Cache-Weber County UT Archives Biographies.....Quinney, Joseph, Jr. 1871 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ut/utfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 September 1, 2011, 7:32 pm Source: See below Author: S. J. Clarke, Publisher JOSEPH QUINNEY, JR. Joseph Quinney, Jr., general secretary of the Amalgamated Sugar Company at Logan, was born in Weber Canyon, Weber county, Utah; December 25, 1871. His father, the late Joseph Quinney, was a native of England and became one of the early settlers of Utah, removing to this state in 1868. He first took up his abode in Weber county and was there engaged in railroading for a time but in 1874 removed to Cache county, where he resided until his death, passing away in 1917, at the age of sixty-nine years. He was for many years associated with Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Institution and also with the Thatcher Brothers Banking Company as an accountant. In business affairs he displayed marked ability and energy, resulting in the successful achievement of his purpose. He was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and was sent on a mission to England covering the years 1891 and 1892. His political endorsement was given to the democratic party, of which he was a stanch advocate, and he did everything in his power to promote the growth and insure the success of his party. He served for a number of years as city auditor of Logan and made a most creditable record in public office. The mother of Joseph Quinney, Jr., bore the maiden name of Sarah Ann Bradshaw and she, too, is a native of England, coming to America about 1868 and taking up her abode in Utah the same year. It was in Salt Lake, that she gave her hand in marriage to Joseph Quinney. She still survives. She became the mother of twelve children, seven sons and five daughters, of whom ten are living. Joseph Quinney, Jr., the eldest of the family, was educated in the public schools of Logan to the age of thirteen years, when he started out to provide for his own support and has since been dependent entirely upon his individual efforts for the success that he has achieved in life. He was first employed as a delivery boy by Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Institution and later he became a salesman. He worked his way upward through intermediate positions to the head of the accounting department and was with Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Institution for a period of seven years. He was then called to a mission in Samoa, where he served for four years and was very successful in his labors. Upon his return he became associated with the Sidney Stevens Implement Company in the accounting department and served in that capacity for a year. He next became a representative of the Amalgamated Sugar Company, accepting the position of general accountant, and later he was advanced to the position of manager of the Logan plant. When the Lewiston sugar plant was built Mr. Quinney became manager of the latter and eventually was made district manager for the company In the Cache valley. During the year 1916 he went to Russia to purchase sugar beet seed for the company and visited many parts of Europe, Siberia, China, Japan and various points on the European continent as well as all parts of Russia. While thus engaged he prosecuted his duties as a purchaser of sugar beet seed and also studied foreign conditions. Upon his return he resumed his duties as district manager and during the year 1917 he was promoted to the position of general agricultural superintendent for the company, later being given the position of general secretary, in which capacity he is now serving. Thus he has steadily worked his way upward from a humble position to one of large responsibility and importance and he fully meets every requirement that is made upon him in this connection. Aside from his service as general secretary of the Amalgamated Sugar Company, he is also a director of the Interurban Railway and a director of the Thatcher Brothers Banking Company. He fills the presidency of the Cache Auto Company and he is the secretary and treasurer of the Lewiston Supply Company of Lewiston, Utah. His business interests and activities are thus most extensive and important. On the 22d of April, 1892, Mr. Quinney was married in Logan Temple to Miss Ida Theurer, a native of Utah and a daughter of John and Barbara Theurer, early settlers of Providence, Cache .county, Utah. Mr. and Mrs. Quinney have become the parents of six sons, of whom five are living, while Newell, the first-born, is deceased. The others are: Seymour Joseph, who served in the United States Army during the European war; Glenn T.; Ariel T., who was also a member of the army; Conrad; and John. Mr. Quinney was for four years a member of the board of directors of the Agricultural College at Logan and has been keenly interested in all that has pertained to the material, intellectual and moral advancement of the community in which he makes his home. He has membership in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and is a member of the presidency of the Cache stake and in fact is active in various organizations of the church. His political allegiance is given to the republican party, but he has never been an aspirant for office. He belongs to the Logan Commercial Boosters Club and his aid and cooperation can be counted upon at all times to further every plan and movement for the general good. During the period of the war he was chairman of the Red Cross for a year and was a most active, earnest and effective supporter of all interests that tended to promote the cause of America and her allies in the field and uphold the work, of the American army. He has two sons who responded to the call of the colors, Seymour Joseph who is now practicing law in Salt Lake City, being stationed at Camp Lewis, Washington, while Ariel T. was at Lake Charles. Mr. Quinney and his family reside at No. 167 West First South in Logan, where he owns a very fine residence that is richly and tastefully furnished. His present financial condition is in marked contrast to his condition when he started out in the business world. He made his initial step in a humble place at a wage of eight dollars per month and today he is one of the foremost factors in connection with the sugar industry of the west. Through the steps of an orderly progression he has worked his way steadily upward and the accomplishment of his well defined purpose has brought him prominently to the front in commercial circles in Utah. Additional Comments: Extracted from UTAH SINCE STATEHOOD HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL ILLUSTRATED VOLUME IV CHICAGO-SALT LAKE: THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1920 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ut/cache/bios/quinney29nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/utfiles/ File size: 7.1 Kb