City of St. Joseph and Washington Township -
JOHN QUIGLEY, civil engineer, etc., was born in the State of Maine in the year 1827.  In early boyhood he moved to Pennsylvania, settling in Susquehanna County, where he received his literary and scientific education, acquiring a thorough knowledge of practical engineering and surveying under the instruction of the distinguished Professor King.  In 1847, he moved to Dubuque, Iowa, and in the following year entered the government employ as a surveyor, a business which he pursued for many years with marked success.  Many of the important lines in the State of Iowa were run by him.  In this experience, in common with his associates, he encountered many difficulties and dangers from the hostilities of the Indians, who harassed and often destroyed the settlers, but seemed especially inimical to the surveying parties.  In his capacity as civil engineer he has done a vast amount of work on different railroads in the West.  In 1854, he took a contract of subdivisions, and so well .and faithfully was the work performed that he was complimented by the Inspector of Public Surveys on the efficiency of his work, and declared to have done the best surveying accomplished that year.  In consequence of danger from the treachery of the Indians, the business of surveying was temporarily suspended.  He was then offered a partnership in the large mercantile house of his brother-in-law, Lawrence Maloney, of Dubuque, Iowa.  In view, however, of his prospects of securing a large contract in his own line of business, he decided to decline the proposition, and continued the pursuit of his profession.  In 1865, he came to St. Joseph.
Source:  History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881 - Page 866

Marion Twp. -
MARY QUIGLEY, an early settler of this vicinity, was born Mar. 16, 1831, in County Tipperary, Ireland, and came to the United States in 1851, settling in New York City.  There she formed the acquaintance of M. C. Quigley, and they were married before the close of the year.  He was a native of County Wakesford, Ireland, and was born in 1819.  They came west to Chicago in 1852, remaining for two years, and then moved to Racine, Wisconsin; thence to Alton, Illinois, and finally to Iowa, where they remained for three years, coming to Missouri, in August, 1859. They resided one year at Cameron, then came to this county. Mr. Q. followed railroading, and while he worked on the section, his wife attended to operating the tank.  He was accidentally killed while in the employ of the railroad company, in 1864.  Since his death, Mrs. Quigley has kept the position and has raised a family of six children, the eldest of which was only ten years of age at that time.  She displays great energy, and the length of time she has held the position (some twenty-two years) is ample proof of the esteem in which she is held by the railroad company.  The family consists of Margaret J., Mary F., Elizabeth A., James E., Michael H. and Credelia J.  She is a member of the Catholic Church.
Source:  History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881 - Page 961