Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Quinby, Isaiah
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Solebury Township


   ISAIAH QUINBY retired, P.O. Lumberville, was born in 
Hunterdon county, N. J., September 5, 1814, and is a son of 
James and Margaret (Good) Quinby.  His maternal grandfather 
was Robert Good, a pioneer of Plumstead township, Bucks 
county.  Isaiah Quinby was reared in Hunterdon county, N. 
J., and located in Solebury in 1834.  He learned the milling 
business at Lumberton with his brother-in-law, John ?.    He 
followed this as an occupation for twenty-five years, after 
which he retired.  He married Ruth, a daughter of Crispin 
and Mary (Shaw) Scarborough, of Solebury, by whom he had 
three children:  Wilmot, Mary and Margaret.  Mr. Quinby and 
wife are members of the Society of Friends at Solebury 
meeting.  He has held the office of school director of 
Solebury township for nine years.  In politics he is a 
republican.