]] and a group town and University officials surrendered of the town and the University of Virginia to Maj. Gen. George A. Custer’s Union cavalry.(The summer before, Union forces had burned the barracks at Virginia Military Institute, and in retaliation Confederates had set fire to parts of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. Not only did Custer and his superior, Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, order that the town and school not be burned, they posted guards to protect the University.)


McIntire and his wife, [[Catherine A. Clarke]] (also spelled Chark) lived with their three boys and four daughters in a house at 815 e. High, home of the famous “[[Tarleton Oak]]”. Their youngest son, [[Paul Goodloe McIntire]], was to become acknowledged as one of the great benefactors of the City of Charlottesville, the County of Albemarle and also the University of Virginia. <ref>{{cite-progress|title= Statue of George Rogers Clark, financed by McIntire, unveiled in 1921  
McIntire and his wife, [[Catherine A. Clarke]] (also spelled Chark) lived with their three boys and four daughters in a house at 815 e. High, home of the famous “[[Tarleton Oak]]”. Their youngest son, [[Paul Goodloe McIntire]], was to become acknowledged as one of the great benefactors of the City of Charlottesville, the County of Albemarle and also the University of Virginia. <ref>{{cite-progress|title= Statue of George Rogers Clark, financed by McIntire, unveiled in 1921  
|url=https://www.dailyprogress.com/125yearsofprogress/statue-of-george-rogers-clark-financed-by-mcintire-unveiled-in/article_4f8132f6-c011-11e7-83ab-531bfe5374bf.html</ref>.  
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The gifts of their son to Charlottesville, [[Paul Goodloe McIntire]], included a city block, purchased on May 28, 1917, bound by Jefferson and Market Streets and by First and Second Streets, NE, to created a formal landscaped city Park and Monument in memory or his parents and two separate monuments which commemorate two of his mother's uncles (George Rogers Clark, often hailed as the "Conqueror of the Old Northwest" and William Clark, one of the leaders of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.)
The gifts of their son to Charlottesville, [[Paul Goodloe McIntire]], included a city block, purchased on May 28, 1917, bound by Jefferson and Market Streets and by First and Second Streets, NE, to created a formal landscaped city Park and Monument in memory or his parents and two separate monuments which commemorate two of his mother's uncles (George Rogers Clark, often hailed as the "Conqueror of the Old Northwest" and William Clark, one of the leaders of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.)

Revision as of 20:57, 23 October 2018

George Malcolm McIntire (February 22, 1817- August 16, 1884), a mayor of Charlottesville during the Civil War and a druggist. McIntire's wife was Catherine Clark, a member of the prominent Albemarle family that held land under grants received in colonial times and produced George Rogers and William Clark.[1]

Unlike much of Virginia, Charlottesville was spared the brunt of the American Civil War. The only battle to take place in Charlottesville was the Skirmish at Rio Hill, in which George Armstrong Custer was repulsed by local Confederate militia. [2]. On March 3, 1865, a little more than a month before Lee surrendered the Confederacy to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in a ceremony at Appomattox Court House, about 60 miles south of Charlottesville, Mayor G. M. McIntire and a group town and University officials surrendered of the town and the University of Virginia to Maj. Gen. George A. Custer’s Union cavalry.(The summer before, Union forces had burned the barracks at Virginia Military Institute, and in retaliation Confederates had set fire to parts of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. Not only did Custer and his superior, Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, order that the town and school not be burned, they posted guards to protect the University.)

McIntire and his wife, Catherine A. Clarke (also spelled Chark) lived with their three boys and four daughters in a house at 815 e. High, home of the famous “Tarleton Oak”. Their youngest son, Paul Goodloe McIntire, was to become acknowledged as one of the great benefactors of the City of Charlottesville, the County of Albemarle and also the University of Virginia. [3].

The gifts of their son to Charlottesville, Paul Goodloe McIntire, included a city block, purchased on May 28, 1917, bound by Jefferson and Market Streets and by First and Second Streets, NE, to created a formal landscaped city Park and Monument in memory or his parents and two separate monuments which commemorate two of his mother's uncles (George Rogers Clark, often hailed as the "Conqueror of the Old Northwest" and William Clark, one of the leaders of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.)

George M. McIntire was buried in Maplewood Cemetery when he died in 1884. His grave is located next to his wife, Catherine A. Clarke (1820-1903), within a family plot.


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