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Augusta Jane <I>Burns</I> Quivey

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Augusta Jane Burns Quivey

Birth
Knox County, Ohio, USA
Death
8 Mar 1936 (aged 85)
North Manchester, Wabash County, Indiana, USA
Burial
North Manchester, Wabash County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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Augusta was the daughter of Joseph Burns and Lucinda Hall. She died of stomach cancer at the age of 85, according to her death certificate. Early census records show her birth year as 1848.

Obituary:
The News-Journal, March 9, 1936

Mrs. R.E. Quivey died Sunday morning at her home on North Mill street. She had been in failing health for some time, and her condition was serious for some time before her death. The funeral will be held Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock at the Methodist church. Rev. Herbert Boase will conduct the service and burial will be in Oak Lawn cemetery.

Mrs. Quivey's maiden name was Augusta J. Burns and she was born at Brownsville, Knox county[OH], April 3, 1850. She came to Silver Lake at the age of sixteen, making her home with her uncle and aunt, James Hall and wife. She married Robert E. Quivey, a Civil war veteran, in August, 1868. Most of their married life was spent in North Manchester, Mr. Quivey being in the mercantile business for a number of years. Five children were born to them, two of whom, Grace Van Studdiford and Ralph, preceded the mother in death. Surviving children are Miss Maude, who lived with her mother, Claude of Los Angeles, California, and Mrs. Mary Gregory of Fresno, California. There are also six grandchildren.

Mrs. Quivey was a member of the Methodist church for sixty years, and was a charter member of the W.C.T.U. and woman's foreign missionary society.

1850 Brown Twp., Knox Co., OH: Burns, Joseph, 30; Lucinda, 19; Augusta, 2.

1860 Brown Twp., Knox Co., OH: Hall, William, 78; Nancy, 66; Burns, Lucinda, 32; Burns, Augusta, 12; and Nancy, 7.
Augusta was the daughter of Joseph Burns and Lucinda Hall. She died of stomach cancer at the age of 85, according to her death certificate. Early census records show her birth year as 1848.

Obituary:
The News-Journal, March 9, 1936

Mrs. R.E. Quivey died Sunday morning at her home on North Mill street. She had been in failing health for some time, and her condition was serious for some time before her death. The funeral will be held Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock at the Methodist church. Rev. Herbert Boase will conduct the service and burial will be in Oak Lawn cemetery.

Mrs. Quivey's maiden name was Augusta J. Burns and she was born at Brownsville, Knox county[OH], April 3, 1850. She came to Silver Lake at the age of sixteen, making her home with her uncle and aunt, James Hall and wife. She married Robert E. Quivey, a Civil war veteran, in August, 1868. Most of their married life was spent in North Manchester, Mr. Quivey being in the mercantile business for a number of years. Five children were born to them, two of whom, Grace Van Studdiford and Ralph, preceded the mother in death. Surviving children are Miss Maude, who lived with her mother, Claude of Los Angeles, California, and Mrs. Mary Gregory of Fresno, California. There are also six grandchildren.

Mrs. Quivey was a member of the Methodist church for sixty years, and was a charter member of the W.C.T.U. and woman's foreign missionary society.

1850 Brown Twp., Knox Co., OH: Burns, Joseph, 30; Lucinda, 19; Augusta, 2.

1860 Brown Twp., Knox Co., OH: Hall, William, 78; Nancy, 66; Burns, Lucinda, 32; Burns, Augusta, 12; and Nancy, 7.


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