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150 QUINBY, George Washington, clergyman, b. in West bn i. ik. Me., 20 Dec., 1810: d. in "Augusta, Mi/.. 10 Jan.. 1884. He was educated in his native village and in the academies of Parsonsfield and North Bridgton, Me., studied for the ministry, and in 1835 began to preach in Poland, Me. He was subsequently pastor of Universalist churches in Livermore, North Yarmouth, and Saco, Me., Taun- ton, Mass., and Cincinnati, Ohio. He was editor of the ' Star in the West '' for several years, subse- quently of the "Trumpet" and the "Freeman," and in'l864-'84of the " Gospel Banner," all organs of the Universalist church. His publications in- clude " The Salvation of Christ " (Cincinnati, 1853) ; " Brief Exposition and Defence of Universalism " (1854) : " Marriage and the Duties of the Marriage Relation : Six Lectures " (1856) ; " The Gallows, the Prison, and the Poor-House " (1857) ; and "Heaven Our Home" (1860).

QUINBY, Isaac Ferdinand, soldier, h. near Morristown, N. J., 29 Jan.. 1821 ; d. in Rochester. N. Y., 18 Sept., 1891. He was graduated at the 1 ". S. military academy in 1843. He was a class- mate and close friend of Gen. Grant. He was an as- si-tant professor at West Point in I845-'7 and took part in several skirmishes on the Rio Grande and Yera Cruz lines at the close of the Mexican war. lie went to Rochester, N. Y.. in September, 1851, to become professor of mathematics in the newly founded university in that city, and resigned from the' army. Hi March, 1852. He held his professor- ship until the civil war, and then became colonel of the 13th New York regiment. Under his com- mand, it marched through Baltimore on 30 May, bring the first body of National troops to pass iliroiigh that city after the attack upon the Oth Massachusetts regiment on 19 April. Col. Quinby resigned his commission. 2 Aug., 1861, and re- si.med his chair : but he was appointed brigadier- general of volunteers, 17 March, 1862. and in the following month was assigned to the command at Columbus. Ky. In October, 1862, he was relieved. to take command of the 7th division of the Army of the Tennessee. The division was sent to lake part in the movement to turn the Confederate right flank at Yicksburg by Yazoo pass, the Cold- water, Tallahatchie. and Yazoo rivers. Amid great difficulties Gen. Quinby pushed on to Fort rem- berton, where he arrived on 23 March. Find- ing that there was no ground suitable for camp- ing or moving a large body of troops, and the fire of the small gun-boats being ineffectual, lie con- ceived the idea of going around to the east side of Fort Pemberton, crossing the Yallabusha river on a pontoon bridge, cutting the communications of the fort, and compelling its surrender: but In' also constructed works fora direct attack, and sent back to Helena for heavy guns. The boat that carried them brought orders from Gen. Grant to abandon the movement by Yazoo pass, and (ii'ii. Quitiby withdrew his force from before Fort Pemberton on 5 April. The fatigues and anxieties of this expedition in a malarious region brought on a severe illness, and he was ordered home on sick-leave. 1 May. 1863. But learning, a few days after reaching home, the progress of Grant's movement to the rear of Vicksburg, he hastened back, assuming command of his di i-i"ii on the 17th, and taking part in the assault i>f the 19th, and the subsequent movements. On "> June illness again rendered him unfit for duty in the field, and he went to the north under Grant's or- ders, remaining in Rochester until IJuly. lie thru commanded the rendezvous at Elmira till :!l |)ee.. 1803, when, convinced that he would not again be able to go to the front, he resigned his commission and resumed his duties as professor in the univer- sity. In May, 1869, he was appointed U. S. marshal for the northern district of New York, and he held that office during Gen. Grant's two presidential terms, holding his professorship also till September, 1884. In May, 1885, he was appointed city surveyor of Rochester, and continued to hold that office. He was a trustee of the Soldiers' home at Bath, X. Y.. and vice-president of the board from the foundation of the institution in 1879 till his resigna- tion in 1886. In addition to his official duties, he was frequently employed as a consulting engineer. He had revised and rewritten several of the works in the Robinson Course of Mathematics, and the treatise on the " Differential and Integral Calcu- lus " in that series is altogether his.

QUINCY, Edmnnd, emigrant, b. in Wigsthorpe, Northamptonshire, England, in 1002 : d. in Mt. Wollaston, Mass., in November or December. 1635. His family seems to have been connected with the Quincys. Earls of Winchester in the 13th century. (See Grace's "Memoranda respecting the Families of Quincy and Adams." Havana. 1841.) Edmund Qnincy came to Massachusetts in 1028. and. after returning to England for his wife and children, sailed again in the ship which brought the Rev. John Cotton, and anchored in Boston harbor, 4 Sept., 1633. He was one of the committee ap- pointed to purchase the rights of William Black- stone to the Shawmut peninsula. In 1635 several thousand acres of land in the Mt. Wollaston plan- tation were granted to Edmund Quincy and Will- iam Coddington, afterward one of the founders of Rhode Island. This district was presently set off from Boston as a distinct township under the name of Braintree, and part of it was long afterward in- corporated as the town of Quincy. His son. Ed- mund, b. at Achurch, Northamptonshire, in 1627 : d. in Braintree, 8 Jan., 1698, was a magistrate and representative of his town in the general court, and lieutenant-colonel of the Suffolk regiment. In 1089 he was appointed one of the committee of safety, which formed the provisional government of the colony until the arrival of the new charter from William and Mary. He had two sons, Daniel and Edmund, the former of whom died before his father. Daniel's only son, John, statesman, b. in Braintree in 1689; d." there in 1767, was graduated at Harvard in 1708. He held the office of speaker of the house of representatives longer than any i >i her person in the provincial period, and was for forty successive years a member of the council. His great-grandson, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, was named for him. Edmund's younger son, Edmund, statesman, b. in Braintree" in October, 1681 ; d. in London. 23 Feb.. 1738, was graduated at Harvard in 1699, and entered early into public life as representative from his native town, and afterward as member of the council. He was a judge of the supreme court from 1718 until his death. A controversy having arisen as to the boundary between Massachusetts and New Hampshire, he was appointed agent for Massachusetts, and embarked fin England in December. 1737. Soon after his arrival in London he fell a victim to small-pox. lie left two sons, Edmund and Josiah. The elder. Edmund, merchant.!), in Braintree. in 1703: d. there in 1788, was graduated at Harvard in 1722. lie was author of a "Treatise mi Hemp Hu-liandry." published in 1765. One of his daughters married John Hancock. The younger. Josiali. merchant, b. in Braintree in 1709 ; d. there in 1 784. wa- graduated at Harvard in 1728. Between 17::? and 1 ; 19 he spent much of his time in Europe. He was ap-