U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Quigley, George (1847-1937) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Upshur County West Virginia From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by W. B. Cutright Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907 Page 539 GEORGE QUIGLEY, Geologist, lumberman, prospector for oil and gas, and an expert on minerals. Was born September 16, 1847, in South Royalston, Mass. His parents were, Samuel Quigley and Jane McMickle, natives of Ireland. His father immigrated to Massachusetts from Ireland and after remaining in America some time went back to marry. He was R. R. Contractor. The subject of this sketch joined the 2d Ohio Heavy Artillery, Company M, in 1863, and served in that regiment during the rest of the war, and was discharged at Nashville, Tenn. When he went west to Kansas and lived there two years, then came back to Ohio and in 1895 settled in West Virginia, near Pickens, Randolph County. He is now a citizen of Upshur and lives near Indian Camp, Meade District. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #8280 FULL-NAME: George Quigley BIRTH-DATE: September 16, 1847 BIRTH-PLACE: Canada DEATH-DATE: May 2, 1937 (at age 89y-8m-16d) DEATH-PLACE: Imperial, Meade District, Upshur County, WV USUAL-RESIDENCE: Imperial, Meade District, Upshur County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widower (Alice Warrals Quigley) OCCUPATION: Farmer FATHER: Samuel Quigley (born in Ireland) MOTHER: Jane McNelly (born in Ireland) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: No Dr. Probably Complications following Old Age INFORMANT: Mrs. Lydia M. Hoffman (of Willowby, Ohio) BURIAL: Chesterland, Ohio ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Upshur County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/upshur/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------