From "Genealogical History of the Quinby [Quimby] Family in England and America," by Henry Cole Quinby [The Tuttle Company, Rutland, Vermont, Publishers, 1915], p.p. 477-478:

1462. William Murch9 [Jacob8, Jacob7, Jacob6, Benjamin5, Joseph4, Joseph3, Robert2] born 18 Aug. 1824, [says his discharge paper in the Mexican war; 17 Aug. 1824, at Portland, Me., says the family record.] He enlisted as a recruit, 12 Aug. 1847, in the Second regiment of Dragoons, commanded by Col. May, to serve "during the war with Mexico," and "was honorably discharged at Carlisle Barracks, Pa., 28 June, 1848, by reason of the expiration of his term of service; said William M. Quinby was born in Boston, in the state of Massachusetts; is 23 years old, five feet, ten and one-half inches high, fair complexion, gray eyes, light hair" [signed, C. A. May]. [Files at Pension office]. He made his claim No. 25296, for bounty land, 3 July, 1848.

Rev. A. A. Miner married William M. Quinby at Boston, 22 Aug. 1849, to Susan D., age 23, born in New Hampshire, daughter of Moses Brown; he was son of Jacob, born in Maine, and it is stated that this was his second marriage. I find no further record of her.

William M. Quinby was commissioned 28 Apr. 1861, as captain of Co. I, First regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry. His residence was then Portland, Me., and his age was 37. He resigned or was mustered out with his regiment after its three months' term, 15 Aug. 1861, and was appointed by President Lincoln, confirmed by the Senate and commissioned by the war department for active service in the Regular army of the United States, and was mustered 5 Aug. 1861, as a captain in the 12th regiment, U. S. Infantry. [Maine Adjut. Gen. Rep., 1861, p. 48; 1862, pp. 132, E10; 866, p. B34; 1864, I. p. 1068; 1866, pp. 200; F1348; 342]. He rose to the rank of Major. His name is found regularly spelled with an m thereafter.

He received a gunshot wound 9 Aug. 1862, at the battle of Cedar Mountain and was brevetted Major the same day, for gallantry in that battle. He was married in 1863 at Buffalo, N. Y., to Helen Lefevre, born 1819, an orphan, adopted daughter of a Mr. Foster of Portland, Me. Maj. Quimby had post duty between 1863 and 1865 at Fort Hamilton, later at Fort Columbus, both in New York harbor, and was on recruiting service at Williamsburg [Brooklyn], Buffalo and Rochester, N. Y. He was retired 20 Jan. 1865. He married at Rochester, 10 Nov. 1866, Lucy Hill, daughter of Stephen Randall Colvin. Maj. Quimby lived at Rochester from 1869 to 1875; moved with his family 1 Oct. 1875, to Magnolia, Va., where he died 11 Apr. 1876, of rheumatism of the heart, induced by his wound and exposure. After his death, his family moved to Suffolk, Va. Children, born at Rochester, N. Y.:

I. Helen Sherwood10 Quimby, born 26 Dec. 1870; married at Suffolk, Va., 12 Aug. 1908, Capt. Henry Minett, U. S. Navy [retired];

2151. II. Edwin Morton Coates10 Quimby, born 17 Apr. 1873 [see];

III. Frances Loryma10 Quimby, born 14 Feb. 1875; married 19 June, 1901, Charles Lee Hutchins, born Jan. 1868, at Monckton, Md.; and has six children.
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Ibid, p.p. 553-554

2151. Edwin Morton Coates10 [William Murch9, Jacob8, Jacob7, Jacob6, Benjamin5, Joseph4, Joseph3, Robert2] born 17 Apr. 1873, at Rochester, N. Y.; accompanied his parents 1 Oct. 1875, to Magnolia, Va., and a year or two later to Suffolk, Va., where he still lives [1915]. He married there, 27 Apr. 1905, Mary Wrenn Jordan, daughter of L. W. Jordan, Esq., of Suffolk. Mr. Quimby was appointed postmaster of Suffolk 16 Feb. 1906, by President Roosevelt, and reappointed 10 Mar. 1910, by President Taft. Mr. Quimby was commissioned in February, 1913, by Gov. William Hodges Mann of Virginia, First Lieutenant and Adjutant, Third Battalion, Fourth Regiment of Infantry, Virginia Volunteers. Mr. Quimby by inheritance is a member [First Class] of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion, District of Columbia chapter; also of Lincoln chapter, Sons of Veterans, of Washington, D. C. Mr. Quimby in 1914, is secretary and treasurer and a director of the Hall Realty Corporation at Suffolk, Va. In 1915 he is secretary and treasurer of the Nansemond Truck Package Co., Inc., manufacturers of fruit and vegetable packages, berry cups and till baskets at Suffolk. Child:

2632. Edwin Morton Coates11 Quimby, born 15 Apr. 1908, at Suffolk, Va.
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