Sons of Wilson8 Quimby


[Wilson8, Richard7, Eliphalet6, Tristram5, Jeremiah4, John3, Robert2]



Jason9 Quimby (Wilson8, Richard7, Eliphalet6, Tristram5, Jeremiah4, John3, Robert2), born about 1840, Hooksett, New Hampshire, married Alma unknown. living 1860 at Princeton, Green Lake, Wisconsin.


Hosea F.9 Quimby (Wilson8, Richard7, Eliphalet6, Tristram5, Jeremiah4, John3, Robert2), born Feb. 6, 1844 Racine, Green Lake, Wisconsin, died 13 Aug. 1907, Easton, Faribault, Minnesota, and is buried at Rosehill Cem., Wells, Minnesota.
He first married Mary L. WEISER, 1861, Princeton, Wisconsin and after her death he married secondly, her sister Caroline H. WEISER, 1878 at Wells, Faribault, MN


Children by first marriage:

I. Florence Gertrude10 Quimby, b. 1862   WI, d. 1941, Northfield, MN,
married Richard HARMER;
II. William H.10, b. 1863 WI, d. 1937, MN,
~married~
 Jessie May PROBART.
res. Lura, Fairbault and Mankato, Blue Earth, MN
~Children~
i.Henry Jesse11 Quimby, b. 1887
~married~
Leona/Lenora unknown b. Canada - see Sherman, ID-1910
[ch: Lorena M.12 Quimby, Margaret D.12 Quimby]
;
III. Rebecca S.10 Quimby, b. 1866 MN, d. 1927, MN,
married George A. CORY;

IV. Hattie10 Quimby, b. 1868 MN, d. 1939, MN,
married Hubert MARICLE;

V. Albert Edwin10 Quimby, b. 1872 MN, d. 1837, MN,
~married~
 Marie La JEUNESSE
res. Lura, Fairbalt and Mankato, Blue Earth, MN,
~Children~
i. Leonore/Eleanore11 Quimby, b. 1900, MN ;
ii. Flora11 Quimby, b. 1905, MN;

VI. Mary Edith10 Quimby, b. 1875 MN, d. 1899, MN,
 married Fred Leslie PROBART.


Children by second marriage:

VII. Charles Freeman10 Quimby, b. 1879 MN, d. 1962   Long Beach CA,
~married~
 Lillian Kathrynn REEVES,
res. Minneapolis, Hennepin, MN in 1910;

VIII. Roy10 Quimby, b. 1881 MN, d. 1919 MN,
~married~
 Winnifred E. PEPPER
 res. Minneapolis, Hennepin, MN,
~Children~
i. child11 Quimby
ii. Edgar R.11 Quimby, (1902-1957)
iii. Donald P.11 Quimby, (1903-1929)
iv. Margaret11 Quimby(1804-1965),
~married~
1st: J. I. WALSH
2nd: F. C. GOOD;

IX. Carrie Blanche10 Quimby, b. 1884 MN, d. 1969 MN,
 m. Frank HECKEL;

X. Harry L.10 Quimby, b. 1886, MN, d. 1942, Mentone, CA
m. Irene TERRELL.
[living 1910 Sherman, Kootenai, Idaho with nephew Henry Jesse11 Quimby, son of William H.10]



Biography of Hosea Quimby from:

 Memorial Record of the Counties of Faribault, Martin, Watonwan and Jackson, Minnesota


"Hosea Quimby, the leading business man of Easton, has been an eye-witness of, and a prominent factor in, the growth of this progressive village. In presenting to our readers this record of his life we give the history of one of the esteemed and honored pioneers of Faribault county, who by his upright life and genial manner has won the respect and confidence of all with whom business dealings or social relations have brought him in contact. From early childhood he has lived on the frontier.
He was born in a primitive home in Wisconsin, his birth occurring in Racine county, February 6, 1844, --four years before the Badger State was admitted to the Union. Milwaukee, then little more than a hamlet, was the market place of the family, and the father, Wilson Quimby, frequently went there as a freighter. In an early day he had come to Wisconsin from Massachusetts, accompanied by his wife and two children who were born on New England soil. One of these has since been called to that "undiscovered country from whose bourne no traveler returns." Abbie, the second child, is now the widow of Samuel Loomer, and resides in Ripon, Wisconsin. Hosea is the next of the family; and Louisa, the fourth and youngest child, is the wife of William Chapman, who for many years has been a resident of Minneapolis.
When Hosea was a child of only three summers the loving mother was called to the home beyond and six years later his father married Miss Julia Ann Quimby, his cousin, the wedding taking place in 1853. Of their three children, one died in infancy, and the others are: Ellen, wife of Fred William, an agriculturist of Benton county, Missouri; and Julia, wife of Charles Spratley, also living in Benton county. Mrs. Julia Quimby died at her home in Green Lake county, Wisconsin, at the age of forty years, and her death was deeply regretted by many friends as well as by her immediate family. In 1858 Wilson Quimby won a mother for his little ones by his marriage to Miss Sarah Wilcox, a native of Canada. They afterward moved to Benton county, Missouri, where the father died in March, 1888. He was a lifelong Democrat, advocating Jeffersonian principles, and was a man of strong convictions who fearlessly advocated his views and gave to others the right to do the same.
Hosea Quimby was reared in the frontier settlement and with the family shared in the experiences of frontier life, thereby developing a self-reliance and force of character which have been of incalculable benefit to him in later years. In 1847 his father went to Green Lake county, Wisconsin, and secured from the Government a tract of wild land which our subject aided in placing under cultivation. The arduous task of developing a new farm thus became familiar to him, and the training developed his physical manhood, giving him a constitution which fitted him for his own farm work in later years. His mental training was somewhat limited. He attended school held in a log house some distance from his home, and later was in a subscription school which convened in one department of the log cabin of Philemon Wicks. Experience, however, has been his teacher, and in the school of affairs he has gained a practical, useful knowledge. Possessing an observing eye and a retentive memory, he has learned that which has been of much benefit to him in his business career.
When the North began the struggle to preserve intact the Union which the South seemed determined to destroy, Mr. Quimby enlisted under the stars and stripes, donning the blue at Rochester, Minnesota, September 14, 1864, as a member of Company C, Seventh Minnesota Infantry, under Captain Thomas, with whom he served until the cessation of hostilities, when he was honorably discharged at Fort Snelling, September 16, 1865, returning at once to his home and family.
On the 27th of March, 1861, Mr. Quimby had wedded Miss Mary Wiser, who was born in the kingdom of Hanover, Germany, May 13, 1845, and sailed with her parents from Bremen to Baltimore on a three-mast sailing vessel, which after a voyage of forty-five days upon the board Atlantic dropped anchor in the harbor for which it started. After a short stay in the "city of monuments, " they continued on their journey westward until reaching Princeton, Wisconsin, traveling to Chicago, thence by water to Milwaukee and on by team to their destination, which they reached in the summer of 1854. The father purchased a small farm and gave his entire time to its cultivation and to rearing his family. He was born in 1807, and after a long and useful life passed away at the age of sixty years. The wife of Henry Wiser was born in Hanover, in 1822, and is still living, at the age of seventy-two, her years resting lightly upon her and her mental faculties being still unimpaired. She is a faithful member of the Methodist Church, and her earnest Christian life has won for her the love and respect of many friends.
Mrs. Quimby was but sixteen years of age at the time of her marriage. On the 19th of September, 1863, the young wife accompanied her husband to Faribault county and was installed in their new home, a small frame shanty, 12 x 16 feet, with only a partial floor, made from lumber drawn by oxen from Morristown. The stovepipe was put through a hole in the roof and the cabin was furnished in primitive style in harmony with their surroundings, but secure in the love of husband and children the wife and mother braved the trials of frontier life and made the little home bright and happy. Ere winter came the house was covered with sod, several feet thick, that the cold might not touch the inmates; and though those were days of labor they were not without enjoyment such as is unknown to city-bred people. At length the pioneer home was replaced by a more modern structure, built of lumber drawn from a sawmill on Minnesota Lake, and standing on section, 30, Minnesota Lake township. The land was rapidly placed under cultivation and became a rich and fertile farm, supplied with modern conveniences and giving evidence of the care and supervision of a thrifty owner.
In 1877 Mr. Quimby was called upon to mourn the loss of his wife, who passed away March 19, and was laid to rest in Minnesota Lake cemetery, where a marble monument marks her burial place. She left a family of six children, two sons and four daughters, and three of the number are natives of this State. Florence, called by her friends, Flora, was born in Green Lake county, Wisconsin, January 8, 1862, and became the wife of Richard Harmer, a farmer of Claremont, Dodge county, Wisconsin. William, a well-known and popular citizen of Easton, where he has a pretty home, was also born in Green Lake county, August 10, 1864, and married Jessie May Probart, who was born December 10, 1863, and by whom he has one child, Jesse H., born February 6, 1888. Rebecca, who was born in Minnesota Lake, May 15, 1866, is the wife of George Cory, a leading young business man of Easton, and the junior member of the firm of H. P. Edwards & Company, hardware merchants. Hattie, born January 27, 1868, is the wife of Hubert Mericle, a grain dealer of Easton, representing the firm of Corgle Brothers, of La Crosse, Wisconsin. Albert, born May 27, 1872, was graduated at the Des Moines Business College in the class of 1892, and holds the position of confidential clerk for his father, being possessed of excellent business ability. Mary, who is generally known as Mamie, was born March 21, 1875, and is now the wife of Fred Probart, an enterprising young farmer of Lura township.
On the 16th of February, 1878, Mr. Quimby wedded Caroline Wiser, twin sister of his first wife and a native of Hanover, Germany. The wedding ceremony was performed by Rev. J. E. Conrad, a Presbyterian minister, in the American House in Wells, Minnesota. The lady possesses more than average intelligence and has been a true helpmeet to her husband. They have four bright and interesting little children, - Charley, born July 22, 1879; Roy, born February 11, 1882; Carrie, born January 28, 1885; and Harry, born November 29, 1886. The Quimby family resides in a very pretty home in Easton, which was erected in 1887, and where true hospitality abounds. They have resided in the village ever since its organization with the exception of one year spent upon the farm.
Mr. Quimby has always been prominently identified with its interests and up-building, and his name is inseparably connected with its history. About four years after its incorporation he embarked in general merchandising. He erected the second elevator in Easton and about 1885 built another situated immediately in the rear of the Easton house. As a grain dealer he has done a good business, and in this way has added materially to his income. For many years he has dealt in real estate to a greater or less extent, and at one time owned over 4,000 acres of land. He erected a bank building at a cost of a number of thousand dollars, fitted up with all the accessories of a first-class banking establishment, and on the 1st of January, 1895, the doors of the Easton bank were opened for business. This institution is one which reflects credit upon both the town and the owner. Through the legitimate channels of business Mr. Quimby has sailed his barque to the harbor of success. He possesses that indomitable perseverance and energy which carry forward to successful completion whatever he undertakes, and in the business world of Faribault county he has been an important factor. His prosperity comes as the just reward of honest effort, and he is now ranked among the substantial citizens of this community.
Mr. Quimby has never been a politician in the sense of office-seeking, yet his fellow-townsmen, recognizing his worth and ability, have called him to public office, and for the long period of twenty years he has served as Assessor. He has also been a member of the Town Board of Supervisors, and in Lura township was Town Clerk and Town Treasurer for many years. All the village offices have been filled by him in a most creditable and acceptable, manner, and he is now the efficient and honored President of the town of Easton. He has the welfare of the town at heart at all times, and all that tends to the advancement of the social, moral, intellectual or commercial welfare of Easton receives his support. For a long period he has been Recorder, and as Justice of the Peace has dealt out punishment or reward with a fair and impartial hand. He voted for Abraham Lincoln at Fort Snelling, his first presidential vote, and has since been a warm advocate of Republican principles. He takes some interest in civic societies, belonging to McCally Post, No. 55, G.A.R., of Delevan; also to Wells Lodge, No. 172, F. & A.M., and to Easton Lodge, No. 197, I.O.O.F. Mr. Quimby is too well known in this locality to need words of commendation from the biographer, yet as this volume will be read and treasured by future generations something should be said of his characteristics. In manner he is pleasant, genial and social, therefore has won friends; in business he is ever straightforward and honorable and has therefore retained the friendship of those he has met, and won their confidence. An honored pioneer, a valued citizen, an esteemed gentleman, is the subject of this memoir."



Harry9 Quimby (Wilson8, Richard7, Eliphalet6, Tristram5, Jeremiah4, John3, Robert2) born 1858, may have died young, nothing further known.


Milo9 Quimby (Wilson8, Richard7, Eliphalet6, Tristram5, Jeremiah4, John3, Robert2)



Harry W.9 Quimby (Wilson8, Richard7, Eliphalet6, Tristram5, Jeremiah4, John3, Robert2) born 1878, Missouri and living in 1900, Camden. Missouri with mother Sarah A., and husband Alzo (Alexander) GRAHAM. aged 23, and single. Found in 1920 living in Purcell, McClain, Oklahoma. Married Dora unknown, born 1881, Arkansas.

Children:

I.Woodrow10 Quimby, born 1914 in Arkansas;
II. Josie Lea10 Quimby, born 1916, Oklahoma;
III. Lela Bell10 Quimby, born 1918, Oklahoma.






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