REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS

MARION COUNTY, OHIO

1907 HISTORY

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HARRY N. QUIGLEY, one of the leading practitioners AT the Marion bar and a citizen of high social and business standing was born at Galion, Ohio, and is a son of William C. and Emma J. (Pague) Quigley.

William C. Quigley, now a. retired resident of Marion, spent three years in the army during the Civil War, in General Sherman's division. A sketch of his life appears elsewhere in this work.

Harry N. Quigley attended school at Galion, then became a student at the Grand Rapids (Michigan) High School, from which he was graduated. He then went to the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, where he secured the degree of A. B., in 1890, and that of LL. B., in 1891. From 1891 until 1894 he was mainly interested with his father in a milling business at Richwood, Union County, Ohio, in the latter year coming to Marion and entering upon the practice of his profession. Here he has met with cordial recognition and stands among the prominent attorneys of the city and county.

In 1895 Mr. Quigley was married to Ida M. Barnhart, who is a daughter of the late John Barnhart, who was an extensive farmer of Marion County. Mr. and Mrs. Quigley belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church. His fraternal relations are with the Elks, Knights of Pythias and Odd Fellows.

SAMUEL T. QUIGLEY, auditor of the city of Marion, Ohio, was born at Galion, Ohio, in 1872, and is a son of William C. and Emma (Pastas) Quigley, who are now respected residents of Marion.

Mr. Quigley was 10 years of age when his parents moved from. Galion to Grand Rapids, Michigan. His education was completed by an attendance of three years at the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, this being after the family had removed to, Richwood, Union County, Ohio. Mr. Quigley was then connected with the Wiant book-store, at Marion, for six years, after which he filled out the unexpired term of city clerk, his efficiency in this office going far to ensure his election as city auditor, an office he is now filling. He has always taken an active interest in politics and ranks with the leading Republicans of Marion County.

Fraternally, Mr. Quigley is an Elk, and belongs also to Marion Lodge, No. 402, Knights of Pythias. he is a member of the Epworth Methodist Episcopal Church, at Marion.

WILLIAM C. QUIGLEY, a well known business man of Marion, with office in the Huber Block, has been identified with the interests of this city for the past 13 years. He was born at Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio, November 24, 1840, and is a son of Charles Stewart and Rebecca (LaRue) Quigley.

Mr. Quigley comes of Scotch and French ancestry, and of Revolutionary stock. The early members of the Quigley family came to America from Scotland in 1766 and settled in Monmouth County, New Jersey. The grandfather of William C. Quigley was John Quigley,

who was a captain of New Jersey militia during the Revolutionary War; his brother was commander of a privateer vessel in the same war. Charles Stewart Quigley, father of our subject, was the pioneer of the family in Ohio, settling in 1838 at Mansfield, where he engaged in carriage manufacturing. Later he moved to Galion and was an engineer on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and ran the first eight-wheeled engine ever propelled over that line. Subsequently he became superintendent of the railroad shops at Galion. He married Rebecca LaRue, whose paternal grandfather was a captain in the French Navy that came to assist the Americans in the Revolutionary War; her maternal grandfather, William Erwin, served also in that war, was wounded at the battle of Monmouth and was awarded a pension, when 75 years of age.

William C. Quigley was reared and educated at Mansfield and Galion, his parents settling at the latter place in 1852. As soon as his age permitted he went into the machine shops of the "Big Four" Railroad, where he served three years at boiler making, two years at copper smithing and black smithing and 15 years at locomotive machine forging. He was promoted first to be foreman of the "Big Four" shops, was then made general superintendent and, later, division master-mechanic of the locomotive and car department of the "Big Four" system.

After retiring from railroad work, Mr. Quigley engaged in a lumber business at Grand Rapids, Michigan, for four years, and then removed to Richwood, Union County, Ohio, where he operated a flouring-mill until 1894, when he came to Marion, which city has remained his home ever since.

Mr. Quigley has an honorable war record. On August 16, 1862, he enlisted in Company K, 81st Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf., and was mustered in at Camp Lima as sergeant, going from there directly to Corinth, where one of the most notable battles of the Civil War was fought. He participated in the Vicksburg campaign and in the movements that culminated in the battles of Mission Ridge and Lookout Mountain, and also in the Atlanta campaign, the "March to the Sea" and the battle of Bentonville, marching then to Petersburg and Richmond and taking part in the Grand Review at Washington. He was mustered out at Louisville, Kentucky, with the rank of sergeant, having been promoted to ordnance sergeant of the regiment after the battle of Bentonville. In 1863 Mr. Quigley was placed in charge of two flouring-mills, at Connersville, Tennessee, which he operated to supply the troops with flour rations.

On August 6, 1865, after his return from the army, Mr. Quigley was married to Emma Pague, daughter of Ludwig W. Pague, who was an early settler at Galion, coming from Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Quigley have two sons, Harry N., who is an attorney at Marion and Samuel T., who is an auditor of the city of Marion. The family belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Politically, Mr. Quigley is a Republican and remembers carrying a torch during the Fremont campaign. He belongs to Cooper Post, No. 117, G. A. R., at Marion, and is fraternally connected with the Masons and Knights of Pythias.