Thomas Quinn - Bio 
Contributed by Bruce E. Kendall <bekendall2@cox.net>  


Source: Biographical History of La Crosse, Monroe and Juneau Counties, 
Wisconsin.  Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company. 1892.  Pp. 935-936.

THOMAS QUINN, a prosperous farmer and highly esteemed citizen of 
Wilton, Monroe county, Wisconsin, was born in county Motte, Ireland, 
in 1831.  His parents were William and Betsie (Waters) Quinn, both 
of whom lived and died in the old country.  They had two sons, the 
younger of whom is the subject of our sketch.

He came to the United States in 1848, at the age of seventeen years, 
bent, like so many others before and since his time, on seeking his 
fortune in the new country.  For six years, he worked on a farm, in 
Chester county, New York.  He then came to the West, working for six 
months at Dixon, Illinois, and then removed to Waukesha county, 
Wisconsin, where he worked on a farm until 1861.

In that year he moved to Monroe county, where he settled on a piece 
of land he had previously purchased, which consisted of eighty acres, 
located in section 8, town of Wellington.  This land he carefully 
cleared up and diligently cultivated, and improved by erecting a 
large and comfortable house on it,  besides good barns for his grain 
and stock, and other farm buildings and improvements, making of it a 
very valuable place.  

He has since added forty more acres to his original purchase of eighty, 
making 120 acres in all, which is one of the most desirable farms in 
the county.  From 1861 to 1864, he worked for a lumber company, getting 
out pine logs and running them down the Kickapoo river.

In 1865, he enlisted in the Fifty-second Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, 
and served on the frontier until his regiment was mustered out of the 
army.  His military record is an honorable one, he having been a brave 
and efficient soldier.

He was married in New York State, in 1853, to Miss Jane Quirk, a highly 
estimable lady.  The had two children, a son and a daughter.  Elizabeth, 
the older, is the wife of James Barry, who is a prosperous farmer, and 
resides on the adjoining farm.  They have six children, Thomas, Ettie 
Jane, Mary, Theresa, Joseph and Sylvester, all of whom are at home, 
and form a happy family. 

William, the younger of the two children, is working the family 
homestead.  He is happily married to Miss Catharine Daugherty, an 
intelligent lady, and a daughter of Eugene and Mary (Gehan) Daugherty, 
who are thrifty farmers of this township.  They have four sons: Raymond 
Arthur, Barnard Thomas, William H., and one unnamed.

After thirty-six years of faithful devotion to her husband and 
children, Mrs. Thomas Quinn died, November 5, 1889, greatly lamented 
by all who knew her.  She was a lady of rare Christian virtues and a 
devout member of the Catholic Church, to which all of the family belong.

The subject of our sketch is a member of the G. A. R., at Newark, 
Wisconsin.

Coming to this country without means, he has by honest and persistent 
effort accumulated a competence for himself and family, and by his 
honorable dealings and kindness of heart has gained the universal 
esteem of his fellow men.

NOTE:  Mr Kendall has been researching his ggggrandfather, Selium 
McGary.  In the process, he has found some documents which have been 
added to the archives.  They are transcriptions of five biographies - 
in addition to his ancestor, two (Talbot and Quinn) were associates of 
Selium; the other two just happened to be on the pages that he 
photocopied, and included as a public service.


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