Biographies:  James QUINN, Doyle Township, Barron Co., WI 

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James Quinn, a progressive farmer of Section 8, Doyle Township, was born at
Schleswig, Manitowoc County, Wis., Jan. 6, 1870, the son of Joseph and 
Johanna (Dowd) Quinn, natives of Ireland, who came to America in 1845, and 
located at Manitowoc, Wis., both being now dead. He received a common school
education, and farmed for a while with his father. As a young man he worked 
six years for the well-known lumber company of Knapp, Stout & Co. at Rice 
Lake. In 1894 he purchased 80 acres of wild timber land in Section 8, Doyle 
Township. There he built a log house and barn, and started to clear up the 
land. Then he brought his bride to the place, and started home making. By 
hard work and industrious application, he has built up a good farm. In 1910, 
his prosperity was sufficiently advanced to warrant his erecting a suitable 
set of buildings, consisting of a pleasant house, commodious barn, and other 
suitable structures. He has adequate equipment, and successfully carries on 
general farming and dairying. He sells his cream to the Central Butter & 
Cheese Association of Doyle Township, in which he is a stockholder. Mr. Quinn 
takes much pride in keeping up his place and he has already got a good start 
in life. He believes in doing his share in every effort which is for the good 
of the community, and he is a good and useful citizen in every respect. 
Fraternally he is a popular member of the Catholic Order of Foresters. Mr. 
Quinn was married in Doyle Township, April 20, 1896, to Maryann Nalley, born 
in Cedar Lake Township, now Doyle, on Dec. 8, 1880, the daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. LeRoy Nalley. The father is now farming at Medon, S. D., and the mother, 
whose family name was Harris, is dead. Mr. and Mrs. Quinn have nine children: 
Mary L., born Dec. 7, 1898, now the wife of Philip Matton, of Barron County; 
Alice R., born Jan. 4, 1900, who is a proficient teacher; Anna E., born April 
15, 1902; Edward J., born March 4, 1905; Hazel N., born Dec. 2, 1907; Grace 
L., born March 30, 1912; Helen C., born Aug. 17, 1914, and Verna C., born 
Dec. 30, 1916. The family faith is that of the Catholic Church.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co.,
1922, pg. 602.