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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
History of Erie County, Pennsylvania
Publ. Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co.
1884
PART V.
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W. J. QUINN,
embalmer and funeral director, Erie, was born in Ireland, July
30, 1847, son of John and Mary Quinn, the former of whom
died when W. J. was a child. In 1855 our
subject came with his mother to America, settling in Newport, R.
I., where he learned the carpenter's trade. In 1861 he
enlisted in the 1st R. I. Cav., Com. A, serving three years and
participating in about twenty battles. Mr. Quinn
was married, in New York City in April 1883, to Sarah McMahon,
of Irish descent, whose father was an officer in the Confederate
army. Mr. and Mrs. Quinn are memers of the Catholic
Church. Our subject has been in business since 1878.
Source: Centennial History of Belmont County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens. Publ. Biographical Publishing Co. -
Chicago, Illinois - 1903 ~ Page 940 |
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