Obituary of Alexander Henry Quisenberry, Hardin County, Illinois Copyright 1999 Wanda Reed Name of Deceased: Alexander Henry Quisenberry Name of Newspaper: Hardin County Independent Date of Newspaper: Unknown Obituary: Alexander Henry Quisenberry was born in KY. Nov. 15, 1871 and entered into rest, after an illness of almost 5 months at his home near Cave-in-Rock, Nov 7, 1942, his age at the time of his death being 70 years 11 months and 22 days. He was the 5th. child of the late John and Nancy Quisenberry, having had 2 brothers and 3 sisters, all of whom have preceded him to the Great Beyond except one sister, Mrs. Sarah Sisk of Anna. On Oct. 15, 1899 he was united in marriage to Miss Laura Brewster, whose death occurred some years later. On Apr. 3 1924, he married Miss Laura McDowell, whose death occurred Nov. 15, 1933. On 15th Mar 1936, he was again married, this tiem to Mrs. J.H. Wingate of Cave-in-Rock, with whom he was living at the time of his death. Since he had no children, his only near surviving relatives are his widow and one sister, above mentioned. There are also several surviving nieces and nephews. Due to his kindly and sociable nature, his death also brings a keen sense of loss to a host of sorrowing friends. Most of his life was spent in Saline and Hardin Counties, his chief occupations being those of carpenter and miner. Mr. Quisenberry was a man of high ideals and excellent character, always standing firmly for what he believed to be right. In early life he was converted and afterwards lived according to his faith. During the past six years he has been a faithful attendant of the Pentacostal church at Levee Pond. He realized that the end was near before his death and planned the arrangements for his funeral. Those plans were carried out as nearly as possible by his family and friends. They were held in the Levee Pond church at 11 o'clock Monday morning and were conducted by the Rev. Raymond Rose, assisted by the Rev. Arthur Austin, pall bearers were Floyd and Hershel Rose, Lonnie Pearson, Clarence Wingate, Joe Littrell and R.T. Mcdowell. Flower bearers were Mrs. Reedie Simmons and Mrs. Gene Boyd near Cave-in-Rock, Mrs. Glen Dempsy and the Misses Eva Pearce and Helen Jean Pearce, Eldorado. Favorite songs of the deceased were sung by a quartet, composed of Mr. and Mrs. Carmel Edwards and Mr. and Mrs. J. Paddock, the latter of Evansville, IN. Miss Beulah Marguerite Green was the pianist. The body ws taken to Eldorado for burial, interment made in the Cottage Grove Cemetery. Those who Cave-in-Rock who went to Eldorado was Mrs. Quisenberry, Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Wingate, Joe Littrell, Mrs. W. W. Bales, Mrs. James Crider, Mr. and Mrs. Carmel Edwards, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Wingate and family, Mrs. Ed McDowell, Mr. and Mtrs. Raymond Rose, Mrs. W. C. Green, Mrs. Jim Green, Mrs. Ernest Edwards and daughter, Edna Ruth, and Mrs. Hayden Rose and son. There were also 2 cars from Eldorado and one from Ridgeway in the funeral cortage. ------------------------------------------------------------------ USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organiza- tions or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contri- butor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ----------------------------------------------------------------- File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Wanda Reed