Nelson 'Nel' McGuire with violin he made himself.
Nelson McGuire, 9th child of Daniel McGuire, Sr. and Isabelle McCormick, was born in Blairsville?, Indiana Co, Pennsylvania 17 Dec 1865, died 2 Apr 1914 in Pierre, Hughes Co, South Dakota, buried Okobojo Cem. Gravestone reads, “Nelson McGuire, Dec. 17, 1865 – Apr. 2, 1914". Nelson McGuire homesteaded 22 Apr 1901 in Sully Co, South Dakota. He died of an accidental gunshot wound; family tradition says he bled to death while riding his horse to a doctor.