Biographical Sketch of Elkanah Quisenberry, Greene County, Missouri, Campbell Township >From "History of Greene County, Missouri," St. Louis: Western Historical Company, 1883. ********************************************************************** (Deceased). This gentleman was born in Clarke County, Kentucky, July 15th, 1830. His father was Colby B. Quisenberry, one of the early settlers of Clarke county. Elkanah spent the greater part of his life in Kentucky. He was educated in the colleges at Winchester and Lexing- ton, and followed farming as an avocation the most of his life. He spent some five years in Texas and New Mexico ranching, and returned to Kentucky in 1860. When the war broke out he joined Morgan's Confeder- ate cavalry, and was taken prisoner in Ohio, on the famous Morgan raid, and held twenty-five months. When released he returned home and re- mained in Kentucky until 1875, when he came to Greene county, Missouri, and bought a farm. Mr. Quisenberry was married November 5th, 1867, to Ellen, a daughter of John and Mahala (Adams) Thornton, of Henry county, Kentucky. Their union was blest with six children, viz.: Florence B., Arthur T., Charles D., Mattie L., Gracie E. and Gertie E., twins. Mr. Quisenberry died November 13th, 1880, and his widow lives upon the home place two and one-half miles west of Springfield. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joe Miller Penny Harrell ====================================================================